What is really pathetic its usually the older folks that buy into all
of the scare tactics,
Its like the older generation can not think for themselves.
=====
Don't be hard on us Mercury -- most are afraid of dying, and that's
the sole reason they cling to the old ways, or the conservative ways
or the ways that they are told will "make us safe."
Few have accomplished what they set out to do -- they have been
stymied in one way or another, either by their own hand, or by the
circumstances in which they found themselves, or most likely a
combination of the two.
People like what they know -- they are afraid of what they don't
know. Change is not something, even as a society, that we appreciate,
unless the "old way" is so bad that many are suffering. Obama's
message of change came at the perfect time, when everything else had
failed. And still the vote was "close enough."
We don't revere our elderly. We push them aside. This is bad for
society as a whole -- for the children who have nothing to look
forward to in their own old age, and for the elderly who are not
treated with care and distinction. People are not given the chance to
rise to their positions in life, so they stay child-like to the end
with no role models to help them into the later years of learning,
meditation and acceptance.
Our culture is short-sighted and as a result, no one wants to grow
old, they fight against it, don't accept the main responsibility of
old age (they are pitted against the young, fighting over dollars.
Children's health versus Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security) which
is to take care of the young.
There are a combination of reasons why the elderly are so afraid --
the most important reason is that we don't have good ways of dying,
and after all, that's the next big thing to happen to people my age.
Revere your mother and father. It's the one thing each child can do
to help an old person reach their full potential and the final
acceptance of death itself.
On Nov 26, 9:06 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am very astonished how Americans are keeping such crap people continue to
> > >babble around them, as if the facts and events never showed to date how
> > idiot >he/ they is/ are.
>
> Some people are just deaf dumb and blind in America.
>
> The reason I dislike Rumsfeld as much as I do is for evil ways of
> making money by using the "Bird Flu Scare" He made millions selling
> his
> Tamiflu(The only thing that would "help" against the Avian flu
> (Something you
> don't here much about anymore, I wonder why? ARGH! I wish people
> in my country would use thier brain and think. What is really pathetic
> its usually the older folks that buy into all of the scare tactics,
> Its like
> the older generation can not think for themselves.
>
> Not only did Rummy make lots and lots of money scaring
> innocent Americans into buying a drug, He also is involved in
> Monsanto and God knows I would not want anything more in this
> world than to see men like him in prison, ForEVER!!
>
> On Nov 24, 10:36 am, "Sumerian.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I made some comments initially, but then I siezed to continue. This man
> > does not worth any respect even in reading what he writes. I am very
> > astonished how Americans are keeping such crap people continue to babble
> > around them, as if the facts and events never showed to date how idiot he/
> > they is/ are.
>
> > S1000+
>
> > PS/ Surely NYT pays him. I believe 3 dollars are more than enough for this
> > article.
> > p-Ed Contributor | Transitions
>
> > One Surge Does Not Fit All
>
> > function getSharePasskey() { return
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>
> > function getShareURL() {
> > return
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>
> > function getShareHeadline() {
> > return encodeURIComponent('One Surge Does Not Fit All');}
>
> > function getShareDescription() {
>
> > return encodeURIComponent('Afghanistan — huge, poor and rural —
> > calls for a new strategy.');}
>
> > function getShareKeywords() {
> > return encodeURIComponent('Iraq War (2003- ),Afghanistan War (2001-
> > ),United States Armament and Defense,Barack Obama');}
>
> > function getShareSection() {
> > return encodeURIComponent('opinion');}
>
> > function getShareSectionDisplay() {
>
> > return encodeURIComponent('Op-Ed Contributor | Transitions');}
>
> > function getShareSubSection() {
> > return encodeURIComponent('');}
>
> > function getShareByline() {
> > return encodeURIComponent('By DONALD H. RUMSFELD');}
>
> > function getSharePubdate() {
> > return encodeURIComponent('November 23, 2008');
>
> > }
>
> > writePost();new_york_times:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/opinion/23rumsfeld.html
>
> > By DONALD H. RUMSFELD
>
> > Published: November 22, 2008
>
> > THE surge in Iraq has been one of the most
> > impressive military accomplishments in recent years. It has been so
> > successful that the emerging consensus is that what may now be needed
> > in Afghanistan is a similar surge of American forces. President-elect
> > Barack Obama campaigned on his intention to do so, as did his former
> > opponent, John McCain.
>
> > S1000+ comment:
> > I am very astonished about this stupid guy. How come a country like USA
> > makes such an idiot babbles and continues to lie in this cheap selfish
> > crap and blind manner. Just like another Fox News reporter .. of BS to
> > the end.. S1000+
>
> > As one who is occasionally — and incorrectly — portrayed as an
> > opponent of the surge in Iraq, I believe that while the surge has been
> > effective in Iraq, we must also recognize the conditions that made it
> > successful. President Bush’s bold decision to deploy additional troops
> > to support a broader counterinsurgency strategy of securing and
> > protecting the Iraqi people was clearly the right decision. More
> > important, though, it was the right decision at the right time. By early
> > 2007, several years of struggle had created the new conditions for a
> > tipping point:
>
> > Comment by S1000+
> > New York Times and Rumsfeld thinks that we are narrowly idiots on all
> > scales.. As if all the hearing of the generals were not broadcasted all
> > over the world through which we came to know that Rumsfeld insisted on
> > minimizing the number of troops to occupy Iraq, against all the reputable
> > recommendations. It was then evident that he wanted to make more money
> > through his links with the Security companies like Blackwater. And his only
> > way to create the need for them was to minimize troops number. But he was
> > careless about Iraq stability or the lives of the American soliders as
> > consequent of that. He is so bold in lying. S1000+
>
> > Al Qaeda in Iraq’s campaign of terrorism and intimidation had
> > turned its Sunni base of support against it. The result was the
> > so-called Anbar Awakening in the late summer of 2006, followed by
> > similar awakening movements across Iraq. • From 2003
> > through 2006, United States military forces, under the leadership of
> > Gen. John Abizaid and Gen. George Casey, inflicted huge losses on the
> > Baathist and Qaeda leadership. Many thousands of insurgents, including
> > the Qaeda chief in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, were captured or killed
> > and proved difficult to replace. • The Iraqi Security
> > Forces had achieved cohesion, improved operational effectiveness and
> > critical mass. By December 2006, some 320,000 Iraqis had been trained,
> > equipped and deployed, producing the forces necessary to help hold
> > difficult neighborhoods against the enemy. By 2007, the surge, for most
> > Iraqis, could have an Iraqi face. • And the political
> > scene in Iraq had shifted. Moktada al-Sadr, the firebrand cleric,
> > declared a cease-fire in February 2007. The government of Prime
> > Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, seated in May 2006, moved against
> > militias and Iranian-backed militias and has imperfectly, but notably,
> > rejected narrow sectarian policies.
> > The best indication that
> > timing is everything may be that there had been earlier surges without
> > the same effect as the 2007 surge. In 2005, troop levels in Iraq were
> > increased to numbers nearly equal to the 2007 surge — twice. But the
> > effects were not as durable because large segments of the Sunni
> > population were still providing sanctuary to insurgents, and Iraq’s
> > security forces were not sufficiently capable or large enough.
> > The
> > decision to conduct a surge came out of an interagency review in the
> > fall of 2006. By mid-December, as I was leaving the Pentagon, there was
> > a rough consensus in the Defense Department that deploying additional
> > combat brigades to Iraq was the right step. Some military leaders
> > raised reasonable questions about the potential effectiveness of a
> > surge, in part because of a correct concern that military power alone
> > could not solve Iraq’s problems. I agreed, and emphasized that a
> > military surge would need to be accompanied by effective diplomatic and
> > economic “surges” from other departments and agencies of the American
> > government, and by considerably greater progress from Iraq’s elected
> > leaders.
>
> > During my last weeks in office, I recommended to
> > President Bush that he consider Gen. David Petraeus as commander of
> > coalition forces in Iraq, as General Casey’s tour was coming to an end.
> > General Petraeus and his deputy, Gen. Ray Odierno, had the experience
> > and skill to recognize and exploit the seismic shifts that were taking
> > place in Iraq’s political landscape. And United States troops had the
> > courage to win the alliance of Iraq’s people against a common enemy —
> > and the benevolence to win their friendship.
>
> > At the critical
> > moment — a moment when the Iraqis were able and willing to be part of
> > the surge with the American forces — the United States surged into Iraq
> > with the right commanders, additional forces and a fresh operational
> > approach rooted in years of on-the-ground experience. Americans can be
> > proud of what has been accomplished in Iraq over the last five-plus
> > years. They should also be impressed by the results of the surge,
> > which, thus far, has outstripped expectations, including mine.
>
> > President Bush’s decision to increase combat troop levels in Iraq in
> > January 2007 sent a clear message that he was determined not to abandon
> > a people to death squads and terrorists. We will need the same
> > commitment to helping the people of Afghanistan succeed, but that does
> > not mean we will achieve it with the same tactics or strategies.
>
> > The way forward in Afghanistan will need to reflect the current
> > circumstances there — not the circumstances in Iraq two years ago.
> > Additional troops in Afghanistan may be necessary, but they will not,
> > by themselves, be sufficient to lead to the results we saw in Iraq. A
> > similar confluence of events that contributed to success in Iraq does
> > not appear to exist in Afghanistan.
>
> > What’s needed in
> > Afghanistan is an Afghan solution, just as Iraqi solutions have
> > contributed so fundamentally to progress in Iraq. And a surge, if it is
> > to be successful, will need to be an Afghan surge.
>
> > Left
> > unanswered in the current debate is the critical question of how
> > thousands of additional American troops might actually bring long-term
> > stability to Afghanistan — a country 80,000 square miles larger than
> > Iraq yet with security forces just one-fourth the size of Iraq’s.
> > Afghanistan also lacks Iraq’s oil and other economic advantages. It is
> > plagued by the narcotics trade. Its borders are threatened by terrorist
> > sanctuaries in Pakistan. Fractured groups of Pashtun tribesmen on both
> > sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border do not yet appear willing to
> > unite and take on the insurgents in their midst, as Arab tribes did in
> > Iraq.
>
> > Further, Afghanistan has a long
>
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