The fact is between, reading prisoners their Mirada Rights,
giving medals to soldiers who show restraint by not shooting people and
handcuffing the military leadership with this defeatist notion that they must
avoid certain trouble spots if civilians are present is crazy and isn’t a
winning strategy. Collateral damage is a part of war and by God if I’m a
soldier over there I would shoot first and ask questions later. Too many fine
young men and women over there are becoming statistics. We must first and
foremost defend ourselves and not apologize for doing so.
The worst of it is Obama tells us all that he plans to pull
troops by July of 2011 which so is insane. All the terrorist have to do is just
hold out for a year and presto, they have control of Afghanistan
again. An intelligent Commander in Chief wouldn’t show his hand by talking in
absolutes. Why would we commit the lives of our great American troops if the
goal isn’t to achieve the total eradication of all the terrorists and secure
some form of a stable government there if we plan to pull out in a year?
We shouldn’t.
I believe we’ve paid to heavy a price in blood and treasure
not to mention what happens to our national security if we just roll over now.
But if Obama doesn’t have the guts or the fortitude to finish this war with
victory but instead is willing to concede defeat, then pull the troops out
now. We must go in with the winning attitude and do whatever is necessary to
achieve our goals or get the hell out NOW.
