tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238065871527577968.post2137734687685920286..comments2023-04-07T04:37:37.374-07:00Comments on Sojka's Call: Post 911 BlundersSojka's Callhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18194255866195398776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238065871527577968.post-25234454144837276962011-09-10T18:38:56.135-07:002011-09-10T18:38:56.135-07:00It has been debated to death seemingly without con...It has been debated to death seemingly without conclusion, but, my analysis says Clinton did respond though he did not get them - remember the cruise missile attacks that he was then chastised for by the Pubs for being political?<br /><br />All that aside, attacking Iraq, who had NO Connections (that was Dick Cheney repeating a lie 1 million times) to Al Queda was a huge mistake by W and his administration and ultimately as the article says we are going to pay a huge price in money and our country's status in the world of foreign policy - we will never be trusted the same and will be lumped in the same category as the Russians and Chinese by the Third World and even half of Europe.<br /><br />On the fiscal side, this was the section that caught my attention: <i>Brown University’s comprehensive June 2011 “Costs of War” project, factoring in all the costs associated with the decade, arrives at close to $4 trillion. Tax cuts add $2.8 trillion. There seems virtually no doubt that in the absence of our reaction to 9/11, we would be fiscally relatively healthy.</i><br /><br />So, to seem macho we indebted and maybe bankrupted our country and economy to fight a phantom enemy that just holds portions of other countries land e.g. Pakistan Western Territories, parts of Afghanistan, and now, maybe parts of Iraq along with influence inside Saudi Arabia and Iran. Plus, we actually increased Al Queda's visibility to the rest of the Muslim world - they were not that well know before we started parading them before the camera everyday.<br /><br />It really makes me wonder. Why does the US take out Iran's biggest enemy? Iran is the real destabilizer in the Middle East. Did Rummy and Cheney still owe them a favor from Reagan's Iran-Contra days?Sojka's Callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18194255866195398776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238065871527577968.post-76300723084823567062011-09-10T18:33:23.404-07:002011-09-10T18:33:23.404-07:00The color coding terrorist warning system was, wit...The color coding terrorist warning system was, without a doubt, the lamest thing I ever saw in my life. They had to explain it every time they used it. C'mon. The coding system could have been way easier and self explanatory. How about this for levels of severity: jesus christ, god dammit, fuck me. In that order.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238065871527577968.post-33755034681993942392011-09-10T18:32:55.104-07:002011-09-10T18:32:55.104-07:00There could have been a better plan devised for se...There could have been a better plan devised for securing our safety, but we could not get assistance from many of the countries that are in inevitable peril from ever increasing populations of Muslims. I am not saying that all Muslims are a threat, but there are terrorist cells in these countries, many of which are in Europe. <br />I believe that we should have confronted all countries that have potential threats from Al-Qaida. Obviously, Afganistan was one of them and apparently, Iraq had a substantial number of supporters. There is no doubt that many other Middle Eastern countries harbor or turn a blind eye to terrorist cells as well. My God, look at Pakistan. bin Laden was right under their noses. The world as a whole needs to get involved in this effort to free ourselves from the wrath of these crazy, fucked up people. There a number of cenerios out there for what we could have or should have done. I don't blame Bush whatsoever for the results or the outcome of what we have gone through over the past ten years. People point fingers and make comments from a political point of view, but they forget that something could have been done sooner, ie. Bill Clinton on his watch failed to follow up on attacts against US interests such as The World Trade Center, The USS Cole and US Embassies. We really should have known since the episode that we endured during the Carter Administration in Iran. We are dealing with a volitle region called The Middle East. More efforts should have been and should be made to unite the countries of this planet in an effort to make our world a safe place for all. It sounds like a huge task, and it is. There are too many politically correct butt holes out there that need to pull their heads out of their asses or out of the asses of others and wake up and smell the coffee (or the shit we're in) and do something positive for the people of this earth who want a peaceful existence. If not, we should give up our endevors of policing the world and think about our own economy which going down the drain. <br />And that's all I've got to say about that!!!!!!!!!!Mikenoreply@blogger.com