Posted on Sep 2, 2016
COL Lee Flemming
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The human capital and financial costs of long-term military intervention is extremely steep. Have we built our military to fight, or is there a real expectation that we nation build too? Are we resourced to nation build? The reality is obvious, but I am not sure if the end result is expected, predicted or even understood at the time of deployment. We all know the definition of insanity...
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COL Lee Flemming
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This is a useful link to reference past interventions. Did Dr. Grossman miss any?

http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/interventions.html
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SFC William Farrell
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Very interesting theory COL Lee Flemming
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COL Lee Flemming
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SFC William Farrell not necessarily a theory, but a genuine query. In the eyes of some it may very well be the panacea, but our track record would say that we may need to tweak our goals / objectives.
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COL Lee Flemming
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PO1 John Crafton - all great points!!
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Annie Barnard
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They are interventions aimed at protecting, defending, or rescuing others from egregious human rights violations perpetrated by their own government. Visit https://sopwritingservices.net/government-intervention-essay-example/ and read this sample essay about government intervention to see for yourself. The armed intervention is carried out without the permission of the offending country. One or more governments or international organizations are intervening militarily.
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SFC James Tihanyi
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Because a great part of the world population is not buying the slogan, under which we are conducting our Military Missions! Spreading, "American Values", "Democracy"? Is it justified by, murdering hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, by dropping the Atomic Bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when Imperial Japan was on it's knees, or, in cities like, Dresden, Hamburg and many others in Germany, during WW2! What about Eisenhower, supreme commander in Europe, who after WW2 starved to death over ONE MILLION German POW's, in Germany! What did we gain in KOREA, other than sacrificing our own blood and treasure, for little or no gain? What about Vietnam, where we lost 58 thousand of our bravest and left some 21 hundred POW/MIAs? For What? WHY? Slogans like, 'Domino Effect', if we don't stop communism there, it will spread all over South East Asia! Now, that didn't materialize, but we abandoned, the people of S. Vietnam for political expediency! Thank You Henry Kissinger! Communist Reeducation Camps for the People of S. Vietnam and tens of thousand perished on their way to escape the RED TERROR! What are we doing in the Middle East and N. Africa? Dismantling stable Governments, IRAQ, that was attacked because of, 'False' WMD Intelligence Reports from, Agents of Zionist Israel, who have, in 1967 attacked the USS LIBERTY and murdered 34 American Citizens and maimed-injured another 172, No one has taken responsibility for that cowardly, Crime on the High Seas, thanks to LBJ, who was more in the service of, the Zionist Israeli American Clique, than the people of the United States. What did we accomplish in Libya, Egypt, "ANARCHY"-American Values! Syria-American Values! Millions of desperate, homeless migrants that WE America has created are flooding the Continent of Europe! Since Iraq fell, the, "BLOOD and TREASURE" of the People of the United States is the, 'Sacrificial Offering', on the 'Barbaric-Bloody Altar' of Zionism!
More and more People on this Planet are realizing that FACT! that is REALITY and the TRUTH!
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MCPO Roger Collins
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I seldom give a thumbs down, but in your instance, it is more than justified. How many lives would you have preferred to see on us and our allies, to salve your conscience?
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SFC James Tihanyi
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My conscience is clear! I suggest You study TRUE History, not what is written by the Victors! I escaped from the Communist Paradise of Hungary in 1956, at age 14, don't like, Bolshevik-Communism, Fascism, Zionism, One World Order! I don't like 'Control Freaks! Who Using Ideology or Religion, are controlling their fellow Men! By the way I had two Tours in NAM, volunteered for the second! I was NAIVE, thinking hopefully, that I was helping to save the people of S. Vietnam from the Communist Yoke!
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SN Earl Robinson
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Try untying the units hands with realistic rules of engagement!
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