The designated purpose of the military is protect the country and it's
interests. It surely is in the interest of the nation to see the continuous,
uninterrupted flow of oil to the rest of the world out of the middle east.
Whether we need middle eastern oil or not, the rest of the world does and since
our economies are so interconnected, to let our trading partners suffer a
sudden cut off would severely disrupt our own economy.Were there no tyrants in
the world, we wouldn't need a military anywhere. The purpose of the government
is to protect and defend our freedom , not to solve our own miserable, petty,
individual problems. Leave that to the individual states as they see fit.
From: "Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: US-Supplied Weapons End Up With IS
I would think that you as a conservative would wants the troops home,
bases closed and military spending reduced. After all that stuff is "big
government" which you disdain so much. ;-)
On 11/25/2014 06:32 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Funny thing is... we had it won by 2008. We had an Iraqi army in
training... yes training and relative calm and order established when our *Dear
One* decided that He needed to fulfill his campaign promise to bring the troops
home, before the Iraqis were really ready. Now we're in this current situation
that Bush and everyone else warned would happen if we left prematurely. How
long would we have needed to stay? Who knows? We still have troops in
Duetschland and Japan and they aren't seen as occupiers but as allies. Four
thousand lives, hundreds of thousands of minds and limbs, trillions of dollars,
and hopes for a stabilizing force for peace in a region, flushed down the
toilet for a campaign promise and now we may be need to return and do it all
again or face a worse situation. Did you notice, barely mentioned in the news,
that the troops are not coming home from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, as
promised? Yes, now they're staying... indefinitely. Surprise surprise!
From: "fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:15 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: US-Supplied Weapons End Up With IS
You know that sign in gift shops, "you break it, you buy it"? Same
thing applies here - We own the mess. I was a little naive about our
intentions in Iraq when we went in the first time, but after I saw the
deliberate sacking of their national museum, and have recognized since that we
were solely protecting our interests, their culture be damned. This being the
case, we will only attract those who need work, into the Iraqi army, not those
who truly want to defend their country. Remember "Vietnamization", where we
trained a similar army in S. Vietnam, to fight their own battles? The country
was overrun in a couple of years. Same thing will happen in Iraq, if we don't
land troops again. What a mess.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote :
Entrenched corruption in the Iraqi military is undermining the fight against
the Islamic State. This is the downside in relying on a questionable army to
carry out the task of suppressing the Islamists. If conditions get worse, US
troops may end up fighting in Iraq again.
In the meantime, Iran is secretly working on acquiring Iraq if things fall
apart.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/iraq-corrupt-government-weapons-reportedly-133416968.html
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