Since when did the detractors of Iraq start supporting centralized government? Do they treat domestic matters in the US with the same bias? No.

This stuff is meaningless given that people aren’t worrying over the actual strength of the central government, they are just trying to find anything that they can use to undermine their political opponents.

The only thing that matters in the end is the soul. The loyalty of one person to another. The common bond forged through battle. And the unity of purpose forged through killing one’s mutual enemies.

That is all that matters in the end. Centralized government came from this, it did not come from George Washington substituting the British with the US federal government as it now stands. Assuming he even wanted to.

In a recent blog entry of my own, I linked off to the Newscorp-Neocon articles cited by Neo here, and also liked to sources of my information:

http://elrondhubbard.blogspot.com/2007/11/that-good-news-from-iraq-you-keep-not.html

Yes, I see this. The thugs in the apartment complex to the west of my house, brought in secretly in agreements between Chicago and my town (some legitimate, some not) which has lead to an increased (and yet watered down) police presence. Oh, do tell. Oh, and the fact that our state has probably now become compellingly liberal (democratic) by the immigration of Chicago’s public housing problems.

Do tell, England? Really. It’s right here. Oh, and being punished in engineering courses for not toting the line (or at least being quiet, urhm, which I am not if also I am not really an activist radical if a radical (radical, really and in truth is a free-market, small government, economic fluidity (real), and a believer and God, therefore God given rights). Do tell, England and police state. My word, and I declare, and lots of things. Hmm, I’ll hush and move on. I’m getting the Vapors anyway. :p

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The reinvention of history is a topic that is very important to learn, in my view, since the Left uses the same methods with Vietnam that they used with the Soviet Union. Or rather, their dealings with the Soviet Union.

It is funny that you would mention that, Neo, given that I have read many of Eric Flint’s alternative history novels, both science fiction and contemporal.

I have to categorically disagree with you about the Left misunderstanding war, Jeff.

The Left understands quite well how surprise and will works in war, because they have implemented many good tactics in their war against human progress in addition to warring against the Republican party. The Soviet Union organized such efforts, since they saw a use in useful idiots.

For all unconventional forces, the support of the people is the center of gravity.

Obviously the Left understands that quite well, Jeff. It is why they have spent so long reprogramming universities to teach what they allow to be taught. It is why they try so hard to kick ROTC and the military off campuses. It is why they seek to subvert American politicians, policies, and the US Constitution. It is the people that matter, and the Left wishes so much to enslave the people to their will. The blacks were not enough for the Democrat party, in a way.

Their appearance of incompetence and ignorance over how to fight the Islamic Jihad is not so much ignorance as unwillingness. They are unwilling to unleash Leftist tactics upon the Islamic Jihad, much as they were unwilling to unleash Leftist tactics upon Communists and Nazis. That is, until the Nazis betrayed the Communists; the Left never forgave the Nazi jackbooted fascists that.

Still, the Left is not all that competent at conventional warfare or even active measures such as assassination, COIN, insurgency, or anything else concerning active operations for that matter. They may be able to grasp the basic tactics of defeating an enemy psychologically, but they still are not students of history nor of warfare. That is a distinct weakness, as we saw with AQ as the Marines slaughtered their way into Fallujah 2.

The difference is in who best exploits opportunities.

As a concrete example of what I speak of, consider Valerie Plame. Is that not an opportunity exploited by the Left? How about Sandy Berger? How about Dick Clark when he authorized the clearance for Saudi Arabians to leave America after 9/11, without Presidential authorization? How about the UN and WMDs? Vietnam, even, as an excuse for anti-Americanism and pro-Soviet sentiments?

The Left may have their weaknesses and faults, Jeff, but I have never believed that they were ignorant of warfare tactics in unconventional warfare dealing with the civilian population.

Given a choice between assigning misunderstanding to the Left and active malice, I prefer the latter over the former.

The British disarmed their population and now they are promising protection with 24 hour camera surveillaince and all the apparatus of a police state.

It is the same old protection racket that thugs have engaged in for millenia, Doom.

Am I the only one who realizes that the very people who bring up Vietnam as a failure and as an example of why policy should go one way or another are the very people who got us into Vietnam and then arranged it’s loss, while also ensuring our allies in the region also lost and were slaughtered?

Many of us have spoken about this facet. It is just too depressing and in need of revenge and justice to keep pounding, that is all. We can only speak about Diem’s assassination by pro-Communist and anti-American journalists before we get sick of it.

Chance, uncertainty, and the will of the enemy conspire to make the simplest things almost impossible.

Becareful Jeff, the more you threaten the Left’s defense against sanity, the more they will be mean to you.

Once many Iraqis got to experience the full blown flavor of extreme Islam, the romance was over.-logern Says:

So this was why the Palestinians revolted against Arafat and other Islamic Jihadists and created democracy, right?

Logic just doesn’t parse. Again, the difference is that there is no simply no belief nor faith in the US military to create liberty and freedom. To the Left, the military is a parasite that only gorges on the meat of freedom and civil rights.

You can be continually disturbed if you wish. It’s a free country.

But I think most of us would appreciate it if you kept your disturbance to yourself. Your use of planted axioms and misrepresentations make discussions with you a dreary prospect.

Adios, my friend.