BS! The invasion and the toppling of Saddam's regime were done with great effectiveness and efficiency by America's military warriors. The post invasion effort hasn't shown itself to a winner thus far and may never be a legitimate success.
The US military is designed to fight battles and win wars. The US military is not designed to be a police force to the world. Nor is the US military meant to be at the forefront of any nation building effort. And having the US military work to spread democracy to the Islamic world, is an effort in futility.
We can't run from this fight. The US has to win the battle for Iraq. The fact remains, after 4+ years, nothing has really changed in Iraq. The Bush admin would have been better off to have approached this with a total war mentality and not allowed its efforts to turn into a war of political correctness.
I agree with him that we shouldn’t be nation building and with you that the post war military effort has been lacking until very recently but some progress is beginning to take shape.
You’re right in that we have to win this and that we should have gone into this with a total war mentality.
I was writing my post while some of you guys were posting. Just want to add that yes, I agree that we should have gone into this with a total war mentality.
“The Bush admin would have been better off to have approached this with a total war mentality and not allowed its efforts to turn into a war of political correctness.”
Winner!!