Malum Prohibitum
01-31-2008, 12:51 PM
How annoying is it that if the thread title doesnt have Rons name in it, it gets moved to the dustbin... anyway...
If any of you have seen 'Charlie Wilson's War' or even were alive, breathing, and paying attention to the world during the Reagan administration, you know that our funding of the Afgani rebels allowed us to bankrupt the USSR by sending $20k stinger missles, which were used to down $15M helicopters and tanks. We supported these insurgents because they bled Russia dry economically, which eventually resulted in the dissolution of the USSR.
I have suspected that today, AQ and Iran are using our own tactics against us. We are committing VERY expensive hardware to counter guys who fight us with old bombs, car phones as detonatoors, and AKs. Iran gives AQ just enough technology to continue to get us to ramp up our investment. Instead of fighting them smart, in a cold war style, by employing only CIA, special ops, navy and locals, we are committing hundreds of billions of dollars to attempt to completely remodelling the Middle East, on the assumption that 1. it is possible to force change on an entire subcontinent, and 2. thats the only way to do it.
We know its not the only way. Jefferson dealt with muslim fanatic pirates in his day very effectively without bankrupting the nation, unfortunately, we havent had any Jeffersons in power for a long time.
Today, a tape was released which confirmed my suspicions. AQ isnt interested in killing ALL Americans, they are only interested in bleeding us dry economically until we collapse under our own weight.... And the Neocons are doing exactly what AQ wants us to do.
Ron Pauls approach to AQ is the correct one. AQ in the grand scheme of things is a few annoying flies in our ointment. You dont use a billion dollar MOAB to kill a fly, when a 29cent flyswatter and an eager kid will do the job....
linky.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/01/binladen.tape/index.html
If any of you have seen 'Charlie Wilson's War' or even were alive, breathing, and paying attention to the world during the Reagan administration, you know that our funding of the Afgani rebels allowed us to bankrupt the USSR by sending $20k stinger missles, which were used to down $15M helicopters and tanks. We supported these insurgents because they bled Russia dry economically, which eventually resulted in the dissolution of the USSR.
I have suspected that today, AQ and Iran are using our own tactics against us. We are committing VERY expensive hardware to counter guys who fight us with old bombs, car phones as detonatoors, and AKs. Iran gives AQ just enough technology to continue to get us to ramp up our investment. Instead of fighting them smart, in a cold war style, by employing only CIA, special ops, navy and locals, we are committing hundreds of billions of dollars to attempt to completely remodelling the Middle East, on the assumption that 1. it is possible to force change on an entire subcontinent, and 2. thats the only way to do it.
We know its not the only way. Jefferson dealt with muslim fanatic pirates in his day very effectively without bankrupting the nation, unfortunately, we havent had any Jeffersons in power for a long time.
Today, a tape was released which confirmed my suspicions. AQ isnt interested in killing ALL Americans, they are only interested in bleeding us dry economically until we collapse under our own weight.... And the Neocons are doing exactly what AQ wants us to do.
Ron Pauls approach to AQ is the correct one. AQ in the grand scheme of things is a few annoying flies in our ointment. You dont use a billion dollar MOAB to kill a fly, when a 29cent flyswatter and an eager kid will do the job....
linky.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/01/binladen.tape/index.html