A few words from your Feb. 12 Associated Press article on drones caught my attention. But a definition first: “Paranoia: a personality disorder characterized by delusions of persecution and self-importance. 2. An abnormal tendency to suspect and mistrust others.” (Illustrated Oxford Dictionary).
The words from your article: “...(An) increased focus on Asia as the Afghanistan war winds down.” Why are we already gearing up for some confrontation or even war with Asia — i.e. North Korea, China or someone else who doesn’t worship us or our values? Can’t we step back and rest from our belligerence for a while? Are our “delusions of persecution” and our arrogance so great that we have to go from one war to another nonstop? Have Iraq and Afghanistan so maddened us with self-importance and blood-lust that we just can’t stop the killing and maiming and destroying?
Is war just another “X” game or sport to us? Have we become that abnormally addicted to its hellish brutality that we create enemies so we can harass and fight them?
JERRY GILL
Hertford
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Just say it!
Aw hell Jerry! Why don't you just go ahead and say you hate the United States and get it over with?
I agree with the sentiment mostly
and while North Korea would be a logical guess when it comes to the part about Asia. I believe that the people quoted in the article are most likely refering to the following countries: Pakistan, Yemen Iran Syria Philippines
While the first two are countries we already have acknowledged drone strikes in (including an American citizen targeted ), the next two are countries we should be watching... but not firing on.
As for the Philippines, there is a terrorist movement (Abu Said I think) on the southern islands of that country that we have been helping deal with since 2001 if not earlier.
this isn't meant as a slam as much as an FYI.
Excellent point...
Being prepared is synonymous with belligerence and paranoia. We should all burry our heads in the sand... We should disarm our troops, eliminate our entire stockpile of nuclear weapons and mothball our naval fleet.
Have you ever read history? Planning and being prepared for war is not a declaration of war - it's a deterrent. We've always had planners in the Pentagon working out every conceivable scenario. It's called keeping the bad guys in check.
Why don't you make a personal trip to North Korea and insist they stop sinking South Korean vessels and artillery barrages on South Korean islands. You should insist that they stop planning for war, and cease all nuclear and ballistic missile testing. After that you can sit and re-think your position from behind one of their prison walls...
Posturing vs/ logic
Geez DoMo! Haven't you learned you can't fight posturing with logic? Like your last paragraph though. ;)
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