It’s that day again

[aadler]

 
Eleven years on, I have to say that I wish we had accomplished more.

Iraq and Afghanistan are sliding back into Islamic anarchy, as American will dwindles. (Not that of the soldiers, no, not the people doing the fighting; the loss of determination is almost completely limited to politicians and others who stay safely home.) Egypt and Libya are lost to the Muslim Brotherhood, Syria is sure to be the next on the block, and Iran is right around the corner from nuclear weaponry. Weakness, apathy, and arrogant disregard — all from the White House — have set the stage for another round of terrible wars. And, when they begin, we won’t be ready, because we never are. America always yearns for peace, carries it to an unrealistic extreme, and as a result we always have to catch up to events we might have headed off.

In the time since I joined the Army, I’ve done three theater deployments and a support tour at Guantanamo, along with volunteering for every school and training and extra duty for which I could qualify. It wasn’t enough. I wanted to do more, and I tried to do more, because I knew I hadn’t done enough. And now, just as the need is about to increase, I’m approaching the point of involuntary retirement, and will no longer be allowed to contribute.

Things are about to get bad, and I’m convinced it didn’t have to happen. And, though there are many things that could have been done better, I pretty much blame Obama for the state of things now.

Maybe next time we can elect someone who, instead of focusing on the rise of the oceans, will just do his damn JOB.

Comments

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I'm with you, brother. Most people in America today refuse to even acknowledge that we're still at war, let alone that it's a war we could lose.

[skarman.livejournal.com]

What I find sad about the current state of affairs with the younger generation is that they all seem to be so much in favor of 'socialism' and 'communism'. They display their affiliation so prominently.

Placards. Che shirts. Flyers.

It is very clear that they've never studied history. The only countries still adhering to either philosophy are in dire straits and have been for decades.

Cuba and North Korea being prime examples. China, on the other hand, has learned and is mixing it with market based economics. Russia has tried democracy (with an unhealthy dose of corruption), build up its economy and is now very publicly consolidating its power under one man, harkening back to the good ol' days of Joe Stalin and his ilk, threatening its citizens who speak out and expanding its influence across the globe again. And this is what they want to emulate?

I also find it funny that people (and countries) always scream about the horrid conditions in other countries and then look at the US to go in and clean it up but at the same time scream about how the US is playing the world's police officer and how they're interfering in a country's internal affairs. They can't make up their minds, it's like they're bipolar.

Again, I lament the fact that history isn't taught or studied anymore. Or at least, not the history we grew up in. As for those seven countries mentioned by yamamanama, all but two are ones that have islamic insurgencies.

Funny that. Again proving that it's a doctrine that is a recipe for disaster all over the world.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

"They've never studied history." Yup. That's it exactly. And with the increasing left leaning in our schools, they won't be allowed to, either.

There's a definite "have our cake and eat it too" thinking on the left, as you say. Bipolar with a healthy dose of hypocrisy, and a side course of ignorance. We could beat most of this with an honest and intense study of history, but who wants to work for knowledge anymore?