04-08-2003, 01:48 AM
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Originally posted by theking
"We put sixteen million people in uniform, with less than half the current population, during the Second World War. We fought that war with a fraction of the current GNP and that was a "hurculean task", but we did it."
Again..apples & oranges. In WWII, we were pushing foreign powers BACK, and then closing them down. We were not occupying the lands we fought in. We turned those lands over to the people who were rightfully the owners. We also had the entire civilized world WITH US in that endeavor. When we ended in Germany, the country was divided up into 4 sectors occupied by the 4 largest industrial nations on earth at the time. Taking over Syria, Iran & Libya in addition to Iraq is NOT the same thing as defeating Nazi Germany. We are not physically CAPABLE of occupying countries for years as you suggest we are.
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"I doubt that we will have to shut down one Muslim nation after another. The leaders of the nations will get the message and begin to police/control their people."
Oh..they got the message all right. The vast majority of Islamic nations HATE US! Did you happen to see 60 mins last Sunday nite? There is fear that even King Hussein of Jordan could be in trouble because of his support..no matter how tentative.
And is it ever Pollyanaesque to say "Golly Gee. You saw what we did to the bad guys in Iraq. So you better control your own people!" (As if any country can truly control all of their people!)
Hmm..wait a min..I thought that's why we went in in the first place to Iraq..to liberate people from a terrible police state! NOW..you advocate OTHER nations doing the same to "control their people!"????????? (that's what they would have to do to be successful!)
So we would have to destroy any seeds of democracy (controlling their people..i.e. police state), in order to save our country?
You're right..that's not Colonialism..that's just plain BARBARIC!
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