[Hulka]

Bush Senior took the lesson’s of Vietnam to heart. He and Weinberger established the “Weinberger Principles” for waging a war:
-Use Troops When Political Efforts Fail
-Go to War When you Intend to WIN
-Go to War When it is Vital to US National Interests (“Mama Factor”)
-You Win When you have Well-Defined Political-Military Goals and “End-State”
-You Win When You Reassess Size, Composition and Mission
-You Win When You Have the Support of the American People

Sadly, Clinton changed all that and his criteria was (with my comments):
-Is it Important to National Security
-Are Americas Allies Behind the Endeavor (Who cares if it is in the US national security interest!!)
-Is Military Action/Deployment the Only Option and will the Cost of the Mission be Proportionate to the Objective (Putting a price tag on US national security. . .sheesh)
-What “Special Factors” Might be Involved that are Unique to the Circumstances at Hand (what the heck does that mean??)

The Messiah has no standards as he has no clue about anything having to do with US national security. In fact, I suspect he doesn’t really care about US national security.

[Alberta's Child]

You left George W. Bush out of the mix. He's probably the worst of them all. I don't think he had any criteria at all, except:

Islam is a Religion of Peace.

We would have been better off with a retarded baboon in the White House.