Colonel Jack Jacobs states, "America is not good at diplomacy and spending monies to countries to move into democracy, but, the country is great at war." Common ATTITUDE of military either current or retired.
THEN, the same Colonel turns around and makes a hypocritical statement. Americans are basically stupid, so he is sure they'll understand that Nation Building is the only answer to USA National Security. The statement was basically this, "Once we have a strategy and the military has obtained a foothold, THEN bring in the monies and diplomats."
Don't you love it. Kill the people to liberate them. Amazing.
OMG.
The US military personnel doesn't understand not every nation in the world wants their people to die in order to be liberated.
HERE AND NOW. That is the only reality any US military personnel understand. THE QUICK FIX. Jacobs wants every nation to become Afghanistan.
Richard Holbrook, the dedicated diplomat was 'good enough' to work with while the military killed the people in Afghanistan. The man died of a heart attack and his final words were about Afghanistan.
No accountability by the US Military regarding the Iraq War, but, it would be great to go back there.
I don't want to kill anymore kids. If GIs want to kill kids, they need to examine their conscience. It's over for the USA in Iraq. The war was fought wrong, the soldiers became the private army of Maliki and the rest of the country be damned.
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I remember complaints by the USA regarding how Hamas threw candy to children. Well, guess who adopted that model in Iraq?
Iraqi school girls (click here) sing a song in Arabic to thank the Iraqi and American forces for their graciously during a distribution drive at the Al Kays & Al Yasameen Elementary School, one of two schools to receive goods, Feb. 19 in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad. Lt. Col. Louis Zeisman, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division Baghdad, wanted to show the families back home at the unit's home station in Fort Bragg, N.C., that the gifts were appericated by the children. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Licea....
I don't think it was Halloween.
This was Baghdad. The Green Zone. The only place in Iraq where cement barrier after cement barrier after cement barrier after cement barrier actually achieved a place where GIs can put up candy displays to the kids.
Blast walls. (click here) This is an Iraqi citizen OUTSIDE of the blast walls protecting Baghdad and people like Maliki so the country could say they elected those folks.
The article before this picture is dated to 2007. In that article it is cited there deteriorating conditions in Basrah. 2007. The USA entered Iraq in March 2003. A FOUR year occupation and there continued to be deterioration in the country.
What gives anyone the idea going back to Iraq is going solve their problems? It ain't going to happen. Iraq needs to solve it's own problems AND the USA doesn't have to supply Hellfire Missiles so a civil war turns into a massacre.
The Obama Administration worries about genocide. But, President Obama will sign a bill to supply Hellfire Missiles to Iraq.
The political face of Washington, DC is completely faux. The USA needs to end it's sales of arms into these countries.
Syria? The opposition party to Geneva doesn't exist. John McCain wanted to arm people that have no clue about anything except killing each other. I think it is France representing the opposition group at the Geneva talks. That is the USA. Oppose Russia on any grounds in any country on Earth even if it means killing people and destroying countries.
We don't belong in Iraq
We never did.
I am fairly sure Blackwater (Xe) is still hiring for Iraq. Any American will make more money that way. Watch out for the Hellfire Missiles, though.
Nov 17, 2013 2:40pm
By MaryAlice Parks, James Hill, and Ely Brown
THEN, the same Colonel turns around and makes a hypocritical statement. Americans are basically stupid, so he is sure they'll understand that Nation Building is the only answer to USA National Security. The statement was basically this, "Once we have a strategy and the military has obtained a foothold, THEN bring in the monies and diplomats."
Don't you love it. Kill the people to liberate them. Amazing.
OMG.
The US military personnel doesn't understand not every nation in the world wants their people to die in order to be liberated.
HERE AND NOW. That is the only reality any US military personnel understand. THE QUICK FIX. Jacobs wants every nation to become Afghanistan.Richard Holbrook, the dedicated diplomat was 'good enough' to work with while the military killed the people in Afghanistan. The man died of a heart attack and his final words were about Afghanistan.
No accountability by the US Military regarding the Iraq War, but, it would be great to go back there.
I don't want to kill anymore kids. If GIs want to kill kids, they need to examine their conscience. It's over for the USA in Iraq. The war was fought wrong, the soldiers became the private army of Maliki and the rest of the country be damned.
I remember complaints by the USA regarding how Hamas threw candy to children. Well, guess who adopted that model in Iraq?Iraqi school girls (click here) sing a song in Arabic to thank the Iraqi and American forces for their graciously during a distribution drive at the Al Kays & Al Yasameen Elementary School, one of two schools to receive goods, Feb. 19 in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad. Lt. Col. Louis Zeisman, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division Baghdad, wanted to show the families back home at the unit's home station in Fort Bragg, N.C., that the gifts were appericated by the children. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Licea....
I don't think it was Halloween.
This was Baghdad. The Green Zone. The only place in Iraq where cement barrier after cement barrier after cement barrier after cement barrier actually achieved a place where GIs can put up candy displays to the kids.
The article before this picture is dated to 2007. In that article it is cited there deteriorating conditions in Basrah. 2007. The USA entered Iraq in March 2003. A FOUR year occupation and there continued to be deterioration in the country.
What gives anyone the idea going back to Iraq is going solve their problems? It ain't going to happen. Iraq needs to solve it's own problems AND the USA doesn't have to supply Hellfire Missiles so a civil war turns into a massacre.
The Obama Administration worries about genocide. But, President Obama will sign a bill to supply Hellfire Missiles to Iraq.
The political face of Washington, DC is completely faux. The USA needs to end it's sales of arms into these countries.
Syria? The opposition party to Geneva doesn't exist. John McCain wanted to arm people that have no clue about anything except killing each other. I think it is France representing the opposition group at the Geneva talks. That is the USA. Oppose Russia on any grounds in any country on Earth even if it means killing people and destroying countries.
We don't belong in Iraq
We never did.
I am fairly sure Blackwater (Xe) is still hiring for Iraq. Any American will make more money that way. Watch out for the Hellfire Missiles, though.
Nov 17, 2013 2:40pm
By MaryAlice Parks, James Hill, and Ely Brown
The nation’s most infamous private security firm, (click here) Blackwater, Inc., has a new weapon these days: the written word. Three years after selling the controversial company, Blackwater founder Erik Prince is opening up in a new book, “Civilian Warriors.”
In an interview on “This Week,” Prince discussed the civilian armed forces company’s rapid rise and the controversial end to its operations in Iraq.
A former Navy SEAL, Prince is unabashedly unapologetic for Blackwater’s contentious record. He blames the company’s demise on “cold and timid souls” looking for scapegoats, specifically pointing to those already set against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“The anti-war left went after the troops during an unpopular Vietnam War. This time they went after the contractors. Blackwater was a very easy whipping boy for them,” Prince told ABC’s Martha Raddatz....
