It's OK I don't always get it rite either
What I'll go ahead and argue is this. With the name Doug you must be a guy We don't get pregnant , nor do we have the last word when our significant other does, so it's really just academic to us. If he tries to ban abortion he will be far to busy to stab US in the back or turn us into an isolationist state. That gives us time, and bargaining power to regain lost ground.
On the isolationist subject, I was an active duty Marine when jimmy the Jerk let Iran humiliate us for 444days, The unit that got blown up in Beruit was one I had previously served with. I've been reading and studying terrorism since the 70's and I have been waiting a LONG time to see muslim fanatic bodies put in the streets by US troops, Preferably my Marine brothers. HOWEVER, as soon as Bush started talking about invading Iraq I said it was dumb, They would withdraw into the cities and commence insurgent warfare just like the Palistinians were then doing in Gaza. I said at the time, If they want to get rid of Hussien the best way would have been a sniper team, The absolute worst case , you lose a dozen guys and some M-82's big deal Ronnie can make more. Instead of listening to me, Bush and Rumsfeld launched a full scale invasion and then by disbanding the Iraqi army and Police in a publicity stunt they lost control of the whole country, People died not because Bush lied, he didn't, even the hillybeast said Saddam had to go, There is video around of her saying that during hearings WHILE Bill was Pres. They died because Rummy tried to fight WWII on the cheap, that pompus ass over ruled our military leadership on several occasions.
Now it appears the BEGINNING OF THE END is in sight , The Iraqi PEOPLE if not the govt. is getting a handle on things, places like Ramadi and Falluja are downright PEACEFULThe Marines have been talking for 5 or 6 months about shifting troops to Afghanistan. If the Iraqi's can hold things together for another couple years we can rightly claim that our job is done there. Of course within 6 months the Sunnis ,Shites and Kurds will be at each others throats but they have been for 4000 years so who really cares.
As far as the rest of the world goes, We should kick out the UN, The only war they didn't lose was Korea and god knows they tried hard enough, otherwise they have been at best a waste and at worst a menace, ( example, When the Marines left Somalia the People loved the US, we had done what we said, organized and policed the releif mission and STAYED OUT OF INTER SOMALI AFFAIRS The fact that Aidid's son was a serving Corpral of Marines helped). They were replaced by American Army troops under command of a UN headed by a man who had a pesonal beef with Aidid they became involved in local affairs and the result was Blackhawk Down. Great book and movie but tottaly useless loss of life and prestige.
We should leave Asia to the Asians and Europe to the Europeans, If Germany gets uppity again (They're about 10 years over due) We threaten to make them KEEP france this time. The proper instrument of world power nowadays is the corparation, Noone can face us on the battlefeild,so they won't, most of the future conflicts the US gets into will be little groups of like minded fanatics nipping at us whenever and where ever they can, just like Al-qeada, because that method is the one we are least adept at combating. Since the french and indian wars, before there WAS a US we have had to relearn that method of warfare every time we run into it. So lets take a lesson from Japan, Their business leaders read Sun Tzu and the book of Five rings NOT for the leadership lessons but becuase they see business as war on a differant front, 2 Wal-marts and a Home Depot can do more to destroy a way of life than all our special ops troops combined, look what they are doing to our own communities. In that way we can disengage from the rest of the worlds problems. We need to back our businesses,you burn our store ,we'll level your city, but otherwise ,Oh your starving in Sudan ,TOUGH , We're having a blue light special on oatmeal at K-Mart Buy or die.
Basicly I think that the best argument for Disengagement is that we have no freinds among the other major nations except England (sometimes) We have friends among the small nations only when they need us, and our current crop of "Statesman" lack the guts for the type of back alley tactics required for modern "diplomacy"
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