jbilyeu

Why not have Israel launch an airstrike againgst nuke sites? Iran's president has openly denied the holocaust occurred and is likely building the nukes with israeli targets in mind. Airstrike...problem solved. Israel continues to be mideast pariah u.s. unscathed.

Tet offensive was disastrous for vietcong only in so much as we had to carpet bomb the stuff out of them to recover what we lost in an otherwise successful ofensive by the vietcong. We dropped more tons of ordinance on vietnam than we did in all of WWII Tet showed us we had not even come close to winning hearts and minds. If we had where did all these vietcong soldiers keep coming from. They were able to draw reiforcements from all the villages. how many villagers joined the security forces of the south vietnamese government How was this the beginning of their demise when this is what spelled out that the war was unwinable. anyone remotely familiar with history could tell you they won we lost

I'm not saying reading either of these guys will make you an instant expert, but it would expand your understanding of the way America works. Most efforts to extend democracy to our own citizeny has historicly been met with state sponsored violence (or turning a blind eye to this violence when it occurs) examples: freeing slaves womens suffrage trade unionism civil rights anti Vietnam movement All of these things ran counter productive to amercan corporate profits and so were not advocated for by the government until the public outcry became deafening. So i guess democracy works but it is greatly encumbered by our for profit government. Democracy is an afterthought to those in government who are busy lining their own pockets as well as their constituents. I think our democracy is in trouble; but it always has been.

the board of directors for the major corporations of america who decide how much campaign money to contribute to a given canidate. money=ability to run a campaign for presidency It's not some grand conspiracy, but it is corrupting democracy

I'm not saying obama has my vote; but just what is your objection to a muslim president? Are you afraid he'll go jihad crazy or something nutty like that? There are plenty of average joe citizens out there who are muslims. I wonder if an anti Lieberman (he's jewish) posting would get the same amount religously biased remarks