I believe the role of the military is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening in the first place.
I always loved that line.
It illustrates the utter idiocy of George Bush perfectly.
We're going to prevent a war by fighting and winning a war.
I guess that was the idea in Iraq? Prevent war by fighting one? We might not realize it but George Bush has actually avoided a war via his war.
Posted by snark at December 1, 2005 10:07 AMIf you volunteer for today's military you have to know you're going to be dispatched to wage questionable, illegal, unneccessary wars. Making yourself a party to such misadventures therefore entangles you in their criminality. Now, having established those enlisting in the military are willing accomplices to war crimes I say let Bush invade Iran and Syria. Hell, let him invade China, too. The resulting American deaths would be regrettable and sad but those dying VOLUNTEERED to die in Bush's follies. Once the U.S. military is destroyed because of such nonsense maybe the electorate will wake up to what they've done.
Posted by steve duncan at December 1, 2005 10:43 AMWar is the complete failure of diplomacy. Therefore, at the first flash of "shock and awe", Bush entered history books as a diplomatic failure, no matter the outcome. History will also record the failure of the occupation plan, if any existed. Bush is a coward for using the military as political props. They should protest this by not applauding "God's messenger".
Posted by TIKI AL at December 1, 2005 10:58 AMYou guys forget.911 changed everything;our position on foreign affairs,human rights,torture,internal spying,the constitution,everything.
Posted by Kevin at December 1, 2005 02:44 PMWell, Bush promised no nation building, and, uh, that's what we got. No nation building.
Posted by Thers at December 1, 2005 10:46 PM