Ernie Pyle, WWII.
Posted on 12/22/2006 4:49:54 PM PST by lowbridge
Yes, I obsess on this stuff too. :-) My Leftist friends sometimes ask for "the other side". I don't always know if it works, but I have convinced a few that "global warming" is a political issue, not a scientific one.
Small steps - but every one helps.
Well .. I refuse to let the media or the liberals/leftists off the hook. You can constantly bombard the public with propaganda and you will then get the response you want.
Hitler did it. They're just following suit.
I absolutely love this question, and have been a proponent of media based battles for a long time. It is my opinion that the american people love to see and hear about victory. They can tolorate a defeat every once in a while, but will get behind any troop action if they see an overwhelming victory now and again.
Take Falujah, over whelming use of power, and I am sure quite a few civilian causualties, but we won. The public was in full support, and cheered the action. Another case was Najaf, the troops were pinned down, yet used the fire power at hand defeated the enemy and won the battle.
This whole war was lost when the civilian contractors were ambushed, burned alive, then hung from the bridge. At that moment we had the full support of the population to go after whoever did this, and we, as a nation did nothing. we ran an investigation, we "looked into it", but we did nothing.
If Bush wants to save Iraq, then he needs to fight the battle. Take back Iraq town by town, city by city, battle by battle. Otherwise continue to, "exit gracefully" towards defeat.
The real telling sign is if we revise the rules of engagement. If our guys get a green-light, we might actually still win this thing.
Well I am glad I'm not the only one thinking along those lines. They wanted control, now they have it. Let's see what they can do with it.
Have you noticed that all of a sudden troop increases have begun to be shot down, as more troops equals more causualties. Crazy JFK talking again.
If the prez or even Tony Snow is freeping, kill the bad guys day and night, all day everyday, and the American people will support this war!!Get our men and women into combat where we have the advantage over the insurgents. Take the fight right to them, quit reacting to the road side bombs, take over the roads and kill anything that gets close to them. Fight the damn war already!
I know I am tired of hearing this soldier or that soldier was killed today in a roadside bomb attack.
I want to hear, ...and after the attack the US marines swept in to the town and after a heated gun battle with insurgents, killed and captured ### insurgents, and placed the town under a strict curfew, and will continue operations inplace until the violence ceases.
Ernie Pyle, WWII.
I gather that the troops would rather the Iraqis take the country back, town by town. But they need reinforcements. Frustrating no to be able to hold the ground you take.
Great reply Frank! Hope you get on more talk shows!
They were glorious times indeed. The media was patriotic, Hollywood was patriotic. Better prople back then. They were the greatest generation. God help us today.
I think we have no choice but to do that, if we wish to maintain a beachhead in the Middle East. I think we cannot confront the Iranians unless we do have a beachhead, or at least the equivalent of the Berlin brigade to serve as a tripwire.
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