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Preemptive Military Action

Yesterday CNN quoted Bush as saying to West Point Cadets (speaking about preemptive military action): "We have laid a solid foundation that future presidents and military leaders can build on."

WHAT???

THE BIGGEST MILITARY BLUNDER IN US HISTORY IS NOW THE PRECEDENT FUTURE HAWKS WILL USE TO JUSTIFY THEIR WARS OF AGGRESSION!!

NO! NO! A MILLION TIMES NO!

NO MORE WARS OF AGGRESSION! EVER! AT ALL!

Have we learned anything from the fact that we have not actually won a war since WWII.

In Korea we settled and partitioned.

In Vietnam we fled.

In Gulf War I we desisted and left the enemy in place.

In Iraq we are perpetuating our involvement in someone else's civil war.

In Afghanistan we are killing civilians in a military attempt to capture a foreign criminal who may be dead.

What price victory?

Can you name a positive outcome from any of the post WWII conflicts named above?

I didn't think so.