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4000, 40,000 or 400,000, armies are not the answer for fighting international crime.
There's a lot of debate going on lately after a top general in
Afghanistan requested 40,000 more American troops to be moved there.
That would probably help him accomplish what he wants and thinks should
be accomplished. Eighty thousand would probably help him even more. I
think it's the wrong approach.
I think it was and continues to be a mistake to use the American military to attempt to fight and respond to a crime of international hijacking and mass murder. The FBI and CIA in cooperation with other international law and intelligence agencies could have been used and should have been used to locate the 9/11 planners and preferably arrest, but if need be, kill them. Case closed.
What happens when a group of radicals in China send 19 to attack America? Do we send our armies into China?
What happens when a group of radicals in Russia send 19 to attack America? Do we send our armies into Russia?
What happens when a group of radicals in India send 19 to attack America? Do we send our armies into India?
If America politicians and citizens choose to continue to react to international crime by sending our military into the nations where the planning may have occurred then we're going to have one heck of a defense budget in our future and Afghanistan and Iraq will likely be just the beginning of us sending our young men and women into harms way into foreign nations in the 21st century.
What if a group of American radicals hijack and fly a plane into a downtown Beijing skyscraper? Does China then have a right to send its military to America to attempt to root out all potential threats to their homeland?
Hopefully the insanity will soon end. I believe the best, and possibly only hope, of this planet avoiding a horrendous unleashing of weapons in this century is the development of a strong and functioning international justice system to prosecute international crime and resolve international disputes. I believe it can be done. I believe it must be done.
John Kennedy said, "The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life."
With a robust, adequate and enforceable international justice system to resolve international disputes we could avoid Kennedy's concern over the abolishment of human life. International armies would no longer be needed and with the money saved from that we could also accomplish Kennedy's hope of ending poverty.
-- cross posted to Steve Everett Blog .com and Daily Kos
I think it was and continues to be a mistake to use the American military to attempt to fight and respond to a crime of international hijacking and mass murder. The FBI and CIA in cooperation with other international law and intelligence agencies could have been used and should have been used to locate the 9/11 planners and preferably arrest, but if need be, kill them. Case closed.
What happens when a group of radicals in China send 19 to attack America? Do we send our armies into China?
What happens when a group of radicals in Russia send 19 to attack America? Do we send our armies into Russia?
What happens when a group of radicals in India send 19 to attack America? Do we send our armies into India?
If America politicians and citizens choose to continue to react to international crime by sending our military into the nations where the planning may have occurred then we're going to have one heck of a defense budget in our future and Afghanistan and Iraq will likely be just the beginning of us sending our young men and women into harms way into foreign nations in the 21st century.
What if a group of American radicals hijack and fly a plane into a downtown Beijing skyscraper? Does China then have a right to send its military to America to attempt to root out all potential threats to their homeland?
Hopefully the insanity will soon end. I believe the best, and possibly only hope, of this planet avoiding a horrendous unleashing of weapons in this century is the development of a strong and functioning international justice system to prosecute international crime and resolve international disputes. I believe it can be done. I believe it must be done.
John Kennedy said, "The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life."
With a robust, adequate and enforceable international justice system to resolve international disputes we could avoid Kennedy's concern over the abolishment of human life. International armies would no longer be needed and with the money saved from that we could also accomplish Kennedy's hope of ending poverty.
-- cross posted to Steve Everett Blog .com and Daily Kos
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