We once had capital for being smarter and better than everybody, but so much of that capital was spent on a war in Iraq built on lies. All this outrage about Susan Rice's "talking points" about Benghazi? What about the talking points on phantom weapons of mass destruction that have gotten around 4,500 American soldiers killed so far in Iraq, and 10 times that many wounded?
We talk with righteous certainty about nation building, about the power of our military making things safer in the Middle East. But in the end, we just wait for the next Gaza.
The only lasting peace is when they reload over there, and more people die in the name of democracy.
Read more:
Live free - and die: As Israel-Palestinian confict shows, Middle Eastern democracies can't stop the hate - NY Daily News
It is tme to end our involvement in the middle east. Ths costs have greatly outweighed the benefits over the last 2 decades. Watching Romney and Obama in the foreign policy "debate" (more like love in)solidfied the notion that our current Goverment does not have any intentions of ending our interventions any time soon.
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