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Politics : New FADG.
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To: KLP who wrote (2058)7/7/2007 3:34:55 PM
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We had plenty of intel on the true source of terror that had flourished in Afghanistan, centered on bin Laden -- and we had them on the run, although not yet hunted down and cornered. By diverting our attention to a brainless and botched invasion of Iraq, we lost sight of the true objective -- an actual war on terror in Afghanistan instead of a meaningless settling of an old score in Iraq. When we shifted our focus and vital special forces resources to Iraq we handed terrorists a huge opportunity that they wasted no time in exploiting. We have been extremely badly led by some extremely incompetent and dishonest people who exploited their roles in the White House for purposes unrelated to the national security of the United States of America -- I hesitate to call them leaders. Now we have equally brainless calls for military action against Iran, while Iraq decends into complete chaos. We set the stage for civil war in Iraq -- and lo and behold we now have civil war there. Now we are setting the stage for a wider regional war -- a war we are destined to lose big time -- a war in which Iran among others will benefit from for decades to come. Unless you plan on turning Iran into a glassed parking lot, military action in Iran will be nothing but one more gigantic log on the fire -- a fire that burns out of our control and threatens our interests in the region -- a fire that benefits Iran and "radical Islamic militants" throughout the region. The hubris from war pimps is so thick you could cut it with a knife -- it is totally misguided chest thumping. The issue is not one of whether we should be engaged or disengaged -- we are completely disengaged now on the dimplomatic front and way over extended on the military side. Now is the time to engage beyond this idiotic saber rattling -- but it seems that the talk radio set would prefer to play like babies with their ideological dolls than to grow up and act like adults -- to step up to the plate and be real leaders.
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