Forever War: Is Joe Lieberman Right?

[Bill Mattocks]

Senator Joe Lieberman suggested that the next military theatre of operations for the US military may be Yemen.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/28/yemen.alqaeda.terror/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126193343826006473.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop

Other politicians are echoing the statements that we might well end up in a limited military incursion into Yemen, a nation which we regularly give billions in anti-terrorism funds.

 

[celtic_crippler]

This whole "war" thing has gotten old.

 

[Makalakumu]

Dick Cheney told us that we would be at war for the rest of our natural lives. People thought he was talking about himself. He was talking about you and I.

 

[Phoenix44]

Lieberman never encountered a war he didn't love.

 

[Ken Morgan]

How is this any different then…always?

This has been going on by Nation-States for thousands of years. Look at the French, The Brits, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Ottomans, the Romans, whoever. There will always be people or states that will challenge or threaten another people or state. You have two choices, you can either fight or roll over.

Wars against terrorists are almost always won covertly. You will never here about the 95% of what really is going on.

 

[seasoned]

The way wars are being fought these days, anyone can step up to the plate, and give us a pretty good go of it. War on terror, just like the war on crime, is on going and, never ending. I say Lieberman is right.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

As long as we're at "war" we have an instant excuse for any right violating laws and acts we want to push. Want to harass a photographer? 9/11. Want to take a protesters sign? "homeland security". Want to deny access to someone? "We're at war". Feel like shooting someone? "He looked like someone we're at war with". Instant excuse.

 

[celtic_crippler]

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. - Thomas Paine

 

[Tez3]

Been there, done that. My shift partner fought there when he was in the Paras though it's the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders that are best remembered from there with the Battle of Crater.
http://www.argylls1945to1971.co.uk/A_and_SH_Aden_Re-entryintoCrater.htm

 

[Makalakumu]

When all we have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

 

[Tez3]

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Ambrose Bierce

 

[celtic_crippler]

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Ambrose Bierce

I might be offended by that comment if it didn't have merit. :shrug:

If we spent 1/4 the resources on education that we spend on the military we'd solve a lot more of our problems.

 

[Tez3]

I might be offended by that comment if it didn't have merit. :shrug:

If we spent 1/4 the resources on education that we spend on the military we'd solve a lot more of our problems.

Be offended if you wish, I didn't make it up, an American did.

http://donswaim.com/

 

[Bob Hubbard]

I think America needs to bring all it's troops home, close all bases, cease ALL foreign aid, and fortify our borders. Give the world 10 years without American aid, American money, American charity, and American blood. Be interesting to see what happens.

 

[celtic_crippler]

be offended if you wish, i didn't make it up, an american did.

http://donswaim.com/

rtfm

 

[Tez3]

rtfm

There's no call for that, I wasn't being rude or nasty just quoting an American writer.

 

[mook jong man]

I think America needs to bring all it's troops home, close all bases, cease ALL foreign aid, and fortify our borders. Give the world 10 years without American aid, American money, American charity, and American blood. Be interesting to see what happens.

While your at it can you stop Paris Hilton from coming down here all the time.

 

[Shotgun Buddha]

I think America needs to bring all it's troops home, close all bases, cease ALL foreign aid, and fortify our borders. Give the world 10 years without American aid, American money, American charity, and American blood. Be interesting to see what happens.

Given the amount of overseas trade America is involved in, Im not sure how you could dismantle that aspect of things without serious damage to the American economy. Especially given the reliance on oil. The others are more managable if you're looking at it purely internally. Although the arms industry could get rather unhappy.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

Oh trade is fine, non-military of course. But, lets close the bases and put those millions of dollars back in the US economy, not some hostile nations for example.

 

[CoryKS]

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Ambrose Bierce

Students Demand Wars in Easier-to-Find Countries