For probably the first time ever Charles Krauthammer, President Obama and I all agree on something (sort of). Chuck and I agree that the President is 'ambivalent' about the 'war on terror.'
The President and I agree that ambivalence (at least) is the way to
feel. Because while we do despise terrorism and condemn the people and
groups that practice it we also detest war. How could we not be ambivalent?
So
here's something I want you to consider. It won't be the first time
you've heard this, either. Maybe (just maybe), after thirteen years and
counting of a 'War On Terror,' with no end in sight, MAYBE we need to
consider the possibility that 'War Is Not The Answer.'
Forty plus years ago, LBJ declared a "war on poverty." I think it was Nixon who declared a "war on drugs". Those surely worked a treat, didn't they? A "war on terror" should follow that same, well-traveled road to nowhere.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget the 'war on crime,' that continues to this day. ; )
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ReplyDeleteI say disengage in the Middle East entirely! So, Iran developes a bomb- Isreal has three hundred or more of them. Let the people over there deal with ISIS...
That is a religious war anyway.
Ron