04-04-2017, 05:23 PM
(04-04-2017, 04:45 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(04-03-2017, 10:09 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: > What's good for the goose is good for the gander. It is for no
> reason the US also suffers blowback from meddling in that
> hellhole, the Mideast. So may it be, let there in the future any
> crap about human rights, oil, whatever fall on deaf ears here in
> the US. It's time to stop the insanity of doing the same thing
> over and over again. US out of the Mideast.
This is not going to happen.
For example, I just heard Democratic senator Jane Harmon say
that America has an obligation to help the Syrian people, after
today's horrific chemical weapons attack by Bashar al-Assad.
Other people would point out that America has an obligation to defend
Israel, as the Mideast's only democracy.
As I wrote last year, there are a lot of people, in America and in the
world, who believe in American Exceptionalism, and who truly believe
that America has a moral obligation, or even an obligation dictated by
God, to do the right thing, and they would not consider staying out of
the Mideast as the way to do the right thing.
1. Yes, the US can continue its current path and incur more blowback. What is needed is a political discussion as to whether the Mideast is worth a future spate of terrorism. After all, terror attacks can be used as a ready excuse to pour yet more money into the MIC black hole.
2. Israel just needs to grow up and look after itself. Sorry, but I personally feel no obligation to keep feeding money into that money pit.
3. American Exceptional-ism is just an excuse to continue the Empire Project. I have different priorities. US infrastructure is a joke. Money needs to be shifted from the Empire Project to there and also a decent health care system. Like I mentioned elsewhere, I think the DOD budget can easily be cut by 2/3.
4. People who support assorted humanitarian military causes are deluded fools. Sorry, but here's a song I dedicated to said fools. US - meet your cold, dark future if ya don't turn back.
lyrics Wrote:The sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides,
to wash me clean
Sun don't shine
The moon don't move the tides,
to wash me clean
Why so unforgiving and why so cold
Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs
Cold wind blows
The Gods look down in anger,
on this poor child
Cold wind blows
And Gods look down in anger,
on this poor child
Why so unforgiving and why so cold
Been a long time crossing Bridge of Sighs
---Value Added
