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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 588702" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Another question and IMO a more important one is, what effects of gov't policy (political/economic) and foreign affairs (both a civilian function in our system of gov't) places our military into certain actions and certain events? Who also if anyone stands to benefit from such actions and are such actions purely and wholly defensive in the context of the ideals of the organic constitution?</p><p></p><p>Since today, we believe the region known as the Middle East poses the greatest threat and therefore our military must go there to keep us safe, does it not behove us to learn about this region and it's history? Do we not owe it to every man and woman we send over there to be knowledgable and informed on as many aspects of the situation in order to hold our civilian gov't accountable in order to do right by those who place themselves in harms way in our name and on our behalf?</p><p></p><p>The chain of events to understanding the Middle East begin with the events of WW1 and the actions of the European colonial powers and the Ottoman Empire. In 2006' a documentary was made entitled Blood and Oil, The Middle East in WW1 and IMO it is excellent. There's no Bush/Cheney, no NeoCons, none of that so if you want that you'll be disappointed. However the movie discusses the numerous military battles, strategic moves by bothsides in and just after WW1, major battles at names of places very familar to all of us in today's context and gives a really good overview of the entire region that really helps to understand as much as the history but also what makes many muslims think like they do when it comes to the western powers. You'll also learn that by no means did America create this whole mess but yet now we find ourselves in the middle of it, trying to solve it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 588702, member: 2189"] Another question and IMO a more important one is, what effects of gov't policy (political/economic) and foreign affairs (both a civilian function in our system of gov't) places our military into certain actions and certain events? Who also if anyone stands to benefit from such actions and are such actions purely and wholly defensive in the context of the ideals of the organic constitution? Since today, we believe the region known as the Middle East poses the greatest threat and therefore our military must go there to keep us safe, does it not behove us to learn about this region and it's history? Do we not owe it to every man and woman we send over there to be knowledgable and informed on as many aspects of the situation in order to hold our civilian gov't accountable in order to do right by those who place themselves in harms way in our name and on our behalf? The chain of events to understanding the Middle East begin with the events of WW1 and the actions of the European colonial powers and the Ottoman Empire. In 2006' a documentary was made entitled Blood and Oil, The Middle East in WW1 and IMO it is excellent. There's no Bush/Cheney, no NeoCons, none of that so if you want that you'll be disappointed. However the movie discusses the numerous military battles, strategic moves by bothsides in and just after WW1, major battles at names of places very familar to all of us in today's context and gives a really good overview of the entire region that really helps to understand as much as the history but also what makes many muslims think like they do when it comes to the western powers. You'll also learn that by no means did America create this whole mess but yet now we find ourselves in the middle of it, trying to solve it. [/QUOTE]
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