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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: epicure who wrote (126179)12/3/2009 12:37:53 PM
From: denizen48  Read Replies (1) of 542074
 
He certainly didn't give any convincing reasons in his speech. Just a bunch of convoluted wishful thinking. Pretty much like the WMD push to invade Iraq. Our military complex probably would like nothing better than to invade the moon, if it meant having a lot of new toys to play with & fat profits for the industry.
What will GI Joe accomplish over there in 18 months? This ain't The Magnificent Seven. Last I looked on the map, Afg was landlocked by Iran & Pakistan. When they say 1 million per soldier, you can multiply by ten. What a joke of a war. We are idiots to go along with this.
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