laphanphon wrote:I am afraid that this guy (military dictator???) and this foreign politic will backfire in the NEAR future!!!!!!!
Remember, Saddam and Bin Ladin were our buddies for a while. they all come back to haunt us. matter of fact, can't think of any off the top of my head that haven't been a mistake getting involved with. We never learn, and of course, history repeats itself. well, i hope history repeats itself very fast, and we cut and run as usual, before anymore our soldiers get killed. another waste of life and money.
But the politicians and the Beltway Bandits have learned and they have learned well. You can make a lot of money out of getting into a fight you can not win. Politically polarize the uneducated and they will never connect the dots. Applying common civilian horse sense to what Eisenhower called the Military Industrial Complex, is like expecting a pig to fly.
Here is a conspiracy theory for you: There has never been a break between the Bush and Bin Ladin families. They are all in cahoots to make some $ off this just like IG Farben in WW II and the Krupps before that. Osama is probably in some safehouse guarded by the best mercs around while the rest of us suckers pay the tab in lost soldiers and $. But hey, there is a reason I am no longer in the military after nearly 30 years. My last tour at the Pentagon was a real eye opener.
It will be interesting to see if we cut and run. Stars and Stripes
www.stripes.com is reporting that we just may "give up" on province that we can't hold. How long before we "give up" all of them so we can call this a victory and Jeb can run for president.
There is also last minute scuttlebutt of not closing several German bases that Rummy had ear marked for early closure and instead shifting units from Italy to them. A payoff to the Germans not to haul Rummy into court to be tried as a war criminal? Inquiring minds want to know.
