In WWII and prior we weren't so concerned about "image" and collateral damage and what the politicians thought. We wiped out the will to fight by shear destruction. If you aren't willing to break your enemy, don't go fight. There is no making friends with those who would rather see your head and body detached.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > No kidding. You would have thought after Vietnam we would have picked up a > book on Afghanistan. > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 6:03 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Only you and few others on list are old enough to remember that stuff in >> Iraq with the Shah. You are correct we should have left the Brits all that >> mess especially Afghanistan.... they don't teach this in high schools... >> maybe at good colleges... >> On Mar 13, 2016 4:48 PM, "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Actually, I think we screwed up the middle East when we drew those lines >>> after WWI. Obama isn't the first to miss an opportunity. I was always >>> against going into Iraq when we did. We should have gone in when he was >>> gassing his own people, if ever. >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 4:57 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I don’t think the guy ever got the ring back. >>>> >>>> One thing that really bugs me about Obama is that he had a really good >>>> chance to support the Syrian rebels at the start of that mess (along with >>>> the whole region Arab Spring movement) and he didn’t. Will never >>>> understand that. He clearly isn’t against bombing. Now Syria is in a >>>> similar mess as Iraq. >>>> >>>> After WWII it seems we intervene and it regularly goes to crap. We >>>> don’t and it goes to crap. There must be a lesson in there somewhere. >>>> >>>> I guess Panama and Grenada are positive outcomes. Where else? >>>> >>>> *From:* Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 3:47 PM >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the >>>> minute.....Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by supporters, >>>> says he may pay legal fees - LA Times >>>> >>>> >>>> Now that isn't funny at all. That really is crazy. I saw him on, I >>>> think, face the nation this morning. He was non committal on condemning >>>> that old white guy hitting that protestor who was being led out. Trump said >>>> he should not have been flipping the bird, that is not justification. >>>> Yikes, he reminds me of portion more than anyone. >>>> >>>> Remember when Putin stole that guys super bowl ring? Did he ever give >>>> that back? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 4:14 PM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-trump-campaign-protests-20160313-story.html >>>>> >>>>
