As conservatives we should insist that all war efforts get a proper Constitutional Declaration from Congress. Then we would not have to defend them against absurd attacks.
As long as this has drug on, it’s clear it should have received a full declaration of war. It’s far beyond what one would expect of a reprisal. Reprisals aren’t necessarily quick, but they’re certainly not extended. I’ve long maintained — even at the outset — that this should have been a reprisal and exit.
At the same time, despite the proper declarations, paperwork, speeches, etc. in the hallowed halls of the talkers club on capitol hill, we have thousands dead.
We don’t besmirch them by asserting after all that blood and anguish that it was “phony”. Moreover, the troops themselves know an idiot when they hear one. Those who fought know damn well that they were getting shot at.