War & Rumors of Wars

When, since my birth, (1950) have we not been at war? Forget morals for a
moment. Lets look at results.

Korea - 100s of K dead, no change.

Viet Nam - got our ass kicked, lost some buddies, some dominoes fell, oh well.

Iran - don't even ask.

El Salvador/Nicaragua - I still can't figure out what we were doing there.

Somalia - huge success there.

Panama - took out our old buddy Noriega who we suddenly discovered was
involved in the drug trade. Notice how there's no drugs in the US anymore.

Granada - we proved that we could defeat a nation with fewer soldiers than
the US army has cooks. Probably the cooks alone could have defeated them.

Haiti - notice the remarkable rise of democracy & wealth there. Former
Yugosalvia, Bosnia, Macedenonia et. al. - I've missed the reports on how
well they're doing.

Gulf war solved a lot, right?

Years of bombing Iraqi anti-aircraft sites & shooting down their planes
wasn't war. It was "sanctions."

I feel much better now. I'm sure I've overlooked a lot of things.

Back to morals for a moment, it's embarassing to be a citizen of the
country that has been the major aggressor, other than the now defunct USSR,
in the last half of the 20th century. Note that few of our aggressions have
gained us much. I hope that Iraq's oil does us some good. If you're going
to be a jerk, you might as well get paid for it. (I know that somebody made
money off all that BS, but it wasn't me and that's what ticks me off.)

Dick Wetherbee 
peace, freedom & keep your word

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