Originally Posted by
1journeyman
We need more politicians to study history.
We were attacked at Pearl Harbor because the Japanese thought they could hit us hard and make us rethink our Pacific policies.
The Battle of the Bulge was designed to inflict casualties on the Americans and split forces to demoralize and try to get better terms for surender (some German officers hoped).
Korea (and China); we backed down. Look what it has gotten us today. President Clinton's administration tried to deal with the nutcase and we've now learned they were violating there agreement with us. China is an emerging threat that should have been dealt with in the 50's along with Korea.
Vietnam; Viet Kong officers has told us the Tet Offensive was never designed to beat our military. It was to inflict casualties and break the moral at back home. It worked. We caved. Millions of people in SE Asia died as a result of our withdrawing.
Lebanon 1983. Terrorists blew up our Marine Barracks, we retreated. Area is still in chaos today.
Desert Storm; We caved to world opinion and didn't finish the job.
Clinton years.. terrorists hit us in Somalia, bombed embassies in Kenya, attacked USS Cole, Bombed World Trade Center, attacked us in Saudi Arabia and I think I'm forgetting a few. Each time we did little to NOTHING in response.
9-11; For the first time since WWII our President responded by saying "you're either with us or against us...". Al Qaeda and the Taliban were stunned by our military response. Study history. That's how you win a war. in WWII we didn't send in reporters to interview grieving families of burned out houses in Berlin and Tokyo. They were the enemy. We bombed the junk out of them until they surrendered unconditionally. Now our military is second guessed every time a soldier pulls the trigger. Look at the recent abduction of the British sailors by Iran. Can you imagine what Churchill would have done if he were Prime Minister today? The media and spineless politicians are crippling our military. Sadr City in Baghdad is like "base" during a game of tag. The insurgents are using it to camp in and launch attacks out of at will. The fact that we haven't reduced that suburb to a giant sandbox is pitiful.
In 5 years we have not had an attack on US soil. Yet the Democrats keep saying our policies are creating more terrorists and making the world hate us more. Hate us more than wanting to destroy us? How is that possible?
If we pull out of Iraq a bloodbath will insue that will make the killing fields of Cambodia and the Death Camps of Poland look like amusement parks. Who will we blame then? Do you really think Congressman Murtha will step up and say "my bad?" Nope... the spin will be "we should have never gone there in the first place". I mean, sure Saddam was in violation of the peace agreement he signed after Desert Storm (you know, that little ordeal where Saddam, without any provocation, attacked his neighbor and tried to annex them (if it sounds familiar it's because that's how Hitler started)) Sure Iraqi's had engaged allied war planes thousands of times in the No Fly Zones. Sure Saddam tried to wipe out the Kurds. Sure Saddam was starving his own people to build back his military and build extravagant palaces. Sure he was obstructing UN monitors.. still that can all be blamed on us....
Unless, 10 years from now, we want the streets of NY to look like today's Baghdad we need to keep on the offensive.
agreed
