[Tell It Right]

I'm waiting on Bush Jr to apologize for saying from day one that we're not in it to win it. We're in it to "win over hearts and minds" and "we'll be fighting the war on terror all our lives" and that there won't be a treaty signing moment with the enemy surrendering.

If we had gone into it with the kind of blood thirsty vengeance my grandparents did after Pearl Harbor was bombed we not only would have been in Afghanistan much shorter, we would have also sent a message that few things in life are unhealthier than attacking the United States of America. There are many people who signed up for the military after 9/11 expecting to be in that kind of fight, only to learn that they'd have to "fight" with one hand tied behind their back so as not to offend the death-to-america mob.

[bigfootbob]

No truer words have ever been written.

[Mr Rogers]

After my tour in Afghanistan, I concluded we would need 100,000 troops on the ground for 100 years. That would be enough to bring Afghanistan forward to....about 1200 AD.

You are right. Afghans understand revenge. They understand brutality. I don’t think they HAVE “hearts and minds” to win!

[joe fonebone]

The simple way to determine if we should be fighting in another is simple...
Simply ask yourself, Is this worth planting my children in the ground?