tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post8851613947108748631..comments2023-05-17T07:53:18.995-04:00Comments on Sycamore Three: A Serious Call to Arm-Chair StrategistsRobert Heidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07622336432907413984noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-64113348272781289652011-02-12T18:03:31.397-05:002011-02-12T18:03:31.397-05:00If someone where to abolish the standing army and ...If someone where to abolish the standing army and bring all of our troops home at the same time there would be an excess of homeless veterans on the streets. Also our country would be open for attack because we would no longer have a strong grip on many of the countries that we currently occupy. It would be a good thing if we could bring the majority of our troops home and transition them into good jobs. Also transfer many of our strong leaders over to the reserve and national guard. But this would take a long period of time because we would also have to smooth over our relations with the countries that we would be unoccupying and we would not want to be defenseless while we are doing this. There are so many detail and so much that would have to be considered. It would take at least five years to make any real progress with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-67760429727042137712011-02-02T05:39:17.275-05:002011-02-02T05:39:17.275-05:00Have you read the new Fred column? He'd taken ...Have you read the new Fred column? He'd taken a poke on an average American's ignorance of everything in his previous post FOXghanistan, but the joke backfired on him.<br /><br />BangaloredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-54744964192309719052011-01-31T16:23:42.782-05:002011-01-31T16:23:42.782-05:00Dear Bangalored:
Humorous response: As a rank ou...Dear Bangalored:<br /><br />Humorous response: As a rank outsider, you get the feeling that our foreign office is more influenced by Tom Clancy and Readers Digest, because our foreign office is more influenced by Tom Clancy and Readers Digest! Our politicians are -- generally -- the most anti-intellectual of our people. They are the middle managers of our business men.<br /><br />Serious response: Same as above, but add that our entire education system teaches the Whig Interpretation of History. Part of this is borrowed from British whiggery, and therefore is a mix of the knavery of the Colonial Office and the flawed idealism of British protestantism. The rest of it is homegrown American justification of Manifest Destiny and "Judeo-Christian" exceptionalism. A toxic brew.<br /><br />Just my opinion, of course.Robert Heidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622336432907413984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-3057351655951040082011-01-31T13:56:02.836-05:002011-01-31T13:56:02.836-05:00Robert, why do I get the feeling as a rank outside...Robert, why do I get the feeling as a rank outsider, that your foreign office is more influenced by Tom Clancy and Readers Digest, than good scholarly articles and live experience? Not to talk about your def dept - they seem to compulsorily read and work on only Clancy fantasies. Life is not a Jack Ryan novel.<br /><br />BangaloredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-5323139663619085352011-01-27T13:02:50.313-05:002011-01-27T13:02:50.313-05:00Yes, I agree with Andrew. And abolish the standing...Yes, I agree with Andrew. And abolish the standing army, except the Navy.castironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4530463554584181774.post-19293628530397368822011-01-26T23:27:59.406-05:002011-01-26T23:27:59.406-05:00Bring all the troops home. Now. Apologize. Promise...Bring all the troops home. Now. Apologize. Promise never to do it again.Andrew Hoffmanhttp://www.masspropaganda.comnoreply@blogger.com