October 13, 2014 – Finally, a good war. And the neocons are ready. That is, ready to send somebody else’s kids and money to do the fighting.
The stage is set. Escalation of the Middle East war is progressing nicely. ISIS is an easy target and the emotions are running high. The internationalists, the war profiteers, the neocons, for decades have been searching for the good war. Since World War II the search has persisted. The results so far have been no victories, millions of casualties, a huge financial burden and a steady erosion of our liberties here at home.
For the past 24 years, the search for the good war has accelerated and has concentrated on the Middle East region. The Bushes and the Clintons failed. President Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, was optimistic: end the bad war in Iraq and pursue the good war against Afghanistan. McCain and Graham kept their hopes high, but over and over again the US failed to act like true aggressors and send in enough troops and drop enough bombs to bring about a truly good war.
But the warmongers’ hopes spring eternal. It looks like the all-out good war is about to begin. After bombing seven Muslim countries, Obama has managed to set the stage for the good war. A few ever-present jihadists have seen their ranks swell to over 25,000. Their ruthlessness is astounding and fear grows that ISIS will soon take over the entire world.
Finally, the stage is set. A great enemy more ruthless than Hitler and Stalin combined has been identified. Victories shouldn’t be difficult. Millions of Muslims, Kurds, Iranians, secularists are all set for the clash. Many foreign governments are lining up to join the fray. Surely the United States, the British, the French, the Syrians, the Iraqis, the Iranians, can achieve a quick victory over 25,000 rebels, which has no air force or navy or IBMs.
There’s only one problem: no one wants to fight. The ruthless radicals march on with little resistance. Our bombs are no match for the support ISIS is getting from the local population sympathetic to a strong offensive against the factions that collaborate with the invaders. For some, like Turkey or Saudi Arabia and others, their self interests are not served by joining the fight in this good war. Our own leaders become exasperated with their so-called allies, that no one wants to fight.
The American people have spoken, for now at least–no troops on the ground. A more complicated geopolitical mess could not have been constructed in fiction that would exist today in Syria and Iraq as the good war struggles to gain support. Unfortunately the war propagandists will win over the gullible.
The next good war is about to begin and we can be certain that it, too, will end badly. The only good war that we ought to be engaged in at present is the war of ideas here at home on why common sense should dictate that we should get as far away and as quickly as possible from this region. We’ve had enough good wars. It’s time to come home.
http://www.voicesofliberty.com/audio/we-dont-need-another-good-war/
