The pundits for King George III say the surge in Iraq is showing signs of succeeding and the American people are now in favor of the war. The king himself recently gave a speech in which he outlined the importance of winning the war, defeating the terrorists, securing the oil fields for future generations and that if we withdraw we will be in grave danger at home. Basically, what he’s said all along as he does whatever he wishes with US troops worldwide.
The thing I don’t understand is if we withdraw the terrorists will all of a sudden be able to find America on the map and bring devastation and genocide to our shores. Do they not know where the troops came from? Will they have to wait until troops are airlifted and shipped back to the States to know where to attack next? Wouldn’t it be smart to strengthen our borders if terrorists are coming? What stops them from coming across with the millions of Mexicans, Central Americans, and South Americans that stream into the Border States to a point of complete chaos currently? Does this mean terrorists can only fight on one front at a time? Are they waiting for airlines to have fare wars so they can afford to come here? Are they saving their money for nukes? Hasn’t the current policy of 100 million new workers that the wealthy can take advantage of driven all domestic agendas?
Why after years of the war on terror is the state department have less than a couple dozen employees that speak Arabic? Is it possible we never intended to negotiate with the Arab world? Is it that important that we use up trillions of dollars of weaponry the military has stock piled up over the last couple of decades? Must we continuously act like a big, fat loudmouth, bragging and threatening everyone in the world except the British to get our way on every issue, all the time, all over the world, demanding everything imaginable, and giving nothing in return? In a school yard we would be the obnoxious bully everyone hated, which explains our place in the world today. I didn’t catch but a one liner the other day where he said something about nuclear war with Iran I think. Jesus, can’t anyone get a muzzle thrown over that guy’s mouth.
The phrase that keeps coming to mind is “not in my name”. I’ve never let my mouth overload my ass and I don’t appreciate others doing it for me. Our troops deserve better than this. Their lives should be placed in the line of fire only when we are actually under attack not just because someone plotted to kill our daddy. But I guess kings have never given a shit what the people think or feel. Life doesn’t change. History always repeats itself. The good die young. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.
By Lloyd H. Frye
Op-Ed Columnist
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