I agree wholeheartedly. The war on Iraq was lost on the homefront while successful on the battlefield.
This as stated previously was a failure to remind the public of the issues daily, combat the lies coming from the left and the MSM and also a failure by the leadership to BEHAVE as we are doing the right thing. It always seemed that whenever you saw a representative of the Bush administration talking about the war they were always very weak, apologetic and certainly not as passionate as the opposition.
I think that the Bush administration changed when they caught flack for the “Mission Accomplished” carrier landing fiasco. The MSM and the libs beat them up over it and the admin. looked like a bunch of marble mouthed dopes. You know what, I loved the entire Mission accomplished thing and I understand what it was trying to convey. I was also damned proud to have a leader that was able enough to fly that plane. After that day, it seems the criticism took all the fire out of the administration’s “communication” regarding the war.
I was at Ground Zero on 9/11. Lost 20+ friends and co-workers This war was the right thing and I never let anyone forget it who tries to tell me otherwise. However, I also remember Bin Laden saying his goal was to destroy the American economy and I can’t help thinking that he has won the war with the help of the Democratic Party.
WE, as a political voice from the right, have to learn (and are learning SLOWLY) that we can’t be polite responding to the left, we have to be just as aggressive as they are in taking the fight to the opponent and for the good Lord’s sake forget the entire white guilt/apologist mentality and realize it is not racism to question the acts of a black person and confront that person. and respond quite aggressively when accused of being racists for doing so.
The "Mission Accomplished" thing was only a fiasco because the administration never did get the truth out, much of that due to MSM collusion. It had nothing to do with winning the war, it was the carrier's mission that was accomplished; their banner that was seen.
My condolences on your loss of friends and co-workers. I wish all Americans would maintain a strong recollection of what we went through that day. We've lost so much of our will to fight and defend our freedom in the intervening years; mainly due to MSM and Democrat subversion.
I was in favor of invading Iraq. The US was ultimately successful on the battlefield, but Bush should have replaced Rumsfeld sooner. It's hard for me to reconcile the word "successful" with the 4,000+ US deaths, which should have been much lower.
a failure by the leadership to BEHAVE as we are doing the right thing.
Rumsfeld: "It isn't a matter of money. It isn't a matter on the part of the army of desire. It's a matter of production and capability of doing it. As you know, you go to war with the army you have---not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.---You can have all the armor in the world on a tank and it can (still) be blown up..."
Rumsfeld was speaking as if he was doing the right thing, but IMO he was not. If you think that statement helped the Republican cause politically, you and I will have to disagree.