We needed to take over this country and sit on their heads, for several generations. If we were not willing to do that we just should have bombed the heck out of them and left it at that.
I keep thinking about that Ann Coulter column that got her fired from National Review. Of course the part the freaked them out was “convert them to Christianity”.
But we didn’t need to actually change their religion, but we sure as heck needed to change their culture.
Invade - sure, kill leaders - sure, change the culture - NO! That would be racist.
So, you know, here we are.
And I am really sick of hearing that we needed to get out, get out.
How long have we been in Germany, Korea, Japan?
That’s how long we needed to stay in Iraq, Afghanistan and quite frankly we should have gone on to Syria, etc.
I think Bush blew it the night of 9/11 when he couldn’t wait to say “Islam is a religion of peace”. He should have said “tonight we declare war on Jihadis”.
I think W said “religion of peace” to try quell a stem of violence that was on the verge of eruption that was beginning in this country against anyone who looked middle eastern. Whether they were Islamist or not.
“How long have we been in Germany, Korea, Japan?”
That’s a poor argument for occupation.
You ask how long have we been in Germany, Japan and South Korea? We are still in Germany and Japan for 69 years and in South Korea 61 years