On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:53:20 -0800, "DGDevin" wrote:


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The Neocons have a huge blind spot, they think they can engineer history
with the application of military force, they don't consider that sometimes
that simply doesn't work. It is beyond their comprehension that centuries
of ethnic and religious tensions will not be overcome by their
democracy-in-a-box nation building. As you say, they don't seem to be
aware
of history.

In this case, it was a matter of stopping the Al-Qaeda, which meant the
Taliban also had to go. Without installing some sort of replacement they
would/will be right back. Little choice.

But the replacement isn't working, and is unlikely to work in the
foreseeable future. A government that can't survive without massive
military intervention for decades doesn't seem like much of a solution.
Having U.S. bases in Europe during the Cold War was expensive, but thousands
of American troops didn't die in the process.

Irrelevant. There is little choice.

Some senior leaders of the Chinese military have told their government
that
now is the time to become more aggressive, because the U.S. military is so
tied down in Iraq and Afghanistan that the U.S. won't react strongly if
China moves to absorb Taiwan or whatever. That's what happens when you
grab
ahold of something you can't release.

Now is the time because the Dummy-In-Chief won't do anything. It has
nothing
to do with Iraq and Afghanistan.

Remember what the last Dummy-In-Chief did when China knocked down that U.S.
spy plane and held the aircraft until they'd finished combing it for
secrets? Refresh my memory, what firm action did Two-Gun Tex take?

A "spy plane" isn't the same as a country. You really do like your moral
equivalences.

It has everything to do with Iraq and Afghanistan, and it's another part of
the wonderful Bush legacy.

Utter nonsense.