tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post2269171246260686538..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Electing GeneralsAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-89039198138521065022008-03-17T06:21:00.000-07:002008-03-17T06:21:00.000-07:00Believe me, Longstreet, I have absolutely no wish ...Believe me, Longstreet, I have absolutely no wish for your young to die for me. I little bit of isolationism might be a good thing.<BR/>Your military industrial complex is so big the tools are all in place and they ask to be used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-90096276704813492982008-03-13T10:04:00.000-07:002008-03-13T10:04:00.000-07:00"So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scal..."So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous."<BR/><BR/>No disagreement here, but I tend to think this will not happen. <BR/><BR/>It would take a serious Recession, even Depression, before the children running the government ever reversed gears and returned to a smaller, less intrusive one.Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-31104973684036536672008-03-13T06:56:00.000-07:002008-03-13T06:56:00.000-07:00I'm with Longstreet!I'm with Longstreet!Alan Carubahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-37358591505564177762008-03-13T03:06:00.000-07:002008-03-13T03:06:00.000-07:00I agree the US is an occupying force in Iraq. And...I agree the US is an occupying force in Iraq. And we should be! US forces will be in Iraq for a half-century, at least, it we ever leave. <BR/><BR/>The world designated the US as “the policeman of the world”. We didn’t want it, but you thrust it upon us. And, as with policemen everywhere, those who are policed don’t like it. Tough! If the remainder of the world is content to sit back on the arses and allow the US to spill it’s blood and spend it’s treasure to keep THEM safe, then, by God, you should have the courtesy to remain silent rather than condemning the only force on the planet able, and willing, to defend you!<BR/><BR/>Have a nice, safe, day, sir! (Courtesy of the USA!)<BR/><BR/>LongstreetLongstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-75069079653252430322008-03-13T02:10:00.000-07:002008-03-13T02:10:00.000-07:00The sad truth is that the 'war' in Iraq is actuall...The sad truth is that the 'war' in Iraq is actually an occupation and, as much as it saddens me to say it, has to be seen from the perspective of the occupied as no different to the Nazi occupation in Europe.<BR/>Now, I am not trying to be nasty for the sake of it; I said it saddens me and I mean it.<BR/>But your 43rd president has led the world into incipient chaos and if the weakness of the dollar leads the oil countries to start selling in Euros, the distress this will cause you and your will be extreme, all the more so for being a new experience.<BR/>I am NOT gloating. I do hope it does not happen.<BR/>Personally, I sincerely hope you get a none military president and that the young people in Iraq get home.<BR/>Incidentally, I served in Cyprus in 1956/7 and the Greeks saw us as an occupying force. It is not pleasant.<BR/>A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com