I suppose smarter people than I will make some decision on what
the U.S. should do in the current crisis in Iraq. Still, it would take lots of convincing for
me to believe that we, as a country, should enter into IRAQ WAR, Part II. The Middle East is a mess, not likely to
change anytime soon; the tribal and religious warfare has been going on for
centuries. Why do we think we can fix
that?
The Israel-Palestine conflict has only been going on since
1948 (well, earlier in some form) and we cannot seem to get that one closer to
the finish line. What, with our
collective hubris, do we think we can reasonably do?
True, a stronger Al Qaeda faction, or whatever the terrorist
flavor of the day is, is a threat to our country and other interests. But if there was an answer, should we not
have already reached the solution? All those years of expending our blood and
treasure has now come to naught? Should
we throw more good treasure after bad?
It seems the Iraqi army/police force has decided to drop
their weapons and flee. They blame it on
their incompetent leaders, but who trained those leaders? I thought the U.S did, and if so, what did we
get out of it?
I say NO to more aid to this truly “god-forsaken” patch of
earth. We have spent billions so far and
have not met the goal. Why do some
people insist that the next time will be better?
Let’s, instead, bolster our own borders and our spy craft
using just a portion of those billions and let those “lost” countries deal with
their own issues. Let them implode on
themselves. Let the Middle East fix
itself. We have tried and apparently
failed. Time’s up.
