Quote from Red_Ink_inc:
The 'surge' is a band aid solution. Of course when you flood a lawless area with a large police/military presence you're going to quash violence.
The question is how long can you surge for? Can you surge forever?
It stands to reason that when the military presense is removed from the area, back to prior levels that there will be an uptick in violence. The question is how large will that uptick be?
The success of the surge won't be known until then.
The surge is a catch phrase.
Long term, unmentioned national strategy dictates a presence in the region. No matter the media fed "events" (WMD, terrorism, breaking UN mandates), to remain a superpower and feeder/funder of the world, we must maintain a presence. Much like afg, korea, and germany. Think about it from that perspective.
It is not very politically correct to have a national security policy stating we intend to remain the worlds only superpower.
We, as the only superpower must maintain our standing...unless one "feels" the US needs to drop about 4 magnitude to the pathetic levels of former empires for us all to get a long.
I see the socialist "enlightened" countries are doing well..France, Italy, Spain, LOL. Yeah, looking forward to joining your pathetic lifestyles. Been there, no thanks.
LOL, fucking shame how 30 second sound bites and pop culture allow the mashing of intelligent and critical thinking.