Did everyone see the headlines in Atlanta Journal Constitution today?
"Spring pullout possible" meaning we will start withdrawing in 2006. It goes on to say:
"In early 2004, the Pentagon had planned to reduce troop levels by summer. But a wave of violence in Iraq this time last year instead prompted the Pentagon to pronounce extended tours for American units serving there, and troop levels have not declined since they were bolstered to support Iraqi national elections in January".
My prediction is that this will be much like Viet Nam. When we pull out the supposed democracy will be overrun - this time by Civil War between Shiites, Sunnis and kurds. Don't know how it will end, but it won't be with a Jeffersonian democracy favorable to the USA.
We'll do something equivalent to the Nixon "peace with honor" total fvckin bullshit and another 500 American troops will be killed and another 1000 more maimed for life for...nothing. When it all falls apart, we'll say we gave them a chance and they blew it.
And just like Viet Nam, we had chickenshvt political leaders who ignored the advice of military commanders and didn't put enough boots on the ground. And in both cases this resulted into feeding piecemeal casualties of war.
Am I happy about this? Fvck no.
Just like I ain't happy about underfunding the VA - but hey, what the hell, as long as we all apply the "Support our troops" yellow ribbon stickers on our SUVs, who cares what happens when they come home wounded and cannot get treatment because the Republican controlled House and Senate refuses to fund this properly?
So basically, just like Nam, we go into war under dubious (if not entirely false and contrived pretenses), with not enough resources to accomplish the mission and damage our economy (by spending billions when we're already running a deficit) and the structure of the Armed Forces.
And ain't a mofo inside the US safer than if we had ever gone in to either place. Well done, Dubya and all your alcolytes.
"Spring pullout possible" meaning we will start withdrawing in 2006. It goes on to say:
"In early 2004, the Pentagon had planned to reduce troop levels by summer. But a wave of violence in Iraq this time last year instead prompted the Pentagon to pronounce extended tours for American units serving there, and troop levels have not declined since they were bolstered to support Iraqi national elections in January".
My prediction is that this will be much like Viet Nam. When we pull out the supposed democracy will be overrun - this time by Civil War between Shiites, Sunnis and kurds. Don't know how it will end, but it won't be with a Jeffersonian democracy favorable to the USA.
We'll do something equivalent to the Nixon "peace with honor" total fvckin bullshit and another 500 American troops will be killed and another 1000 more maimed for life for...nothing. When it all falls apart, we'll say we gave them a chance and they blew it.
And just like Viet Nam, we had chickenshvt political leaders who ignored the advice of military commanders and didn't put enough boots on the ground. And in both cases this resulted into feeding piecemeal casualties of war.
Am I happy about this? Fvck no.
Just like I ain't happy about underfunding the VA - but hey, what the hell, as long as we all apply the "Support our troops" yellow ribbon stickers on our SUVs, who cares what happens when they come home wounded and cannot get treatment because the Republican controlled House and Senate refuses to fund this properly?
So basically, just like Nam, we go into war under dubious (if not entirely false and contrived pretenses), with not enough resources to accomplish the mission and damage our economy (by spending billions when we're already running a deficit) and the structure of the Armed Forces.
And ain't a mofo inside the US safer than if we had ever gone in to either place. Well done, Dubya and all your alcolytes.
arty:
Who says you can't lose money in the political wing?
