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Well I figured Ill give this blogging thing another shot because, well I dont really know, but perhaps we can all find out together. If it results in just me ranting to myself, well itll be therapeutic.... If im ranting towards others, well then itll be therapeutic and Ill be participating in an exchange of ideas.

Ive got 5 planned topics to blog about in the coming weeks, and they are.... (Drum roll)

1. Health Care, what do I really think about it

2. North Korea.... These guys again?

3. The Wiki Leaks issue..... the US Government has so many leaks its sinking faster than the Titanic

4. Immigration and the Dream Act

Oh Boy! Fun stuff.

Now we all get drained from the constant drag that is American politics, so I will also from time to time post things that have no relation to politics what so ever, with the sole exclusion of me possibly doing stupid and Illegal things, I am in college after all. And let the Imperative word there be Possibly

And now for this post to have some further meaning, I will post a excerpt from a paper I wrote for my World at War history class. I tried to apply one of the lessons from the First World War to our current situation in the middle east.

*******Even today the powerful nations have the plans for quick war with all potential enemies. These plans include great offensive pushes to win the war quickly. The lesson from World War I, to modify the plan when it isn’t working, has not taken root though. This can be seen with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The United States plans went flawlessly until the point of rebuilding the vanquished nations, and for so long the military sought to defeat the guerilla fighters as if they were regulars. The Surge worked in Iraq because of the imbalance in military resources, but it was a continuation of the established plan, simply magnified. In Afghanistan the United States is in a poor position as well. The significant advantage that NATO forces have is the massive disparity in resources between them and the Taliban. If the United States were to approach the situation from another angle they could see more results. With the Afghan economy amounting to an export of opium and dirt, there is a lot more money to be made fighting in the resistance than in the economy. If the United States would be able to help provide the Afghan economy suitable industry or agriculture for the economy to build on, the wealth and jobs in the nation would grow, therefore cutting the recruitment pool for the Taliban. However the commitment to a pure militarily offensive strategy hamstrings the ability to win the war.******

Any thoughts on that?