Against All Odds

In sociology it is stated that most gang members have a nihilistic attitude toward life and that they expect to die in a gang fight at some time during their life time and if you listen to them the tenet of their conversation is usually around how many friends they have lost as a result of gang violence.

 It seems like the American government is predisposed to the same thinking if you consider the history of our involvement in the last three wars. In Korea we fought for several years and then when we decided that we would withdraw to a certian paralell and quit we gave up the idea of winning regardless of the amount of lives, equipment and treasure lost.

In Vietnam we went to war to stop the spread of communism through out South East Asia after eight years of war and 58 thousands lives lost we decided that we had enough and withdrew and Vietnam is entirely communist so what did 58 thousand people die for and what did the U.S, achieve.

In Iraq we went to war looking for WMD'S to no avail , then our objective changed to getting rid of a vicious dictatior and we did. Now our objective is establishing a functioning democracy which is yet to be realized and we are in the process of withdrawing after 5 thousand lives have been lost. We did not realize what a good job Saddam Husien was doing until we killed him and experienced the carnage of the Sunnis and the Shiites.

Now we are anxious to embark on another unwinnable invasion of Afghanistan where history should tell us something since these third world people have defeated every body from ghingas cong to Russia. We have been there 8 eight years and now we decide we need a new strategy.

We have failed to capture Bin Ladin and Mullah Omar with 68 thousand troops on the ground in a country that doesn't have a sophisticated communication, transportation,or advanced technological military system.

The military is asking for an additional 40 thousand troops with no time table or withdrawl date mentioned. No one has told how we will know if we win or what victory will look like.

It appears to be another endeavor in wasting lives, equipment and treasure that the U.S. can ill afford and places us once again against insurmountable odds of achieving success.