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www.stolinsky.com ^ | 12-07-09 | stolinsky

Posted on 12/06/2009 9:27:33 PM PST by stolinsky

We must confront our enemies, using whatever force is necessary. We cannot try to “shoot in the shoulder” people who are trying to blow us up, knock down our buildings and cut our throats. We cannot temporize with fanatics who are building nuclear weapons. We cannot be both “firm and flexible.” We cannot set a date to end a “war of necessity.” We cannot ignore what George Orwell taught us: “The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.”

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: exit; firm; flexible; strategy
A Firm and Flexible Exit Strategy
1 posted on 12/06/2009 9:27:35 PM PST by stolinsky
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To: stolinsky

Oh. You’re talking about the war in Afghanistan. I hoped you might be talking about the undeclared war the Obama administration is waging against America. Is waging war without declaring war terrorism? And if “Kill them all and let God sort them out” works in Afghanistan... but with BHO running things, we’ll never find out. Shucks.


2 posted on 12/06/2009 11:55:06 PM PST by JohnQ1 (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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