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I tend to agree with the Colonel's assessment. Just playing the devil's advocate, however, what if all these foreign wars are designed by the political elite to keep us distracted? Its is much easier for the elite to get its way and steal our freedom when we are caught up in foreign entanglements. Afterall, we would not want to appear unpatriotic when our neighbors have boys and girls in harm's way.
I do wonder, although I know its not possibly true, if we are not being played for suckers by the elite. We know that Bill Clinton played “wag the dog,” so why not some other president? Furthermore, I wonder why our elitist leaders impose such stupid and dangerous rules of engagement upon our troops? Could it be those elites are simply trying to lengthen the conflict? Seems that if we had a real fight to fight our leaders would be all about kicking ass, and getting the job done. But what the heck, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya today, Somalia, and Iran tomorrow. There are alot of bad guys out there and this is not a time to be asking questions.

" what if all these foreign wars are designed by the political elite to keep us distracted?"

Worked for Bubba.

Libya - yeah - dominate the news - misdirection. (See my tag line. BTW, the Libya fiasco is really raw with me. One of the first people killed there was very dear to our family - and our troops.)

The 24/7 coverage and haggling on the debt debacle? Well, It sure pushed Issa's hearings on "Fast and Furious" gun running out of the news, didn't it?

Now all is quiet on that front as far as news coverage. Looks like they're going to skate.

I think that you have a point. The one reason that I don’t fully subscribe to the “distraction” argument fully is that people generally are tiring of this and the politicians above all want to be reelected. I can’t see them continuing down this unpopular avenue unless they really had to. They are, above all, spineless.