(1) Every officer at Colonel (Navy Captain) and above is a politician and not a warfighter. Whatever the political correctness is – coddling favored defense contractors, “Islam means Peace”, gays good/bad, women doing combat, ….. – These are political hacks with uniforms.

(2) The military-industrial complex is as corrupt as ever – and with contraction of funding, everyone is out to protect his or her turf. “The world will cease to exist without the [XYZ airplane/golf course/test site/laser…].” Circle the wagons, pad the budgets, and call out the Congressional lobbyists.

(3) The MISSION IS MAINTAINING GLOBAL EMPIRE. Our 2009 military employs 400,000 Americans tromping throughout Planet Earth. This country has not been invaded since 1814! Yet, we allow a porous border while we worry about Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Italy … where we either station troops or threaten to “liberate” if they misbehave.

(4) Given the violation of Constitutional limits and exploding debt, one may argue that the US military, rather than being the protector of American liberty, has evolved into an impediment to our liberty. The blame for this rests with us and our elected officials.

There are never, ever enough resources when it comes to the State’s appetite.

It’s true because the elites are not spending their own money.

“To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions;”

E.g. it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL to use the militia in Iraq and Afghanistan in that the only justification for federalizing the militia is to suppress insurrections and repel invasions. Helmand Province is not part of America!

It is also a dream to believe that 40,000 or 400,000 additional troops will turn Afghanistan into Switzerland. The “Libertarian Republicans” believe that if 68,000 troops don’t do it – send MORE troops just as Paul Krugman believes that if $ 1 trillion of stimulus doesn’t stimulate, then we just need MORE Counterfeit Money Stimulus.

Experience fails to convince the Warfare Statists on the Right or the Welfare Statists on the Left since the cause of all failures is because “they weren’t provided with enough resources!”

[Amen.]

1) We stationed troops on Muslim soil.
2) We allowed Muslims to immigrate and become citizens.

1) could and should be reversed. There is nothing to be done about 2) and I think that is a good thing since it will keep US from repeating mistake number 1).

The West is being chocked to death by petty tyranny to the point where its demographics is suffering. Less “sophisticated” .ie. freer countries are outbreeding US.

Let go, ye petty tyrants. Liberty is wiser than all of you on your very best days.

Let’s call a spade a spade. Hasan sees us “Yahud” and “Masihiyah” (Jews and Christians) as nothing but najes kafirs (unclean infidels).

“Men” like Mullen, Gates and the wimp that is “Army Chief of Staff” will bend over backwards for the “religion of pieces” – until it hits them and theirs.

But this all began under Bush who went to the main “Masjid” in D.C. three days after 9/11 and proclaimed that “al-Islam” is a “religion of peace.” I could still see from my terrace the WTC burning, and here was the “president” talking about Islam being “peaceful.” I am sure that a hyena is also peaceful after he has ingested his meal – until he gets hungry again.

And let’s not forget Reagan. 11/23/83 and 241 Marines are blown to smithareens. And Reagan and Weinberger cut and run.

The USA is fast becoming the ISA. (Jumhuriyah-Islamiyah-al-Amrikiyah). I figure that we have less than a year to reverse this Islamic cancer, or we are doomed.

Why do we patrol and secure most of the entire world? Why do we have troops and sailors stationed in almost 200 countries?

How is any of that authorized under the Constitution, which many of us swore oaths to uphold?

To me, the last justified, unprovoked war the US fought seems to be that ugly one from the 1860s. And the wrong side won.