The endless bleeping semi-wars that we OBVIOUSLY NEVER INTENDED TO WIN in the Muddle East have had me puzzled for years,but like everyone else,I figured that eventually we would "win",or at least defeat the radicals,and peace,love,and understanding would break out all over.
Yeah,as we all know,that just did NOT happen. Nor is it likely to EVER happen. Mostly because when we look back on it,even though our military did a superb job given the conditions they had to work under,it now seems obvious to ME that we never intended to win.
Which leads to the obvious question "If we never intended on defeating Radical Islam,WTH were we sent there in the first place?"
The obvious answer seems to be "to defeat/kill bin Laden for the attacks on America".
Given the conditions we were working under while dealing with people who would turn on their own mothers for 10 bucks and a sexy young goat,we accomplished that.
Soooooo,WTH didn't we declare victory and leave? The "Bad Man" had been killed,and so had most or all of his leadership cadre.
Did we suddenly become "The World's Daddy",dedicated to killing all the bad mens in de wurld ta make the wurld safe for GM and Democracy"?
Nope. We ain't even a freaking Democracy. We are,or are SUPPOSED to be a Republic.
Never mind the BILLIONS of US taxpayer dollars we wasted and are continuing to in order to try to bring civilization to a group of people who are determined to live in medieval times,by FAR the greatest waste has been the lives of our career military members,who are the warriors that keep our military perking along at top speed. These people are NOT easily replaced. Especially not when it seems we are now involved in a Perpetual War.
Even natural-born Warriors need a victory occasionally to keep their spirits up,yet we have became involved in conflicts we clearly seem determined to fight to a draw,without winning.
Warriors like victories,not draws.
Face it. If we REALLY wanted to defeat Radical Islam,we would just light their asses up and go back home. Chances are we could have someone who would be believed just whisper "We ARE going to light your asses up starting in days from today if you don't stop this nonsense immediately by cutting off your funding to the radial elements,and arresting and executing their leaders. Bleep with us and find out when you start glowing in the dark!" Trust me,the Sheiks and the various other international bankers that have been financing groups like the Taliban over the decades will suddenly decide to get peaceful if this were to happen.
Are you listening to me,Saudi Arabia?
So what if they whine and wring their hands in the UN about our threats? We should disband the freaking UN and send ALL their asses back home. If there has EVER been a more useless organization than the UN,I honest to GAWD can't think of it.
Seems to ME like all they do is conspire with each other to keep wars going so they can sit there on their fat asses and collect graft by the bagful,while bitching about America.
I know the world,including us,NEED some sort of organization to try to maintain world peace for the betterment of us all,but it ain't the UN and never has been.
Smarter people than me are needed to figure out what to replace it with and how to organize it,but I know this needs to be done. Too much graft and corruption there that goes back decades,along with the "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" connections that keep the corruption flowing.
One suggestion would be to expel any delegate caught to be scamming the system for wealth and other personal benefits. No excuses,no exceptions,GONE. And if his or her home nation bitches too much about it,expel them and cut off ALL UN money going to them until they fall in line.
Not that I think any of this will actually be done because I have now came to believe that ALL of this was and has been intentional for decades,if not from the beginning.
I believe the prime purpose of the US getting involved in other people's perpetual wars has been to bleed out our warrior class to the point our military is combat ineffective. Once this happens we can no longer even defend ourselves even IF China were to agree to continue to supply us with the tools and equipment the military needs.
All of this CAN'T be happening by accident,and if it's not by accident,it is by careful planning.
The ultimate goal being,of course,a One World Government RULED by a corporate board composed of bankers ,with the world cut up into areas of interest,with the Chinese ruling in Asia,and the rest of the world being ruled by European banking families in some place like Geneva.
I picture the US,Canada,and Mexico being untied with a title something like "The Americas Economic Zone",and ran by a corporate board probably based in NYC.
The rest of the world will also be split up into economic zones in ways that fit the purpose.
Laugh if you want,but unless we made drastic political changes,this is what I see happening in the next 10-15 years.