Walter Williams: Unnecessary Loss of Life

Creators Syndicate ^ | September 30, 2015 | Walter E. Williams

[umgud]

If they don't accept said values and act up, destroy them again.

That's the key phrase. Quit dicking around, devastate them and destroy again if they reconstitute themselve as a threat to the US.

[FreedomPoster]

Grenada.

Yeah, I know it isn’t much, but it’s something.

[jazusamo]

Works for me. This limited war is c**p and causes the unnecessary loss of American lives, of course the turkey in the WH could care less.

Fight a war to win just as we did in WWII. There were many fanatics in Germany and Japan and they haven’t come back for more.

[BatGuano]

No, we have not fought to win since 1945. Many factors including the formation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the UN, a public reaction to our using the Atomic Bomb against Japan, communist infiltration of our government, just to name a few.
We cannot excuse our politicians for their role in the losing of so many American Soldiers. We cannot excuse the role of traitors like John F’n Kerry.
Most of the above problems can be dealt with but allowing the commies to get a foothold here and fighting wars with one hand tied behind our back has to stop.
“Troops cannot fire unless fired upon, we must warn villages of attacks and searches.” SHEESH!!!!!!!!
Another crime by Obummer, is using air attacks to appear to be in the fight against ISIS...What horse-hockey! I flew in the USAF and will tell all that ALL branches of the service support the man on the ground with the rifle. Air is just support and, although highly visible, is useless unless there is a follow up attack from the ground.
Stop wasting our men's lives, fight to win.

[Ohioan]

Of course if the Leftist crack-pots in Government had even a slight tinge of common sense, they would recognize that almost nothing is better calculated to increase "collateral damage," than a rule that the men cannot fire unless fired upon.

Think about the obvious. If we can initiate, we can initiate under circumstances that minimize "collateral damage." The alternative is the all too common use of women & children as human shields, etc., as well as other contrived efforts to propagandize, at our expense. (Remember the reality that we are often in fire-fights with folk who put a far lower value on human life than does the typical American.)

It is very difficult to conceive of any pro-American reason for such rules of engagement.

[skeeter]

In the kind of war we’re asking our guys to fight, its over seconds after it starts, and its the guy that shoots first who wins.

[mc5cents]

Gen:5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.

God made us male and female for a reason. The male and the female have different roles to fulfill. They should not be confused with nonsense like women in combat roles. It will never, ever work because it is not God’s purpose or plan for mankind.

[Ohioan]

The implied betrayal of our fighting men on a front, of course, is not new. I remember some of the guys who came back from Korea, after MacArthur was denied a chance to actually win, who were embittered--and, incidentally, moved very decidedly to the Right. Hopefully, those who survive this deliberate endangering by their own Government, will follow a similar ideological course.

The whole thing is absolutely indefensible.

[Vaquero]

Grenada.....I stand corrected...a work buddy served in that short but successful outing. Leave it to the Gipper.