[celmak]

“First, it should begin with a clearly stated objective at the outset. It should be directly tied to U.S. national security,” he said. “Second, we should use overwhelming force to that objective. We should not have rules of engagement that tie the hands of our soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines.”

The final point in the Cruz Doctrine is that the U.S. military should not be asked to help birth democratic societies.

“Third, we should get the heck out,” he said. “It is not the job of the U.S. military to engage in nation building to turn foreign countries into democratic utopias.”

THIS MAN GETS IT !!!

[gov_bean_ counter]

“Overwhelming force”’is an expression that has all but disappeared from the Executive Office lexicon since Obie’s election.

[CatherineofAragon]

It’s hard for me to understand why conservatives haven’t dropped everything to unite behind this man.

[gov_bean_ counter]

“Overwhelming force”’is an expression that has all but disappeared from the Executive Office lexicon since Obie’s election.

[Future Snake Eater]

“It is not the job of the U.S. military to engage in nation building to turn foreign countries into democratic utopias.”

Except we've been doing exactly that for a long, long time. Indian Wars, Reconstruction, Philippines, Caribbean, Japan, Germany, Vietnam (sort of), Balkans (sort of), Iraq, Afghanistan--peacekeeping, counterinsurgency, and nation-building have been a part of our mission for many years.

[Patton@Bastogne]