@npc:
"By taking everyone's money"
With all that making America great again, I cannot help but think that nostalgically, people may be thinking, the America of the 1950s and 1960s. That's when the a big chunk of the world was uneducated, and living in poverty. Europe was in ruins, and relied on us to recover from WWII. The Soviets were in a primitive state, and China was basically illiterate.
The top tax rate in the US was over 90%, and corporate tax rates were in the stratosphere. I wonder if those who long for those days, understand that.
Not to mention that we're not the only educated population around the world.
"NOTHING is EVER free"
I agree. Read my statement above.
"The best war is won without an all out battle
That's why black ops is my choice"
That is EXACTLY what we've been doing. We also need boots on the ground, but we're doing the right thing: we're not using our own forces, instead, we're trying to enable the locals, all the while, trying to make sure that arms, and know-how does not fall in the wrong hands.
"Not broadcasting what your going to do is helpful as well"
And that's exactly what we've been doing. Unfortunately, this means that the administration is not going to, and should not, start publishing the multi-daily, special ops actions overseas.
Years ago, during a meeting in Damascus, a few months after we invaded Iraq, the Syrian Vice-President told me "we advised you not to invade Iraq, because as much as the Iraqis want to rid themselves of Saddam, they will still prefer misery, to Americans actually doing it for them", he added "you are going to win the war, but you will lose control, Arabs will not accept an American winning, but behind the scenes, they will accept Arabs winning against Arabs". More than a decade later, this statement still holds true.
