Iran & Bush, bad idea, And Iran ain't leaving.....
OK, so here we go again. Bush and his lackeys are trying to get Iran to stop their nuclear enrichment program. Fine. They are a member of the UN just like everybody else. Let the UN handle it, that is what they are for. Along with the International Atomic Energy Agency. If people don't already know, the UN can assemble a peacekeeping force to enforce it's mutual rules on non-compliant member nations.
The United States is one of the most powerful nations in the world, if not by way of the military, at least by way our financial contributions. That puts us in a unique position, help the ever shrinking world community to work together to achieve mutual goals, or coerce the world community to do what we want. Bush does the latter. Period. Remember when Tony Blair was opposed to military action in the middle east.
What it comes down to is this, the US is not the police force for the UN, if that was the case then it would not be a nuetral agency. Bush went against the UN when he attacked Iraq. I actually saw the importance of going to Afghanastan to rid them of the Taliban. The US aided the Muhjahadin freedom fighters, supplied them with weapons and training to fight a 20 something year war of attrition against the Soviet Union. All in the name of fighting communisim. When the Soviet forces pulled out Afghanastan had no infrastructure, no jobs, no currency, no working power or water facilities, and guess what the US promised reparations if the country of Afghanastan would fight the Soviet occupation, we never delivered. People were dieing of malnutrition, infant mortality was 50% in some areas, opiate farming was the only real source of income the nation had. In moved the Taliban. Us going there was actually us keeping our promise to help them rebuild their country.
I was completely opposed to Iraq, however we ousted Saddam, the country celebrated the US enjoyed hero status in the middle east, unprecedented since th 1800's.
Then we had to go fuck it up by trying to bend their nations will to ours. It won't work. They have a different culture, different religion, different beliefs. We need help Iraq rebuild, finance moderate Iraqy poloitical orginizations, have a severely reduced military presence, the relationship between Iraq and the US cannot be forged in one year maybe not in one lifetime. It has to be one of respect and friendship. Financially beneficial to both.
Then when Iran threatens the US they will be alone, and the Middle East as a whole can put pressure on Iran to cease and desist, much more effective coming from a neighboring nation instead of military force.
OH YEAH, we need to get the FUCK outta' Isreal.
The United States is one of the most powerful nations in the world, if not by way of the military, at least by way our financial contributions. That puts us in a unique position, help the ever shrinking world community to work together to achieve mutual goals, or coerce the world community to do what we want. Bush does the latter. Period. Remember when Tony Blair was opposed to military action in the middle east.
What it comes down to is this, the US is not the police force for the UN, if that was the case then it would not be a nuetral agency. Bush went against the UN when he attacked Iraq. I actually saw the importance of going to Afghanastan to rid them of the Taliban. The US aided the Muhjahadin freedom fighters, supplied them with weapons and training to fight a 20 something year war of attrition against the Soviet Union. All in the name of fighting communisim. When the Soviet forces pulled out Afghanastan had no infrastructure, no jobs, no currency, no working power or water facilities, and guess what the US promised reparations if the country of Afghanastan would fight the Soviet occupation, we never delivered. People were dieing of malnutrition, infant mortality was 50% in some areas, opiate farming was the only real source of income the nation had. In moved the Taliban. Us going there was actually us keeping our promise to help them rebuild their country.
I was completely opposed to Iraq, however we ousted Saddam, the country celebrated the US enjoyed hero status in the middle east, unprecedented since th 1800's.
Then we had to go fuck it up by trying to bend their nations will to ours. It won't work. They have a different culture, different religion, different beliefs. We need help Iraq rebuild, finance moderate Iraqy poloitical orginizations, have a severely reduced military presence, the relationship between Iraq and the US cannot be forged in one year maybe not in one lifetime. It has to be one of respect and friendship. Financially beneficial to both.
Then when Iran threatens the US they will be alone, and the Middle East as a whole can put pressure on Iran to cease and desist, much more effective coming from a neighboring nation instead of military force.
OH YEAH, we need to get the FUCK outta' Isreal.
posted by Royce at 1:28 PM
1 Comments:
The US shouldn't play the big bully on the block. I think the UN should have had a much bigger role on the whole Iraq issue. If Bush wants the rest of the world to bow and cater to the will of the UN, then he himself should have listened when they chose not to support US action against Iraq. I dont' hate Bush, I respect him as the leader of our country, but at the same time I don't think it was wise to thumb his nose at the UN and do his own thing...
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