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Afraid to kill: 'Fighting' terror with wishful thinking
NY Post ^ | November 24, 2009 | Ralph Peters

Posted on 11/24/2009 3:14:58 AM PST by Scanian

It's not true that the only good terrorist is a dead terrorist. Even dead terrorists aren't good. But at least they're dead.

And that helps.

But political correctness has possessed Washington. It's so bad that even Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who's done a great job in many other respects, parrots the cliché that "we can't kill our way out of this."

Well, folks, there's no other way out of this all-or-nothing struggle with fanatics. Three thousand years of history teach that there's no alternative -- none -- to killing fanatics in large numbers when your enemies are ablaze with religious zeal.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gates; gitmo; humanitarianism; terrorists

1 posted on 11/24/2009 3:15:00 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian
But our president isn't just politically correct...he's a muslim sympathizer.

It is becoming clear that he might actually agree with the terrorists that America (and freedom) is the problem. Not fanatical islam.

2 posted on 11/24/2009 3:20:53 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: Scanian

Talk about hitting the nail on the head!!!


3 posted on 11/24/2009 3:21:23 AM PST by SAMWolf (Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love)
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To: Scanian

But political correctness has possessed Washington. It’s so bad that even Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who’s done a great job in many other respects, parrots the cliché that “we can’t kill our way out of this.”

How sad.There is of course only one way to win a war and that is to kill more of them then they kill of you or to kill enough of them to have them surrender. Never been a war won in any other way. If we fought WW2 like we fight wars now we would either be speaking german/japanese or still fighting...


4 posted on 11/24/2009 3:22:55 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Proud to have made Communist Leader Obama's hit list at flag@whitehouse.gov)
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To: Scanian

Ralph Peters should be the Defense Sec.


5 posted on 11/24/2009 3:23:12 AM PST by Recon Dad (SSgt O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 35)
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To: Scanian
We tell ourselves we'll impress our enemies with our humanitarianism. But how many Gitmo prisoners have turned pacifist or expressed regrets? If you were convinced that you were doing God's will, would you be budged by a captor who gives you priority health care, a religiously correct diet, special worship privileges and free legal counsel? Allah has made his enemies weak . . .

Bullseye, as usual, for Peters. We have grown weak.

6 posted on 11/24/2009 3:24:09 AM PST by browardchad ("Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own fact." - Daniel P Moynihan)
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To: SAMWolf

My blood boils...just about every frigging day of this presidency. Everyday it’s something that makes you stop what you’re doing.

Bring our troops home. This facade that we’re in it to win is a disgrace. Bring our troops home now. This president hasn’t the guts to execute these terrorists, how can he fight a war?

Bring our troops home now.


7 posted on 11/24/2009 3:42:28 AM PST by nikos1121 (Praying for -16.)
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To: Scanian
Me thinks the NY Post doesn't like AG Holder.
From the NY Post's article......

Holder: Has no clue how
Islamist terrorists think.

That picture caption is gonna leave a mark.

8 posted on 11/24/2009 4:21:08 AM PST by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: nikos1121

I’ve had it with this mess. Our govt isn’t keeping its end of the deal, they collect our taxes for a military to keep us safe. They don’t protect us! No, they shave tax dollars off the defense budget... for the Ted Kennedy library, this pet project and that. NOW they want a TAX just for the war, why?! To hand out dollars to Taliban- so they put down their guns, yeah sure...that’s brilliant!

I’m sick of war that’s never really fought, only a huge vacuum to suck our tax dollars. Our troops are fired upon, and can’t fire back because they might harm an innocent. We should help those who help themselves. If they feared our troops, perhaps they would gather as a village and chase that Taliban away instead of giving them cover.

I want us to pull out because we have a President, a govt that is unwilling to FIGHT a WAR. I hesitate on that feeling though, as we can’t just hop back in later. It’s now or never.

I’m tired of being screwed by a greedy, spineless govt. I’m tired of watching our troops die for this non-sense and military families being destroyed by this dithering govt. Kids going extended periods without a parent, wives and husbands living as though a single parent. We have a useless govt bleeding us dry of our hard earned dollar and not living up to their end of the deal. It’s a disgrace!


9 posted on 11/24/2009 4:21:11 AM PST by Irenic
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To: Scanian

Another great essay by RP!
For anybody that doesn’t know it, Peters is also a terrific novelist of many years, and his books are in every library. Recommended reading!


10 posted on 11/24/2009 4:50:03 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Scanian

“Our Country won’t go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won’t be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!”
-Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, USMC


11 posted on 11/24/2009 4:51:57 AM PST by Patriot Hooligan ("God have mercy on my enemies because I won't." General George S. Patton)
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To: Scanian

This is one of the most cogent editorials I’ve read in a long time.


12 posted on 11/24/2009 4:52:43 AM PST by henkster (0bamanomics: The "Final Solution" to America's "Prosperity Question.")
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To: SECURE AMERICA

13 posted on 11/24/2009 4:57:00 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Irenic

I’ve only seen battles and skirmishes. The last wars we fought were Korea and WWII. It’s as if our leaders have forgotten what’s at stake or just don’t care!


14 posted on 11/24/2009 5:06:56 AM PST by Patriot Hooligan ("God have mercy on my enemies because I won't." General George S. Patton)
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To: Irenic

“I want us to pull out because we have a President, a govt that is unwilling to FIGHT a WAR. I hesitate on that feeling though, as we can’t just hop back in later. It’s now or never.”

After reading today the latest leak that our president is going to do what LBJ did in Viet Nam, fight war politicallly, I am now four square in agreement with you.

Bring our troops home now. NOW!!!!!

Screw this. Our congress are conniving to screw us over with higher taxes and less benefits.

Our freedoms are being whittled away because we can’t declare war on Islam terrorists.

We are a gutless society that are beginning to loathe each other because of politics.

You can say what you want about George Bush, but we all knew that his administration was not scheming against us.

If anything, he was to soft hearted, and too willing to compromise and trust the democrats.

We only have ourselves to blame for electing this complete inept loser.

He has 9...9!!!!! f...ing meetings with his cabinets before he decides in the end to committ 34,000 troops over the next year instead of now....???!!!

I’m sick of this!!!!


15 posted on 11/24/2009 6:05:37 AM PST by nikos1121 (Praying for -16.)
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To: Scanian

Mr. Peters is 100% correct. America lost her will to win wars after VJ Day. Restricted/limited warfare is meaningless. A “surgical strike” with precision weaponry is just a tactical advantage. Taking out a terrorist here or there is simply target practice. Wars are won when one side loses the will to fight and surrenders. Every means must be employed to force the enemy to lose that will. If we refuse to fully mobilize and get the job done (go in, destroy the enemy, get out), we must be prepared to endure continued (and escalating) attacks on our country and populace.


16 posted on 11/24/2009 6:28:01 AM PST by peaowed
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