POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
Vietnam, here we come again.
The simplest truth in military matters is you always fail when you seek the wrong successes.
You cannot convert a fourteenth century, economically depressed land into a modern society.
There is simply not enough resources on the planet to do that.
The US went there for bloody vengeance, and as soon as it killed enough people, it did not know what to do with the place.
And it still doesn't know, except to keep killing and spread the killing into Pakistan.
McChrystal is a true "dog of war."
The guy's entire background is in secretive operations involving assassination and torture.
Anyone who would take the word of this psychopath for anything is a fool.
