Krieg

I can't stand reading about Darfur. They keep begging for a UN army that will never arrive. Is there a more clear cut illustration of man's inhumanity to man?

And our army is nation building. Armies don't build nations, mostly because they aren't particularly good at it. They don't train to build nations, or to serve as a police force. They are designed to make war, and that's what they are good at. They are a blunt instrument. They are made up of a bunch of cocky kids who like to play Socom when not on the march and 'Let the "Bodies" Hit the Floor' through their tank soundsystem. And God bless them. And boy could they be doing some serious damage in the Sudan, where they are needed, instead of playing in Dubya's sandbox taking fire from partisans.

Seriously, where is the strategy here, get the whole world pissed off at us? Couldn't we be building some good will by shipping retroviral drugs to subSaharan Africa and building schools. Are we content to let China corner the market on good deeds and building inroads into Africa. How long can we just dump on the world and jerk it around before it comes back around?