He's saying that the best way to defeat the terrorists is to create domestic prosperity. Which is pretty much the entire point of the invasion.
This article is inane. Our generals get it: this author does not.
We lost this war because we were not ruthless enough against the enemy. We could have nipped this in the bud, instead we wanted to make friends. Now look where we are.
"create domestic prosperity. Which is pretty much the entire point of the invasion."
Prosperity is just around the corner for Iraq, as soon as they kill the terrorists.
I feared we were going to be in deep trouble when they started too call the terrorists insurents and the Army lawyers had to OK an attack on one of the terrorist big whigs. John Wayne never had to deal with crap like that.