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chapter 96
WE ARE SPENDING OUR STRENGTH IN VAIN
Leviticus 26:19-20 states , “ And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: As the mightiest nation in the world and the defender of the free
world why hasn’t the United States, with the possible exception of
Korea, won any conflict since World War II ? VIETNAM. The Vietnam War lasted approximately 20 years,
from 1955 to 75. The costs were as follows ; 170 billion ,2 trillion
in today’s terms ,60,000 military personnel killed , 100,000 would later
commit suicide ,a total of 2.5 to 4 million killed ,many more maimed,
disfigured or orphaned. This total figure was so high due to the methods of warfare used. 7
million tons of ordinances were dropped ,3 times the amount of World War
II, the widespread Use of indiscriminate “ carpet bombings “, and
widespread Use of chemical defoliants such as , Agent Blue and Agent
Orange found to contain carcinogenic dioxin. These ugly tactics along with atrocities like the My Lai Massacre,
where between 350 to 500 civilians of unarmed men, women and children
were slaughtered and many women gang raped, left little to differentiate
between the U.S. and the communist regimes it was seeking to contain ! Then to ensure these abominations were “ SPENT IN VAIN “, many
critics have argued that the war was hindered by restricted terms of
engagement and refusal to authorize more firepower ( “ I WILL BREAK THE
PRIDE OF YOUR POWER “ ) This seems a completely perverse contradiction
to the tactics of war Used, as just described. Then there is the more widely recognized reasons of a shortage of
manpower and supplies. You would think with these horrible tactics
having been sanctioned we would commit a 110% to at least accomplish our
goals quickly . This again fulfills, broken pride in our power
AND spending strength in vain ! These things in effect amounted to a
betrayal of the U.S. military by civilian politicians. Add to this the
blame game , of the military blaming the politicians, the right wingers
blaming the pinkos and the media and protesters blaming the Right,
completed the picture of how perverse, misguided and uncoordinated this
effort actually was ! Then diplomat George Kennan called it “ the most disastrous
undertaking “.Now here’s what we achieved, by all these noble efforts.
After our pull out, neighboring Kampuchea ,now Cambodia , dictator , Pol
Pots, Khymer Rouge forces , murdered 2 million more people in the
so-called “ Killing Fields “ . In response to this, Vietnam’s SRV forces invaded Kampuchea to stop
them . This in turn caused China to feel threatened by Vietnam’s
extension of influence and it begin a border war with Vietnam . So after decades of conflict, started off by the U.S. involvement, Vietnam had the 4th largest army in the world , yet one of the worlds poorest economy’s .Well done US ! In 2011 the U.S. – led air campaign supporting the “ Arab Spring “
ousting of Gaddafi from power , resulted in catastrophe . Oil production
was cut in half , since then 32,000 people have been killed , the
nation is locked in war and some 250 militias now run what was once the
wealthiest country in Africa .
Let us examine America’s involvement around the world in chronological
order, from; Vietnam, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria
and Egypt.
LIBYA . In 1967 Colonel Moammar Qaddafi inherited one of the
poorest nations in Africa , by the time he was assassinated Libya was
Africa’s wealthiest nation and had the highest life expectancy and
highest gross domestic product , fewer people lived below the poverty
line than in the Netherlands , wealth was being generated , schools and
hospitals were running and were free .