I agree,sir.
Steve P.
--- Dustin Williams <dustinewilliams@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Now taking it a bit further, we'll also be up
> against F-14s when the
> US and EU are forced to go after Iranian nukes. Just
> like how we faced
> a Republican Guard strengthened by the US in the
> Persian Gulf War and
> have faced multiple factions of the Mujaheddin we
> supported in the 80s
> and again in the current war in Afghanistan.
>
> We replace socialists with dictators, help one
> dictator or rebel
> against another when our politics support one, then
> switch sides when
> either our politics or theirs switches, then when
> they become too
> brutal we replace the dictators with sectarian
> violence. Hopefully we
> can replace the sectarian violence with peace.
>
> Sadly the US experiment with isolationism failed
> with the Japanese
> bombings of Pearl Harbor and Manila Harbor, oh yeah,
> most people
> forget about that second part of our entrance in to
> WWII. We did
> pretty good with post WWII Germany and Japan,
> hopefully the end result
> will be at least half as good in Afghanistan and
> Iraq. Unfortunately
> most Americans haven't been too happy with more or
> less of a 5 year
> occupation of Iraq (about what we had in Japan) and
> few would tolerate
> a 45 year occupation like we had in Germany.
>
> Imperialism or it's modern equivalent of
> interventionism seems to
> still be necessary. For those unsure about that all
> you to do is take
> a look at all the US, UN, and EU peacekeeping forces
> currently in
> Africa or set to deploy there.
>
> Wow, this somehow went from a topic related to
> trucks to a political
> rant by me. To bring it back around, if we're lucky
> Dodge will be
> competing against Iraqi and Afghani vehicles ;).
>
>
2007 Dodge Ram 1500 QC Black 4X4 Sport w/Hemi
2003 Dodge Dakota Sport CC Red 4X2 Sport w/3.9 and 42RE (Work truck,driven the most often)
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo Silver 4X4 w/4.0 and 42RE
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