tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6928889721696953969..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: What should be the role of the US military in the world today?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-32193767654122781592014-10-13T21:59:36.385-04:002014-10-13T21:59:36.385-04:00Not that the wicked, lazy, traitorous Sovereign of...Not that the wicked, lazy, traitorous Sovereign of the U.S., We the People, would ever have supported such an action, but one could have made quite a good case for invading and taking over Iraq. After 9/11, Congress and the President should have produced a 'finding', declaring that every nation in which a substantial percentage of the population was cheering in the streets was at war with us. Their leaders may have wrung their hands rhetorically, but they were either lying or were not actually leading their nations. Ignore them.<br />Nothing says we would have had to take any actual physical action against all of these nations. But picking Iraq would have been just fine: strategically located, turn left to Syria, turn right to Iran. Forget about 'nation-building': take out Saddam and his so-called armed forces. Take control. Declare martial law throughout the nation. Warn the populace: any hostile action will result in draconian measures. Cooperate, and rule of law will be established. Prosperity will follow. Oh, and by the way: Christian missionaries WILL be allowed and protected.<br />Now we have a base in the middle of the ME. Iran: give up the nuclear program or else. Syria: behave yourself, likewise.<br />But We the People are not that wise, alas. Even on 'worldly' terms, we don't deserve to survive. On spiritual terms? Don't get me started. But our internal wickedness does not give anyone the right to attack us, and we still have the right and duty to attempt to defend ourselves.Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205311616949194893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-26973696957771281542014-10-13T10:01:06.208-04:002014-10-13T10:01:06.208-04:00Not coincidentally, the U.S. Army has released a n...Not coincidentally, the U.S. Army has released a new strategy document:<br /><br />http://www.tradoc.army.mil/tpubs/pams/TP525-3-1.pdfJohn Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.com