quote:Originally posted by Brentenman:
Dated, yes.
So are the lessons from WW2 and other wars: you do not cut and run. The war is over when the enemy a. is completely wiped-out, dead or b. when he waves the flag of surrender.
I say we root out the Sunni-Shi'ite-al Quaeda insurgents, kill them, THEN and only THEN do we contemplate leaving.....or else, it will be just a festering sore.
I say we leave on OUR terms, not THEIR terms. Leaving on their terms is appeasement, weakness, milk-kneed, and disgraceful.
War is hell...I say give it to them. We didn't ask for it, they started it. So, we need to finish it. Time for Mickey Mouse crap is long gone.
After Iraq is done, then we turn on Iran. They want nukes, I say we give it to them, along the lines of several megatons.....
BRENTENMAN. You do NOT COMMIT ACTS OF AGGRESSION. YOU DO NOT LIE TO THE CONGRESS, THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO PRESS FORWARD ON A DOCTRINE OF WORLD DOMINATION. YOU DO NOT TAKE THE WORLD TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR TO CREATE A DEMOCRACY THAT IS DIVIDED BY RELIGION AND REGION, SUPPORTIVE OF THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN THE PROCESS CAUSE THE DEATHS OF OVER A HALF MILLION PEOPLE.
Brentenman..you have the biggest gun. BUT YOU DON'T DO ARMED ROBBERY FOR A LITTLE EXTRA CASH.
Our armed forces are for the defense of this country. NOT WORLD CONQUEST.
And, Bren Ten Man. Don't lie to yourself, or me, by saying we are fighting against world wide terror in Iraq. IT JUST AIN'T SO.