Alma J Wetzker wrote:
Let's go back to what we agree on:
Afghanistan is a Mess,
Iraq is a Mess,
There are no good options (or plans) for fixing either Mess.
Iran is a Mess in Training. The UN will not work because the Iranian
oil is too valuable to China, Russia, France (pick one). They have
missiles that can hit as far as southern Europe and are only waiting for
warheads to insert. Should we let then have them? (This is against
many diplomatic initiatives, and it worked quite well with North Korea.)
War is a terrible option. The rest are only marginally better.
I don't believe that diplomacy will work without the threat of force.
Unfortunately, King George does not understand how to threaten. The
whole situation sucks, King George is unlikely to make it better.
I'll stick my neck out. Here's how to solve the whole mess:
- Withdraw our military from any place that has more sand than trees and
any place where they're not wanted. Maybe just withdraw them from
everywhere.
- Eliminate all imports of foreign oil.
- Eliminate all foreign aid or UN subsidies.
- End the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, the War on Poverty (did I
miss any?)
- Use the $trillions savings from the above to fund a crash program of
energy independence (whatever it takes: solar, fuel cell, hydrogen,
biomass, ANWR, etc.).
Once the crazies in the middle east no longer had foreign oil money to
fund their misadventures, they would quickly dwindle back to obscurity
where they belong. If it weren't for oil and oil money we'd have little
(real) reason to care and they'd have no resources with which to cause
mischief.
Add to the above:
- Close our borders to all but the most trusted visitors.
- Expel anyone within our borders who has no legal right to be here.
- Add a 15% import tax to any goods or services crossing into the country.
The resulting economic boom from all the lower taxes and higher
employment would be a sight to behold. And we'd be more secure than in a
long time.
If anyone reading this takes exception to any of these suggestions,
realize Bush is about as likely to do any of the above as the Democrats
are. But if they did, it could it hardly be worse than what we have now?
Michael
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