The U.S. Will Lose the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

One of the funniest headlines I've read was from The Onion: "Drugs Wins War on Drugs." In reality, the War on Drugs has done nothing to stop the flow of drugs, and as we know, the U.S. allows the Afghans to grow poppies.

I've been listening to the book on CD, "A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962," by Alistair Horn. The cover has a little patch that says, "On the reading list of Presidents Bush and the U.S. military." (Former co-King George Bush, as we all know, doesn't read. He can, he just doesn't.) Barack Obama should read this book.

During the the Algerian Revolution, the French wanted to maintain control of one of their colonies, mostly through nostalgia. They had recently lost their war to oppress the Vietnamese succumbing to the Battle of Diem Phem Phu (sp?) in 1953 (the U.S. later took up the war under Johnson, and dropping more bombs than in WWII, still lost). Even with their massive amounts of weapons, the horrific oppression of the Arabs, torture, murders, massacres (the last three done by both sides), the French still lose.

Listening to this book and having a limited understanding of war, the U.S. will lose Iraq and Afghanistan. There was no clear reasoning for co-King George and King Dick to take up the wars in the first place. There is no clear understanding of what the end of these wars will look like. There is no clear plans on where these wars are going. Torture is taking place. Raping and murders are taking place. Millions have been killed and misplaced. Oppression is horrific, worse than even under Sadam.

I could go on and on with the typical patterns of warfare that I have a limited understanding of, but even with their overwhelming use of force, there is no way the U.S. will win either war. They are destined to lose and humiliatingly so.

I know, you allege patriot types out there who may be reading this, your anus' are puckering right now and you'll go through your usual BS diatribes about "Support the Troops," "America, Love it or leave it," style of stupid arguments. You should never support a war you are not willing to take up arms in and fight in yourself... And don't give me that old football injury bullshit. If your eyes work well enough and your trigger finger is healthy, get down to the nearest recruiting station and sign up.

Then after doing so, get a copy of Alistair Horn's book, "A Savage War of Peace," and start learning what wars like this are about. Alegeria was not the only war of overwelming equipment and force and oppression having been overcome. Vietnam under the French and the U.S. attempts at oppression their were defeated.

It is only a matter of time. With the U.S. economy in a shambles and our billions in tax dollars being doled out to billionaires and sucked away by two wars that will never end until the U.S. military leaves, some nasty shit is gonna happen. There won't need to be weapons used, it is destined to fail unless real measures are taken, and Barack will not take such measures. Nothing has changed but higher IQ points in the White House.

Now what? The peace movement is rather quiet. The war movement is rather quiet. Everything seems quiet. Everyone seems quiet. Not silenced, just the volume has been turned down a lot.