Barack Obama is fairly sure he's learned the lesson of the Iraq War, even if Republican presidential candidates are still working on figuring out what it was (Lesson: Stop asking about 2003 and blame Obama). In an interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg
BINGO! Exactly correct, G. It was that and nothing else that doomed Saddam and his nation.
It was no different during the following American administration. Gaddafi started BIG funding for the African Monetary Fund, the African Central Bank, and the African Investment Bank. In so doing, he became a problem for the West, and his reward was death and the destruction of his country.
On the other hand, what is probably the most despotic regime in the world, Saudi Arabia, enjoys our love and protection. Since we have over a hundred year history of such mésalliances, people may accuse us of inconsistency in rhetoric, but never of inconsistency in practice.
well, according to tomcotton . . . all Obama had to do was ignore the shrub SOFA . . .because: regime change!!!!! . . . and tomcotton knows stuff . . . just ask the Iranians.
[besides, the SOFA was covered in an ugly fabric anyway]
Exactly, I remember remarking to my wife when I read about Gaddafi's idea for gold dinar, that he was going to be dead or overthrown soon. And while that is admittedly anecdotal, I've yet to see any better predictor within third-world nations for either direct, or indirect regime change, then one of them challenging the petro-dollar, or dollar's currant status. This is also what drives many (if not all) of the proxy wars.
I've posted this recently, but since you bring it up...
And if we do go to war, I can assure you---it will not be another Vietnam. Because we learned well the simple lesson of Vietnam: "Stay out of Vietnam."
That was (Dana Carvey as) the elder Bush. Unfortunately, as you point out, the younger never attended that class.
They are well funded by the likes of Traitorous Halliburton. They don't want to solve anything, they want us to pay their overlords lots of money in defense contracts.
I wish their overlords owned companies did things like build bridges, fix roads, and build jet packs.
No it's not you it's Obama.
Oh...ok then...
It's not just you.
What does one do in the face of religious extremism? There is no logical answer against the illogical. Oh, the Middle East? Same thing I suppose.
governing is hard, let's just nuke them into submission. we need a mutant zone to film horror movies.
BINGO! Exactly correct, G. It was that and nothing else that doomed Saddam and his nation.
It was no different during the following American administration. Gaddafi started BIG funding for the African Monetary Fund, the African Central Bank, and the African Investment Bank. In so doing, he became a problem for the West, and his reward was death and the destruction of his country.
On the other hand, what is probably the most despotic regime in the world, Saudi Arabia, enjoys our love and protection. Since we have over a hundred year history of such mésalliances, people may accuse us of inconsistency in rhetoric, but never of inconsistency in practice.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
- http://www.thenewamerican.c...
- https://libya360.wordpress....
well, according to tomcotton . . . all Obama had to do was ignore the shrub SOFA . . .because: regime change!!!!! . . . and tomcotton knows stuff . . . just ask the Iranians.
[besides, the SOFA was covered in an ugly fabric anyway]
gotta scroll down moar, damn it!
Exactly, I remember remarking to my wife when I read about Gaddafi's idea for gold dinar, that he was going to be dead or overthrown soon. And while that is admittedly anecdotal, I've yet to see any better predictor within third-world nations for either direct, or indirect regime change, then one of them challenging the petro-dollar, or dollar's currant status. This is also what drives many (if not all) of the proxy wars.
And Senators.
I've posted this recently, but since you bring it up...
And if we do go to war, I can assure you---it will not be another Vietnam. Because we learned well the simple lesson of Vietnam: "Stay out of Vietnam."
That was (Dana Carvey as) the elder Bush. Unfortunately, as you point out, the younger never attended that class.
They are well funded by the likes of Traitorous Halliburton. They don't want to solve anything, they want us to pay their overlords lots of money in defense contracts.
I wish their overlords owned companies did things like build bridges, fix roads, and build jet packs.
This goes back to that whole "fruitful" vs just "multiply" thing I was talking about the other day. :-(
Except it would probably take closer to 200,000 troops to properly police Iraq
"Obama’s Twitter Debut, @POTUS, Attracts Hate-Filled Posts"Color me surprised.
... does this have something to do with the FreeTheNipple campaign I've been hearing about?