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August 28, 2010
Iraq: This could be the last time
Iraq stands today with a sterling example of its future in un-partitioned Kurdistan, and the taste of freedom in its mouth behind its bloody face. I think this is the last war my generation will stand for the sake of anyone other than ourselves. It is the last gift that will stand without a much more imperial demand of self-interest. It is the last time we'll spend any money trying to clean up somebody else's mess. And in that regard marks the decline of America, an America that has managed to forget the purpose of its own freedom struggles. I am not convinced at all that this current political majority will gain strength and permanence. Those who understand the demands of liberty, including the two million who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are far too deeply immersed in that life and death understanding to suffer in silence under the political will of a majority inspired by notions of peace through speeches.
Posted by Vanderleun at August 28, 2010 1:07 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Except that the Iraq war actually was in the self interest of America. That it also was in the long-term interests of the Iraqis is a happy coincidence. But it's not why we invaded in 2003.
Posted by: Donald Sensing at August 28, 2010 1:49 PM
I don't think they ARE a majority. They're just the ones who have exerted themselves to sieze power while the rest of us got a job.
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Posted by: Mark Alger at August 28, 2010 4:04 PM
A "...notions of peace through speeches." is very difficult to make with one's throat slit by someone who cares less about peace.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at August 28, 2010 4:35 PM
"I think this is the last war my generation will stand for the sake of anyone other than ourselves."
Fear not. If your generation is my generation (born 1950), our influence over public policy will soon be at an end. The next generation will carry out wars just like ours did, just as our parents' generation did...much like theirs did. War is a thing of the present and the future, as well as a thing of the past.
Posted by: gedaliya at August 28, 2010 8:52 PM
War on the pottery barn model is over.
I am interested to see where all the 'phib capability the Chinese have built in the last fifteen years shows up.
I'll live long enough to see that happen. Don't know if I'll be around to see the resolution, though.
Posted by: TmjUtah at August 28, 2010 9:39 PM
@Bill Jones
s.b.: The Likud partyJoooooooz, puppetmasters of America, will make that decision, not you.
As our good web host said, every writer needs a competent editor.
By the way, Bill, how's things at Sturm und Front?
Posted by: Ferenc D at August 30, 2010 6:02 AM
Hmmm...I read Bill's comment as sarcasm, but that's not always the case on the internet.
Posted by: Eric Blair at August 30, 2010 8:41 AM
No Gerard, I'm afraid Americans will die in war for as long as there is a U.S. of America.
Exhibit 1:
Pact of Paris, 1928
(The Kellogg-Briand Pact)
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Treaty between the President of the United States of America, the President of the German Reich, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the President of the Republic of Poland, and the President of the Czechoslovak Republic, providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Paris on the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the original of which Treaty, being in the English and French languages, is word for word as follows:
The President of the German Reich, the President of the United States of America, His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the French Republic, His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, His Majesty the King of Italy His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the President of the Republic of Poland, the President of the Czechoslovak Republic.
Deeply sensible of their solemn duty to promote the welfare of mankind...
WITHIN TWENTY YEARS OF THIS PACT 12,000,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND OVER 405,000 WERE AMERICAN SERVICEMEN.
As long as there are people who suck there will be a need to war with them. I wish that weren't the case.
Sorry for the long post.
Posted by: Anonymous at August 31, 2010 6:45 AM