We all praise your husband, and now a new generation who were 9 year olds when 9/11 occurred are now going over to that hell hole to fight what? We don't know what we are fighting for? To change hearts and minds?
Worked well in Egypt and Libya where they now are under sharia law! Now more insane politicians want Syria to become another country under sharia!
I remember when some of our soldiers were merely kids. This isn't World War 2 with a defined goal. Right now we have losers in the Pentagon too afraid of CNN and Reuters than wiping the scourge off the planet.
I think George Washington said it best in his farewell address about "foreign entanglements" but I guess Washington was an anti-war hippie according to you and the other PC War supporters.
And I'm not anti-war I'm anti PC-war, meaning a war that is impossible to win because you are too afraid of blowing up terrorists who run into a mosque for protection. Did we hesitate to blow up Monte Casino in World War 2 when the Germans were in there? No. Different leaders, different generation.
Now the leaders not your husband, are cowards.
Have read your posts on this thread and we substantially agree. Although my approach is to occupy an area until the evolution of the desired results: a stable self-government with as many democratic principals as appropriate (as in Japan and Germany). Yes, that requires the defeat of Sharia law but perhaps not necessarily Islam itself.
Let me add two thoughts: we did indeed hesitate to bomb Monte Casino and the bombing did not help us avoid a bloody assault or really help us very much (cost/benefit/time) to finally dislodge the Germans, with some arguing the bombing did not help at all.
Suppose we “nuke the hell” out of Afghanistan, will that bring about a declaration of peace? If so, by whom, how enforceable and for how long?
Will the non-uniformed brethren in areas not nuked seek reprisal in ways that challenge our domestic defense capability and materially change the fabric of our lifestyle (haven’t they seemed to already)?
When Washington talked about “foreign entanglements” was it possible to reach the U.S. from Europe in mere hours, or even to presently be here? If nation X had a force on the ground attacking the our capital, would Washington have not fired on its shipping and its ports?
Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to sort out the issues.
So you hate every American who supports the War on Terror? That kind of makes you a hippie, doesn't it? Or maybe a RuPaul type isolationist. You could have made your points without personally insulting a courageous military wife.