Our war policies are plagued by the delusion that war can be fought by
proxy, that we can embark on the path of endless warmaking elsewhere on the
planet, in “defense of our interests” employing the locals to do the terrible dirty
work.
This is the latest installment’s demise.
“But officials said they were trying to adapt in real
time by seeking to identify the leaders of “capable, indigenous forces” in
Syria who would sign a pledge to fight the Islamic State group, receive some
instruction on human rights, review the law of armed conflict, and leave with
communications gear and some help on how to call in airstrikes.”
There is some counter–effort to bring us back to the
reality. You can’t buy loyalty.
“With alarming frequency in recent years, thousands of
American-trained security forces in the Middle East, North Africa and South
Asia have collapsed, stalled or defected, calling into question the
effectiveness of the tens of billions of dollars spent by the United States on
foreign military training programs, as well as a central tenet of the Obama
administration’s approach to combating insurgencies.”
We have been repeating these disastrous mistakes year after year after year.
This is what I wrote about our efforts to export and market
these pre-emptive wars over a decade ago.
Published in the Port Huron Times Herald, in edited abbreviated form, 11-20-03
We need to realize that the business of war is hell, and
that to promote it, is to directly oppose God’s plan of mercy and forgiveness
that we are all desperately in need of.
athy Brahney
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