tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post662589005405830342..comments2023-11-03T05:09:47.246-07:00Comments on Ramblings ~: Let's call the whole thing offFranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-89572076650063876502009-03-28T11:09:00.000-07:002009-03-28T11:09:00.000-07:00It's become clear to me "the plan" i...It's become clear to me "the plan" is endless war. <BR/>I wonder if Obama is getting ANY council from experts on the region with a penchant for peace?<BR/><BR/>Just as a surgeon recommends surgery. <BR/>The war hawks will recommend war or military action as the "solution". <BR/><BR/>The biggest fear is that the region is already distrustful of the US & how the whole Iraq occupation came down-- and is still in Iraq. It is an easy sell to get recruits against the US.<BR/><BR/>I dislike the one war leads to another trend-- especially since Pakistan has nukes. <BR/><BR/>Not only is Afghanistan the "graveyard of empires", but we really don't have the money. $608 billion has already been wasted on wars.<BR/><BR/>We are always on the cusp of winning or "meeting the objective". More than ever, they really have figured out how to manipulate the news we get.<BR/><BR/>Gates long term involvement & playing both sides really bothers me.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-1094320719568343912009-03-25T22:14:00.000-07:002009-03-25T22:14:00.000-07:00re: being doomed to repeat history ... this whole ...re: being doomed to repeat history ... this whole sad affair is reminding me less and less of vietnam and more and more of how we messed around in latin america for decades, arming & supplying anyone, no matter how brutal, as long as they mouthed the words anti-communist. I tend to believe Zbigniew.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com