The Runaway General (McChrystal Situation)

[Genecks]

Right. It's oil, isn't it?

I'm not really sure anymore why the U.S. is in Afghanistan.

Is the answer communism? Is it?

 

I've heard a lot of reasons, including it being a religious war.

Either way, you can still figure money into the whole ordeal.

Why commit large amounts of energy unless you're going to see some economic benefit from it?

 

You could say the Crusades were about religion, or you could say they were about economics.

You could also twist the reasons for why the Civil War in America occurred.

You'll find some oddballs who talk about things being about the railroads.

 

Mother Teresa was an altruistic person... or was it that she really, really wanted to get into Heaven?

 

I wonder what information history books for high schoolers will have 50 years from now.

 

"Under the threat of Communism, America decided to go to war in Vietnam... Ironically, in the early part of the 21st century, many Americans began to embrace communist and socialist ideas. In an attempt for everyone to have a car, oil was needed. Thus, the Middle East was dominated by the U.S.. Under the guise of bringing light to the country, America used similar psychological brainwashing tactics that Hitler used during WWII to brainwash the future generations in to accepting American Imperialist ideas, such as the separation of church and state."

 

amirite?

 

Seems like if the Middle East is decently taken over, people who conduct foreign investments will see returns.

 

The last time I heard about a special forces mission in the Middle East? It was about American Special Forces protecting oil fields.

Maybe this is a ploy to gain friendship with India and/or China or economic domination in order to control supply to India/China.

Edited June 25, 2010 by Genecks

[Saryctos]

What is in this article that even opened up the idea of demanding a resignation of a general? I found McChrystal's comments to be well within the realm of decent. The only parts that I imagine anyone found offensive were the descriptions of his daily activities and abrasive demeanor. I cannot see what was so bad that he himself said.

 

edit: take that you pesky 30 day notification!

[Pangloss]

Hint: I think the Rolling Stones sucks. Maybe it's improved lately. I don't know.

 

Rolling Stone magazine is not affiliated with the rock group The Rolling Stones. If memory serves, the name in both cases originates from an old Muddy Waters song that Bob Dylan used to perform. And of course the term originally comes from the old proverb about not gathering moss.