" If "should'a" and "could'a were horses, all beggers would ride"
The last war this country entered and fought to win was WW2, and win we did, not only because of the men that went to battle, but because the people at home produced more equipment and material than the enemy to supply them. When they came home they supported and honored those men. Every war since then has been a "police action" with the goal of not defeating the enemy, but to "contain them". Society in general has not supported these poorly defined "police actions" and neither has Congress. The "police actions" have been run by politicians, not military commanders, and the goals have been poorly defined to the citizens, yet many politicians have become wealthy while in office. So, I make the suggestions. If we fight, anywhere, let's fight to win. If a politician gets rich making war, let's treat them as the enemy. For example, Uranium mine rights sale... a recent example of things done below the table.. there are others. Like arms sales to Syria. Cloudy goals to deceive the public into loss of blood and treasure under the banner of "war" discuised as a "police action", do not make a cause for war. Our present leadership only draws "red lines in the sand" to draw attention away from the "brown streak down the back of his pants". IMHO. On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We should only invade countries the size of - or smaller than - Grenada. > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:02 PM, WILTON via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > 'Zackly. > > > > Wilton > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "G Mann via Mercedes" < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: "G Mann" <g2ma...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 8:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Vietnam all over again: Obama approves sending up > to > > 450 more US troops to Iraq > > > > > > > > "War is not won until the enemy begs you to stop killing them" > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:29 PM, WILTON via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Yep, sneaking into another one; probably "gonna be home by Christmas," > as > >>> usual. That's what I've heard too many times, anyway. > >>> > >>> Wilton > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >>> To: "Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >>> Cc: "Meade Dillon" <dillonm...@gmail.com> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 2:18 PM > >>> Subject: [MBZ] OT Vietnam all over again: Obama approves sending up to > >>> 450 > >>> more US troops to Iraq > >>> > >>> > >>> How tragic. The war that we'd already won under G.W. Bush is now > slowly > >>> > >>>> being turned into another micro-managed-from-the-oval-office slowly > >>>> growing > >>>> conflict, sure to take the lives of some of the young Americans sent > >>>> there > >>>> by Obama. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/10/obama-approves-sending-up-to-450-more-us-troops-to-iraq/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------- > >>>> Max > >>>> Charleston SC > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
