Let's Go Whole Hog
I hope I am not the only person that finds it curious that there is a large contingent of our country that wants us to pull out of Iraq. Right or wrong (mostly right in my mind), our President has committed our nation’s military to terminate a tyrant’s rule and bring a nation that was suffering severe oppression a new breath of freedom. The geopolitical issues caused by Iran’s push for power and the fragmentation of the three differing cultures/religions have added to the medias bad news only circus center ring. If the liberal segment of our country’s ruling elite wants America to pull our troops back from the Middle East, then we need to take a hard look at where we have other troops stationed through out the world.
Now I am not an isolationist but if turning our population into a group of America only nationalists would work better than the constant barrage of how bad Americans are. What could be better than spending all of those tax dollars on maintaining a military presence in foreign lands? How about back in my pocket? If we reduced the military, we would be able to cut federal government spending by a considerable amount. Pull the troops out of Germany, Japan, and Korea. After all, WWII ended more than 60 years ago and the Korean conflict ended more than 50 years ago. Of course, if you are talking M*A*S*H in prime time, it was much more recently. I never tire of watching the reruns. But back to the topic at hand.
We still have troops stationed in Europe even though the war has been over and most of the troops that fought that war are either dead or approaching the twilight of their lives. The same can be said for Korea. Yet, we are expected to pull out of Iraq before the last terrorist had been blown away by GI sniper’s keen eye. Just because the liberal elite feel slighted that they are not benefiting from turning Iraq around, they are against the war. Any student of history knows that there is usually a large group of peace loving, make love not war, tree hugging, trade security for peace (does anyone remember appeasement and the Nazis) war haters that will do anything to avoid confrontation of the bully. Charles Lindeburgh, the great American aviator, was a loud voice for conflict avoidance at the beginning of WWII. Appease Hitler and he will go away. That worked well. Ask those British soldiers that fled back across the English Channel from Dunkirk. The psychotic do not understand the word no.
So we have a few choices as we go forward. If we pull out of Iraq, we need to make it a clean break with the world and pull all of the troops home. After all, can’t the spy satellites manage to keep us safe and won’t a few cruise missiles silence any idiots that spring up and play outside the rules? Think of the savings. Maybe we can pay for the socialized medicine that Hilary wants to ram down our throats. If only I can survive to retirement.
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Cobb
Now I am not an isolationist but if turning our population into a group of America only nationalists would work better than the constant barrage of how bad Americans are. What could be better than spending all of those tax dollars on maintaining a military presence in foreign lands? How about back in my pocket? If we reduced the military, we would be able to cut federal government spending by a considerable amount. Pull the troops out of Germany, Japan, and Korea. After all, WWII ended more than 60 years ago and the Korean conflict ended more than 50 years ago. Of course, if you are talking M*A*S*H in prime time, it was much more recently. I never tire of watching the reruns. But back to the topic at hand.
We still have troops stationed in Europe even though the war has been over and most of the troops that fought that war are either dead or approaching the twilight of their lives. The same can be said for Korea. Yet, we are expected to pull out of Iraq before the last terrorist had been blown away by GI sniper’s keen eye. Just because the liberal elite feel slighted that they are not benefiting from turning Iraq around, they are against the war. Any student of history knows that there is usually a large group of peace loving, make love not war, tree hugging, trade security for peace (does anyone remember appeasement and the Nazis) war haters that will do anything to avoid confrontation of the bully. Charles Lindeburgh, the great American aviator, was a loud voice for conflict avoidance at the beginning of WWII. Appease Hitler and he will go away. That worked well. Ask those British soldiers that fled back across the English Channel from Dunkirk. The psychotic do not understand the word no.
So we have a few choices as we go forward. If we pull out of Iraq, we need to make it a clean break with the world and pull all of the troops home. After all, can’t the spy satellites manage to keep us safe and won’t a few cruise missiles silence any idiots that spring up and play outside the rules? Think of the savings. Maybe we can pay for the socialized medicine that Hilary wants to ram down our throats. If only I can survive to retirement.
Icool
Cobb
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