Director of Irony

[tw]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Their strategic objective is generally to retain as much power as possible.

So the purpose of America is to increase power in the Republican Party? Well it makes sense if you are the classic example of an anti-American who blindly votes the party line - no different from a communist party member. But that is not and would not be a strategic objective. CT example is probably part of a tactical Republican objective. And only relevant here as why parties operate too often for party benefit and at the expense of America.

A tactical objective is defined by a larger purpose - the strategic objective. Why must we invade nations unilaterally to secure oil? A question answered in a part of that strategic objective. An objective very similar to 1930 Japan. Somehow Japan was evil then by only doing what the 'good guys' do today? Unilateral invasion of sovereign nations is justified by a policy called pre-emption. Pre-emption also justified what 1930s Japan did.

Who wins in CT is analyzing a war only from a perspective of a few men in a platoon. To better appreciate the strategic objective, how similar are those same objectives are to 1930s Japan?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by tw

So the purpose of America is to increase power in the Republican Party?~snip

No, the purpose, actually he said strategic objective, of the party is to increase power for the party.

[vsp]

Principle over winning is one big reason why so many Democrats ran to Ralph Nader that year.

Not putting Joe "No freedom from religion" Lieberman near the White House was a big part of that principle, and while many Naderites today regret those votes, Lieberman himself's done nothing to prove them wrong.