Re: What is the Republican Party Plan of Action in Iraq Anyway?
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We are at war. It's unpredictable, it's ugly, and time and time again through history, necessary. Now, I can agree the war is being fought poorly, as in saying not aggressive enough. Were playing politics with it, playing with lives. Pussy-footing around even.
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This is a great post. The real lesson of Vietnam was that you can't slowly escalate a conflict which allows the enemy to slowly gather strength. You have to pound them big from the start. And sure it would be nice if this was like Kuwait where we liberate a country where 100% of the citizens are glad to see us come. But it is clear that the Sunni insurgency is allied with Al-Queada who is our mortal enemy, and we cannot allow them to have a safe haven in Iraq after mostly destroying it in Afghanistan.
The democrat plan is nothing other than politicing the issue and not taking effective action if they were in charge. Same as the european leaders who appeased Hitler and allowed him to become an even more serious threat. Same as the euro leaders who fiddled for years while thousands of Bosnians were being killed and brutalized, being willing to take action only when news of the most heinous atrocities leaked out. It's always better to pay the price now than pay a greater one later.
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