If we know Al-Queda is in Liberia and do not go there to kill, what message does that send to the Arab world?
You need to understand these people. They do not watch television, cut the lawn on saturday, go to little league games, or do anything with their waking hours but wage war on a target. They must be dealt with no matter how unpleasant.
If Al Qaeda is in Liberia, you just convinced me of the necessity to go in. Didn't we pledge to wipe out Al Qaeda after 9/11? No place to run, no place to hide. We will follow Al Qaeda wherever they go. And any nation that harbors them is the enemy.
Neither you or I are in a position to know but if I had to guess, I would say that our military is far from being overextended. Did we not dislodge the Saddam regime in less than a month? Sure, there is some sloppy mopping up to do but all in all, huge success. Whatever military resources we need to handle the Liberia situation will be a fraction of those that we used against Iraq.
All I ask as a taxpayer and an American is that if we go in there, we do the job right.
BTW, Africa is such a hell-hole, isn't it? If I was a black American, I'd be thanking myself everyday that my ancestors were taken over here instead of left over there.
Oh yeah, if Al Qaeda is there we sure don't want our military there. They might not hide in caves fast enough and we'll have to kill them.
Friggin' Cowboy Bush. Sending our warriors to kill our mortal enemies.