The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

So last time I tried to post it didn't. But that may be for the better. This week has once again been in stride with the rest of life. No big stories or anything like that. I am beginning to look forward to camp in June. Jaime might have gotten me a spot on a softball team. Its a fastpitch league so it'll be different, but it doesn't start until march. I have managed to make this past week unexiting. Except for Tuesday night, but that was bad exciting not haha exciting.

I have decided that the only way to win a good war is through the use of "Total Warfare." I did a paper on it in an ethics class once. It's basically the idea that in war nothing is off limits, well most stuff isn't off limits. Lets look at some of the good ole US of A's greatest victories in war. WWII, where we destroyed millions of civilians lives in both Germany and Japan. And the two nuclear weapons we used only accounted for about 1/10th of the destruction in Japan. It was a no-holds-bar war. I think if the British had employed this tactic during the American Revolution (as they did in Ireland and South Africa (SA was bad, like concentration camp bad)) they could have definitely won. I thinks that's the problems with the past few wars the US has engaged in, their are no battle-lines. When there are no battle lines, history dictates, you go all out or don't go at all. It's easy to topple governments when the citizens don't like it (eg Panama) but it really complicates things when the citizens don't have anyone they want to take over and start disliking you (Vietnam). I think at some point your problems should become your problems. Granted I am not a huge fan of just pulling out and leaving a complete power vacuum (Belgian Congo). I think our job in Iraq may be done. The problems of that country were just unmasked after we dethroned their dictator, they can sort this out themselves. I guess Stephen Lamb was right, democracy doesn't neccisarily work when you have a multi-religious constituency and their is no seperation of spiritual and political authority.

I think the President had every right to invade Iraq. He said he would not put up with terrorist or countries that supported them (eg Iraq and Afgahnistan). After someone has been in control of a country for a really long time it's kinda hard to find someone to replace them that people won't fight over. I also believe that if I were confronted with the same information I would have made the same choice, or maybe just had some people "knocked off." I don't hear anyone complaining about our invasion of Afgahnistan, and we didn't even think they had nuclear weapons. The difference becomes who is with you (politics). The countries around "the Stan" helped out with the rebuilding and whatnot. We don't see the same picture in Iraq.

Wednesday- Why we should send GE over to Iran to help out their nuclear program


Paul "why can't we be friends" Murphy


Oh I sorta got removed from my job next year. That's right, there's a good chance I won't be teaching 5th and 6th next year at PHS. I'm getting latterally promoted (moved) to the HS to teach math, history, and some electives. If anyone has a good idea for an elective drop me a line.