Posted on 01/11/2007 9:30:25 AM PST by Tolik
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I hope everyone will keep the troops in their prayers.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
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Always, Kelly, always.
...So let’s win in pursuit of victory, and everything else will sort itself out
i.e. There is no substitute for victory
Shiite leader [Al-Hakim] calls for Iraq to hit law-breakers with an 'iron fist' [sic]
Pres. Bush has been so sufficiently neutered that he will order a backdown by forces in Iraq as soon as the first MSM hit pieces whine about 'targeting civilians'.
Then GWB will spend the rest of his term on his 'legacy' - more taxes and regulations.
This guy would make a good president.
yep, the same morons as the Viet Nam antiwar crowd...Kennedy & Klan.
deja vu all over again...
Seems tome that GWB is making the same mistake Lyndon Johnson did. Creeping incrementalism. The way to defeat a guerrilla insurgency is not though small percentage increases but an overwhelming force that crushes the enemies will to fight.
20,000 additional troops is a gesture not a stategy. By our own tactical doctrine we need 300-350 K troops on the ground to win.
I hope the ROE are not just changed, but radically changed. No more police tactics, fight this war like a war and kill the bastards.
I hope Hanson is right and we clear out Sadr City ASAP. I'd love to a video of Muqtada's execution.
We are not fighting their will, but them. They are fighting agaist our will with their allies the ACLU and the MSM. The way to win is to crush them - kill them.
Islam does not think like westerners, the faithful are more than willing to die - (I say we accommodate them). Most just will submit to the biggest bully around, because Islam is not about the authentic condition of the heart (as in "love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your might and all your mind...Love your neighbor as your self")but outward submission only.
If we really want to win, we will crush the faithful jihadists and send missionaries to re-educate and evangelize them. But then we would also have to crush the ACLU.
But as long as the ACLU has any legitimacy - it will be our will to win is what will be crushed.
Very well put!
VDH is an advisor to Mitt Romney according to this report in Boston Globe (see comment near end of article):
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/01/11/romney_supports_a_troop_increase/
A plus on Romneys side. Good to know he picks a good conservative for advice.
Here's Dr. Hanson's take...
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