Posted by
Jackanapes on Friday, November 17, 2006 3:58:07 AM
I think it is time to face reality and see that the effort in Iraq although laudable have been flawed from the outset. There was no realistic plan to deal with Iraq after Saddam was defeated. In a Machiavellian sense we acted first and would deal with the Jinni out of it's bottle later. This was an effort to conduct a war in some political correct way that would bring the outcome of Democracy in the middle east in addition to protection from terrorism.
The enemy from outside was adept in hiding in civilian populations, improvising explosive devices, stocking there insurgent effort in Mosques. They would adapt tactics in ceaseless effort to inflict the death of a thousand cuts. Continue to recruit any who would buy into there Holy Muslim Cause. Who was funding all this is something that would likely chill me to the bone.
The enemy from within would impose there anti-war and anti-Bush zealotry on the general public in the name of compassion and a sense that terrorism is no real threat. I have seen the endless Mainstream Media assault on every failure and every voice that speaks to the great need for more Democracy in the Middle East. The President of the United States is one of those great voices. One can sense the large contingent of idealistic hatters and how they would love for a defeat and pullout in Iraq.
In the smoke and fog of this war we lose the perspective that terrorism is a real threat now. This was a war to fight that and it was in the region that terror and hatred is incubated. With all the mistakes made, Civilian and Coalition Forces who have died in that land, the effort to find democracy is still the cry of any sane thinking person.
Where does America find it self now with those inside and out who want cessation of this war. A cessation that does not address the problems in that region or protection of America. Will this war be seen in the same context as Americas defeat in Vietnam? Is Osama right that America is a paper tiger?
The Powell doctrine still cries out to be implemented in a overwhelming effort to bring victory. There can be no compromise to political correct fallacy. This is going to be painful and a monumental effort but the alternative is fortress America. We are already changing and polarizing as a nation. Right now we are a rich powerful citizen of the world. Fortunes can change and here we see a crossroads that could bring a cascade of fear, failure, and folly. I would like to think reasonable people can cut through the haze of disinformation propaganda and rhetoric. Terrorism and radical Islam is a threat that will not be appeased without brutal defeat. The Nazis where defeated as was the Soviet Communist system of government. Terrorism also can be defeated if we suck it up and do what is right.