America bombed Cambodia and Laos to an astounding degree, dropping more explosives on those countries than were dropped in all of WWII. To this day, someone is killed or maimed there daily by unexploded USA ordinance.

Did America "win" Vietnam? Hmmm let me think.

First Obama will bomb Waziristan, forcing Al Qaida to move to Baluchistan, and he will bomb them there, this will force them to pack up the SUV's (the good Japanese ones) and move farther on down the road. Pretty pointless and stupid.

Obama will break America's back in the Afghan -- killing tens of thousands more civilians in the process. He will NOT make you safer. That would require something more along the lines of William Blum's plan.

"If I were president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize - very publicly and sincerely - to all the widows and orphans, the impoverished and the tortured, and the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce to every corner of the world that America's global military interventions have come to an end." The quote is from Blum's 2004 book Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire.

We are told that 911 was planned in a cave (it was not, but let's pretend), does this fool Obama plan on bombing all the caves in the region? Or does he have some other unstated goal? I know what I think.

Drop an anvil to kill a flea.

Just because someone isn't a christian doesn't mean they have to be killed.

- King Julain

Two points, one depressing, one hopeful:

1. The White Paper worries about Pakistan, and yet gives only one passing reference to India. Americans may not be concerned about India, but Pakistan is. Right or wrong, reasonable or not, that's a fact, one American policy mavins should take into account. Instead, the US cuddles up to India and ignores what Pakistan thinks.

2. On the other hand, unless I read it too quickly, the White Paper is silent about using air strikes against Al Qaeda, a tactic that seems to generate lots of anti-Americanism. Is this a signal that the US is at least thinking about abandoning the tactic as counterproductive?

On tactics, just possibly the US is coming to its senses. On strategy, it has tunnel vision.

"Land of the Spree, and the Home of the Knave"

"if you think this country's bad off now/Just wait till I get through with it."

I thought it was pretty outrageous when people said that Obama is a Marxist. I had no idea they meant Groucho Marxist.

I couldn't find the lyrics to "Freedonia is Going to War" on the web anymore. It is just to damned subversive and unamerican to be permitted on the web.

Better buy a dvd of "Duck Soup" before they disappear too.

Barack "Firefly" Obama

"Land of the Spree, and the Home of the Knave"

"if you think this country's bad off now/Just wait till I get through with it."

I thought it was pretty outrageous when people said that Obama is a Marxist. I had no idea they meant Groucho Marxist.

I couldn't find the lyrics to "Freedonia is Going to War" on the web anymore. It is just too damned subversive and unamerican to be permitted on the web.

Better buy a dvd of "Duck Soup" before they disappear too.

Barack "Firefly" Obama

"You're a brave man. Go and break through the lines. And remember, while you're out there risking your life and limb through shot and shell, we'll be in here thinking what a sucker you are."

Why should the US taxpayer spend billions of dollars on this adventure, when Russia, Iran and China are better positioned to sort out how best to bring minimal stability to Afghanistan?

Why should American war profiteers wax fat over the problems in Central Asia? Obama apparently does not grasp the fact the US is correctly seen as the aider and abettor of Israeli murders of innocent Lebanese and Palestinian civilians. US military profile in Central Asia is already far too high.

Leave. In 30 years it will no worse than it is now and there's no way to make it better.