McCain Asks NAACP for VotesJesse Jackson reportedly also used n-word in off-air gaff
For Pelosi, a Fight Against Offshore Drilling
Video - Iraqi forces take control of central province - 17 Jul 08
Al Gore challenges the nation to produce every alternative electricity
Obama warns against 'fighting the last war'
IndyMac Is Included In FBI Fraud Inquiry
Senate: Offshore tax abuses total billion
Critics Blast Obama for Setting Foreign Policy Before Iraq Visit
US Consumer Prices Surge Amid Inflation Concerns
U.S. consumer prices jump by second biggest amount in 26 years
As economy dominates, Obama, McCain seek answersDem leaders pressure CEOs to buck GOP
Bleak economic outlook for US
U.S.-Mexican Border Busts Net 1400 Lbs. Of Drug
U.S. plan to meet with Iran heightens debateUS Calls on Pakistan to Control Afghan Border
Afghan NATO force hits targets inside Pakistan
Movie review: 'Dark Knight': Ledger terrific
OPINION
How else can you explain the spotty attention Bush and McCain have paid to Afghanistan?
Call Me a Proud, Scared Conservative
1 comment:
Taking the war to Pakistan is perhaps the most foolish thing America can do. Obama is not the first to suggest it, and we already have sufficient evidence of the potentially negative repercussions of such an action.
For example: On January 13, 2006, the United States launched a missile strike on the village of Damadola, Pakistan. Rather than kill the targeted Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s deputy leader, the strike instead slaughtered 17 locals. This only served to further weaken the Musharraf government and further destabilize the entire area. In a nuclear state like Pakistan, this was not only unfortunate, it was outright stupid. Pakistan has 160 million Arabs (better than half of the population of the entire Arab world). Pakistan also has the support of China and a nuclear arsenal.
I predict that America’s military action in the Middle East will enter the canons of history alongside Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Holocaust, in kind if not in degree. The Bush administration’s war on terror marks the age in which America has again crossed a line that many argue should never be crossed. Call it preemption, preventive war, the war on terror, or whatever you like; there is a sense that we have again unleashed a force that, like a boom-a-rang, at some point has to come back to us. The Bush administration argues that American military intervention in the Middle East is purely in self-defense. Others argue that it is pure aggression. The consensus is equally as torn over its impact on international terrorism. Is America truly deterring future terrorists with its actions? Or is it, in fact, aiding the recruitment of more terrorists?
The last thing the United States should do at this point and time is to violate yet another state’s sovereignty. Beyond being wrong, it just isn't very smart. We all agree that slavery in this country was wrong; as was the decimation of the Native American populations. We all agree that the Holocaust and several other acts of genocide in the twentieth century were wrong. So when will we finally admit that American military intervention in the Middle East is wrong as well?
Post a Comment