Baba Louie
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Politics can really sucketh large sometimes.
How many U.N. resolutions were ignored? 17? Why? No tooth to that U.N. tiger. No one in their right mind wanted to open that Pandora's Box.
What do we get? The largest US Embassy in the world? (I've heard it called a Fortressed Palace) Maybe we can give it up to the U.N. once we leave, eh?
What do we get? A new training ground for tomorrows military leaders?
Why do people fight wars? Ideologies, resources, trade, you tried to kill my Dad or thumbed your nose at the U.N. once too often? I guess any of those work if you know how to push the right buttons at the right time.
The US has been fooling around in the mid east since Jefferson's days for one reason or another... usually to quell usurpation on someone's part... protecting US interests in trade, fighting & defeating tyranny... typically. Now it's nation building post usurping a petty tyrant who wasn't playing by the rules laid down after the last incursion.
I consider all of the above to be obvious but minor realities. What did "Deep Throat" tell Woodward and Bernstein? Follow the Money?
What do the big boys get? Conflict breeds Cash Flow. What does the average Joe get? I believe the crude call it "the shaft". I prefer to steal a line from W.E.B. Griffin: You play ball with us or you get the bat violently inserted into the orifice of our choice. (apologies to Mr. Butterworth) Sometimes it works... other times...
How many U.N. resolutions were ignored? 17? Why? No tooth to that U.N. tiger. No one in their right mind wanted to open that Pandora's Box.
What do we get? The largest US Embassy in the world? (I've heard it called a Fortressed Palace) Maybe we can give it up to the U.N. once we leave, eh?
What do we get? A new training ground for tomorrows military leaders?
Why do people fight wars? Ideologies, resources, trade, you tried to kill my Dad or thumbed your nose at the U.N. once too often? I guess any of those work if you know how to push the right buttons at the right time.
The US has been fooling around in the mid east since Jefferson's days for one reason or another... usually to quell usurpation on someone's part... protecting US interests in trade, fighting & defeating tyranny... typically. Now it's nation building post usurping a petty tyrant who wasn't playing by the rules laid down after the last incursion.
I consider all of the above to be obvious but minor realities. What did "Deep Throat" tell Woodward and Bernstein? Follow the Money?
What do the big boys get? Conflict breeds Cash Flow. What does the average Joe get? I believe the crude call it "the shaft". I prefer to steal a line from W.E.B. Griffin: You play ball with us or you get the bat violently inserted into the orifice of our choice. (apologies to Mr. Butterworth) Sometimes it works... other times...