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Petraeus: Can't kill your way out of war - Worldnews.com video
Wheatley Institution ^ | Mrach 25, 2010

Posted on 03/29/2010 6:26:27 PM PDT by restornu

Petraeus: Can't kill your way out of war - Worldnews.com Mar 26, 2010 ... Updated: 03/25/2010 11:13:50 PM MDT General David H. Petraeus opened his remarks at The Wheatley Institution on ... talk. It's... In Marjah, a new way of fighting reveals gains and pitfalls in fighting larger Afghan war ... article.wn.com/view/.../Petraeus_Cant_kill_your_way_out_of_war/



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To: restornu

That little tidbit of information would come as a surprise to the combatants of wars since time immemorial. Indeed the killing of the enemy until he loses the will or the ability to continue to fight is the essence of warfare.

Petraeus should stop pandering to the leftists and the weak sisters, unless he truly believes this foolishness, in which case he should resign immediately.


21 posted on 03/29/2010 6:47:05 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: restornu

Worked pretty good in Europe and Japan.


22 posted on 03/29/2010 6:48:11 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Nachum

hey! You stole my line!


23 posted on 03/29/2010 6:48:33 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: restornu
I can see it now . . . Obama's Love Army. We no longer shoot or maim. We will kill you with kindness! More tea, Achmed? Need a new diaper wrap, Osama? Comb out that beard for you, Ali? How about a camel wash, Mohamed? Instead of fatigues, Obama's Love Army will wear 60's hippie attire -- tie-dyed t-shirts, headbands, long sideburns and lots of chest hair. Yes, baby, we are Obama's Love Army! Hope and change, baby!
24 posted on 03/29/2010 6:49:33 PM PDT by Juan Medén
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To: fight_truth_decay

>Since Obama took office the cost at the pump has risen [mol] $1 per gal. The drug trade is booming as well.

Citizens have already started ‘self-medicating,’ obviously. Now back to my sake...


25 posted on 03/29/2010 6:49:36 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Nachum
Patton was in a different war.
26 posted on 03/29/2010 6:50:10 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: Vendome

LOL!


27 posted on 03/29/2010 6:51:24 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Juan Medén
Obama's Love Army will wear 60's hippie attire -- tie-dyed t-shirts, headbands, long sideburns and lots of chest hair.

What will the men wear?
28 posted on 03/29/2010 6:57:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: fight_truth_decay

Yes, he was in a war we actually won.

Afghanistan looks like Vietnam all over again. I hear echoes of the sixties - the government is corrupt, it’s not doing enough, you can’t defeat the insurgents, blah, blah, blah. As someone who lived through this before, let me tell you that you will deeply regret listening to these defeatists - and so will the people of Afghanistan.


29 posted on 03/29/2010 6:58:54 PM PDT by popdonnelly (I'm so old, I remember when free enterprise was praised, and communism was shunned.)
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To: Farmer Dean

That is exactly why I think these pinprick UAV hits are the wrong way to go.


30 posted on 03/29/2010 6:59:01 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: cripplecreek

LOL!!!


31 posted on 03/29/2010 7:01:06 PM PDT by Juan Medén
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To: rbg81

Like cockroaches,you have to get them all-or the problem never goes away.


32 posted on 03/29/2010 7:01:53 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Nachum

Agreed. To boot, there are a mass of past historical generals and leaders who would argue otherwise. Hence the theory that when you go to war or engage in a conflict, you bring and use everything within your arsenal to bring said war or conflict to a swift end....being the longer a war or conflict persists, the more chance and likelihood of increased deaths casualties. I suppose Petraeus believes that fighting with one hand tied behind your back is the best way; therefore is why he asserts that one can’t kill your way out of war?


33 posted on 03/29/2010 7:02:31 PM PDT by cranked
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To: restornu

So much for Petraeus 2012


34 posted on 03/29/2010 7:02:55 PM PDT by Falcon28 (Allen West - 2012 * For a list of conservative candidates in 2010, see my profile)
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To: restornu
General with all due respect I could kill my way out of this war and not even risk one American life. All’s that is needed is the will to do it. Oh and BTW the heroin problem would be resolved for about 10,000 years.
35 posted on 03/29/2010 7:03:49 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: mkjessup

Or kill all his friends.


36 posted on 03/29/2010 7:06:15 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: restornu

The only way out of war once you are in it is to “kill your way out”. So what happened to Petraus? This was a heck of a stupid statement.


37 posted on 03/29/2010 7:15:35 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: restornu

Absence of enemy = peace.


38 posted on 03/29/2010 7:17:50 PM PDT by clintonh8r (I love my country. I hate...HATE!!...my government.)
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To: restornu
The point of War itself is to kill people and break things. This is an extremely disturbing statement by this general. When did he have a change of heart or brain (lobotomy maybe?)
39 posted on 03/29/2010 7:26:46 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Control the American people? Herding cats would be easier.)
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To: SoCalPol; MestaMachine
After Sept 11, no immigrations from the ME should have been allowed, and CAIR kicked out of the country. No new mosque construction. GWB produced the Patriot Act which could have included the surveillance of existing mosques, no backing down, ferreting out the hate groups in major city ghettos, and destroying islamic compounds/training camps(!) such as Islamaberg NY and the infestation near Houston. Mesta Machine has a map on her thread "Threat Matrix".

A situation like today never existed or would have been allowed to exist during any previous wars. (except for the Vietnam war when the commie provacateurs provoked the college brats to dissension and violence; not quite the same thing)

40 posted on 03/29/2010 7:28:35 PM PDT by molybdenum
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