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737 days ago
War has always appeared to me that wisdom comes after the fact. After the destruction and the mourning. Afterwards, summation reports appear to outline just how stupid we were, books are written about all the mistakes we made, and about just how we allowed ourselves to be dragged into a trap it will take 10 or 20 years to extricate ourselves from. In both places there is a vacuum of leadership. Leaders are confused and arrogant, and security forces are sitting with itchy fingers and looking for action. It's difficult to see how the United States can win the war on terror given it's strategy thus far. The enemy that the U.S. faces is both intelligent and ruthless, with the latter of those two qualities giving them an advantage over their American enemies. The last war that the United States won in which an overthrow of a country was the requirement for victory, was World War II. In that war, the United States defeated Japan, and to some extent Germany, by basing it's strategy ...
737 days ago
"Now im going to touch base on something we call Capital Punishment" At the dawn of the 21st century, the death penalty is considered by most civilized nations as a cruel and inhuman punishment. It has been abolished de jure or de facto by 106 nations, 30 countries have abolished it since 1990. However, the death penalty continues to be commonly applied in other nations. China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United States and Iran are the most prolific executioners in the world. While international documents have restricted and in some cases even banned the death penalty, its application is still not against customary international law. Much debate continues in the US as to whether it constitutes an appropriate punishment, at least to the most heinous crimes. In recent years, the debate has been further fueled by the use of new technologies which have shown that a large proportion of people sentenced to death are, indeed, innocent. Any man who murders another man, ...
