Comments: Which brings us to the deepest level of Obama’s hell,
There is one good thing about the American retreat. Your former clients, former protectorates, are all looking to their weapons.
Posted by Fred Z at August 26, 2014 6:43 PM
@Fred - That is one way to look at it. If we provide enough armament all the wretched little countries full of ignorant unwashed masses will go back to shitting in holes and eating each other, merrily spreading exotic communicable diseases and killing each other and their neighbors and any journalists and do-gooder aid workers that stick their nose in where they don't belong.
We could save a lot of money if we just gave them machetes. "The Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority. During the approximate 100-day period from April 7, 1994 to mid-July, an estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans were killed." Wiki
No fallout either.
Posted by chasmatic at August 27, 2014 6:48 AM
...and killing... any journalists and do-gooder aid workers that stick their nose in where they don't belong. That alone would be worth the price of admission.
Posted by BillH at August 27, 2014 7:33 AM
I get the general disgust with the failure of our wars and nation building, but here's the problem: Rwanda aside, in today's world, the genocidal, murderous antics of people in "faraway" places spills over onto us. It's also a fact of life that our power and influence have a direct correlation to our prosperity and relative levels of freedom. The less involved and less powerful we have become, the less free and less prosperous we have become, or haven't you guys noticed?
Posted by DonRodrigo at August 27, 2014 9:09 AM
@Don - Perhaps the prosperity is shifting from the conspicuous measureable venue to a sub rosa economy.
The middle class is dropping out of sight.
Posted by chasmatic at August 27, 2014 10:41 AM