ucodegen wrote:
almost like the scenario during the last Iraq war.. so we won, now what.. no real good plan for the population of Iraq)
Sounds like nation building. I though that we weren’t going to do that after Kosovo anymore.
Quote is out of context
You are arguing the nits here and ignoring the points. If you go and attack a country and take out its government and military, you have a responsibility to make sure its people are safe. By taking out their military and government, you have created a power vacuum that many exploitative elements(including neighboring countries now that the attacked country does not have an effective military and government) would like to fill. As the ‘attacker’, you have put the people of that country at risk of these elements.
If you are not willing to help ensure the populace remains safe, reconsider the original attack. If you have already committed the attack, follow through with the security of the populace.
If Obama is doing what Bush would have done, then what is the Republican beef?
We, progressives, should be upset.
No beef… as I pointed out.. Conservatives are pointing out that there is really no real change, other than more government in our lives.. and Obama presented himself as ‘yes we can’ to change! The only change the Conservatives are seeing is a further buildup in Afghanistan, a country that really has no tactical value. If you are going to expend money and lives, make it count!
So does it mean that we are sending our men and resources to protect European interests? Wouldn’t that make us gullible?
You said it.. not I…
Though protecting European interest does eventually trickle down to us (stabilizing oil prices in the long run, general foreign market balance). Might be interesting to see the squawking from the Euro block if their oil price goes through the roof. Then they will want us to do something. Right now, it is easier for them to condemn us. The only EU country set up enough to run without foreign oil is France(nuclear) and Norway(oil – they have their own). The second problem of not stabilizing oil is that it would allow Russia a bigger voice in the future of the EU.
