Hi JQP,
Regarding the Dharan(sp?) fort that we've established on the Saudi Peninsula, I find the response you've gotten from others on the thread to be mirthful assertions of bully boy bluster. For a look at what we are really faced with, it would behoove the rambos among us (I would have used the term rambunctious, but felt it was too effete for the clowns) to examine the history of Britain's Afghan War of 1839-42 in Cabool, er, Kabul and environs. Upon entering that nation in 1839, 12,000 British cavalry, infantrymen and Hindi associates, along with an equally large throng of camp followers, proudly entered Kabul to take charge after sufficient bribes were paid to the Ghilzai sharpshooters controlling the passes. By January, 1842 one British doctor was able to extricate himself from the country and tell of the debacle that had ensued. 12,000....1, you do the math. Oh, the camp followers? 2,000 ended up as beggars on the streets of Kabul. Before they were sold into slavery.
Does GWB have any clue what he's proposing to get us into? Frankly, until tonight, I hardly had a clue. But I have a big advantage over our present President. I actually pay attention to history. Heaven help us if we even begin to think "foreign adventure". You can be well assured no Bushes will ever come anywhere near the front lines. Just too risky.
-Ray |
