“Well, I remember every speech saying this is a long battle. The American people need to grow up and little and give up having to be spoon fed by a babysitter.”
ClancyJ, I agree with you in principle. However, we have to deal with things as they are and not as they should be. One of the major problems the American people have with this war on terror is that we have baked into our cultural DNA a four year threshold for war. As a collective people we seem to be willing to give an Admimistration four years to get the job done and that’s it. Once the war/conflict approaches the four year mark, Americans start to get restless - their thought process (DNA kicking in)being “hey, we won WWII in less than four years, so why is this endeavor taking so long?” Has happened every time (including Vietnam)....
And their answer is?????
Quit and leave and the terrorists will stop beheading people, sending planes into our buildings? Or, are we also as Americans willing to sacrifice 10,000-100,000 Americans in an attack of some sort every 6 years?
We are seeing the results of the “spoiled” generation that grew up getting all they wanted when they wanted it. Parents were there to cater to the whims of the “child”. Now they expect a quick solution to any problem or they throw their little tantraums.
Well, let me ask you a question. What do we do when the terrorists refuse to follow the rules this generation gives them? What if the terrorists don’t want to quit the killing just because we leave?
What if Iran decides - gee - I would like the Iraqi oil then I can exert a great deal of pressure on the neighbors and America? What if a terrorist state develops WITH the Iraqi oil?
Just how do you maintain a stable Mid East with all the terrorists wanting Iraq for its oil?
Hm......where is the quick answer that will not get our children or grandchildren killed in a few years as we claim our quick and fast war?
Looks like America is willing to cut and run no matter the consequences, no matter how many Americans get killed.
Maybe some of them just do not understand that they want to kill us and will kill us - here or over there if they could.
Of course, here, you will not have the military guarding your neighborhoods, you will have the media, the democrats refusing to let you protect yourselves in any way. You must talk to the killers as they plant the secret bombs.
I don’t like this war anymore than anyone - in fact I hate it. But this is the nature of a terrorist/guerrilla war and we don’t have good answers of how to win it to “PLEASE” the American public, the media, the democrats.