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Originally posted by lawman
And here are words of warning: Though they were never intended as such, they ought to remind us of the perils we face not only from enemies who would destroy us but from leaders who would destroy our enemies.
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Same reason why the military intentionally put so many key assets in the National Guard and Reserves. So that people would think twice before letting leaders hype the country into a war - a war with no smoking gun. VietNam was suppose to be the lesson that too many today did not learn. If one did not read the Pentagon Papers or equivalent texts, then one only set himself up to become a pawn, again, or a corrupt leadership.
Military's plan did not work. We got ourselves into wars we had no business being into - Somolia and Iraq. Using reasoning of the current administration, we will attack Sierra Leon, Liberia, Niger, Zimbawbe, Pakistan, India, North Korea, Indonesia, Columiba, and maybe even Philippines. Too many still get hyped by the excitement of war rather than learn lessons even taught in the game called "Risk".
One need not read a quote from Goering. We have examples in our own history specific to how one gets into war for the wrong reasons. It was called VietNam.
"Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming; We're finally on our own; This summer I hear the calling; Four dead in O..Hio. Four dead in Ohio. " If this song does not bring a chill down your back, then you probably did not learn the lessons of VietNam. About every 30 years we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of history because youngsters (those less than 30) didn't learn from history. It is easy to make a war monger. Hype him on explosive weapons and righteousness rather than the realities in non-fiction. We are at war in Iraq for the same reasons we attacked VietNam. Number one reason in that list - preemption. The need to attack another before he can be a threat. Just as the Nazis did. Same reason we got into VietNam.
Famous book - "Making of a Quagmire". Another - "Ugly American". Still apply today.