 citizenbfk says: In this era of Lifetime War Everywhere, U.S. military leaders here and on political talk shows now say they need more troops. What a surprise. This way, when they fail, they can blame it on Obama. It's like the recent prison riots in the U.S. The prison authorities say the problem is they need more money, weapons and training. But...maybe part of the problem is having cruel prisons with the largest percent prison population in the world, many for non-violent, victimless so-called crimes. But, large prisons, a lifetime of endless worldwide wars, does help their budgets grow and grow and if anything goes wrong...well, they will say it's just because they didn't get enough support rather than see they were idiots and failures. Note too, in this clip, Afghanistan is now described as a "NATO mission." -- another common tactic in this new Lifetime of Endless Worldwide Wars....it's not just U.S. -- it's NATO or the UN. Truth & right do count, though. So losing is inevitable Very good point about how systems feed on themselves and demand more money for better performance, which oddly seems to never come about. This is part of that whole ‘evil system’ many of us complain about and at times it does seem fruitless to continue. You are correct in advocating a change in perspective about prisons, we in America place too much faith in prison as being the cure for criminal activity. I suspect its because humans in general are so thirsty for retaliation and revenge that we demand punishment. Granted some criminals are incorrigible and need to be segregated from society. But others are victims of circumstance and should be identified and a different method used to deal... |
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