I salute Gen Amos!

[MountainRaven]

The Sunni-Shia pissing match is a thousand years old . . . and it is not a problem we are capable of solving.

Well, it is.

But our children would never forgive us. Assuming that our children survive the fallout, that is.

[R0N]

I hate to say this but CMCs words were taken out of context; War on the Rocks did an analysis of transcripts and they various stories that have said what he supposedly said totally took him out of context.

[montanadave]

I hate to say this but CMCs words were taken out of context; War on the Rocks did an analysis of transcripts and they various stories that have said what he supposedly said totally took him out of context.

Good catch. When reading General Amos' remarks in context, I find little to disagree with. Once again, the partisan hacks and yellow journalists sacrifice the truth at the altar of political expediency.

Here's the link to the piece R0N referenced in his post above: http://warontherocks.com/2014/07/don...in-the-papers/

[glocktogo]

Fits in with what Krauthammer is a saying:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/col...3#.U9LPKvldXKM

Progressives believe in this unchangeable story arc. The trajectory of things cannot be changed and fate is pre-ordained. They can't fathom the concept that people, thru determined action. can bend the curve, change the story arc, and effect outcomes. An I mean effect, not just affect, outcomes. They get a narrative in their heads and the story can't be changed. It totally fits in with their fascination with 'memes'. When was the last time you saw a conservative (non-RINO) use a 'meme'.

The interesting thing is that if you accept their premise that the ME is truly and forever screwed, you have to believe that their society is inherently inferior or there is some genetic reason. Of course they'll just fall back on colonialism, but we were a colony and it seems to have worked out alright for us...

It's not their society or genetics that are inferior, it's their culture. Of course, you could say exactly the same thing about Chicago, Compton, Camden, or a dozen other sub-cultures in America. The point being, it's just like economics. It's an order of magnitude more difficult to crawl out of the hole than it is to make sure you don't go in the hole in the first place.

If they can't fix their culture from within, it's a damn sight more difficult for us to do it by force from the outside. America can't afford the many decades it would take to do it. Hell, we can't even seem to stem the insidious tide of our own cultural decomposition here at home.