“... he also can’t get his mind around the fact that we are NOT at war with a Nation-State ....”
Militant islam depends entirely upon the support of nation states and we all know who they are.
There is only ONE type of conflict: Me against You. If I believe in Me and my philosophy or way of life and regard You as a thrreat to it I take you, and those who in any way manner shape or form support you, out. ANYTHING other than this being called a war is BULLSHIT.
What we are fighting is The Police Action against Terror. In doing so we allow the enemy to put us on the defensive with respect to action taken—that is we have to justify everything we do in some court of world opinion.
There is no way there exists today the type of Leadership necessary to fight a real war against this evil enemy and THAT is the result of our dying culture.
A draft? No advisor to the president and no president would EVER dream of it. Attack the nations who support the Jihadists? Ditto! Put the rest of the world between a rock and a hard place with respect to our enemies? Yeah, right.
We’re winning in our efforts and if we have a few generations to apply it we will win entirely BUT does anyone really think this particular enemy (and include the Democrats) intends to let it go that long?. Then where will we be? I mean when the Jihadists, CONVINCED by our own actions that we really don’t have the resolve, launch the big one?
We’ll be where we SHOULD have been when the towers fell: Armed, Outraged and Done screwing around with people.
While I agree with the frustration in your voice, I also know the reality on the ground does not allow us to do what would end the war quicker. I also know from friends “in the field” that Pakistan is doing things for us behind the scenes that have and are saving American lives and the lives of our allies. We have a tricky road in some cases... in the case of Iran, I believe your “solution” will happen sooner rather than later.
LLS