Of course anyone should question anything they think questionable. But when people make comments straight out of the mainstream media playbook, that’s what I find highly questionable. (Remember, the mainstream media has permanently ruined its own credibility with forged documents and the reckless use of “anonymous sources,” as well as extreme bias in general.)
From this post, here are some questionable quotes:
“why don't the children of these politicians join the Army”
“we have yet to define the conditions for victory”
“we have yet to define the conditions for victory”
“a nice tax increase”
These clichés are identical to something Soros, Hillary or any other extremist leftist would say.
“Armies kill people and break things, and that is not a reality that the American people are comfortable with”
The logic here is that Americans won’t fight to defend themselves, which as an assertion in itself is a bizarre fabrication.
“The problem is that the strategic vision and the tactical reality on the ground do not mesh”
“It seems like everyone seems to know how to run the war better than the people who do this for a living”
This guy is a soldier, not a commander. He doesn’t run the war, yet he’s making comments about the strategic vision? His comments are the exact opposite of “those who do this for a living” such as General Pace who stated things are going very, very well in Iraq.
Quotes identical to leftists. My son is definitely not a lefty. More of a liberterian. He entered JROTC at age 15, got himself up early for drill, went into the military upon graduation, served in Gulf War I, and now in Afghanistan.
As to his strategic vision, I gave him a copy of Machiavelli's "The Prince" when he was 14. He has been reading ever since. I send all his emails to a WWII vet family friend. He was very impressed by the comments. Asked if son has read Sun Szu's "The Art of War". I said yes. Before we attacked Iraq in 2003, I asked him how many troops he thought we needed to do the job right. He said 450,000. This after Shinsecki had batted out for saying 350,000. Now we have Brimmer saying we should have had 500,000. So much for son's lack of vision. Pace has to back up the boss, same as Brimmer when he was there. Who knows what he really thinks. Of course Bush had to start the war when he did, for political strategy. Summer was coming and too hot to fight. Fall of 2003 would have been to close to the election, so he went in only half prepared.