Iraq War, 6 Years and Counting

Obviously, this military action has been grossly mishandled. I am personally not convinced that a single shot needed be fired to accomplish the goal of toppling Saddam. But make no mistake, Saddam had to go. People say: Why are we the world's police? Because we chose to put on the uniform. At its height, we had a 500 ship navy. And not every international action we have gotten involved in was wrong either. Which is the core of the dilemma. Maybe we should take off the uniform. Heaven knows we can no longer afford to wear it. Again, do not be fooled, while human technology has improved by quantum leaps, our human nature has barely advanced one minute since the days of the Roman Empire. Without a police, the world would wind up the same way it did in the dark ages. Namely, young people will ask their parents: Mommy, what did that machine do (pointing to a rusted hulk--that had not functioned for 150 years). Mommy answers: I'm not sure sweetie. People think it pumped water into the apartments. In fact, a close review of Orwell's 1984 suggests that it was really NOT set in 1984, but 2084, or even 2184. The shopkeeper shows Winston a snow globe and tells him its well over 100 years old. (Snow globes were first invented in the 1950s). Until that obscure dialog, no suggestion of perpetual (evolutionary) stagnation was apparent. But the date could have even been 3284. That is the risk. The solution is not to live in denial about the need for police, even international police. The solution is to maintain that police ethically, to protect future generations, not to protect corporations like Bectel and Haliburton. Respectfully submitted~