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2006-12-18 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by .com 2006-12-18 15:21|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The problem is not US thinking it can do things by itself; it is the realization that certain things have to get done - and no one else is willing to do the tough chores that guarantee success.

When the Clinton administration let Europe call the shots we got Bosnia (250,000 dead). When we let Kofi call the shots we got Rwanda (400,000 dead).

The real problem in the world is the unwillingness of other countries to step up against armed thugs.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2006-12-18 18:04|| 2006-12-18 18:04|| Front Page Top

#2 FA: When the Clinton administration let Europe call the shots we got Bosnia (250,000 dead). When we let Kofi call the shots we got Rwanda (400,000 dead).

The real problem in the world is the unwillingness of other countries to step up against armed thugs.

I think Americans get this idea - via journalists - that every time something bad happens around the world, it's our job to fix it. The solution is to start curbing this reflex response that every international problem is somehow our problem.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-12-18 18:23|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-12-18 18:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Good article, but PRIMACY thru STRENGTH = PEACE THRU STRENGTH, etc. still needs to be preserved and maintained. SOVIET UNION > now called EURASIA; or RUSSIA-CHINA + SCO nations, espec after Adolf's defeat during WW2. Russia is engaging in resource-centric, econ aymmetric warfare whle aligned US DemoLefties work to empower anti-Amer American Socialism + OWG-Globalism inside the USA while weakening Amer's power/influence/credibility overseas > YOU KNOW, "USSA, NOT USSR, ERGO AMERIKA IS THE ONE AND oNLY Only ONLY O-N-L-Y OOOOONNNNNNLLLLYYYY
ONE, D ***ng it, THAT HAS TO VOLUNTARILY = FORCIBLY, UNILATERALLY = MULTILATERALLY/POLARLY, SURRENDER". * All together, boyz, wid feeling, OOOOOOOPPPPPPPSIES!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-18 20:59|| 2006-12-18 20:59|| Front Page Top

#4 THE ADMINISTRATION'S rhetoric has also changed quite noticeably. Instead of speaking of "victory" in Iraq, it talks of "success," which is explicitly defined as a regime in Iraq which can defend and sustain itself while being an ally in the war against terror. This is no petty verbal shift. It is a long-needed lowering of goals and expectations.

No longer will the US seek a perfect Iraq, but rather a realistic scenario of a country which can fight its own civil war. The US will help, but cannot deliver, victory in Baghdad. The style and methods used to carry on the battle will be Iraqi, not American.

I see this as an incremental shift towards a much more effective American role in world affairs. We need to migrate away from this nation-building nonsense and simply begin "breaking things". It's what a military does best and about all that our foes deserve beyond a swift and timely death.

As far as the Middle East is concerned, other countries could largely be divided into three categories: those determined to sabotage US efforts (notably Iran and Syria, along with their clients); those unwilling to help at all (basically the rest of the Arab world), and those ready to play at cooperating without actually doing much (most of Europe).

So long as this does not change, America needs to focus on making life as hard as possible for our enemies and not give a rat's ass about any more "hearts & minds" bullshit.

The real problem in the world is the unwillingness of other countries to step up against armed thugs.

Robert Mugabe's continuing existence, along with Europe's support of the Palestinians, are proof of this nonsense. While some of this is due to triangulation by the likes of China, Russia and France, far too much of this crap is a direct result of some wierd deep-seated fear by most nations to assume any moral authority whatsoever. Screw that shit. All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.

The solution is to start curbing this reflex response that every international problem is somehow our problem.

Somehow America has been given a reinvented whiteman's burden in the form of being the world's policeman. We need to change that over to "breaker of bad boys' toys".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-18 21:03|| 2006-12-18 21:03|| Front Page Top

#5 SPACEWAR.com > Brit Officio/WALKERS WORLD > CHINA will be Mega-Power [alongstside USA?] in 13 years [Year 2019-2020]. OTHER [paraphrased] > US DEBT at $4.0Trillion [WND.com] + USA IS INSOLVENT + AT RISK OF BANANA REPUBLIC-STYLE HYPER-INFLATION + CHINA WARNS USA MAY DUMP $1.0 Trilyuuuhn IN DOLLAR RESERVES + IRAN SWITCHES FROM DOLLARS TO EURO + US DOLLAR/CURRENCY IS WORTHLESS.

* The USA is, once again, doomed Doomed DOOMED D-O-O-M-E-D DDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEDDDDDD, they tells ya - have I said the USA is doomed.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-18 22:44|| 2006-12-18 22:44|| Front Page Top

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