Patrick Buchanan concurs with and elaborates on the subject of my previous post on the matter of Barack Obama’s position on Afghanistan.
He asks, “Has Barack thought his way through to how this war ends in victory and we withdraw all U.S. ground troops from Afghanistan? For this writer cannot see anywhere on the horizon any such ending.”
The answer, of course, is that WAR PROMOTER Barack Obama does not possess the option of “[thinking]…his way through…”. Instead, we hear:
“let there be no doubt: I will always keep the threat of military action on the table to defend our security and our ally Israel. Sometimes there are no alternatives to confrontation.”
[from Obama’s Speech at AIPAC]
The Afghan war is, and will be, a going concern when Obama would take office.
And for the MIC-dominated political system in Washington, contrary to the asinine, juvenile rhetoric of the War Party’s MORE strident candidate, John McCain, it’s not about “winning” or the “glory” of American greatness-affirming “victory”, it’s simply about having on-going war, “winning” or losing matter not in the least. It’s whether you continue to play.
The military-industrial complex would gain nothing even if the simpleton nonsense McCain dishes out had any relevance in the real world. They merely need wars-in-progress.
And as the aspiring new front man of the Washington war machine, Obama can hardly be expected to not assure it’s beneficiaries. (more…)