tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post751168308167674412..comments2024-03-21T03:45:48.679-05:00Comments on Enter the Rainbow: The Right Way Through a Horrible Place?Andy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05944614269873479581noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-89634910821230679152009-12-10T18:37:09.104-06:002009-12-10T18:37:09.104-06:00Kory wrote:
What if someone invaded America with ...Kory wrote:<br /><br /><i>What if someone invaded America with military force in order to fight the expressions of an ideology of "extreme" capitalism that allows for corporations based on our soil to pay children pennies on the dollar to make their products for them in third world countries?</i><br><br /><br />Ah, if only we had an extreme capitalist, individualist, minarchist society. What a dream that would be!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04854543617806427302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-60162265421472314342009-12-07T21:33:33.119-06:002009-12-07T21:33:33.119-06:00Hey Andy,
Seems like we are between a rock and a...Hey Andy, <br />Seems like we are between a rock and a hard place. It is even harder to find a good solution since so few of us really understand Afganistan. Their culture and country are so different than ours (so I've heard.) Lot's of tribes and seperated groups in some areas. It seems like whoever has the fiercest group of followers gets to lead the government. Seems like it would be hard to expect a country like that to establish a stable security force when it is never been a part of their culture to provide such protection for their governments. I just continue to pray that God will use our troops and leaders, as well as change the hearts and minds of people who need to be changed in order to establish peace in that area. He is, as always, our best and only hope.Kyle Bridgmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794403792411961360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-20863170226528376702009-12-07T17:53:05.997-06:002009-12-07T17:53:05.997-06:00You seem to strike a middle ground and your though...You seem to strike a middle ground and your thoughts have some merit. However I think the biggest problem in this whole mess is that we don't even have enough troops to truly be effective. I guess I would fall more into camp B. There definitely is a need for more troops. The time table bothers me because it allows the enemy to lay low and wait. The surge worked in Iraq because there were people to hunt down and fight. We didn't give them a heads up saying we were going to quit on such and such date.<br /><br />We can pack up and go home but I don't believe they will quit fighting us. They will just have to bring the war to us. This is the path we were on during the nineties leading up to 9-11.<br /><br /> We can all agree on a few things our servicemen deserve our thanks for the work they are doing. Also that the horrors of war are real. Our differences stem from the question of necessity.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122361539939744451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-13450667270401077942009-12-02T16:49:17.064-06:002009-12-02T16:49:17.064-06:00Great assessment Andy! If I had my way I would yan...Great assessment Andy! If I had my way I would yank the troops out of there but, like you, I am in no ways qualified to make that decision. I am thankful that the prez has spent time meeting, discussing and thinking out a coherent strategy. <br /><br />The fact that no one is completing in agreement with him makes me think that he is probably heading in the right direction :)kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10217302.post-3663749115741709542009-12-02T12:26:17.664-06:002009-12-02T12:26:17.664-06:00Hmm. It's all very confusing, to be sure. Wh...Hmm. It's all very confusing, to be sure. Where are we to look for/find the root of the ideology we're fighting against? How do we determine when we've found it?<br /><br />What if someone invaded America with military force in order to fight the expressions of an ideology of "extreme" capitalism that allows for corporations based on our soil to pay children pennies on the dollar to make their products for them in third world countries? Obviously, bombing the factories and killing the children isn't the noble option. So, the next best thing is to attack the HQ and its enabling, "harboring" homeland, right?<br /><br />If this happened, wouldn't we all be seen as a little guilty, even if we also disagreed with the evil at hand? Who would these hypothetical freedom-fighters NOT be afraid to place in the line of fire? Would my casually walking past someone wearing a product of an offending company itself be considered an agreement with an evil ideology? How far would "the fight" be taken?<br /><br />Submission to an ideology can happen without one even realizing that the ideology exists. So once we open fire against it, how do we know when and where to stop?<br /><br />I am with you, Andy. I am amazed at our military for being willing to leave home to place themselves into the center of such a deeply moral and philosophical problem. I wish there were some easier answers.Kory Wilcoxhttp://www.korywilcox.comnoreply@blogger.com