be the president of the US

Bush thinks you’re stupid

I was reading the following article in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/magazine/23sassaman.html

And I couldn’t help but think of the Iraq War documentary “Gunner Palace.” In particular, I was thinking of all of the soldiers who had laptop computers who were playing first person shooting games.

After reading this article in the New York Times, and some articles about the war written by George Packer for the New Yorker magazine, why did the Army choose to write a “America’s Army” rather than something more akin to Sim City? Aren’t the successes of quelling the insurgency found in rebuilding infrastructure, restoring self rule, and generally improving the quality of life for residents?

For instance, in Robert Kaplan’s “The Ends of the Earth,” he describes how the building of hospitals and schools in rural villages has kept the Khmer Rouge at bay and in the jungle. And the reason is simple: Villagers appreciate the improvements to their quality of life that the schools and hospitals provide. To retain those improvements, they police themselves.

Nation building is a brick by brick enterprise, not a bullet by bullet engagement.

...and no younger. No one under 21 years of age will be allowed to go into combat…ever.

18 to 21 year olds in the military will receive an extended education and will work on domestic projects (along the lines of the Army corps of Engineers) and operations (ie, logistics, infrastructure, etc.)

...and the end of crony capitalism…

i will make people stop making money