The United States's long war

Mail & Guardian (South Africa) ^ | 15 February 2006 | Mail & Guardian

[chasio649]

"We realise that almost in all circumstances others will be able to do the job less expensively than we can because we tend to have a very cost-intensive force".

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Outsourcing the WOT?

Where's the Mexicans when you need them?

[Cornpone]

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[peyton randolph]

chairperson of the United States joint chiefs of staff

Chairperson?

[FreedomPoster]

Clinton and PC have hurt us in more ways than we can imagine.

[backhoe]

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[G.Mason]

There must be some great air filters in the offices of the Mail&Guardian to keep the stench, that is So. Africa, away from their nostrils while they type.

[tonycavanagh]

Interesting evolution is the use of the Military.

Of course as in the Cold War this is fraught with difficulties and will todays potential allies be tomorrows potential enemies.

Questions raised are :

Will the regional allies be Democratic or dictatorships.

Will American troops find them self's shoring up unstable or dictatorial governments.

And will surgical strikes be enough will there be a need for more boots on the ground on a semi permanent occupation.

Is this the permanent war as envisaged by George Orwell in Big Brother.

[Cornpone]

"Is this the permanent war as envisaged by George Orwell in Big Brother?"

The history of mankind is nothing but the chronology of permanent war. That's what the liberals have never understood.

[tonycavanagh]

what is your take on this.

As I see it this is the most important thread on FreeRepublic it has had around 6 replies and not one has discussed the central issues, that this thread has raised.

It is leading America in a new more challenging direction.

Americans are going to learn more obscure foreign names for insurgents, towns countries politicians, they are going to get more involved in new and ancient conflicts.

The war on Terror is going global with new fronts going to be established on nearly every Continent.

[patriciaruth]

FYI ping.

[Cornpone]

We are engaged in WWIII and the West's MSM (US and Europe) refuse to recognize this fact even though the horrible body count of innocents grows daily. It is no longer an ideological war in the conventional sense. It is a cultural war and religion is the central cultural thread of our greatest enemies. It is not a conventional war but a global insurgency led by Islam's fascist 'Brown Shirts'. Unconventional threats require innovative thinking. We will never have enough 'boots' to put on the territory of all those who harbor our enemies. We have to counter with our own guerilla strategy. Perhaps this is the beginning.

[patriciaruth]

What's a low volume ping list?

The troop support list I just pinged has 283 FReepers on it.

I thought they should know what we might be in for if we don't keep praying.

[tonycavanagh]

This is not World War Three, its just a continuation of the left overs of the Cold War .

What we have is a series of terrorist and insurgency groups loosely affiliated to each other at the most.

The root cause of each insurgency is no different to those of the Communists.

Poverty lack of work being a major cause, the dissatisfied masses.

Islam rose because Communism died.

If the aim is to crush Islam then something else will is in its place.

As for countering with our guerrilla strategy. Where do you think the Drug Gangs in South America and the Far East and The drug warlords and Islamic groups got there training and taste for unconventional war in the first place.

The Cold War against the Soviet Union.

As I mentioned before who is to say that the groups we arm and train to fight the Islamic militants today may not be the enemy tomorrow.

Before we moved into Afghanistan and Iraq I stated on FR that it will lead to nation building in both countries because the nature of that war dictates it to be so.

I am prepared to wager a large sum that this will also lead to America being involved in Nation Building in other parts of the word.

As for fighting a gueriller war with out boots on the ground it could lead to that country falling as did those that bordered South Vietnam.

[patriciaruth]

I am prepared to wager a large sum that this will also lead to America being involved in Nation Building in other parts of the word (sic).

And you think someone here is dumb enough to take that "bet"?

[patriciaruth]

P.S. Communism is not dead.

[Cornpone]

"What's a low volume ping list?"

I was referring to my ping list. By low volume I mean I don't ping the people on my list very often...like maybe once a week or so.

[johnny7]

The history of mankind is nothing but the chronology of permanent war.

While I would remove the word 'permanent'... I agree wholeheartedly.

American history textbooks were basically a chronology of our wars & conflicts... prior to the cataract of politically-correct socialism. One could go further and say that a perceived weakness or an open FEAR of conflict is the cause of most wars.

[tonycavanagh]

re :P.S. Communism is not dead.

I agree but it is at the moment as a rallying cry to the third world masses. Islam seems to have taken over.

It would be ironic is in defeating Islam we allowed Communism to reignite.

Nature abhors a vacuum.