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This week's Congressional hearings where
General David Petraeus was subject to an inquisition by quislings proves
the founding fathers were correct to point out in Federalist 75 that
Congress should have a minimal role in foreign policy.
In the Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton
wrote:
"Accurate and comprehensive knowledge
of foreign politics; a steady and systematic adherence to the same views;
a nice and uniform sensibility to national character; decision, SECRECY,
and despatch, are incompatible with the genius of a body so variable
and so numerous."
What I found most disturbing in the proceedings
was the emphasis of certain members of Congress on the themes of -- losing,
unwinnable, intractable, not worth it, mistake, fiasco.
The point I have yet to hear from those
opposed to winning the war is exactly how a precipitous withdrawal and
defeat is a geopolitical silver bullet.
No one in these hearings is making the
arguments of the positive effects of precipitous withdrawal in countering
the threat of the takfiris.
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JD is currently editing the follow-up to his 2005-2006 documentary
Outside The Wire. He will return to Iraq to shoot another documentary
as soon as it is released.
We all know that freedom is not free--and neither is reporting from Iraq.
Each digital tape capturing the heroic efforts of Soldiers and Marines
costs $7. JD uses almost 100 tapes on each trip. One DVD buys one
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As you know JD spends his time in Iraq with the Soldiers and Marines
doing the work Outside The Wire. That means hundred and thousands of
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Just to get there, the airfare costs $1,500.
It all helps and it is all needed to tell the story that is not being told.
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Thank you for taking the time to read this and any support you can give.
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