Administration out of new ideas

Published 12:59 pm Thursday, January 22, 2015

It seems clear that the administration has no clear idea about how to face the crisis that is occurring in Iraq and Syria.

General Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has made it clear that to prevail, there must be American boots on the ground. In this way he is protecting the Pentagon from blame if and when we are forced to abandon our military operations in Iraq/Syria – like it was blamed after our withdrawal from Vietnam.

In my opinion, it is time to get out of these operations, now. The people in the Middle East seem basically to be against the American and Western presence there. Our only allies are the corrupt governments of Israel and Saudi Arabia. It took about 20 years to make the decision to get out of Vietnam. It would be nice if we got out of these operations before 20 years have passed.

What do you think?

– Phil Heft