JakeStarkey
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- Aug 10, 2009
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Wars lost? Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We won the battles but lost the aftermath and peace. That Vietnam trades favorably with us today disturbs me no end. Iraq is continuing to cozy up with Iran. Afghanistan's politicians have played the US for fools since late 2002.
We were unable to force our "allied" native leadership to bring comfort and aid to their own people, but ended up stealing it.
Unless we are willing to make the on ground and boots-on-the-ground commitment as we did Korea with a allied leadership willing to not knife us in the back when convenient, we will continue to waste our lives and treasure for the enrichment of the corrupt leadership "on our side" in those lands.
We were unable to force our "allied" native leadership to bring comfort and aid to their own people, but ended up stealing it.
Unless we are willing to make the on ground and boots-on-the-ground commitment as we did Korea with a allied leadership willing to not knife us in the back when convenient, we will continue to waste our lives and treasure for the enrichment of the corrupt leadership "on our side" in those lands.