tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post2751637813404014612..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Central Asian Rocket ScienceFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-15976268652182451062011-09-29T02:48:10.079-07:002011-09-29T02:48:10.079-07:00Jim: Back in '02 my understanding is that the ...Jim: Back in '02 my understanding is that the Iranians were more than willing to work with us in the 'Stan' they weren't pals of the Talibs and several anti-Iranian groups were based there. It wasn't until after we started making them the Boogeyman-of-the-Week that they started getting shirty.<br /><br />Ael: True dat. Nobody seems to really work very hard to make the U.S. public any smarter about everything from science to politics. I wonder; could it be that there is profit to be had in an electorate that is gullible, badly informed, hysterical, and stupid..?FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-15505876168703324982011-09-28T14:12:11.593-07:002011-09-28T14:12:11.593-07:00Of course India is more important than Pakistan.
...Of course India is more important than Pakistan.<br /><br />Of course we need Pakistan's help with Afghanistan.<br /><br />Of course we will drop Pakistan the instant we don't need them.<br /><br />Of course, Pakistan knows all this and is playing their own game.<br /><br />Of course we can't honestly talk about this because it would expose our two-faced machinations.<br /><br />Take another example: climate change! Changes to the climate would have profound effects on the world's food supply. This will ripple into the political/strategic realm once a country can no longer to feed its own people. Military planners have *got* to be taking this seriously.<br /><br />And yet all I hear is crickets in the public realm. Even those lobbying for action don't talk much about the obvious political implications.<br /><br />So, the take away is that nobody is paid to honestly inform the public of the issues of the day. *Everybody* has some sort of ulterior motive (be it commercial, ideological or partisan) <br /><br />This motive is particularly strong for those who are paid to inform us (after all, being paid implies an organization behind the informer and that organization means overheads which must be covered)<br /><br />Finally, these ulterior motives rarely have *anything* to do with the "national interest"Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-86914021381981696472011-09-28T12:34:00.422-07:002011-09-28T12:34:00.422-07:00Chief,
BTW- the AK is a crummy parade rifle.
jimChief,<br />BTW- the AK is a crummy parade rifle.<br />jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-13029323447427441352011-09-28T12:32:45.531-07:002011-09-28T12:32:45.531-07:00Chief,
We must throw Iran into the mix.
How do we ...Chief,<br />We must throw Iran into the mix.<br />How do we justify empowering their position in Afgh, just as we did in Irq??!!<br />If Pak is being counter productive then isn't Iran actually a friend? Aren't the Karzai dudes in bed with Iran?<br />IMHO we should've backed the Rusn invasion rather than opposing them.<br />jimrangeragainstwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02126542922536584950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-37515124927788039102011-09-27T12:41:28.730-07:002011-09-27T12:41:28.730-07:00Some dead white guy once said: "It is difficu...Some dead white guy once said: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com