Comments on: We Look to the Horizon

By: macaquerman

macaquerman — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:46:42 +0000

care to expand on what you mean by a crusade/war?

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:25:03 +0000

“Going after Osama” is not a strategy for Afghanistan; After all, Bin Laden may be in Pakistan, and if not is somewhere near the border in SE Afghanistan. So what would that mission mean? Ignoring the rest of the country? I will be seriously disappointed if that’s all his strategy in Afghanistan amounts to.

Bob in HI

By: JDM3

JDM3 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:52:35 +0000

I did. See if you can get Oh, What A Lovely War and especially Privates On Parade. I think you might enjoy them, particularly Privates for the south east asian feel. Contrary to the EmEssEm spin, this is exactly like Vietnam. Just no draft.

By: marshen

marshen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:46:28 +0000

I think China has it’s sights set on Africa, where there are good natural resources they can harvest to benefit themselves. I think China knows better than get involved in a religious crusade/war between Christians, Jews, and Islam.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:42:54 +0000

looseheadprop up over at the Mothership with another in her lessons on the President’s Power of the Pardon.

By: marshen

marshen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:41:42 +0000

Somehow I think Obama understands that our form of democracy is not a reality in Islamic countries, at least I hope so. Christianity is out of the question. Stable governments though out that region that provided for their own people’s needs, and not be a threat to our own national security or that of their immediate neighbors seems like a more reasonable goal. Then there is always the Israeli/Arab problem that is the cog in the wheel of progress in the mid-east.

By: Blub

Blub — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:40:06 +0000

everybody gets stuck in Afghanistan. One of those basic superpower principles. Every great empire with a shiteload of hubris gets stuck there ;-P

Interestingly, China announced last week that they’re not interested in getting stuck there…. guess they don’t have great empire aspirations.
http://72.14.235.132/search?q=.....#038;gl=us

By: californiarealitycheck

californiarealitycheck — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:33:16 +0000

that reminds me of dr strangelove. did you see the movie? it’s a good one.

By: JDM3

JDM3 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:31:41 +0000

ON TO CAMBODIA! Leave the gyrenes where they are! Wake up Dr. Kissinger! Rev up the B52s! Let’s do this!

What? You said Afghanistan?

Oh.

By: californiarealitycheck

californiarealitycheck — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:31:10 +0000

hope it doesn’t take us that long. sovs took 10 years to figure it out. maybe there will not be enough money to try and convert that part of hte world to democracy and christianity. i mean we got out plate full here.