[OREALLY]

Maybe the Commander in Chief should have said, I was wrong our military isn't the best in the world...They can't win...it's useless...nice try but you have failed all of us here at home miserably. You men and woman in uniform just are not up to the task ! I am saddened, deeply saddened...I am going to decrease our military and start a new Department of Peace...The cowards in our country have WON !
(Big Sarcasm ! hahaha)

[tripod]

Look, let's not be naive. The statement would have been perfect for Patton if he were trying to goad an opposing German force into the open for a good old fistfight. But you can be sure he would only have done so when he knew he was ready to kick ass, even with a smaller force. But, that was then and now is now. This enemy is not even fighting a guerilla war like in Viet Nam. The Tet offensive (a rather conventional attack by Viet Kong and Northern regulars) was an utter disaster. But this is a terrorist war; they won't launch anything comparable to a conventional attack. Inviting them to "bring it on" is inviting suicide bombers, assigns, snipers, sabotage, car bombs, etc. etc. etc. Now you tell me, as an occupying force if it makes any sense to tell the enemy to "bring it on." We will eventually win this war, but it is going to be through sacrifice not heroics, by outsmarting the enemy not necessarily goading them into a fight, and most of all through sheer determination over the long haul.