Should the USA continue to give aid to Pakistan?
Should the USA align with India?
Should the USA leave Afghanistan, declaring victory, only leaving behind trainers co-ordinators and some CIA and military security?
Should we go after Mullah Omar?
How does this affect our relationship with Russia, China and India?
Should the US revisit it's internal national security arrangements?
Should the navy seals be given a ticker tape parade through the streets of New York city?
There is much to think about and discuss.
It seems clear that the Pakistani ISI got caught red handed with it's paws in the cookie jar.
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Libya Freedom Slavery the UN and US Obligations
The people who do not want the US or the world to become involved in Libya burn me up. A typical comment: The issue is that it is a Libyan problem. Another: I agree... The United States should no longer involve itself in these internal fights in the middle east or anywhere else. We are not the World Police Force, World Court of Justice or World Welfare Provider.
This situation is EXACTLY like slave labour making cotton. Britain didn't have slaves a century and a half ago but she bought cotton from the USA which did. When a civil war broke out she and other European powers dithered and ended up supporting the union against their own immediate self interest. THANK GOD. Can we do less?
We have a responsibility to support freedom loving people all over the world. Both a UN resolution and the Arab League have asked the entire world to do so. We are a member of the UN and have international as well as moral obligations. We are the leader of the free world and the leading democratic power on earth and we have an obligation not to follow only our own narrow interests.
I want there to be a peaceful and just world order enforced by every means humanity can bring to bear. Right now that is the UN as led by the USA, France, Britain and the rest of the EU as the closest regional powers with the ability to project force.
Oil makes the world order run and as part of that order you have an OBLIGATION to oversee EXACTLY how it is produced and who profits from it's sale. To deny that is to try to absolve yourselves of the crimes of the producers while profiting from the abuse.
Like Pontius Pilate washing his hands of the blood of Jesus while allowing the Pharassies to kill him and profit thereby, you would have the world stand idly by as hope and change are crushed underfoot while you continue your own pleasant existence.
This situation is EXACTLY like slave labour making cotton. Britain didn't have slaves a century and a half ago but she bought cotton from the USA which did. When a civil war broke out she and other European powers dithered and ended up supporting the union against their own immediate self interest. THANK GOD. Can we do less?
We have a responsibility to support freedom loving people all over the world. Both a UN resolution and the Arab League have asked the entire world to do so. We are a member of the UN and have international as well as moral obligations. We are the leader of the free world and the leading democratic power on earth and we have an obligation not to follow only our own narrow interests.
I want there to be a peaceful and just world order enforced by every means humanity can bring to bear. Right now that is the UN as led by the USA, France, Britain and the rest of the EU as the closest regional powers with the ability to project force.
Oil makes the world order run and as part of that order you have an OBLIGATION to oversee EXACTLY how it is produced and who profits from it's sale. To deny that is to try to absolve yourselves of the crimes of the producers while profiting from the abuse.
Like Pontius Pilate washing his hands of the blood of Jesus while allowing the Pharassies to kill him and profit thereby, you would have the world stand idly by as hope and change are crushed underfoot while you continue your own pleasant existence.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Afghanistan - the 1% effort.
All that is necessary to win the war in Afghanistan is for a medium sized NATO member to match the US or UK contribution to the war effort, shaming other NATO members into a decent contribution.
1000 Italians, less than 1/3 of 1% of the armed forces of a nation freed from fascism are to reinforce the 2700 Italians there already.
Only 4,520 Germans are in Afghanistan. There are 620,000 soldiers in the German armed forces. Less than 1% of those are in Afghanistan. They have orders not to engage the Taliban in the south and east of that nation.
About 1,473,000 Americans serve in the armed forces, of those soon a total of 98,000 will be there, which would bring us forces to about 6.6% up from 4.3%.
10,700 UK soldiers are in Afghanistan, out of a force of 429,500 - that's 2.49%.
There are 28 million Afghanis. There are at least 3.7 million soldiers (both active and reserve) in the EU.
For comparison, there are 90,000 soldiers in the armed forces of Romania.
Our Timeline, and the Taliban’s
1000 Italians, less than 1/3 of 1% of the armed forces of a nation freed from fascism are to reinforce the 2700 Italians there already.
Only 4,520 Germans are in Afghanistan. There are 620,000 soldiers in the German armed forces. Less than 1% of those are in Afghanistan. They have orders not to engage the Taliban in the south and east of that nation.
About 1,473,000 Americans serve in the armed forces, of those soon a total of 98,000 will be there, which would bring us forces to about 6.6% up from 4.3%.
10,700 UK soldiers are in Afghanistan, out of a force of 429,500 - that's 2.49%.
There are 28 million Afghanis. There are at least 3.7 million soldiers (both active and reserve) in the EU.
For comparison, there are 90,000 soldiers in the armed forces of Romania.
Our Timeline, and the Taliban’s
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