Nate Nagel wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
aemeijers wrote:
No, that is called stupidity. A true patriot, when the folks in
charge make a bonehead move, CALLS them on it, and insists on a
different course of action. The PTB work for us, not the other way
around. The rub comes when it is a situation where there are no
good answers, just choices among varying degrees of bad ones. The
US knocked over the bucket in SWA, so they are sort of obligated to
help clean it up at this point. Saddam was scum, and deserves to
burn in hell. But why exactly was he OUR problem to solve, again?

As the Color Sergeant in "Zulu" said: "Because we're here, lad.
There's no one else. Just us. Now face to the front, mark your
target when he comes. That's a good lad."



But we weren't there. We took ourselves there. The "why" has yet to
be explained to me.


Because they're there, lad, and there's no one else. Just us.