But you're not calling the shots. You aren't in charge.
Thanks be to the Lord.
The war would have been over in '03 if I were calling the shots. Straight to Bahgdad, east to Damascus, continue to the Mediteranean at Beruit. Cut a "Swath to the sea", ripping the center out of the "Muslim" world and truely impressing them with who the "Strong horse" is.
I read a BBC piece recently in which the writer asserted that Americans think they are bad at democracy but good at war when the opposite is the truth. I was taken aback by this but then it struck me. We really are good at democracy and lousy at war. Don't get me wrong, we're great at battles. We win every battle we're in and we've been in lots of battles in the last 60 years, but we haven't won a war since 1945. We have not had the political will to do so. Patton scared a good portion of the US public even in the midst of WWII. Nowadays Sherman would be locked up as criminally insane. I keep seeing pictures showing how bighearted our guys are and it moves me deeply. But wars are won by ruthlessness. Magnamity should be reserved for after victory. God bless. I admire you.