Mr. Cole, thank you for succinctly laying out the facts on the god awful Iraq war. I view what ever assistance we provide as reparations for the the destruction of a country, perhaps a region. I recommend Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson to commenters who may wish to further understand how this all began.
I long for the days when American foreign involvement around the world was generally soft, even with exceptions like Vietnam. My first job was as a Peace Corps volunteer for three years in Turkey, followed by living in and working throughout Asia. The American fingerprint in most countries involved assistance in agriculture, education, business, health and emergency relief at that time. I do not mean to imply there was no agenda or that we did not employ hard diplomacy. No nation does. But compared to today.......
Hopefully, John McCain will be the last American Imperialist. It saddens me, no angers me, that the MSM gives him a such a large platform to represent his view of the world. But I guess they believe it does "sell soap."
To turn our imperial ship of state in another direction will take time. Only the American people can maintain a new course. I fear Obama has little time left and Hillary is much closer to the McCain hammer diplomacy to do it on their own.
Mr. Cole, thank you for succinctly laying out the facts on the god awful Iraq war. I view what ever assistance we provide as reparations for the the destruction of a country, perhaps a region. I recommend Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson to commenters who may wish to further understand how this all began.
I long for the days when American foreign involvement around the world was generally soft, even with exceptions like Vietnam. My first job was as a Peace Corps volunteer for three years in Turkey, followed by living in and working throughout Asia. The American fingerprint in most countries involved assistance in agriculture, education, business, health and emergency relief at that time. I do not mean to imply there was no agenda or that we did not employ hard diplomacy. No nation does. But compared to today.......
Hopefully, John McCain will be the last American Imperialist. It saddens me, no angers me, that the MSM gives him a such a large platform to represent his view of the world. But I guess they believe it does "sell soap."
To turn our imperial ship of state in another direction will take time. Only the American people can maintain a new course. I fear Obama has little time left and Hillary is much closer to the McCain hammer diplomacy to do it on their own.