Sunday, May 30, 2004
Survey says ...
Recent American war policy has been a disaster. Let's look at the scorecard over the past sixty years.
We fought Iraq in 1991 (after supporting Saddam all through the 80's) and a tinpot dictator outlasts his adversary, our president Bush I. Current status? Iraq is still a violent cesspool.
We fought in Vietnam, and what is the current status of the government there? Huh? Couldn't hear that.
We've been at Cuba's throat for the past forty-plus years and almost traded nukes over it. What kind of government does Cuba have? Hmm. Say it a bit louder, would you?
We fought in Korea and MacArthur considered making a run on China. Last time I looked North Korea is still a problem, and China's government is still ... huh? What was that? Say it louder, please.
The only communist dictatorships left in the world are the countries we struggled actively with over the past several decades, China an exception. (But a case could be made for their getting nervous being circled by Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.)
Have the world's dictator wanna-be's learned their lesson? Want longevity past your relevance? Just go to war with the US. Keep under our radar and what's likely to happen? You'll get invited into the EU instead.
Prediction: If the Bush Administration policy in the Middle East continues as it has, we'll still be in a struggle of some kind with these guys fifty years hence. When will they ever learn?
