Whoah, whoah, whoah.

Holy crap dude.

Maybe I'm wrong (*NOT*), but I tend to think when someone signs up to be part of a PROFESSIONAL ARMY which includes training in weapons and the proper use of the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique in addition to GODKNOWSWHATELSE they probably know that if the proverbial sheeit ever hits the fan their ticket may be punched.

I mean, our Armed Forces are not meant to be a welfare program for those who would otherwise be unemployed. Similarly, they're not meant to be a club that you join just to play WOLVERINES!! with your pals. NEWSFLASH: They serve an actual purpose - to defend the homeland and to take the fight to people who would do us and our allies harm.

Armies are there to fight wars, and wars have human consequences. Therefore...Hunker down? I mean, really? Maybe we should've hunkered down and let the Nazis shoot a V2 rocket up our collective patootie? That would've made sense. Nes pa?

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I won't contradict you. I think much the same way.

Jun 13, 2014, 9:21 AM

The longer wars like these take, the less chance of a favorable outcome particularly if the occupying power(s) is/are a democracy. The US, after Korea and Vietnam, have little stomach for battlefield casualties when there seems to be no end in sight and that end seems to be an ambiguous one. And you always have the naysayers and the ones who said they knew better all along, etc. When the latter interest got into power, there was only going to be one outcome.

The question is what happens now? We do not have the political will to do much militarily. We've lost mountains of political, social, and economic capital over this. But I've always wondered whether Islamic militancy in the form of the Taliban, Al Qaeda, etc. could sustain their own inertia for long. Yes they've been going on for a good long time now, but sooner or later doesn't that have to run down? Especially given the level of information available even to the most backward peoples in the world.

I don't know. Just an honest, sad, ramble.

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Afghanistan/Iraq Wars? It's pretty clear now we shouldn't

at least next time I hope they pick a place with a less

what would you rather have done about Afghanistan?

I'm thinking if either of us would visit several VA

Re: I'm thinking if either of us would visit several VA

pretty sure joeg doesn't love Obama***

I've actually been to a bunch of VA hospitals

Re: Afghanistan/Iraq Wars? It's pretty clear now we shouldn't

Re: Afghanistan/Iraq Wars? It's pretty clear now we shouldn't

Well, we did and what's done is done. Now, what's Obama

this, too

I won't contradict you. I think much the same way.

I didn't know you changed names.***

You can't force Democracy on countries with the Eastern

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