Sunday, October 23, 2011

PREDICABLE EVENTS

Not just because I predicted these things; but:

1) The new Libyan Government has declared that they will implement Islamic radical law for all of Libya. This means that only Muslems will have any legal standing, all others may be freely persecuted, and that relations with the US will become tenuous at best. By the bye; this also will most likely lead to further civil unrest (WARFARE) in Libya.

2) The US Secretary of State (H. Clinton) confirmed that not all US forces will leave Iraq by the end of 2011. She stated that a sizable force will remain to provide continued assistance to the Iraq Government. She was very careful to avoid the term "Military Forces", but, that is what was meant by her comments.

WHY does our Government lie to us so much?

Saturday, October 15, 2011

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

In May 1961, then President Kennedy ordered 100 Special forces troops to a country called South Vietnam as advisors only with no combat responsibilities. By Dec 1968 there were 540,000 troops in South Vietnam engaged in an undeclared war. By 1974 when the last of the troops were evicted, more than 58,000 had been killed.

I have never been an antiwar minded person, but, without a total committment to prosecute a conflict, I do not believe in sending troops to "advise".

On Oct 14th 2011, President Obama is sending 100 Special Forces to Uganda to act in a strictly non combat role as advisors in order to stop a Ugandan warlord from killing and looting.

Three questions:
1) Has anyone in the US Administration read any history at all?
2) Has not the present experience in IRAQ and Afghanistan taught the US a lesson about limited military engagements?
3) have all of our leaders lost their minds?

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?