Veterans Respond to McCain's "Obama Wants to Lose" Remark
This type of insulting nonsense will not go unnoticed or unchallenged by the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who've fought in both McCain's war in Iraq, and in the other war in Afghanistan.
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Zbig is someone I might listen to ...
Let's be even more practical and recognize as we are bogged down in the Middle East our geopolitical and economic competitors get stronger ... empowering Iran is the obvious one, but the EU, China, Russia, India, and countries of Latin American have also benefited for the US being trapped in the Mesopotamian Tar Pit ... If we want to toil in the Middle East for the next hundred years I'm sure the rest of the world will oblige us.
HE IS RIGHT. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT MOST AMERICANS DON'T DO ANALYTIC THINKING. WHEN THEY FIND SOMETHING BRAINY 'AND DIFFICULT TO DISCERN THEY JUST REJECT AND ATTACK. MOST PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THAT IRAQ WAS A SUPERPOWER, LIKE RUSSIA OR CHINA BECAUSE THEY WERE SUBTLETY TOLD IT BY THE WAR MONGERS. FOR THE RECORD IRAQ WAS AND STILL IS A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
Just remember that one-half of the population has an IQ of less than 100. Fifty-percent are to the left of the bell-shaped curve, plus they are ignorant, having had little, if any education . To make matters worse, they are slow learners. Therefore, "you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time......." Since many Americans spend all their time watching a television set and little, if any time reading books, and they don't really care very much...it appears to be a hopeless mess.
Going to war has such a macho ring to it. Peace sounds like a weakling's game. America's want a macho image. Having a brain or being educated is for "intellectuals."
"I don't know how WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Einstein
these desperate people who want to start wwIV, call it 4 because they consider the cold war WWIII
so you might have to update einstein's old comment:
The NeoCons want to reclassify the Cold War as WWIII because they want to feel they were part of something bigger than they were ... we are still awaiting WWIII.
I thought BO wants to send more troops to Afganistan? Isn't he going to take many from Iraq and send the Afganistan?
Meeka's daddy seems to be speaking against BO. .. well well
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