Comments on: Right-wingers loves them some dictators, until they outlive their usefulness http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/11/10/right-wingers-loves-them-some-dictators-until-they-outlive-their-usefulness/ Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation... Thu, 24 May 2012 02:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Darrell Prows http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/11/10/right-wingers-loves-them-some-dictators-until-they-outlive-their-usefulness/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Darrell Prows Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:22:19 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/11/10/right-wingers-loves-them-some-dictators-until-they-outlive-their-usefulness/#comment-929 The best thing about Pakistan, from my perspective, is that it leaves us no room for military intervention. Also, there likely is no need, as diplomatic pressure seems to be working, and Musharef can't even control his own tribal areas. Can you imagine what a nightmare the rest of the country could give to the Pakistani Army if they really put their minds to it? Just the lawyers seem to be almost too much to handle, and one imagines that there are groups there that can mount a more formidable physical oppositon than lawyers are likely going to have a comfort level for. Pakistan has a considerable number of democratic institutions with some maturity, and it doesn't really seem like there is room in a situation like that to move totally back to despotism. The people have their goodies, and love them. The military has their goodies, and want many more of them from us. Pakistam isn't Burma right now, and I really think that Musharef has no chance of turning his place into the kind of society where guns can effectively be used to control every aspect of daily life. At least not without totally destroying the country. The best thing about Pakistan, from my perspective, is that it leaves us no room for military intervention. Also, there likely is no need, as diplomatic pressure seems to be working, and Musharef can’t even control his own tribal areas. Can you imagine what a nightmare the rest of the country could give to the Pakistani Army if they really put their minds to it? Just the lawyers seem to be almost too much to handle, and one imagines that there are groups there that can mount a more formidable physical oppositon than lawyers are likely going to have a comfort level for.

Pakistan has a considerable number of democratic institutions with some maturity, and it doesn’t really seem like there is room in a situation like that to move totally back to despotism. The people have their goodies, and love them. The military has their goodies, and want many more of them from us. Pakistam isn’t Burma right now, and I really think that Musharef has no chance of turning his place into the kind of society where guns can effectively be used to control every aspect of daily life. At least not without totally destroying the country.

]]> By: Ginny in CO http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/11/10/right-wingers-loves-them-some-dictators-until-they-outlive-their-usefulness/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Ginny in CO Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:47:44 +0000 http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/11/10/right-wingers-loves-them-some-dictators-until-they-outlive-their-usefulness/#comment-906 Definitely time to do it again. We may have to. Problem will be dismantling and downsizing the millitary. Oh, let's go over the facts again. Reagan supposedly brought the USSR to it's knees with his tough talk and millitary buildup. He may have hastened it, but they were already going there. All Ronnie did was put us on the same path of economic disaster from overspending on millitary budgets, gadgets and a lot of unaccounted funding. (Borrow and spend) The millitary budget that surpasses all other millitary budgets COMBINED. Over 730 OVERSEAS millitary bases, outposts and presences. Embassies have more millitary personnel assigned than State Dept employees. (People in other countries get the message louder and clearer than 95% of the Americans) EVERY Congressional district (all 435) has at least ONE business that produces military supplies or services. So EVERY Congressional Representative, as well as the Senators, has to worry about wiping out jobs in their own district if they really try to downsize the monster. More nuclear WMD than all other countries combined. That's what we admit to. Not that we let anyone inspect OUR stockpiles. Thanks for a great post Steve. In some ways I'm glad the NRA has been so successful in keeping Americans armed. 1776 was asymmetrical warfare. I suspect we could pull it off again, if we can outsmart the surveillance technology. Which reminds me. Keep in mind the Gov still can't access snail mail unobtrusively. Definitely time to do it again. We may have to. Problem will be dismantling and downsizing the millitary. Oh, let’s go over the facts again.

Reagan supposedly brought the USSR to it’s knees with his tough talk and millitary buildup. He may have hastened it, but they were already going there. All Ronnie did was put us on the same path of economic disaster from overspending on millitary budgets, gadgets and a lot of unaccounted funding. (Borrow and spend)

The millitary budget that surpasses all other millitary budgets COMBINED.

Over 730 OVERSEAS millitary bases, outposts and presences. Embassies have more millitary personnel assigned than State Dept employees. (People in other countries get the message louder and clearer than 95% of the Americans)

EVERY Congressional district (all 435) has at least ONE business that produces military supplies or services. So EVERY Congressional Representative, as well as the Senators, has to worry about wiping out jobs in their own district if they really try to downsize the monster.

More nuclear WMD than all other countries combined. That’s what we admit to. Not that we let anyone inspect OUR stockpiles.

Thanks for a great post Steve. In some ways I’m glad the NRA has been so successful in keeping Americans armed. 1776 was asymmetrical warfare. I suspect we could pull it off again, if we can outsmart the surveillance technology. Which reminds me. Keep in mind the Gov still can’t access snail mail unobtrusively.

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