Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 23:49:57 GMT
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Earlier this week Jon Stewart did a piece called learning Curves are for Pussies about the mess in the Middle East and it seems some of us have not learned from our mistakes and haven't for decades.
Then today I read two articles. One had to do with an exchange between between Senator Cotton and a man named Fred Boenig. These two men were at a Foreign Policy discussion at Johns Hopkins. Senator Cotton had just finished his usual "it's all President Obama's fault that the Middle East is such a mess" ramble when I guess he noticed that Fred Boenig was wearing 4 pins and asked him what they were for. Mr. Boenig told him they signify the service of 4 of his children in the military. One who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.
Mr. Boenig then asked the Senator when he thought the war would be over in The Middle East.
Senator Cotton replied "There is no definite answer because our enemies get a vote in the process. I'm deeply sorrowful for your loss and I greatly honor the service that all of your children have rendered, like all our veterans do. But in the end the best way to honor the veterans"
"Is to have more killed?" Interrupted Mr Boenig
"Is to win the wars in which they have fought" Senator Cotton finished.
But if one watches Jon Stewart's piece and read an article written by Phillip Gordon for Politico Magazine entitled "The Middle East is Falling Apart. America isn't to Blame. There's No Easy Fix" one has to wonder if that is possible.
Both pieces basically say the same thing. The Middle East is a big quicksand that is sucking us in and that not only don't we know what to do to fix this mess some seem to be willing to try the same mistakes that we have made over and over again.
I will attempt to provide the links for the other two articles.
Right now the Hawks are beating the drums louder and louder that we need to increase our presence in the Middle East. I think before we even think about increasing our presence in The Middle East we as a country need to step back and actually look at the quagmire called the Middle East. It's not just ISIL or Iran and a potential nuclear bomb. It's as Jon Stewart calls the The Middle East a big cluster f*#k.
The question that should be answered is can we even win a war in the Middle East? If not then what is a realistic roll that we can play in the Middle East? So if Senator Cotton really wants to honor Mr. Boenig's son and other veterans he and the other hawks had better answer these questions. And the American people should make them answer these questions. It is the very least we can do before we send our men and women off to fight in yet another war.
Earlier this week Jon Stewart did a piece called learning Curves are for Pussies about the mess in the Middle East and it seems some of us have not learned from our mistakes and haven't for decades.
Then today I read two articles. One had to do with an exchange between between Senator Cotton and a man named Fred Boenig. These two men were at a Foreign Policy discussion at Johns Hopkins. Senator Cotton had just finished his usual "it's all President Obama's fault that the Middle East is such a mess" ramble when I guess he noticed that Fred Boenig was wearing 4 pins and asked him what they were for. Mr. Boenig told him they signify the service of 4 of his children in the military. One who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.
Mr. Boenig then asked the Senator when he thought the war would be over in The Middle East.
Senator Cotton replied "There is no definite answer because our enemies get a vote in the process. I'm deeply sorrowful for your loss and I greatly honor the service that all of your children have rendered, like all our veterans do. But in the end the best way to honor the veterans"
"Is to have more killed?" Interrupted Mr Boenig
"Is to win the wars in which they have fought" Senator Cotton finished.
But if one watches Jon Stewart's piece and read an article written by Phillip Gordon for Politico Magazine entitled "The Middle East is Falling Apart. America isn't to Blame. There's No Easy Fix" one has to wonder if that is possible.
Both pieces basically say the same thing. The Middle East is a big quicksand that is sucking us in and that not only don't we know what to do to fix this mess some seem to be willing to try the same mistakes that we have made over and over again.
I will attempt to provide the links for the other two articles.
Right now the Hawks are beating the drums louder and louder that we need to increase our presence in the Middle East. I think before we even think about increasing our presence in The Middle East we as a country need to step back and actually look at the quagmire called the Middle East. It's not just ISIL or Iran and a potential nuclear bomb. It's as Jon Stewart calls the The Middle East a big cluster f*#k.
The question that should be answered is can we even win a war in the Middle East? If not then what is a realistic roll that we can play in the Middle East? So if Senator Cotton really wants to honor Mr. Boenig's son and other veterans he and the other hawks had better answer these questions. And the American people should make them answer these questions. It is the very least we can do before we send our men and women off to fight in yet another war.
