Agreed, but it's important to remember that on the day the Berlin wall fell, every one of those body bags became worth the sadness and regret for the Vietnam war, as well as our mistakes of undercommitment.
Sometimes one has to fight for a while without seeing positive results, whether it be due to internal conflict over how best to fight, or the fact that we face an enemy of overwhelming numbers driven by mad ideologies.
But fight we must, no matter how hopeless it may seem. I hope this time we can count on president Bush and the Republican congress to come through with an unrestrained commitment to victory. I'm worried because at the moment, it seems far too restrained -- much like it was in 1968.
Your words are encouraging, in any case!
I hope this time we can count on president Bush and the Republican congress to come through with an unrestrained commitment to victory. I'm worried because at the moment, it seems far too restrained -- much like it was in 1968. It was not constrained when we went into Afganistan. It was not constrained when we went into Iraq!
You are only seeing what the press wants you to see.
Think about it. We have Iraq and Afganistan. More progress have been had in Israel in the last two months than in the previous 40 years. Terrorists have NOT struck us again.
True, they are sniping at us in Iraq but everytime they do, we wipe out dozens of them. We are fighting the terrorists in Iraq rather than having them over here in the US fighting us.
The economy is coming around, slowly.
There are NO major disruptions in ANY of the Islamic states protesting the US.
If anybody had, six months ago, predicted this scenario, he would have been hauled off to the looney bin.