tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post1881664732011856164..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: On the Road in Vietnam and IraqErik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-61745628459707985562008-03-13T16:31:00.000-05:002008-03-13T16:31:00.000-05:00Very interesting discussion going on here ...Very interesting discussion going on here ...Cuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00306848986781193911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-37063928437231071632008-03-13T13:46:00.000-05:002008-03-13T13:46:00.000-05:00United States of Amnesia is right. This week's new...United States of Amnesia is right. This week's news items will be forgotten by next week. Even "egg beaters" which used to sell eggs w/o yolks are into a new generation, where they can tout (basically,) "now with yolk!" Don't get me started...gads...Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-58996845640685741422008-03-13T09:52:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:52:00.000-05:00Yes, I think there is a real possiblity of that ev...Yes, I think there is a real possiblity of that eventually happening. Radical Islam is only the spearhead for Islam. Russia and the USA have essentially been taken over by Christianity. So I think there is a good chance that Islam may one day be a world hegemon.--The ExplicatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-58344244836291936972008-03-13T09:46:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:46:00.000-05:00I also think Iraq costs too much for what little w...I also think Iraq costs too much for what little we get out of it in terms of security.<BR/><BR/>In any event, a US ground presence will be maintained in the Middle East, just scaled back -- regardless of president.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-206851090510207862008-03-13T09:44:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:44:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-53470288842540317812008-03-13T09:43:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:43:00.000-05:00Not at all. I do want a more rationale and creativ...Not at all. I do want a more rationale and creative approach to foreign policy that includes intelligent diplomacy as well as brute force.<BR/><BR/>A certain amount of risk in life is unavoidable. <BR/><BR/>Between China, Russia, and the USA, do you really think radical Islam can take over any of those countries?Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-28168303387039866662008-03-13T09:30:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:30:00.000-05:00Geez, it actually sounds like you want them to hit...Geez, it actually sounds like you want them to hit us.--The ExplicatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-73160157061540971732008-03-13T09:23:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:23:00.000-05:00Rosecolored glasses -- thanks for the detailed com...Rosecolored glasses -- thanks for the detailed comment, which makes perfect sense. Time to check out your blog. . .<BR/><BR/>Explicator -- there have been successful attacks against once or present "Coalition of the Willing" in Madrid, London, etc. The fact that a loony suicide squad hasn't struck in the US since 9/11 is probably (we can't definitively *prove* why or why not, neither you nor I, as we are not omniscient) a combo of luck and intel. A ground kamikaze is a lot easier to pull of than another hijacking of 9/11 scale. If Israel is any example, kamikaze type actions CANNOT BE STOPPED, certainly not universally or for all time.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-57390970118689531182008-03-13T09:21:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:21:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-20819795057309613302008-03-13T09:01:00.000-05:002008-03-13T09:01:00.000-05:00There have been no successful jihadist attacks in ...There have been no successful jihadist attacks in the USA since 9-11. The seemingly illogical strategy you quote has worked.--The ExplicatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-40183145986652410602008-03-13T08:32:00.000-05:002008-03-13T08:32:00.000-05:00Well, if McCain blunders into the presidency and h...Well, if McCain blunders into the presidency and has the same luck he did in Vietnam, don't be surprised if he isn't captured again while gamboling overseas.<BR/><BR/>Vietnam did fall. The sky did not fall in. Communism was never monolithic.<BR/><BR/>Radical Islam is a many-headed hydra. There is no logic in "fighting them there so they won't fight us here." Being in Iraq CANNOT PREVENT random attacks in the USA -- as anyone paying attention to random wacko Americans can see (colleges, Wendy's, malls, etc.).<BR/><BR/>And besides, no way radical Islam will ever take hold in the USA.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-969663532401151742008-03-13T08:06:00.000-05:002008-03-13T08:06:00.000-05:00In theory, both communism and radical Islam(the ji...In theory, both communism and radical Islam(the jihadist variety) are totalitarian movements bent on world hegemony. John McCain fought communism in Vietnam and he will and is fighting radical Islam now.--The ExplicatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com