John SmithsonMarch 2, 2014 at 11:17 AM
We kept thousands of troops in Japan (12 years in Japan) and Germany, after WW II. 50,000 or still in Germany. Neither are "hot zones," of course, but, still serve the purpose of "additional military outposting" in a world that is or could be very hostile to our nation. China, has tripled the size of its military to 2.2 million, over the past 20 years. What would you do, continue to pretend that China/Russia/Radical Islam/North Korea are not serious threats to the US, in a world in which a "global domestic or civilian" reality is, now, the case? Build up or stick your head in the sand, these are your choices. We already know your answer as a peace and love pundit, but correct me if I am wrong.
Bush destroyed the Taliban, in Afghanistan, and every military review supports this conclusion. BUT, you are right, he should have never left that country and Obama is making the same huge mistake.
Iraq was critical to Bush because CLINTON AND GEORGE TENET (Clinton’s CIA director) TOLD HIM SO. Now that Obama has wasted the 4,000 lives lost in winning the Iraqi war, al Qaeda has moved back into that country, and is staging/training in Northern Iraq. If we had honored and moved on Bush's "status of forces" treatise with Iraq, Iraq, as a country, would be safe from Radical Islamic invasion, and Syria would not have the disaster it is now having - perhaps it might even be "free" as a sectarian Islamic nation - like Egypt once was, before the bumbling Obama came onto the scene, there.
Maybe, Slick, if Obama had not canceled the Bush treatises as to missile defense, with Georgia and Poland (neighbors to Ukraine), Putin would have stayed out of Ukraine. Maybe, Slick, if Obama had not promised to be "more flexible" after the 2012 elections, Putin would have some respect our president.
The real problem, of course, is the fact that Obama cannot think or speak above an 8th grade level and believes that his immature view of “fairness” is even shared by the despotism, throughout the world . How stupid is that? We are just now, finding out.
Bush destroyed the Taliban, in Afghanistan, and every military review supports this conclusion. BUT, you are right, he should have never left that country and Obama is making the same huge mistake.
Iraq was critical to Bush because CLINTON AND GEORGE TENET (Clinton’s CIA director) TOLD HIM SO. Now that Obama has wasted the 4,000 lives lost in winning the Iraqi war, al Qaeda has moved back into that country, and is staging/training in Northern Iraq. If we had honored and moved on Bush's "status of forces" treatise with Iraq, Iraq, as a country, would be safe from Radical Islamic invasion, and Syria would not have the disaster it is now having - perhaps it might even be "free" as a sectarian Islamic nation - like Egypt once was, before the bumbling Obama came onto the scene, there.
Maybe, Slick, if Obama had not canceled the Bush treatises as to missile defense, with Georgia and Poland (neighbors to Ukraine), Putin would have stayed out of Ukraine. Maybe, Slick, if Obama had not promised to be "more flexible" after the 2012 elections, Putin would have some respect our president.
The real problem, of course, is the fact that Obama cannot think or speak above an 8th grade level and believes that his immature view of “fairness” is even shared by the despotism, throughout the world . How stupid is that? We are just now, finding out.
