For as long as I can remember Republicans, in general, and Conservatives, in particular, have been dead set against Nation Building.
What happened?
We’re into Nation Building in Iraq! Big time!
Now, I know it is not the popular thing to say these days, but we won the war in Iraq. We invaded, completely destroyed the military of Iraq, overthrew the government of Iraq, and captured the Iraqi Dictator-in-hiding. Now he is on trial, at least it’s supposed to be a trial although it resembles a circus more.
I’m not a Neo-Con. If anything, I’m an old moss-backed Paleo-Con. I do not believe in Nation Building… at all. I’m from the old school in which you invade a country, and destroy it’s military, it’s government, it’s infrastructure and … then you leave. A very important part of the punishment of that enemy country is to leave it a smoking pile of rubble!
This is an important part of any victory. The ability to point to a former enemies pile of rubble and say, hey, you mess with us and you, too, will wind up like that!
It has something to do with the “fear factor”. Scare the living daylights out of any potential enemies.
Granted, it’s not pretty, but it is effective. You see, I’m not into trying to win friends and influence people. Never have been. I’m into winning.
See, I told you it was not pretty.
This Nation Building is costing us treasure and blood. I’m sorta averse to contributing either one!
The US has to make attacking us too costly for any country to even contemplate. To demonstrate that cost, we need to completely obliterate a country or two, sort of as examples, don’t you see?
But, so long as we go into countries and knock them down, and them help them back up, and rebuild their country, where’s the cost to them. Iraq will be in better shape when US forces finally DO leave than it has been since, well, I don’t know when.
I think Genghis Khan had it about right. Hit fast, hit hard, destroy everything in sight… and leave!
Did anyone ever ask “ole Genghis” what HIS exit strategy was? Huh? Guess not. You see, everybody knew, already!
No, our politicians have to get out in front of our Generals, and the troops, and prevent them from performing the jobs they were trained to do. Kill and destroy. Instead, they want the troops to all sit in a circle, hold hands, and sing “cum baya”.
It’s utter nonsense. It should be as simple as one, two, three:
One: Deploy to the enemy country
Two: Cream the enemy (and his country)
Three: Re-deploy home.
In the meantime, keep the troops razor sharp, and leaning forward, so that next time a troublemaker sticks his head up, he knows what’s coming.
Our troops have won the war. Now the politicians, in Washington, are so uncomfortable with victory, they feel this overpowering urge to “kiss and make-up” by rebuilding that which we have just destroyed. Makes no sense to me.
It’s not very diplomatic, I know. But then, again the French are credited with inventing diplomacy. That’s all I need to know about diplomacy!
Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I think “ole Genghis” was on to something there.
Longstreet
You see sir and I know your opinion can not be swayed by fact, you are afterall a republican and learning something is definitely out of the question for you, specially if it shows you were incorrect. If we do not get the ligths on on the water running in Iraq, before we leave our enemies will. Now i know I oppose this war and the lies that got us in it but we owe it to every innocent man woman and child in Iraq and also to our security as a nation to not leave them defunct infistructure. Force Haliburton to donate time and materials to fix it right, hell they made a killing ripping us taxpayers off. you wonder why Republicans have such a negative view. shees. Maybe the north sould not have done roconstruction of the south, maybe we should bomb the south again just to point out to our enemies we did this to descendents of our homegrown terrorist activists just think what we will do to you.
ReplyDeleteMake that DEconstruction, Frank. the North did not REconstruct anything down here!
ReplyDeleteThe seven years following the war did more damage to the South than the damge done by the war!
You guys make my day!
There is absolutely no sense of humor on the left.
I enjoy hearing from you, Frank!
Hope you are well!
Longstreet
I will always be well if I get 5 minutes in my busy day to see your posts, sometimes they make me think a little, sometimes alot. I wish I had the advantage to learn the southern perspective on the Civil War as the north calls it but I've also heard it called the Southern War For Independence which actually makes more sense to me. You never know a man (liberal or conservative) until you walk a mile in his shoes.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's the civil war veterans families groups that are called racist and I don't think the war against the cenfederate battle flag is reaching into these groups. It is the groups that fly it next to the Nazi Rag, that thing should be a door mat at the entrance to hell! And it has alot to do with these clowns: ultra conservative groups like the American nazi party I resist all things leaning towards the right because the conservatives and the Nazis have a lot in common and the more conservative the more the similarities get: Against affirmative action, against intigrated schools, try to legislate "familay values", against labor unions, need to fight wars and find enemies, Use of cronism (appointing people based on loyalty rather than ability) privitization of everything right down to the military (Blackwater)and so on the list is too long to mention and I see a lot of similarities between facist groups and our facist president, he is a privately owned president.
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