[Jim Noble]

In one week, the American military could obliterate this murderous sect from the face of the earth. But Barack Obama seems to have a peculiar aversion to fighting the enemies of America, hence the rise of this homicidal cult and the escalating threat it poses to our country.

I'm Trump all the way, but this critique of "Obama" appears short-sighted.

Starting with the Korean People's Army in 1950, Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II could ALSO have eliminated our enemies from the face of the Earth, if not in a week, in a few.

But none of them have done this.

The root cause of "we don't win anymore" is way, way deeper than "Obama", in fact, "Obama" is much more effect than cause.

The root cause of our smashing victories in WW II (and in the case of Germany, "we" includes the USSR) was racial and ethnic hatred.

"Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs - you will help to kill the little yellow bastards if you do your job well" - FADM William F. Halsey.

"We're Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap" - Popular Song 1942.

Don't get me started on the fate of the Eastern Germans.

For reasons not clear to me, our leaders - both parties, "liberal" and "conservative", and our generals and admirals, have ruled out this effective and historically supported technique and replaced it with using the armed forces to "send a message". The message, perfected by 1967, was "See us take casualties, that proves we're serious. But, see, we don't hate you and won't conquer you, because we're not mean".

[Psalm 144]

‘For reasons not clear to me, our leaders - both parties, “liberal” and “conservative”, and our generals and admirals, have ruled out this effective and historically supported technique and replaced it with using the armed forces to “send a message”. The message, perfected by 1967, was “See us take casualties, that proves we’re serious. But, see, we don’t hate you and won’t conquer you, because we’re not mean”.’

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I agree with all your points, except that the Cold War with the USSR would have been no cakewalk after August 29, 1949.

In Europe, the ME, and most importantly to us, here at home, I think we are watching the collapse of the Post - WWII order and ideologies. The efforts to metastasize those ideas from the national to international arenas are faltering.

The whole deck is being reshuffled and new hands are going to be dealt. All the establishment can do at this time is prolong their demise, although they still think they can win. Jeb is the posterchild for the elites’ disconnect with reality.

[itsahoot]

For reasons not clear to me, our leaders - both parties, "liberal" and "conservative", and our generals and admirals, have ruled out this effective and historically supported technique and replaced it with using the armed forces to "send a message".

Not a lot of profit in short wars.