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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Why does the war need to be won, and how do you define winning UG? And which war are you talking about anyway?
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Aliantha, how many wars are there? I say there is only one single war that America is involved in. Afghanistan and Iraq are not separate wars -- the only ones pushing that view are those who want America to lose the overall war on terrorism, and such persons set themselves against humanity's cause in the process of gratifying their egos or their fascistic urges. What these fights are are campaigns in the overall war.
We are not yet involved as any kind of belligerent in the other dust-up du jour, the Darfur genocide. You ask me, it's time for a regime change in Khartoum -- a complete one, and with the traditional punishment for architects of genocide: hanging by the neck until dead, dead, dead.
Winning is defined as repairing failed states. Admittedly, Iraq and Afghanistan aren't the most promising of materials for the repair work, as they have real problems with disunion -- no great enthusiasm at the grass roots for functioning in the world as nation states. Nonetheless, getting these disconnected, enfeebled states (with air-quotes or without, as you will) into a connection with the overall global economy that is enriching to their peoples, and friendly to the rest of the world, is what will win. The areas, for they are regions and almost all of Africa, that are not connected significantly in dollars and cents terms to the rest of the global economy will be the sources of troubles for the world until such time as these areas are connected and prosper, each after their fashion.