Or they vote Trump. One of the two.
In before someone smears Trump or Cruz.... aw damn.
“Sen. Ted Cruz reassured us that “the single biggest national security threat facing America right now is the threat of a nuclear Iran.””
I think our biggest security threat are the Washington elites by far!
"There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare."It's the liberals that insist on prolonged warfare in order to weaken the military prior to their violent takeover at home. The patriots insist on swift victory using military might unfettered with absurd rules of engagement that tie the soldiers' hands.
— The Art Of War, II:6
This was known from the Start.
Some argued, just go in, kick ass, take the loot and run.
Others argued, this is a long term operation and we should eminent domain some strategic real estate for Military bases and Airfields for a very long presence.
I guess they chose: Run in, destroy everything. Rebuild it for them for free, prop up a dysfunctional government, declare victory and leave.
I wonder if we went in as in war, traditionaly, kill and maim, loot and destroy and then just pulled out wasn’t just the best answer.
We were right to go into Afghanistan. We were wrong to stay any longer than necessary to kill as many bad people as we could. Three months, tops.
We won WWII 71 years ago, and we still have 53,000 troops stationed there.
There are two correct ways to continue after a successful military action: Plan for a very long stay to enforce the changes (Europe, Japan), or leave immediately and warn the new government to be good or they get toppled too. Intermediate options, staying for just a few years (Iraq, Afghanistan), are a complete waste.
We still have troops in Korea with only a cease fire in place.
Making good on President Obama’s commitment to remove all U.S. forces by next January, said Campbell, “would put the whole mission at risk.”
Which is exactly what Obama wants and why he will follow through with it, just like he did in Iraq. Get ready for the caliphate to take over Afghanistan next year.
Should have never gone in there. Bouncing the rubble with B-52’s was all we should have done.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. That’s the only way to be sure.
Not one American life should be sacrificed for that hellhole.
I understand the avoidance of foreign entanglements. I suppose we can wait for our elitist traitors to invite the mooslems into our country, and then we can post bounties and hunt them from our back porch.
I tend to believe that we wouldn’t be having these problems as much as we do, if democrat politicians had no say-so at all in war-fighting strategy, tactics, ROE, etc.
I’m not saying we should be brutal to non-combatants.
I am saying there should be almost *no* ROE in regards to combatants, their support system and sympathizers - other than, “do whatever it takes to kill or capture them before they kill or capture us”. ROE to me is target location identification, proper weapons control, sight alignment, trigger control and center-mass hits.
As for collateral damage, I’m not saying we *want* collateral damage and we should avoid it in general and within reason, but it does help to stay out of our way. For example, if you live next to a jihadi, or like to hang out near jihadis; or jihadis enter your school, mosque, hospital, business; or just find a jihadi(s) standing within 50 meters of you — you, Mr. non-combatant, have more control over becoming collateral damage than we do (ie - you should quickly find a reason to be far enough away to avoid shrapnel). And they know full well who the bad guys are because they make themselves known as soon as they come around. And if you just can’t manage to get out of the way and become unintentional collateral damage? We apologize sincerely, but we will not punish our warfighters for the “war fighting” we sent them to do. If you don’t like it, join your national force and help us rid your country of enemy combatants. The quicker we get this done, the better it will be for all involved.
I believe all of that is just common sense and I believe democrat politicians intentionally inject failure into the warfighting process. If we are going to send our sons and daughters into the combat arena, can we agree to let them operate under those conditions at the very least?