Imagine! The massive loss of life as a result of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean made me dream of an alternate military strategy. Imagine if we actually turned our swords into ploughshares and could now mobilize more than 100,000 troops, all the supplies, vehicles, tents and technology, (minus all the ammunition) and go into all the areas hit by the massive wall of water.

The water did not discriminate, rich or poor, old or young, religions, creed, color, or even star power. Yes even my 6’ by 7’ cell looks like a mansion compared to some of the pictures and stories I have seen so far.

But imagine if all of a sudden from the skies and upon the shores, the Red, White, and Blue of the great USA started landing. And instead of having our young men and women be in fear of their lives and have to kill fellow human beings, they would be providing all kinds of urgently needed humanitarianism. Think of the billions of dollars these troops would have at their fingertips.

I venture to say if this is what the world could look toward the USA for, I doubt any rouge nation or terrorist cell could get one iota of support to bring hostile action against us. Just sit back, close your eyes and picture the photos of our young people reaching out and helping those poor people. As Louis Armstrong says, "What a wonderful world that would be!"

Now that your eyes are back open, well we already blew the billions of dollars, our young people are being wounded and killed, and yes it seems that a large portion of the world hates our guts. We have sent some planes with relief supplies and allocated a few million dollars, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could do more?
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