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Joelcool7 said: |
I'm not going to respond to everything you say, point-by-point, as that would take an age. I will, however, address the overall tone of your post.
I did not mean to criticize any particular armed force. I am opposed to war, full stop. Many of the problems of today are caused by poor foreign policy decisions in the past. Sure, the mess needs to be fixed... but the current approach will only make things worse.
You seem to be of the opinion that these wars happen because the politicians are trying to aide some parts of the world, which is rather naive. The only things politicians are concerned with is power. War is a great way to grab power - both international (through treaties, military bases, strings-attached aid, etc), and against the domestic populace (through acts that reduce civil liberty, inflating the currency which causes more dependancy on the Government, etc).
The Founders of the United States, by the way, recognised these issues, they knew that war led to Big Government, which is why the President was supposed to get approval from Congress. They also realised that there would be a need to despose of despots - and they came up with a system for doing that: bounties. The Founder's solution to Saddam Hussein, or any other despot, would to have put a price on their head.
And, do not question my right to say anything. I can say whatever the hell I want. If you disagree with me, whatever, but I can still say it.
