Notion of twenty thousand soldiers going to Iraq sounds like The Last Full Measure of Devotion or foolishness?

Question

The Book "Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara is turned into three historical novels that center on the Battle of Gettysburg, but proceed and followed by books written by Michael Shaara's Son Jeff Shaara. The first bood is entiltled "Gods and Generals," and then the Fathers book, "Killer Angels" and finally the third book writtten by Jeff Shaara again entiteled, "The Last Full Measure of Devotion."
This plan for additional troops to Iraq sounds like the last full measure of devotion. It is the need to prove that American's truly believed as a matter of devotion that we must make this effort even if it means just a sacrifice of young men and women to please the "Pick Locks of History" and turn this giant mistake of going to war for no reason other than an effort to dominate the people of the Middle East and expose our selfish and simplistic under belly to the world of Nations and United Nations for their condemnation of this War and the United States for starting and waging the Iraq War.

Answer 1

Our troops in Iraq do not lack devotion.

They are all volunteers; devoted to serving their country.

But the leaders in Washington have no plan for how they can finish the mission.

That is because the mission requires the leaders of Iraq to work together; to create the laws and institutions that provide the people of Iraq with electricity, water, fuel, transportation routes, safe commerce, police, and a unified military.

Our troops can help the Iraqii government. But they cannot replace it.

The mission in Iraq is failing because the government of Iraq is divided. It is divided as badly as our own government prior to our own civil war.

Any government as badly divided must fall.

The issue of unifying these people belongs in the hands of the Iraqii people.

The Europeans forced them to live side by side with their enemies. Their feuds and hatreds go back many hundreds of years.

No army, no matter how strong or how devoted, can bring peace to a thousand years of hate.

Saddam kept the "peace" by torture and killing.

These people are not one people. Their nation was foolishly constructed after world war two as the European and American victors restructured the Middle East.

They succeeded in dividing up the Turkish empire.

But the creation of Iraq was not the long term solution to the rivalries of these people.

The hatreds within the tribes and religious groups inside Iraq cannot be erased by the efforts of foreign troops.

These people have never been united unless you count the desires of its dictators as unity.

Answer 2

The Mosque issue has very little to do with "freedom". The overwhelming majority of Americans openly state that the proponents have the freedom and the Constitutional right to build the Mosque. I have no problem with the Mosque near Ground Zero. I do have a problem with the proponents erecting a significantly larger building structure at the site. Whether they intend to or not, it appears to many (including myself) to be a flaunting gesture rather than a healing one as they claim. In addition, the name "Cordoba" was poorly chosen (in my opinion) because it represents a Moslem "victory" over Christendom in Spain. Again, it gives the "appearance" of flaunting rather than healing. Yes, based on the 1st Ammendment, they absolutely have the right to build the mosque on private property. However, please remember that this amendment gives others the right and freedom to strongly object. Perhaps there is a middle ground, though. Leave the overall building structure in tact. Perhaps a significant face-lift is in order but leave the external structure essentially as is. Improve the inside in any way they need. In this man's opinion, this may be the way to have the Mosque open yet in a non-antagonistic, truly "healing" manner. I think this is simply a matter of asking for some sympathy, sensitivity and understanding to many, especially to those poor souls who lost loved ones on 9-11. The greatest exercise of Freedom in some cases is restraint.

Answer 3

While this is mostly just my opinion, it seems like opinion is what you wanted here.

What struck me about that book -- though it was a few years ago that I read it -- was that the main character's faith in human equality was shaken when he actually met a black person, the physical revulsion to something so similar-yet-different undermining his intellectual sensibilities and causing him to reevaluate his stance, to some degree, on slavery.

Really a strange passage from that book, but it might be indicative of the mentality at play here: United States' fundamentalists-in-control sense a threat to their current status, act in fear to suppress the fundamentalists-in-control of Iraq... Things which are similar enough to remind us of ourselves but different enough to find fault in often cause kneejerk responses and fear, which generally lead to violence and hate, etc.

Shame, but that's life you know?

Answer 4

Oh Merry Christmas and Happy New You 2007. Thank you for asking this question and I am deeply concern about the outcome. In my opinion, we American needs to be calculate about our Mission and this is not Vietnam and Please do not compare. I have heard about 30,000 soldiers that will deploy next year.I also heard the soldiers came back and will schedule to go back again after his or her next deploy. My answer is to get Public Pressure and Opinion then we are all in together or we all are not. Let's your voice be heard by writing the White House, Congress and Senator for your opinion and I urge everyone for an input then, we will have to wait and see. Remember one vote counts and it did happen already in our history. We all are taxes payers and we have to pay extra from 3 trillion dollars at this point and Please do not nag if we have to pay more taxes in our future and no finger points toward Democrat for paying more taxes. Who else spin ting 3 trillion dollars and how are we going to pay for? It is our Common sense issue that we all need to Understand.

Answer 5

Total foolishness We need to get the hell out of Iraq and let that country manage it's own affairs WITHOUT interference from the U.S. government or that any other country

Answer 6

Pretty much what you said. World Peace is a long way off. Hopefully in good time we will get there.

Answer 7

They're hoping one last push will secure the oil reserves, but that probably won't work.

Answer 8

didn't read all ur verbal judo, if we wanted to read up articles we would have gone to wikipedia.....try makin ur questions short.no offense