graeme
Obama's War
Posted on: 12/29/2012 13:01
A Christmas gift was Obama's War by Bob Woodward.
It's a boring read, the driest of detached reporting. It's also confusing, full of acronyms, names of people so numerous one can't keep track of them.
But, oh, it's chilling. Woodward does not comment. he simiply reports. But the picture that emerges is of a nation fighting (and losing) a war in Afghanistan - with no definition of what victory his defined - or defeat.
Establish a functioning democracy? It's agreed that;s fifty years away, at best.
Nobody asks the obvious questions? Why is Al Queda figthing the US? Is it jes' cause they's iggerant Moslems? Or is there a real reason?
And why are we fighting the Taliban? the only reason they're fighting is becaue we invaded in the first place. nobody seriouslyh believes they had anything to do with 911.
The situation of full of confusion, failure to ask basic questions, of a dozen or more intelligence agencies for the US alone, all playing their independent games, operating their own hunter-killer groups, fighting with each other and with groups in the armed forces and the government who are also fighting each other.
You have to stick with it. It's a slow read, but an important one.
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waterfall
Posted on: 12/29/2012 14:18
Countries of the world take heart, for it is only a matter of time before the troops will all be called home to keep "the peace" on their own turf as the guns that were once used to terrorize them are now being turned around to face themselves.
stardust
Posted on: 12/29/2012 18:37
News on Woodward:
graeme
Posted on: 12/29/2012 19:24
The US has two parties - one on the right, the other on the far right.
It had two ineffectual candidates to choose from. The best one can say is that it voted against the worst one.
Obama did nothing in his first term except a farcical medicare measure He'll do nothing in his second term. And it's quite possible that waterful is right, and that US troops will be needed at home.
graeme
Posted on: 12/30/2012 20:15
Oh, I think I understand the General Petraeus case at last.
For the last four years, Petraeus has been publicly criticizing Obama's foreign policy. He has leaked his own propanda to friendly news services. He was worked to undermine Obama in the military and the White House. He had to go.
But he was too popular to fire. They had to find another way.
Now, consider Paula what's-her-face. She sent a stormy e mail to another woman. That's what broke the case. How could she do such a thing? She was a lt. Colonel of intelligence. She knew the consequences of such a note. So dii the other woman who leaked theh story. In fact, they both might well have been working under orders...............................................................................................
result - obama gets rid of a troublesome general.
InannaWhimsey
Posted on: 01/03/2013 04:15
miracles every day, commonplace...
when the Illumaniti and their machinations are commonplace and mainstream, where's the room for wonder anymore?
Alan Moore is right; our culture is turning to steam...with robust, public participatory spiritualities...
everyone "getting the world they desire"