THE NEXT WAR....Wesley K. Clark
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......It's always looming. But has our military learned the right lessons from this one to fight it and win?
In The Washington Post today an article by Wesley K. Clark, the former supreme commander of NATO, led alliance military forces in the Kosovo war in 1999.
He speaks on the next possibility of war with Iran, maybe again with Afghanistan and China. Do you think it's a possibility or are too stretched out militarly, check out some of the mistakes he says we've made and need to avoid so far in Iraq in THE NEXT WAR??
Peace
Above all else, we Americans must understand that the goal of war is to achieve a specific purpose for the nation. In this respect, the military is simply a tool of statecraft, one that must work in tandem with diplomacy, economic suasion, intelligence and other instruments of U.S. power. How tragic it is to see old men who are unwilling to talk to potential adversaries but seem so ready to dispatch young people to fight and die.
So, steady as we go. We need to tweak our force structure, hone our leadership and learn everything we can about how to do everything better. But the big lesson is simply this: War is the last, last, last resort. It always brings tragedy and rarely brings glory. Take it from a general who won: The best war is the one that doesn't have to be fought, and the best military is the one capable and versatile enough to deter the next war in the first place.
In The Washington Post today an article by Wesley K. Clark, the former supreme commander of NATO, led alliance military forces in the Kosovo war in 1999.
He speaks on the next possibility of war with Iran, maybe again with Afghanistan and China. Do you think it's a possibility or are too stretched out militarly, check out some of the mistakes he says we've made and need to avoid so far in Iraq in THE NEXT WAR??
Think another war can't happen? Think again. Unchastened by the Iraq fiasco, hawks in Vice President Cheney's office have been pushing the use of force. It isn't hard to foresee the range of military options that policymakers face.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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WW3 anyone?
When the NAU forms and one huge North American military force is created, watch and see what is going to happen when countries really start to disagree and fight battles after that.
One world government is coming. People better start to wake up and see it.
Countries are being virtually dissolved. The cores (infrastructures) all being hollowed out and homogenized. All thats left are their the name tags to keep the majority of the pacified massed from really standing up, taking notice, and really protesting.
In secrecy, is where it is all really happening. Bilderberg anyone?
Don't expect it to be talked about on TV any time soon.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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