So you’ve never heard of Army Specialist Track Palin?
My point is that politicians glibly send out troops on almost any pretext. The only justification for war is a real threat to our country, and there must be a coherent strategy and an objective. Our enemy is a loosely organized (if at all) bunch of terrorist thugs who are in various countries all over the world. Invading Iraq was just stupid. It has accomplished nothing in our country’s interest and has cost us dearly.
It is true that the military is always fighting the last war. What did they envision? Another WWII defeat of Germany and Japan? Anybody with an ounce of sense could have figured out that Iraq’s army would not fight, but that they would melt into the population and then there would be a guerilla war. This dragged out occupation could have been predicted and should have been. How much longer do we stay there to shore up Iran’s buddy, Maliki? How many more dead soldiers and orphaned kids do we want? Every time I read another story about some good kid who is not coming home or is permanently maimed, I am enraged. Do you think the American people would have been so gung-ho on this war if they had known it would drag on for years with no end in sight?
Let the politicians be the first ones to go when they sign on to war, and we will see how often they demand military intervention. Fat chance.