Compared to some other battles in our history Fallujah could be considered good news. I know it's frustrating to see what's going on and at times I wish we'd just flatten the place, partly because the news coverage we're bombarded with makes the situation seem worse than it is on the ground there. We're also fighting a different kind of enemy, ones that I don't see ever just quitting and going home peacefully no matter how bad we defeat them.
I more worried about the political will to win rather than whether our military can win. I know our military can do what needs to be done, I don't trust our politicans to let them do it.
It screams my mind to think of all the times in American history we could have given up at some bad, or seemingly bad, news.
You are so correct, from Valley Forge to the Ashau Valley we have always kept the Faith in our final victory. I hope America hasn't changed so much that we have lost that ability.
The ONLY American war that had almost no domestic opposition was WWII. Self-government is messy, indeed. As you say, the key to winning a war is political leadership. We've got it now, and we will after Nov. 2, I am certain.
America is a country where things turn out better than they ought to.
- British Ambassador James Bryce
God looks out for fools, drunks and the United States of America.
- anon. (attributed sometimes to Stephen Leacock, a 19th Century Canadian humorist)