If you supply a war for an HONEST President and Congress who are acting in the best interest of our country instead of doing everything they can to wreck it, and we fight without both hands tied behind our backs, we can win and win easily. Have you heard about the ridiculous rules of engagement Obama has instituted? We can’t attack or shoot back if there is a possibility that civilians could get hurt. How ignorant is that when your enemy has ALWAYS made a practice of hiding behind civilians, particularyly women and children. We didn’t lose ground while Bush was in office and we were fighting two wars at once.
I thinks it makes a lot of sense to fight them over there. Offense is the best defense. That is why I thought Iraq was really a good idea. Heck, the muzzies were coming to us from all over the world to fight us there, and not here in the US. It doesn’t get better than that. If we go after them, they are not going to be fighting over here and we will have to endure and unending stream of terrorist pot shots. Look no futher than what has happened to Israel over the years.
Bankrupt? Think about how the economy reacted in the immediate wake of 9-11. Does your memory not last longer than a minute? Go on defense and we will have a regular stream of terrorist attacks. You will then see just how bad our our economy can get.
Radical Islam must be defeated no matter what it takes. In case you haven’t figured it out, they are playing for keeps. It is either us or them. They will not quit. For the sake of the world, I hope we won’t quit.
There is a lot of false nostalgia here. Bush left office only nine months ago. The Taliban was already gaining ground then. Somalia was a complete disaster under Bush. in fact, becaame the leading crisis on the continent under his watch. He sent in the Ethiopians to topple the existing government and chaos resulted. Bush then began addiing elements of the very Islamic Courts movement he toppled to install a new government.
I don't share your apparent faith in the ability of big government (whether led by Bush or Obama) to police the world.