"This war is not as in the past. Whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his social system as far as his army goes. There's no other way" Stalin Knew
The cost of that war could have financed NAWAPA doubling are food generating capacity, How pointless. We are more secure then ever, now that we have left. We had just as much Oil in Alaska, yet we have to resort to theft. Read, Mr. Lindsey Williams book The Oil Non Crisis.
Does it matter anymore if it was worth it? We're out. It's over. The war has ended. now lets get out of Afghanistan and spend our money, labor and effort saving this country! :) Great video Stu; you honestly honored the men and women who sacrificed their time away from family, health and safety. Let us don't dishonor those who did the work yet did not have decision making power. Let us honor their service, their sacrifice and never forget that they gave their all.
@thizizliz Thanks Lass... Ultimately it is every citizen's job to choose public servants who are about something besides their interests first and the people's second... When we fail in this regard the entire world pays the price, our service men and women without exception....
Where's all that oil we were after? Well, the Chinese got the oil contracts and the private contractors got paid billions of our tax dollars. It was a helluva a way to wage a war. Sun Tsu would be proud.
@battlebauble Our commitment and having our act together has been less than stellar since my time in the Navy and post WWII for that matter... Only time will tell if the American people pay more attention and hold DC to accountibility...
In an attempt to rid Iraq of W.M.D.'s an Saddam, only 1 of these were accomplished, because there were no W.M.D.'s. It didn't stop there. When the Iraqi military surrendered, it didn't stop there. Is the world a safer place? Definitely not, in fact it's much, much worse. Iraq was a training ground to pursue and test new weapons. When you are in the trade of killing and making money from it, you need to stay on top of that trade so your competitors cannot compete.
@shuddawudda It is up to us to send political leadership who represent the people and not special interests of any kind... We have been less than vigilant in the past and only the future will tell if we will do a better job...
@EmCSpiteri1 Over history Iraq fell under rule of the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate. The US was the most recent but likely not the last...
"This war is not as in the past. Whoever occupies a territory also imposes on it his own social system. Everyone imposes his social system as far as his army goes. There's no other way" Stalin Knew
Slith01 3 weeks ago
The cost of that war could have financed NAWAPA doubling are food generating capacity, How pointless. We are more secure then ever, now that we have left. We had just as much Oil in Alaska, yet we have to resort to theft. Read, Mr. Lindsey Williams book The Oil Non Crisis.
SirThomas100 1 month ago
Welcome Home. May Home rise to meet you :D
cooksterz 1 month ago
Just one word!! Great!!!!
jtls8 2 months ago
Does it matter anymore if it was worth it? We're out. It's over. The war has ended. now lets get out of Afghanistan and spend our money, labor and effort saving this country! :) Great video Stu; you honestly honored the men and women who sacrificed their time away from family, health and safety. Let us don't dishonor those who did the work yet did not have decision making power. Let us honor their service, their sacrifice and never forget that they gave their all.
thizizliz 2 months ago
@thizizliz Thanks Lass... Ultimately it is every citizen's job to choose public servants who are about something besides their interests first and the people's second... When we fail in this regard the entire world pays the price, our service men and women without exception....
PappyStu 2 months ago
@thizizliz Now let the Americans pay to build up Iraq and compensate the Iraqi citizens for the cocked up mission.
TheCentralServices 2 months ago
Where's all that oil we were after? Well, the Chinese got the oil contracts and the private contractors got paid billions of our tax dollars. It was a helluva a way to wage a war. Sun Tsu would be proud.
battlebauble 2 months ago
@battlebauble Our commitment and having our act together has been less than stellar since my time in the Navy and post WWII for that matter... Only time will tell if the American people pay more attention and hold DC to accountibility...
PappyStu 2 months ago
In an attempt to rid Iraq of W.M.D.'s an Saddam, only 1 of these were accomplished, because there were no W.M.D.'s. It didn't stop there. When the Iraqi military surrendered, it didn't stop there. Is the world a safer place? Definitely not, in fact it's much, much worse. Iraq was a training ground to pursue and test new weapons. When you are in the trade of killing and making money from it, you need to stay on top of that trade so your competitors cannot compete.
shuddawudda 2 months ago
@shuddawudda It is up to us to send political leadership who represent the people and not special interests of any kind... We have been less than vigilant in the past and only the future will tell if we will do a better job...
PappyStu 2 months ago
About time...
phekwig 2 months ago
@phekwig No doubt
PappyStu 2 months ago
Instruments of death.
EmCSpiteri1 2 months ago
@EmCSpiteri1 Over history Iraq fell under rule of the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate. The US was the most recent but likely not the last...
PappyStu 2 months ago
@PappyStu Now if the USA could stop pestering other nations...
genmama1955 2 months ago
@genmama1955 Politicians are often more wrong than right as a rule... The world over...
PappyStu 2 months ago