Well then lets change the history books. Revolutionary Contingency Contingency of 1812 Mexican American Contingency Civil Contingency World Contingency I World Contingency II Korean Contingency (was not actually a war but a conflict) Vietnam Contingency (Not actually a war but a police action) Persian Gulf Contingency (in his best Michael Buffer impersonation) And now, in this corner, the one, the only, the former Global War on Terrorism, the newly named Overseas Contingency Operationnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Ahh, all nicely wrapped in the PC bubble. There, now the world loves us again.
Bruce Jerry Johnson wrote: > Scott and Robert. > > Do you wish for a return to the policies of Cheney and the neo-cons? > > Do you believe they kept exactly the list of things Robert listed from > happening? > > Or is it more true that those things got WORSE under those policies, and > other policies need to be enacted? > > I don't think calling them terrorists helps. I don't think a label "global > war on terror" helps. As a matter of fact, those labels and policies seem to > have separated the US from most worldwide support. And left us with about > 200 foreign troops helping in Iraq. Which is a lot different than the first > Iraq war. > > If you ever listen to special forces guys, they speak in terms like this. > Oversees contingency operations. That is a lot more useful a term than "war > on terror". It specifies a place. Which also helps specify who will be doing > the heavy lifting. It specifies he mindset. Contingency. In otherwords, > reacting to changes on ground, having plans in place to handle anything that > comes up. And operation specifies the scope. Limited. Effective. Short term. > > I much prefer that. > > I want to get away from the Bush "you are with us or against us". Do away > with labeling everyone a terrorist. Some are, some aren't. There are shades > of grey there. We need to move people from hating and acting, to hating, to > not really caring, to being lukewarm. Because lukewarm people dont blow up > cars. they complain over coffee. We need to split up Al Quaeda and the > Taliban. Pakistanis from Afghans. Sunnis from Shias. We need MORE labels, > more splinter groups. Piling them all together as Cheney did just made them > stronger. Let;s try something else now. > > Their way didn't work. A lot. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
