As more time passes, Americans are becoming increasingly convinced we fought in the wrong country. Iraq, years after we've learned they had no WMD nor any capability to make them for several years into the future, is taking up our time and destroying our troops lives.
And then, one sees Iran, a country with an alarming president, is beginning the process of enriching uranium. Should they succeed, the only outcome I forsee is two dead pieces of land and a rush to contain the radiation fallout from spreading. Israel has already promised swift action should they come to the conclusion Iran is enriching uranium for military purposes.
Although Iran has been in the news often, the US has not forgotten about North Korea who has issued a statement they are preparing to test nuclear warheads. In fact, we sent a
stark message to N. Korea today: "It can have a future or it can have these weapons. It cannot have both." Indeed, these are strong words, but one wonders whether we can carry a stick to back those words. Once, we spoke softly and carried a big stick. Today, it seems we bellow and beat our chests, but have in our hands a small twig.
Despite promises of lessening the threat of terrorism, recent reports by the UN and US intelligence says the opposite is true. Our military forces have failed to capture Osama, and, although they captured Saddam, have been unable to get Iraq into the stability the citizens enjoyed underneath their tyrant's heel. To keep military number up and steady, the government has been forced to "recruit" former soldiers who's years of service had ended or by extending current soldiers terms. Fighting another war, expecially one America lost all those years ago, doesn't look viable.
Don't die.
