The Long White Stripe:
The current troop deployment outside of Iraq and Afghanistan
is a hold over from world war two.
Having troops billeted around the world is part of the U.S.
strategic policy, but seriously folks we haven’t been attacked
from the beer gardens in 60 years. The euro dollar is 30
percent stronger then the U.S. dollar.
Think what does to the cost of rent and storage of all that
military equipment. We don’t need to be protected from high
rent in Iraq. Sure things are tough now, but if we redeployed
our troops to Iraq the road taxes, discretionary spending of
our troops, and facilities rents or mortgages we pay over the
next 60 years to ship goods to our out post along the silk
road. Should be enough to restart the central Asian economy
that has been in shambles since the trade wars of the 13th
century.
Many of the Union troops in the rehabilitation zones feel that
they are performing a worth while task. It is true that there
has been loss of life caused by fringe groups, but the
causality percentages now aren’t even close to what the
estimates were for before any battle for any given city we are
way ahead. Now that we are in there we are getting better
intelligence and target acquisition is a precision art.
Central Asian economics is a key element of come current
global political problems. Many ancient trade roads have
blocked over the past 1000 years creating an economic
development bottleneck. The Silk Road Trade Zone, The East
Mediterranean Trade Zone, and The Black Sea Trade Zone could
benefit from refocusing the strategic establishment forming
along the Northern Tier. Many resource poor areas along those
route have nothing to offer as revenue generators except way
points, scenic/historical rest areas, and low cost raw
developable land with low cost labor.
This is an opportunity to revitalize the 4000 square miles
with-in the current defense budget just by being there.
That’s a lot of work for a single stroke of the pen. Leaving
Central Asia people to be educated by the psycho clerics is
not going to improve our situation. The Silk Road initiative
will institute cultural development as well as economic
development. On the other hand if a reduction of the current
force level is permitted a Cambodian like killing fields will
probably occur in the power void. There was an estimated
one million collateral deaths attributed to the peace movement
of the 60’s. that’s more than the war itself.
The strategic value of the winning Battle of Al Qaeda Rivers
is economic. The human resources in Iraq are no less than
what were available in Germany, Italy, Germany, Japan, South
Korea, South Vietnam and now they are all expanding economies.
Bonding the development of Iraq will provide returns
especially if we hold title on some fee simple real estate.
The Air Force needs an extra large region support center with
first class amenities and a view. This is not a war it is
business. The U.S. needs more trading routes and this one has
potential it just needs a few more yellow bricks.
I think the plan is about helping out. You can lead a horse
to water, but the heavy metals in the soil may not be good
for it:
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