It is time for the US to take the leash off it’s military and let them wrap this thing up in Iraq so we can get on with Iran!
I haven’t been this frustrated with the “Government” running a war since Johnson and McNamara!
Either we are in it to win, or we need to get the hell out!
There is no reason to allow our Soldiers and Marines to get picked off, as we are doing. When the government forces them to fight with their hands tied behind them… they get killed. It is a long “drawn out slaughter” which wears them down mentally.
I sincerely thought we had learned something from Viet Nam! Apparently not!
Some have called this a “minimalist effort” at fighting this war. I interpret that to mean that we fight it with as little effort as is possible. (Just enough to stay even with the board… but not enough to gain a clear victory.) I must tell you… that is pure, 100%, unadulterated, BS!
The frustration of the grunts must be absolutely awful!
Add to that mix an anti-war movement, on the left, in the USA, and you have a formula for ridicule and defeat. The “useful idiots” of the Left are responsible for most of the deaths of US military personnel in Iraq. The give aid and comfort to the enemy… on a daily basis.
As I see it, the US needs to do only two things to regain its position of respect in the world.
One: Unleash it’s military!
Two: Lock up, put in jail, imprison, whatever…those who practice Sedition in the US. I mean from the top to the bottom. From the halls of Congress to the neighborhood beer hall.
Notice… I didn’t mention “winning hearts and minds”. That is a formula for a loser! I don’t give a damn whether they like us... or not. I want them to fear us! I want them to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if they strike at the US... they will pay with everything they have… including their home, their family, their country, their lives… everything!
It is shameful to place our military in the position they are in. We’re demanding that those kids march into harm’s way… and not fight back!
When they temporarily lose it, and clean out a “rats nest”, they wind up facing a court martial, and imprisonment, when they ought to be given medals!
Look, this is a "dog eat dog" world. The bad guys don’t play nice! As long as WE play nice we will continue to be trounced… all over the world.
Turn our guys loose and let them do the job. They’ll clean that mess up, in the Middle East, in short order.
Let them use tactical nukes when they need to use them! Let THEM decide when! There are a few towns in Iraq that would be better nuked. Clean out the cancer, which is infecting the whole area.
There is no reason to set our military up for defeat as we are doing. Our soldiers will fight… when they are allowed to do so!
What a pathetic mess we are. Our politicians are wringing their hands because they are “deeply concerned” that the world won’t like us!
Who gives a DAMN WHAT the world thinks?!
I learned, as a child, that people would believe of me what they would. It mattered little, if at all, what I did or, didn’t do. So, I have lived my life on my own terms. You don’t like it? Tough!
But to watch our nation destroy itself, whining about who likes us and who doesn’t, is embarrassing, even painful.
The Prez should call in the Joint Chiefs and give them the order to: “Take Iraq”. Period! “Call me when it’s done. I'll have something else for you to do.” Then... get out of the way and let them do their job.
No doubt, I’ll hear for some of you that the US should never be the first to use nukes. Well, BS! We blew that one, didn’t we? And come to think of it… we WON!
What’s the point of having them if we’re not going to use them? I know. I know. As a deterrent! Well, deterrents only work when you are fighting someone who actually gives a damn whether they live, or die, like the Russians, for instance. But this crowd we’re fighting now, couldn’t care less whether they live or not. So, why put American fighting men in harms way. Just NUKE the bastards and be done with it!
Yes, I AM frustrated! I’m frustrated at a piss-ant Congress that wets its collective pants when a pneumatic hammer makes a bang in the building! I’m frustrated at the ever-increasing speed at which America is sliding into socialism. I’m frustrated at the loss of "Greatness in America". I’m frustrated at the lack of spine in the American people.
I don’t like my country to be the butt of jokes… as it is now. And I really don’t like getting our young men, and young women, killed because our leaders haven’t a clue how to lead!
You want an end to this war? Well, forget about it. Until America DECIDES TO WIN IT… we’ll keep on losing!
Longstreet
Look Longstreet, it is not the Anti-war left... well maybe it is in some cases I know why I oppose this action. It is not because I am anti-war, it is because this one was started by lying to the American people. I KNEW Sadam had nothing to do with 911, I also KNEW he had no WMD, remember operation Desert Fox? He was trying to rebuild his labs, we bombed them he agreed to not try it again, and guess what, he actually kept his word. Is he a great man, by no means no he isn't I am not defending him, I don't want to be accused of it. I am only pointing out how we were mislead by our guys. This Iraq is partly MY fault and my Generations fault. I took a look around and spent some "Alone time" this past Memorial day to reflect on our nation I found something that "shocked and awed" myself. After 911, why weren't all able bodied men inspired and driven to enlist? After Pearl was bombed (I wasn't alive) all the men were signing up in droves. What has happened Longstreet? It brought tears to my eyes as I reflected on it. Don't start bashing and blaming the left, this is something that happened in OUR homes, in our neighborhoods, in your schools in the South as well as in the North. In the country and in the city, in the churches and in the bars. If we had signed up and went, we could not have been mislead because millions would be fighting, Osama would have been caught and put in a cell next to the "Blind Sheik" of killed in a hole in some part of the world. This is as much MY FAULT as anyone elses. Iran would have seen a resolve and agreed to almost anything we offered, the world would have seen, most importantly our pathetic politicians would have seen! Maybe it is because our Presient told us to go shopping after 911, and that he'd take care of it..... That I think is the first sign of just what a failure he is. Great leaders say things that compell like, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself", "I care not what course others may take, give me liberty or give me death", "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", not "Go shopping" unless one of your biggest contributors is Wal-Mart.
ReplyDeleteFrank, a good deal of what you are saying here, I agree with.
ReplyDeleteWe are both frustrated.
Look, I had secured an appointment to West Point, while a junior in High School. My Congreesman had promised it to me. But, I met a gal, and decided to go the other way and enlist. I did, along with a couple of high school buddies. We were deferred and spent weekends and one drill a week, or every two weeks, I forget which, at the local Army Reserve Unit. I already had acquired the rank of PFC before I ever reported for Basic Training. Of, course I was stripped of that "sqeeter wind" as soon as I reported.
The men who trained me were the veterans from World War Two and Korea.
The point is... there was no question that we owed a debt to our country. There was no question if we'd serve, or not. Of course we would! It was a part of being an American male. It was just what American men did. No body was being a "hero". It was a flat out love for our country that drove us into the military.
Now, when I see our young men NOT signinmg up, not even offering to pay back the debt we still owe to those who went before us and shed their blood that we might have a free country, if just tears my heart out!
It seems now that it is all about what the country do for ME!!!
The same thing has happened to people's interest in politics. We got that bunch of "ne'r do wells" and spineless wimps we have now, because GOOD PEOPLE won't run for office anymore! It has become so tainted with corruption, on both sides, at the local, state, and national level, that really good, qualified people do not want to be associated with the people now in office.
It all stems from apathy. And apathy is a cancer that will eat the heart out of a country. Ours is being hollowed out as we write.
I fear for the continued existance of this country. I'm terribly afraid we have gone too far down the path to self destructioin to pull back now.
So, I'm heart-sick, and frustrated... and on occassion, I let it spill over here on this site.
The brother of my son-in-law is about to leave for a second tour in Iraq. He served one tour, was discharged and has been called back into service, sent to Texas for some updated training, and will soon be back in the thick of it. That shouldn't be necessary. there should be lines around the block of young men trying to sign-up. But they're not there.
That, to me is inexcusable.
I'd better stop right here. If I don't I'll climb right back on that soapbox again.
I must tell you that I appreciate you considering the veterans this past Memorial Day. We're all here because of what THEY did.
You know I agree...
ReplyDeleteGreat post!