Rumsfeld Rebuked By Retired Generals

kaylar · 04-17-2006, 02:18 PM

The 'default' position for the United States is War. Since 1776 the United States has almost constantly been at war, moving from one arena to another, sometimes, as with the Tripolitan War, taking a break to fight another, (War of 1812) then resuming where it left off.

Almost every President has been a 'war' President, so that there is nothing remarkable about Bush looking for a location to launch his. That he stupidly picked Iraq instead of Iran was due to him obsession with Sadam Hussein. He could have just as easily focused on Iran; which would have made a bit more sense.

(I suppose he's leaving Iran for his brother/son)

Like Vietnam, the war in Iraq is merely muscle flexing. There is nothing to 'win', except the oil, and the losses will be 'acceptable'. I suspect that the American People will begin to protest the war after the twenty thousandth
soldier is killed. (or more likely, after it is 'reported' that the twenty thousandth is killed, (around the time of the thirty thousandth).

One need not search for the 'sense' of the war in Iraq any more than the
screensaver that was shipped as 'default' with your computer.

Kitsune · 04-17-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kaylar

The 'default' position for the United States is War. Since 1776 the United States has almost constantly been at war

We haven't been at war in decades.

04-17-2006, 02:18 PM	#1
kaylar Resident-in-Training Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7	DEFAULT The 'default' position for the United States is War. Since 1776 the United States has almost constantly been at war, moving from one arena to another, sometimes, as with the Tripolitan War, taking a break to fight another, (War of 1812) then resuming where it left off. Almost every President has been a 'war' President, so that there is nothing remarkable about Bush looking for a location to launch his. That he stupidly picked Iraq instead of Iran was due to him obsession with Sadam Hussein. He could have just as easily focused on Iran; which would have made a bit more sense. (I suppose he's leaving Iran for his brother/son) Like Vietnam, the war in Iraq is merely muscle flexing. There is nothing to 'win', except the oil, and the losses will be 'acceptable'. I suspect that the American People will begin to protest the war after the twenty thousandth soldier is killed. (or more likely, after it is 'reported' that the twenty thousandth is killed, (around the time of the thirty thousandth). One need not search for the 'sense' of the war in Iraq any more than the screensaver that was shipped as 'default' with your computer.

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