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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
What I got out of the article was that we need to re-evaluate who our "allies" really are. ... Nothing wrong with taking stock in who your friends are.
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George Handlery article forgets to mention the many other 'former' American friends who opposed a George Jr attack on Iraq. Add Canada and Mexico to the list. Why are Canadian companies not permitted to bid on Iraqi contracts? Because, according to the George Jr administration, Canadians, like German and French, cannot be trusted (but Rwanda and Bruendi can be trusted?). Virtually the entire world opposed George Jr's Iraq expedition (as demonstrated by the one sided opposition in the Security Council). Where America got support (ie Spain and Italy), their public was roundly opposed to their government's decision on the order of 4 to 1! More of the world acting in America's interests.
Who is providing support to Afghanistan? America is so stretched thin (militarily) that American cannot even fix infrastructure in Afghanistan years later. Germany and France are the strongest American allies in Afghanistan - doing most of the work in a country (unlike Iraq) where war was fully justified.
Rather ironic when American allies best represent American interests, then testosterone inspired flag wavers would instead blame American allies (and forget support that American allies are providing such as in Afghanistan and west coast Africa).
BTW, a trusted George Jr ally is Pakistan - who provide N Korea and Libya with nuclear expertise. Both countries received massive technological advances from Pakistan only in the past few years. Pakistan - a country that George Jr would call a better ally than German and France? Where does George Handlery mention that part (that would undermine his entire premise)?
That George Handlery article lies by telling half truths: to inspire those who use testosterone as knowledge. He probably would have you believe that Al Qaeda and Saddam were potential allies - another outright lie that even Colin Powell just exposed as such. Another way to decieve a public that does not first learn the facts - forget other important facts that those high on testosterone would not know anyway.
We need to re evalute those so ill informed as to not understand the joke written by George Handlery. We now know that Saddam posed no threat to Europe or America - as most of the world - especially American allies - suggested. We now have the quagmire created by a president who lied much like Johnson did in 1964 to justify a war he wanted - facts be damned.