RE: Wisconsin Protests: State Police Pursue Democratic Lawmakers Boycotting Vote
March 5, 2011 at 12:30 pm
Iraq was based on false premises ( outright lies, really) no conception of conditions on the ground, and no plan for what to do with the fucking place when we overran it....( we're very good at overrunning countries that can't fight back.) You cannot separate the military from the political because this was merely a political exercise. Besides, Iraq exposed the obvious weakness of American military power. We're only invincible when we're attacking. The rest of the time we are vulnerable to every towel head with an RPG.
"we are STILL in Germany, Japan and Korea..."
Yes, indeed. A whole other question that should be dealt with. I recall watching some sporting event not to long ago where the announcers said...with some oddly misplaced sense of pride..."our broadcast today is going to our armed forces in over 125 countries around the world." I recall thinking, "WTF do we have troops in 125 countries for?"
We could solve all of our budgetary issues by cutting the defense budget in half and we'd still be outspending the rest of the world.
"we are STILL in Germany, Japan and Korea..."
Yes, indeed. A whole other question that should be dealt with. I recall watching some sporting event not to long ago where the announcers said...with some oddly misplaced sense of pride..."our broadcast today is going to our armed forces in over 125 countries around the world." I recall thinking, "WTF do we have troops in 125 countries for?"
We could solve all of our budgetary issues by cutting the defense budget in half and we'd still be outspending the rest of the world.
