07-10-2003, 02:55 AM
Played correctly, could be good will both internationally and domestically. However, the track record on how positively "nation building" has been received by US taxpayers is mixed. Plenty of "hey, we got problems back here, spend here first" gets tossed out.
America has developed, as I see it, a real critical eye about why blood and treasure is spent across the seas ever since Viet Nam. The Somaila mess reinforced the skepticism at the expense of the UN, which IMO was the real defeat in Mogadishu, from the political angle: the UN took too much blame domestically for that mess.
All in all, the skepticism, consistent with what Pete expresses, is to the good insofar as to accoutability, but on the international political stage, that creates costs.
Heck, if this crap was easy, anyone could do it. :)
America has developed, as I see it, a real critical eye about why blood and treasure is spent across the seas ever since Viet Nam. The Somaila mess reinforced the skepticism at the expense of the UN, which IMO was the real defeat in Mogadishu, from the political angle: the UN took too much blame domestically for that mess.
All in all, the skepticism, consistent with what Pete expresses, is to the good insofar as to accoutability, but on the international political stage, that creates costs.
Heck, if this crap was easy, anyone could do it. :)
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete