No, I would have agreed to keeping troops in country, but that was then and this is now. Sending troops in today would be a neocon commitment since we have no foreign policy, much less a coherent one. The current administration and its pentagon toadies will just continue the status quo: squander lives and money to no purpose.
I have a pretty good understanding about our military’s “success” here in the Middle East. I have been in the service since the 80s, and my son is a corpsman. He ships out this week, before I get home from my current deployment. We were supposed to meet in port and share a few beers before he leaves, but I got pushed back.
In my view it comes down to this: You want to tell my son to bury more of his friends why?
I am advocating (as I’ve said in my previous posts) a coherent foreign policy and leadership on this. In the end, it will probably mean more troops, but before we commit troops, the leadership and the coherent strategy must come first. If that’s being a neocon then so be it. I’m not for endless war, but we are in this mess and we have to fix it or it will have long term consequences for our country.
I have dedicated my life to the military in service of our great nation and by your statements I know I was in the Corps before you were in the service. I’m not going to bore you with my resume because it’s not about what I’ve done or what you’ve done or what your son has done. I thank you for your and your sons service. However, there is more work to be done. Our current CnC has made a mess of things. That doesn’t absolve our country from what we need to do.