Showing posts with label Cold War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cold War. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2008

Just Caught Part of a McCain/Palin Rally

Via television of course...I didn't however get to watch long enough for the hate speech, maybe next time.  I just noticed the transcript rolling across the bottom of the screen.  In the two minutes I watched I saw P.O.W. twice, and Obama at least a half dozen times.  Palin would like to hear Obama say he wants to win the Iraq War because we are close to winning...I guess in Alaska they're showing a different war.  I could have sworn we have been at war for upwards of seven years with no end in sight.  Unless of course you count Obama's gradual troop removal stance?  This is not a winnable war: this is a civil war, and one we shouldn't be in.  I know that's an old argument, but a true one.  We shouldn't have been there to begin with, and now we shouldn't be there because it is a civil war.  

History lesson: the Cold War foreign policy we had didn't work then and won't work now.  I having a military presence or bankrolling a country is not going to make them your friend...usually it makes them your enemy...

I'm not saying jump ship; we have done too much damage to do that.  But I do think we can begin making this the Iraq peoples war.  I saw earlier this week we turned over another province to the Iraq government, give them the rest, and shift financial responsibility from the U.S. to the Iraq government's surplus.  

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Hmm... Strangelove? What kind of a name is that? -- He changed it when he became a citizen. Used to be Merkwürdigeliebe.

I don't have a whole lot to say, but I watched Dr. Strangelove for the first time last night and let me just say, this was MUCH funnier than I expected. I knew the movie was about the Cold War going in to it, but I had no idea it was a comedy. If you haven't seen this movie, I suggest you remedy that, it was really enjoyable. 3.7/5