tekkierich
11-07-2007, 09:17 AM
Ron Paul's foriegn policy that is. From the LA times today:
From the Los Angeles Times
Picking up after failed war on terror
Bush's campaign to wipe out terrorism is a costly mess. Here are five steps to move on.
By Andrew J. Bacevich
November 6, 2007
Don't expect to hear this from the White House any time soon, but the global war on terrorism conceived in the wake of 9/11 has effectively ended. As President Bush travels from one military post to the next giving pep talks to soldiers, he manfully sustains the pretense that V-T Day is just around the corner. Yet events have shredded the strategy that his administration was counting on to produce its victory over terrorism.
War requires adherence to principles. Once a conflict becomes an exercise in improvisation, it ceases to be meaningful. It becomes the antithesis of war -- killing without political purpose or moral justification.
The Bush administration is no longer engaged in a principled effort to address the threat posed by violent Islamic radicalism. In lieu of principles, the administration now engages in crisis management, reacting to problems as they pop up. Last week, it was Turkey's threat to invade Iraqi Kurdistan. This week, it's Pervez Musharraf, key ally and beneficiary of $10 billion in U.S. aid since 2001, imposing naked military rule on Pakistan. Next week, who knows what surprises await?
This much we can say with certainty: Bush is as much in the dark as you are.
Read the rest
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimesC94.html
This columnist might not be in our camp today, but he is ripe for the pick'n. He "gets it" as so many others are doing around the country.
Ron Paul truly has the right message at the right time.
From the Los Angeles Times
Picking up after failed war on terror
Bush's campaign to wipe out terrorism is a costly mess. Here are five steps to move on.
By Andrew J. Bacevich
November 6, 2007
Don't expect to hear this from the White House any time soon, but the global war on terrorism conceived in the wake of 9/11 has effectively ended. As President Bush travels from one military post to the next giving pep talks to soldiers, he manfully sustains the pretense that V-T Day is just around the corner. Yet events have shredded the strategy that his administration was counting on to produce its victory over terrorism.
War requires adherence to principles. Once a conflict becomes an exercise in improvisation, it ceases to be meaningful. It becomes the antithesis of war -- killing without political purpose or moral justification.
The Bush administration is no longer engaged in a principled effort to address the threat posed by violent Islamic radicalism. In lieu of principles, the administration now engages in crisis management, reacting to problems as they pop up. Last week, it was Turkey's threat to invade Iraqi Kurdistan. This week, it's Pervez Musharraf, key ally and beneficiary of $10 billion in U.S. aid since 2001, imposing naked military rule on Pakistan. Next week, who knows what surprises await?
This much we can say with certainty: Bush is as much in the dark as you are.
Read the rest
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/latimesC94.html
This columnist might not be in our camp today, but he is ripe for the pick'n. He "gets it" as so many others are doing around the country.
Ron Paul truly has the right message at the right time.