Post edited 4:54 am – September 30, 2011 by druidhouse

and yet, another reason to like uruquay: south america is on the exact OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PLANET from china.

i predicted the following scenario a year ago in a PM to a forum member. now it's public so i thought i'd post this opinion piece about the recent pentagon report. although preps are still recommended because we may have another couple years in the u.s., i don't know how much longer than that, and it's the primary reason i don't think the u.s. is ultimately livable. the internal race war that has already begun could be skirted by moving to certain regions where the demographics are favorable. but the u.s. as a whole, as a sovereign nation, population intact, is very much in question. i believe this scenario is absolutely inevitable. the primary reason is because the u.s. military and the american people simply cannot let go of WWII. even the baby boomers who weren't even born yet, grew up on movies of WWII american heroism and it is part of their psyche. as evidence i offer vietnam, the first gulf war, afghanistan and iraq*, none of which made or make any strategic sense whatsoever and only resulted in the senseless killing and maiming of american soldiers. ( far more foreigners too, but they're not my concern). in all of these skirmishes the joint chiefs never wavered an inch from the WWII model of warfare even though it repeatedly resulted in failure and de-facto defeat. even today, september 30, 2011, sixty-six years after the fact we're still bonded to the same, long since futile, tactics and strategy. SIXTY-SIX fuckin' years, man. and please, i don't want to hear about depleted uranium shell casings or GPS navigation. all the latter means is that at some point the entire u.s. navy is going to be lost at sea because they no longer teach celestial navigation because it's too hard for the girls at the naval academy. you know, math, it's hard.

all of the above mentioned excursions i was vehemently opposed to and verbalized my opposition. the knee jerk result of course was the usual name calling: traitor, coward, unpatriotic bastard, love it or leave it you piece of s**t sort of thing. although, how getting american soldiers killed and maimed for no reason at all can be construed as patriotic is beyond me. i think the saying is correct; "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." especially in a democratic republic where vigorous and open debate is all that stands between you and the barbarian hordes. you can only make so many mistakes before the universe says it's time for your nap.

i have to warn you, the concept in this link is simply far too large for 99.99999% of americans to imagine or comprehend, just as 9-11 was too large even for the pentagon to comprehend, despite a plethora of warnings and evidence, and thus a perfectly obvious and easily preventable attack went unaverted, 3000 civilians were slaughtered, and the worst assault in american history on civilians on our own soil was carried out successfully. such is the cost of idealizing the past at the expense of the hard reality of the present. but then most humans view life in the rearview mirror. nevertheless, for most people, reading this will be a complete waste of time. so unless you've got the time to waste, i would advise you to ignore the link.

http://www.generationaldynamic…..hina110828

*addendum: i was too young to be cognizant during the korean police action so i did not include it in the list of fool's errands, but it certainly counts.