{"id":1247,"date":"2012-09-11T11:08:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T18:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:34:29","slug":"was-reading-my-911-blog-from-last-year-not-much-has-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2012\/09\/11\/was-reading-my-911-blog-from-last-year-not-much-has-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Was reading my 9\/11 blog from last year… Not much has changed."},"content":{"rendered":"

Really as I think about it, not much has changed at all.<\/p>\n

Our politicians are as ineffective and self absorbed as ever. <\/p>\n

We still are at war.<\/p>\n

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That progress is in “Winning Hearts & minds”American lives are still being lost. Although according to some people, progress is being made in Afghanistan and Iraq. <\/p>\n

Perhaps…<\/p>\n

I’m not convinced that our troops or politicians are seeing anything more than the smiling mask of duplicity.<\/p>\n

Culturally the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq are so far from us I question whether they see our<\/span> form of government or the reasons we are in their countries as any “Better” than we see theirs<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Most Americans can’t conceive of a life without running water, indoor plumbing, the 24 hour news cycle, and electricity 24 \/ 7. I’m not even going to try to discuss what an American would think about not having a telephone, 500 channels of Cable TV, or internet.<\/p>\n

How many Americans could accept Total Religious control of their lives?<\/p>\n

Can you see someone telling an American that they couldn’t listen to “The Who” or Elvis, or “Nine Inch Nails”.<\/p>\n

How about not being able to see a movie because that movie contained music from one of the “Forbidden Bands”?<\/p>\n

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Can you see an American woman submitting to wearing a garment that allowed them to show only their eyes? How about being whipped with a switch or slapped in the face because she mouthed off to her husband?<\/p>\n

Can you imagine what an American woman would do to someone that said “Get in the kitchen bitch and make my dinner<\/em>“? I guess there are some women here that would take that. But the majority wouldn’t.<\/p>\n

I shudder to think what my Mother would do.<\/p>\n

If you look at our culture from the perspective of the folks in Afghanistan or Iraq what would you see?<\/p>\n

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A culture of excess, with too many religions, most perceived as polytheistic idolaters?<\/p>\n

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Women and children allowed to running amok because they’re not allowed to be disciplined?<\/p>\n

How about a place were the temptations to sin are so prevalent that even the most pious cannot avoid sinning?<\/p>\n

I think we’re, at best winning cooperation in hopes that soon we’ll be gone and things in their countries can return to normal.I don’t think we’re winning hearts & minds…<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter to these people if America, the Taliban, or al-Qaeda are winning, or even in control.<\/p>\n

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The only thing that matters is cash. One of these players paying the bills is good, two or all three pumping money into their country is fanfuckingtastic! <\/p>\n

We have made previously poor tribal leaders wealthy. I believe that as soon as we leave, “Normal” will mean those leaders purchasing  the best weapons they can afford and settling old scores.<\/p>\n

The tribal leader from the next valley over who used to demand unfair tribute will suddenly end up looking up the barrel of a brand new AK-47 while his daughters are being raped. Then he’ll meet Allah.<\/p>\n

No matter what, when we leave these countries will return to the “Old Order… The one that’s about the point of a sword”.<\/p>\n

So why not leave now? Get it over with, let them settle old scores and when the dust clears whatever is left of al-Qaeda or the Taliban we can take out with a few well placed daisy cutters. <\/p>\n

It sounds brutal and cold.<\/p>\n

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But it’s a cost effective solution.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I guess I’m still hostile. Last year I asked the question “How do we move forward?”<\/p>\n

I think the answer is getting the fuck out of those shit hole countries and leaving them to their own devices. I guess I’m just sick of hearing about the latest fucked up bombing or shooting carried out by a “Friendly”.<\/p>\n

“Friendly” is a matter of who’s paying better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Really as I think about it, not much has changed at all. Our politicians are as ineffective and self absorbed as ever.  We still are at war. That progress is in “Winning Hearts & minds”American lives are still being lost. Although according to some people, progress is being made in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Perhaps… I’m … <\/p>\n

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