(November 17, 2014 at 4:07 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: As for the war thing, if we won't do what's necessary to win it as quickly as possible why even bother to fight? All it does is cost time, money and lives for no real purpose. So at some point in time, whether it's next year or 300 years from now, we will simply quit and will have gained nothing. Besides, how long should we try to deprive other people of their right to establish their own political systems? We've been doing that for the past 225 years and it might be time to devise a new strategy.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
And, IMO, whenever we quit it'll be worse than gaining nothing. That's the sick thing about all of this. Every time we leave, we leave the region worse than it was before. We either create power vacuums that are filled by the worst kinds of people, because they're the types who are willing to do whatever necessary to seize that power, or we prop up existing assholes. Both options lead to bad ends, which lead to us having to save the region from a problem of our own making, which leads to the same kind of terrible, tenuous status quo until it blows up in our face again.
Our constant meddling has a direct impact on radicalization. And for some strange reason, no one in power cares, or even realizes it.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
