tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459524546662373581.post7583773665673411117..comments2024-02-01T18:20:02.797-06:00Comments on A Rat's Eye View: How Do You Win?T.W. Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078254371483458356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459524546662373581.post-17305627032366515772009-12-13T11:49:55.672-06:002009-12-13T11:49:55.672-06:00Hey, Tom.
Absolutely.
Those are all my though...Hey, Tom. <br /><br />Absolutely. <br /><br />Those are all my thoughts on the "War" put into one concise column. <br /><br />I think there is obviously a hidden agenda here. <br /><br />One person I knew who came back from Iraq, said it was all about establishing a new military base in the middle-east. Of course the administration couldn't say that, as it comes off as blatently expansionist. <br /><br />He said that, when he saw the incredible size of the fortress-compound at "The Green Zone", it was obvious that this is what Bush went in for. He said that Turkey was growing tired of us, as was all of Europe, so we needed a new base to protect our "American interests". <br /><br />I'm assuming, that if the base was the hidden agenda, and Obama has to live up to his campaign promise to get us out of Iraq, then Obama has to try to open up a new country for us to use as a "defense" base. Otherwise, the total colapse of our oil-based economy looks as if it's his fault. <br /><br />I beleive that, even if we quit bombing other countries today, and didn't bomb any countries for 30 years, we would still have another 20 to 30 years of suicide bombers in the pipeline, that are ready to step up and kill us. The only way to circumvent this would be to engage a real and complete humanitarian effort to bring up the standard of living in the rest of the world and a campaign to end starvation, hunger, and poverty in the rest of the world. Elenor & FDR could have pulled it off...I'm not certian that any politician could pull that off in today's political environment in the US. <br /><br />If only the idealism of today's youth could last for 30 years until they're 50 years old, without getting corrupted by capitolism, consumerism & expansionism that took out so many former hippies. <br /><br />bzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com