IT IS NO LONGER THE TIME TO REMAIN THE WORLD’S PEACEKEEEPER
President Obama, your ratings would soar overnight if you acted like Dicky Nixon did with Vietnam and get the troops out of those hell holes of Iraq and Afghanistan tomorrow. As much as I feel saddened by the Taliban retaking Afghanistan and maybe the Kurds and Sunnis getting “back to work” to duke it out between themselves for centuries to come, American lives and money are worth too much to continue being expended on those worthless and lost causes. Thirty years ago we thought the North Vietnamese were nothing but sons of guns and now we do business with them like they are our best friends! Afghanistan can get back to being that backward and corrupt country it has been since history first recorded there was ever an Afghanistan and Iraq is worth less to America than the remaining ice that surrounds the South Pole.
We could get those troops back to America and place them in civilian roles helping rebuild the infrastructure. I do hope the Army Corps of Engineers do a better job than they did with the levees in New Orleans but in saying that, here is an example of how we can redeploy the troops; right now we have utilities who refuse to upgrade their grids (in California fallen power lines have been responsible for numerous wild fires) and rather than fine them when they are responsible for the next disaster, do the work they steadfastly will not do and bill them accordingly. If we can do a take on General Motors, then the Utilities will be a breeze.
It is so odd we want to create democracy in two countries that have operated by the laws of the jungle for centuries when in contrast to this we suck up to every other totalitarian regime or dictatorship on earth. As I said on many occasions, it is horses for courses. Some cultures lend themselves to democracy, others are better pursuing their own agenda. The deal should be unless any country menacingly threatens the territorial sovereignty of the United States, let sleeping dogs lie. We have so much that needs to be accomplished within America that we should let go of being the world’s peacekeeper and hand that role over to Japan, France and Germany. Their defense budgets as a percentage of GDP is miniscule compared to Britain’s and ours. In fact we can sell them the armaments, that will keep the defense industry fully employed for years to come!
As far as Al Qaeda is concerned, I would concentrate on routing out their cells in America, Germany and England before checking out the caves on the Pakistani-Afghan border. It is obvious Pakistan is on the verge of civil war. I can understand that. It is a totally corrupt country. If the Taliban want a slice of Pakistan why should we step in their way? What use has Pakistan ever been to us? In spite of the huge aid doled out to them the vast majority of Pakis believe we are their enemy and fair game to be attacked. Simple logic has it they would trust a Japanese peace force ahead of us.
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