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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (15282)3/23/2003 12:08:09 PM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
On of the best posts I've seen for framing the problem that Bin Luddite brought to our attention.

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Because I agree we're in a war with a failed culture, I disagree with the authors emphasis on the military as the solution tool. This is not only because it's the wrong tool (likely to lead to counter-productive "victories"), but because it leaves our military with an unacceptable vulnerable exposure. That's not to say the military should never be used in this war, but that it's use should be judicious (rare and ephemeral). What is needed is no less than a cultural (religious) reformation, and (IMO) this can't be imposed from the outside. It can, however, be stimulated and monitored from the outside.

To successfully wage such a war requires creative original thought. Unfortunately, that commodity is in short supply in this administration. Now, as a country we will pay the price for our failed corrupt political duopoly that gave us a choice between "dumb and dumber" in '00. I recall at the time (in '00), it was said that it didn't matter that Bush wasn't that bright, because he had "good advisors". How can someone who is a "dim bulb" know when he's getting good advice? What his advisors (neo-cons) did was trot out a previously rejected policy and repackage it for post 9-11. An attempt to correctly assess the problem and tailor an appropriate solution was never made. It was the same ole "wrapping and agenda" SOP of this intellectually bankrupt administration. How many casualties will it take before this country wakes up to the obvious?

JMO

lurqer
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