Iraq War

There is little sense in firing Donald Rumsfeld. He merely represents the philosophy of most of the republicans in power.He obviously believes in the privatization of most governmental functions,including most,if not all, of the military.The current republican tactics for pursueing the purposes of worldcorp and the rich are;fight a war on borrowed money instead of taxing,pushing the debt ever forward to future generations,reducing government exposure to war damage claims through the VA,by using as many civilians as possible,fattening large corporations and disenfranchising the civilians.(when one goes overseas to work,American laws and rights are few and weak,even when working for a corporation calling itsself American.)These are similar tactics to those used during the Vietnam war;insulating and isolating most of the American people from a war which could not be fought otherwise.The working class people sacrifice the most in the deaths and maiming of their daughters and sons.Only when a few of the children of the elite were in danger of being drafted by a lottery draft system,was there enough pressure to stop the Vietnam war.Most of the time "the chosen"were placed in units where it was known for sure they wouldn't see combat in a hundred years;such as the units our recent presidents were assigned to.Also,to hold costs down and to insulate and isolate the American people,we are running a skeleton crew military,after the style of big box worldcorp,in business applications.As for being equipped, The US army has never had anything but a few small units which were actually fully equipped with all they needed of the latest and greatest.Furthermore, any officer who is making a career of the military will rarely be foolish enough to contradict a civilian over him.During my training in the US army I was instructed that it takes a whole lot more troops and equipment to hold ground,than it does to take it.I was reminded that Gengis Khan,Alexander,Hittler,the Romans and others had discovered this and that the truth hadn't changed.I seriously doubt that just because the republicans want to fight a war on the cheap,that this long proven truth has changed.There are many half truths,outright lies and semantical statements involved in hiding the actual true monetary cost of the war.I fully expect the eventual published cost of Afganistan and Iraq to be more than three trillion dollars.The hidden costs will take it much higher.As in the Vietnam war,the costs in human misery are great and lengthy.Physical and emotional damage will span generations.Physcological and chemical damage has already reached to the grandchildren of Vietnam veterans.NPUBLICI