Comments on: Investing in terror is best return on the dollar

By: pfletch

pfletch — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:44:54 +0000

Double that Amen!!!

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By: smokey984

smokey984 — Sat, 07 May 2011 14:35:36 +0000

Amen.

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By: ipsut

ipsut — Sat, 07 May 2011 12:25:16 +0000

Smokey984: Yes, Binladin had a stated goal that he’d like to bankrupt us. Our leaders of both parties have been helping him with his objective ( with the support of an uncaring, uninvolved public. ) Blind patriotism is very destructive, true patriotism demands speaking out when wrongs are committed. Sadly few here in the States are able to gather the interest to stay informed or think logically about our 3 wars of choice. They complain of $4 dollar gas, but think nothing of spending a trillion bucks on wars that make us less safe.

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By: smokey984

smokey984 — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:29:07 +0000

And as Brian wrote:
(By the sketchy math of an English major, our country has spent $1,500,000 for every dollar spent by the terrorists. By acknowledging this fact, and taking into account the human cost of this current financial mess, we are left with yet another awful truth. All of the money spent towards protecting ourselves has actually placed our country in a very unstable position in the global economy. The terrorists know this better than we do.)

It would appear as though were walking right into their trap…So much so, that sooner or later the general populace will become so frustrated with the current political incompetence it may lead, and i pray it wont, to the second American revolution…

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By: smokey984

smokey984 — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:23:45 +0000

InShaAllah!

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By: ipsut

ipsut — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:09:42 +0000

Good luck to you Smokey984, it looks to me like you have a year to go. Hopefully you’ll not be sent for a 7th combat tour. Thanks for your comment, maybe some young citizen that has been thinking of enlisting will read this and allow himself further time to consider his or her decision.

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By: smokey984

smokey984 — Sat, 07 May 2011 10:04:42 +0000

Ipsut great questions to ponder..as i have the last 7 years or so. Ive been in 19 years, so my joining to serve was prior to knowing the truth. And my decision to finish after coming to light has been a hard one. I think at the end of the day the decision to stay was a shared suffering and willing to serve the man next to me. I simply cannot walk away from a man going down range to put his life on the line and maintain a clear concise. If you have ever watched the movie Black Hawk Down, the Delta Soldier, HOOT, probably sum’s it up best why we serve regardless of the reasons why were there in the first place. Trust me, no one wants our military to come home more than I or those of us over here serving a FLAWED policy.

And im simply not smart enough to solve the problems Brian brings up with this particular blog entry…

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By: ipsut

ipsut — Sat, 07 May 2011 08:48:29 +0000

smokey984 says it all. Yes it is all about money and oil. My question to smokey is sincere. If you really believe it is about oil and money, why do you remain in the military? It can’t be about patriotism, not if our wars are about oil and money that fattens the pockets of the rich and imperils your family. Few if any of our politicians have family in combat roles. Yet they are the only ones ( with pressure from the electorate ) that can bring you and the rest of our troops home. I hope your next 8 days go well. And then for years later.

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By: smokey984

smokey984 — Sat, 07 May 2011 07:09:54 +0000

Random thoughts of a VERY COMPLEX issue.
- We were just the first Industrialized nation to be preemptive in securing/influencing 60 percent of the remaining supply of recoverable light sweet crude oil. The bad guys, by 9/11 standards, gave us the justification to go in. This school of thought comes from the Alex Jones, conspiracy theorists crowds, on the whole false flag event scenario.
- We passed Peak Oil in 2005 to which the world is on a permanent decline at about 4 percent less production yearly here on out. My grandpa rode a camel, my dad drove a car, i fly a plane, my son will drive a car, my grandson will ride a camel philosophy.
- Yes its costly, yes its bleeding our economic power with one cut at a time. These camel jockeys are a lot smarter than we give them credit for.
- Our counter-terror strategy has to be lucky ALL the time, they only have to be lucky once. Hence the HUGE difference in the dollar spent category.
- This war will continue for at least another 40 years..to wit once the middle east runs dry of the oil we use the troops come home. Lets face the truth, would we really be here if they didn’t have oil? Theres genoside in several countries around the world, do we put troops there to stop it? No because they haven’t any natural resources we need to run our nanny state…
- Its been an east VS west thing for 2500 hundred years. Gates of fire book, movie 300? Our species 4 1/2 million years into evolution and yet we still fight amongst each other..
- Build a great china wall along the southern border, bring the troops home and simply just outbid other nations and buy the oil?
- Rebuild our railroads and seaports, thats the future of transportation..Only the rich will drive and fly in our future.
- Do we really wanna win the WOT? The military industrial complex is making a killing of profits at the expense of a 19 year old with 75 pounds of battle rattle.
Please excuse my ignorance of the subject…Between a high school education and finishing my 6th combat deployment in 8 days i can be rather biased…

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By: ipsut

ipsut — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:32:49 +0000

Great letter: The first thing we need to do now is to solve the Israeli / Palestinian issue. We have brave soldiers but cowardly politicians, so sadly I’m not very optimistic it’ll happen

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