Andrew Bacevich Asks Congress If We Can Afford to Fight the "Long War"

During Congressional hearings before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich asked Congress if our country can afford to fight the "long war" in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is already the second most expensive war in US history.

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[LeadBeIIy]

Agreed that we need to start seeing the terrorists as human beings if we want real resolution. We need to confront their motivations and influences.

Spraying your apartment with raid everyday to kill invading ants is both expensive and detrimental to your health. Instead, just clean up your crumbs after you eat.

As for Gaza and Israel, the U.S. swung too far to one side in the last 9 years. Its role was a moderator, and it can't serve that role anymore. Another country needs to step in.

[wmg111]

The US won't be the first empire to founder in those mountains, and I dare say it won't be the last.

[zenmachinefilms]

Too bad people don't listen to this guy. Many don't even know who he is.

Bacevich's last comment on religious terrorism is similar to Wesley Clark's comment on the never-ending war(s) in the Middle East and our military occupation: When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a hammer.

[4aaaaa4]

9/11 was a Pentagon scenario played out

see "northwoods"

But forget all that. Trying to do anything seems like attempting to stop a tiger by grabbing it's tail, instead of blocking it's path

We better START WORRYING ABOUT THE NEXT FLASE FLAG ATTACK ON US

All indications promise that the Pentagon will use us & our allies as a pretext to war again. Blame the same innocent civilizations again.. or pick some NEW ones to accuse

The NEXT false flag attack will be an "untracable" bioweapon

[FlamesandGuns]

troll.

[whizbang47]

That's wrong. Don't believe me. Check out Seymour Hersh and the UN's counternarcotics group's figures on annual poppy yields in Afghanistan. New records every year until 2008.

[seestickglue232]

heroin production had been at a virtual standstill coming out of afghanistan because the taliban destroyed most of the crop (most of the dope coming in was from mexico). after the US came in it rose to 95% of the heroin supply. so good observation

[seestickglue232]

I DISAGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BrezhnevIsMyCoPilot]

"greenwald would support any of obamas policies regardless of what he believed in. he is just an idealogue."

Which explains perfectly why Greenwald and his foundation are challenging President Obama on his policy on Afghanistan in this very video, right dsgl0p?

[liike28]

He looks like Kurt Russell.

[spartan2600]

because there is a lot of money to be made in war. re: the military-industrial complex.

boeing, raytheon, haliburton et al. are making off like bandits, and are paying politicians to keep the war machine rolling.