Did you all read about Obama's plan to withdraw troops from Iraq? The plan calls for a complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq, leaving 50,000 troops behind. Doesn't make much sense, does it? Fifty thousand troops sounds an awful lot like a complete occupation to me. With other harsh rhetoric from the Obama administration toward other nations of the Middle East, it seems supporters of Bush's War on Terror can rest assured that Obama will continue this war of false flags and special interests.
The media pounded it into America's head: McCain pro-war, Obama anti-war. Take your pick. Those of us on the outside had already concluded ourselves that the differences between McCain and Obama were so trivial that it didn't even matter the outcome - the war would surely continue.
The removal of troops from Iraq gives the White House something to point at: deniability of the desire to continue the war. However, as American bombs begin to drop in Pakistan, it seems likely that American troops in Iraq are only going to be relocated. That is not a way to peace.
I believe I have a withdrawal plan that the White House really should take a look at. My plan involves two simple steps: First, we load all of the American troops worldwide onto boats and planes. Secondly, we bring them all back home to the United States. I know my plan is radical, but it really doesn't need to be made more complex than that.
There are two ways the American wars worldwide can end: We can leave, or we can be forced to leave. The government is very good at making problems seem more complex than they really are. It's an old tyrannical tactic that allows the state time and room to do as it pleases, while emphasizing just how massive the problem is that they're really up against. In reality, a voluntary withdrawal is less detrimental to our own nation's safety than is a withdrawal by force.
With the economic crisis back home, we will soon be forced to abandon our empire worldwide. The economic situation here in the United States isn't fixable so long as this government continues spending the way it does. A bankrupt government should cut all unnecessary spending. On the top of that list should be any and all state funding overseas, including military spending.
My fellow libertarians are well aware that Obama has no intention of abandoning our empire voluntarily. That would involve actual change. Instead, it seems that Obama just hates Afghanistan more than Iraq. Oh, and Pakistan is no longer our friend - they're now the enemy.
Yes, it's the Axis of Evil consisting of Afghanistan and Pakistan that are the real threat to America. They are harboring terrorism. They are a threat to our way of life. They hate blue jeans and Coca-Cola. They need democracy. It just seems like I've heard all of this before, except that it all turned out not to be true.
I guess real change means that Obama has decided just to switch the enemy. Now that Obama has revealed himself to be a complete warmonger just like his predecessor, I wonder whether his formerly anti-war supporters will still follow him. If they do, they're as guilty as the so-called conservatives who supported Bush through his dramatic shift in viewpoint.
It's American foreign policy - not Democrat or Republican foreign policy - that is dooming this country to poverty. Our foreign policy is expensive, and creates more anti-American feelings worldwide, which in turn could lead to more terrorists. It doesn't make any sense to me, and it didn't make any sense to Democrats during election time. Despite the fact that Obama is now into bailing out giant corporations and maintaining the United States empire worldwide, I still see students wearing his face on their T-shirts.
Americans needs to stick to our values and demand that Obama end the wars now. All of them. If we expect this country to survive, we must be anti-war. The government isn't changing; they're just getting worse everyday. War will lead to more economic turmoil and loss of liberty at home. Obama will only support change if we make him.
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Since when did the CT allow seventh graders to submit columns? This is one of the biggest pieces of simplistic crap I'd read in a while.
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Yes, if only we could go back to the 18th century where we didn't need no stinking world (trade, foreign wars, etc). Such a world has never existed here or elsewhere...only in Libertarian fantasies. Overseas spending isn't bankrupting America but spending at home (social security, medicare, medicaid, etc).
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Yes, if only we could go back to the 18th century where we didn't need no stinking world (trade, foreign wars, etc). Such a world has never existed here or elsewhere...only in Libertarian fantasies. Overseas spending isn't bankrupting America but spending at home (social security, medicare, medicaid, etc).
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Wow. I mean wow. Where to start? Just an incredibly simplistic and unrealistic plan. I'm surprised this was submitted by a college student.
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"The government is very good at making problems seem more complex than they really are." Just because you're too simpleminded to understand something doesn't make it complicated.
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Is this actually a column on the CT that actually makes sense? Our foreign policy is a debacle and is the reason we are hated across the world. It's pretty simple, we invade other countries, or overthrow their goverments to spead "democracy" or "freedom" even though we overthrow democratically elected officials (see Iran, several central american countries). We then lend these countries considerable amounts of money to be used to "advance" infrastructure and military but only can be spent on American contractors or goods. The rulers of these countries become corrupt and can't pay back these loans and the country spirals into chaos. We've done this since the 50's. It's imperialism. We are an empire, exploiting other countries and their goods. We also get these countries to base their currencies on the dollar to increase the value of the dollar so we can print more without seeing considerable affects of this inflation. As we are seeing now, our empire is crumbling, through debasement of the currency and overextension, just like the Romans. Obama is no different than Bush, a little more socialist, but Bush was very socialist himself. This book by a former "economic hitman" is a great read regarding our loaning money to smaller countries: http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238766863&sr=8-1
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Hey buddy, isolationism has been tried and failed. Do you all really think that just leaving the rest of the world to be gobbled up by hostile powers like Iran, China, and Russia won't eventually come back to bite us? I agree, the USA should not be the world's policeman, but it must make sure to stop the rise of any other country that could become a competitor on par with our own strength.
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Y'know, I think if we just leave Waziristan (Al Queda's new home), North Korea and Iran alone they won't cause any more trouble with terrorism or god forbid nuclear weapons. Oh, that's right...we were doing that before 9/11.
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Interesting note about Baghdad- there is a Pepsi factory in the SE part of the city. It is quite nice and provides many jobs there and for some reason has not been the target of any of the freedom fighters. I think it is because it tastes so delicious! And I would say that a good portion of the folks in the muslim world hate us because they are pretty much taught to hate us since they were kids. You know how we are taught to embrace differences and love people of all kinds? That isn't the case in schools in Iraq. Why are they taught that? Probably since they see MTV Cribs for 30 of the 120 minutes a day that electricity works and are a tad bitter at the baller lifestyle that we have. Just a bunch of haters, I swear.
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@ the author. Let me use a metaphor to make this a little simpler. Ever pick at a scab? What about a big one. Iraq is pretty much a huge scab and picking out the troops would cause the entire country to drown in turmoil. I think once Obama became president he probably talked to someone who knows about the situation and made an informed decision to not destroy everything that we've done for Iraq. I understand peace loving anti war sentiments but just trust me on this one. Bad people exist. If you don't deal with them, then they'll deal with you.
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