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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 17486" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: OorahOpinions vary, and our intent has always been questioned. It comes with the territory.&nbsp; As long as we &#039;&#039;choose&#039;&#039; to buy other peoples oil, instead of developing our own huge&nbsp; energy resources, stability in those regions will be in our national interest. I guess we can turn Afghanistan into another Viet Nam if we &#039;&#039;choose&#039;&#039; to unilaterally withdraw, but that is our choice, not anybody else&#039;s call but ours. I am not happy about how we went into Iraq, but I am really glad we didn&#039;t cut and run, like so many argued for.I am encouraged&nbsp; by changes in the middle east region, while recent events probably reflect momentum from earlier work, since we seem to be losing influence in Lebanon which is moving toward Hezbollah (Syrian and Iranian influence), and all the drone attacks inside Pakistan are taking a toll, understandably pissing off the citizens over the insult to their sovereignty, however effective at playing whack-a-mole on alkeidda it is. Of course we need to vigilant about our personal freedoms here and defend the numerous insults to our constitution. My read of the recent mid-term election is that middle America is paying attention, at least for now. We are arguably the free-est nation in the world and an example for all to aspire to. Too often we forget how good we have it, and how lucky we were to win our freedom, the way we did..&nbsp; Oorah... JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 17486, member: 126"] Re: Oorah Opinions vary, and our intent has always been questioned. It comes with the territory. As long as we ''choose'' to buy other peoples oil, instead of developing our own huge energy resources, stability in those regions will be in our national interest. I guess we can turn Afghanistan into another Viet Nam if we ''choose'' to unilaterally withdraw, but that is our choice, not anybody else's call but ours. I am not happy about how we went into Iraq, but I am really glad we didn't cut and run, like so many argued for. I am encouraged by changes in the middle east region, while recent events probably reflect momentum from earlier work, since we seem to be losing influence in Lebanon which is moving toward Hezbollah (Syrian and Iranian influence), and all the drone attacks inside Pakistan are taking a toll, understandably pissing off the citizens over the insult to their sovereignty, however effective at playing whack-a-mole on alkeidda it is. Of course we need to vigilant about our personal freedoms here and defend the numerous insults to our constitution. My read of the recent mid-term election is that middle America is paying attention, at least for now. We are arguably the free-est nation in the world and an example for all to aspire to. Too often we forget how good we have it, and how lucky we were to win our freedom, the way we did.. Oorah... JR [/QUOTE]

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