Afghanistan, Obama and the Man in the Mirror

...it is true. The Dems wanted to stay in AFghanistan now they are giving Pakistan $6.2 billion. 63 Americans have died in July they have stepped up the fighting. We should be cutting off the supplies. How do these men in foxholes in the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan getting supplies, who is buying the stuff?? Start cutting off bank accounts.

Those who cling to the untrue doctrine that violence never settles anything would be advised to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it.

The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon.

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst.

Nations and peoples who forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms. |

-Robert A. Heinlein

gcsimp1 and Frank, Thank you for the replies. Both very valid points and well rooted in history. And I would say to engage in any argument of such would be
contrary to this concept as these have always been the successful actions. Certainly this gives credence to the "Military Industrial Complex" and why it does exist. By it's existence we see the insanity of repeating the same actions and expecting different results. As an adjunct to violence we can also see in history the existence of those who became heros in their ability to extend peace
before the conflict and during the conflict. Unfortunately that is not an industry that is validated in it's strength. "Give Peace a Chance", however was
a very strong movement in a time of conflict. Any individual who sacrificed their life was for the promise of peace. Possibly the solution lies in the
defining of what peace is. And keeping that promise.