tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post5485069707798377402..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: Los Desastres de la GuerraErik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-29144577031887686262011-01-12T16:53:31.638-05:002011-01-12T16:53:31.638-05:00Thank you, dudes, for the comentários. Much apprec...Thank you, dudes, for the comentários. Much appreciated. Charles, indeed, given the use of drones and missiles, it's realluy moving in that direction. Walking Man, sounds about right. Mark K., definitely with few exceptions, war is a racket.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-70231275601049602912011-01-12T12:03:24.621-05:002011-01-12T12:03:24.621-05:00Amazing how many US wars were based on false infor...Amazing how many US wars were based on false information. Spanish-American War, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq, WW I, US-Indian Wars, etc. <br /><br />General Smedley Butler's essay on war as business profiteering is eye opening:<br /><br /> http://www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/racket.htmlMark Kronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491468499631062197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-49686418711395411782011-01-12T08:45:00.967-05:002011-01-12T08:45:00.967-05:00I think we never should have gone into Iraq in the...I think we never should have gone into Iraq in the first place. It WAS a sovereign nation and a secular buffer to Iran. Now it is a suburb of Tehran.<br /><br />Afghanistan. Shit they have been continuously at war for 2000 years. I may have played some cat and mouse and waited until the mousie jumped up and killed him. Or just Nuked the whole region and let shit happen. <br /><br />But no I never have believed in either of the damn wars. when they start to draft the "Senator's Son" then I think it will all end.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-21609149010608376122011-01-12T00:02:28.025-05:002011-01-12T00:02:28.025-05:00reminds me of the star trek episode where the two ...reminds me of the star trek episode where the two planets had had war for centuries because they had made it nice and neat and tidy.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com