Great post. Additionally, Biden's show of weakness was just the thing that America did not need (and, 3 million known illegal "immigrants" into his regime, another blight on this nation).
No, Iraq was a wrong response - a thousand times no. I thought and said so then. But I thought some kind of incursion in Afghanistan was. Knowing history, I imagined NO "nation building" (what the hell is that anyway? Rent a time machine, go back 2,000+ years; NOW start your nation), no post-war humanity projects, only actions of the strong horse to crush an enemy - and necessarily a well-informed strong horse (which would automatically strike nation building from the list of goals). You want the right enemy. Send a message. But we had to fiddle.....
Nothing to be sorry for :) The Marshall Plan was our first nation building effort and it seemed to be a good a idea. But there was a basis for building there. Oh, that's ethnocentric of me. Oops.
Exactly!! A basis there for building. Re-building. The basis in Iraq and Afghanistan was strong horse, graft and corruption. We took out one and re-built a new form of it.
The improper response was the Iraq War
ReplyDeleteSpot on.
Thank you.
DeleteGreat post.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, Biden's show of weakness was just the thing that America did not need (and, 3 million known illegal "immigrants" into his regime, another blight on this nation).
Then again, can you think of any Biden policy — from transgender support to his handing out cash — that has not been a blight on this nation?
DeleteIt's an abomination. It's surrreal.
DeleteNo, Iraq was a wrong response - a thousand times no. I thought and said so then. But I thought some kind of incursion in Afghanistan was. Knowing history, I imagined NO "nation building" (what the hell is that anyway? Rent a time machine, go back 2,000+ years; NOW start your nation), no post-war humanity projects, only actions of the strong horse to crush an enemy - and necessarily a well-informed strong horse (which would automatically strike nation building from the list of goals). You want the right enemy. Send a message. But we had to fiddle.....
ReplyDeleteSorry - Baysider
ReplyDeleteNothing to be sorry for :)
DeleteThe Marshall Plan was our first nation building effort and it seemed to be a good a idea.
But there was a basis for building there.
Oh, that's ethnocentric of me. Oops.
Exactly!! A basis there for building. Re-building. The basis in Iraq and Afghanistan was strong horse, graft and corruption. We took out one and re-built a new form of it.
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