Maybe we should define what victory would look like and go all out to achieve that?
For all those people who still protest, you’re welcome,
We protect you and you are protected by the best.
Your voice is strong and loud, but who will fight for you?
No one standing in your crowd.
We are fathers, brothers, and sons,
wearing the boots and carrying the guns.
We are the ones who leave all we own,
To make sure your future is carved in stone.
We are the ones who fight and die,
We might not me able to save the world, well at least we try.
We walked the paths to where we are at,
And we want no choice other than that,
So when you rally your group to complain,
Take a look in the back of your brain.
In order for the flag that you love to fly,
Wars must be fought and young men must die.
We came to fight for the ones we hold dear,
If that’s not respected we would rather stay here.
So please stop yelling and put down your signs,
And pray for those behind enemy lines.
When the conflict is over and all is well,
Be thankful that we chose to go through Hell.
The problem is our politicians don't have the balls to do what is necessary.
When you have a CIC who:
All the while when he campaigned for the job of CIC claimed that our focus should have been on the Afghan theater, instead of Iraq (which he now tries to take credit for the victory there), this should be of no surprise that people don't support this mission. We don't know what the heck it is we're suppose to support, other than our boots on the ground!
Most Americans assume we are in wars to win them. Not so here. Obama has changed the rules of engagement to “Mother May I” on just about everything. If we aren’t there to win, I think we should just bring the troops home.
It’s not a matter of “can” - of course we can! It’s a matter of choosing not to!
It starts in The White House and works its way down.
Some things are never easy, it like walking in the middle of winter when both spring and home are far away. That the war is difficult does not make it unwinnable. If our goal is simply to prevent it from becoming a safe haven for terrorist bases and perhaps to help some of the Afghan people along the way we are winning. Not everything has an immediate or easy solution in this world.
I think we could win. But it wouldn’t be pretty, and I doubt we (the civilian government) have the guts for it.
We’d have to put in a real ally in Kabul (as in “He may be a bastard, but he’s OUR bastard.”).
We’d have to violate the “Laws of War.” We’d have wipe out entire families, villages, towns, clans, tribes, etc., for the support they provide to the Taliban.
We’d need special forces, who, when facing exposure by some kid herding goats, would not hesitate to cut the kid’s throat.
We’d have to help “allied” tribes slaughter and loot their (and our) enemies and take their women and children as slaves.
We’d have to invade Pakistan and wage that same sort of war through the “tribal” areas.
Can you imagine the screaming from the NGOs, the UN, the media, various “human rights organizations,” etc.? (I can, and sort of enjoy it...).
When fighting savages, you fight savagely and enlist other savages as allies. If we’re not willing do that, we do need to pack up and go home.
“Americans are confused and uneasy about the war in Afghanistan...”
Says who?
Perhaps it’s time for the average Moron in the Street to realize that if our fabulous troops weren’t engaging the terrorists in their training camps, we’d ALL be engaging them here at home.
The democrats don’t support the war on terror. They have no idea what winning means, and have no desire to win in any case. Obama only did what he thought was politically expedient, and our troops are dying for it.
It should be strongly and repeatedly pointed out that Obama is now losing a war that we should be winning, a war that he claimed he WOULD fix, a war he attacked the previous president for not taking seriously enough, a war that the american people are turning against, and that is seen now as the “democrats war” — but the republicans are NOT attacking him for it.
That’s because the Republicans know what it means to support the troops, and that means not hurting our troops in battle by undercutting their mission for political gain, like the democrats did for years.