If I remember correctly, we didn't wring our hands over the sensitivities of the combattants in the Philippines, and we didn't have the overwhelming preponderance of the news media motivated against the expedition.
You cannot win ANY war, "guerilla" or otherwise, by being Mr. Nice Guy.
You must strike fear into the enemy, because fear, over time, breeds respect.
"Let them hate us, as long as they fear us."
The United States will never be loved by more than a few people here and there in foreign nations. That's a given. The foreign press all over the world hates us. I have been to a few countries and have seen this. I saw it all over the European and South American television news.
The United States is not even loved by a substantial minority, perhaps even a majority, of the people living here!
Perhaps a more clear characterization is to say Americanism is hated, even though it was Americanism that gave the world the vast preponderance of all the technological, medical, and financial benefits they all enjoy.
Sometimes I feel we should just withdraw from them all and let them kill eachother and rot.
As for the Islamo-nazis, they should be put on notice that any attack carried out on US soil will be met with the evaporation of Mecca by a nuclear-tipped ICBM.
For Kim, he should be put on notice that his next declaration of war upon us will be taken seriously, whereupon we will evaporate PyongYingYang with a nuclear-tipped ICBM.
I'm fed up with trying to "understand" and trying to "be nice" and trying to fight a "guerilla" war on the terms of the pansies at the UN.
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If I remember correctly, we didn't wring our hands over the sensitivities of the combattants in the Philippines, and we didn't have the overwhelming preponderance of the news media motivated against the expedition.
Care to bet?