Posted on 06/20/2014 12:31:34 PM PDT by PoloSec
The argument’s been made by many who support the idea that we didn’t get a status of forces agreement in Iraq that, because of war fatigue, that the American people didn’t want troops to be there and the Iraqis didn’t want us to be there.
But Allen West argues that you don’t pull out of a war because of war fatigue:
I couldn’t agree more.
The truth is Americans do generally feel war weary, but we feel that way because we feel safe. I guarantee you as soon as the war comes back to our shores, whether it be a major terrorist attack like 9/11 or a bomb from Cuba, we won’t be war weary any longer.
But despite how the American people may feel about war, weary or not, for any president to use being ‘war weary’ as an excuse to not go to war or to get out of a war…well, I think that’s the height of irresponsibility.
The President of the United States has a duty to keep Americans safe, no matter how ‘war weary’ we may feel. If there’s a threat to our national security, it needs to be extinguished. Period.
It takes a real leader to do what’s right, even if it costs him an election. Unfortunately we don’t have a real leader as president by any stretch of the imagination.
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I would say that is an understatement of Biblical proportions.
“It takes a real leader to do what’s right, even if it costs him an election”
NOT... the days are gone when Americans had the expectation that leaders possessed THAT kind of character.
‘Leaders’ in the traditional and proper sense of the word DO NOT exist. PERIOD
CRUZ/WEST! BRAINS AND BALLS, WHAT AMERICA NEEDS NOW!
Well, there is a Status of Forces Agreement.
And we should stay out. Should never have gone in. No, no and no again. He’s wrong. No more dead American Heroes for this debacle.
...Up until the draw down we had proven that we were a strong force to be reckoned with and were a definite deterrent. Sadly... that deterrent is gone and the country has sunk back into the ways of the old guard. The battles for freedom would once again have to be re-fought and the old guard once again removed at the cost of considerable expense and lives.
.... In short ... because of this administration .... Our Iraqi presence has gone from maintaining a SASO status (Security and Stabilization Operation) ... to one of having to basically re-fight the Iraqi War in order to bring it to the hard gotten point it was just a few years ago.
.... Like so many Progressive Liberal politicians in America ..... they never calculated the consequences of their actions. They just do not understand the basic principles or Cause and Effect. They simply feed their electorate base whatever allows have a warm fuzzy feeling inside with all disregard of what the consequences may be for their actions.
War weary, my ass. These wimps who call themselves Americans today have no concept of war weariness. How would they handle the rationing of EVERYTHING to support the war effort during WWII? All able bodied young men were warriors mostly by choice but also by draft. Thousands of mothers and wives received the dreaded telegram of the loss of their sons and husbands every day.
What makes me weary is the propensity to get into these wars since WWII without having leaders with the courage to win them.
We didnt leave it up to the Japanese and Germans how long we stayed. A sufficient base in an isolated area would not have been unreasonable to demand.
And I believe Iraq said no. So you're saying we should have laid claim to an area and stayed there anyway?
Yes sir. We should’ve stayed anyway. Far enough out there where we dont have to drive by IEDs but close enough to have an A10 or F16 over the trouble in minutes. However since hindsight is always 20/20 I think at this point the chips should fall where they may. This Sunni/Shia conflict is a lose lose for us. In a nutshell, I think Ripley says it best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88Z7YOh_us
Beg your pardon. Read your profile, should have addressed you as Ma’am :)
Bush could not get the corrupt Iraqi’s to give our folks immunity...so we should have our service people stay and defend the Iraqi’s but then be subject to murder charges should some Iraqi get killed...justified or accidental?
NO! Our military doesn’t deserve to defend anyone w/o immunity for doing what they’ve been tasked to do.
And it’s not just about being war weary. How much money do we keep spending on civil wars in other countries? Yes...all of it could present a danger to the US...but at some point I think you have to define under just what circumstances you send our troops into a foreign country.
Why isn’t Congress actually having debates and hearings if these guys are so ready to send in US troops. Lay out the gosh darn case. But no...they’re too busy playing political games to actually to do what they were elected to do.
Obama Meets Iraqi Prime Minister in Baghdad
Purportedly, he encouraged Maliki not to make a deal with Bush and wait until he (Obama) had won the presidency. Then, he could negotiate a SOFA agreement that would be more to his liking.
But, once he won the Presidency, Obama couldn't be bothered to even discuss a SOFA with Maliki. The only thing he wanted to do was announce a complete withdrawal.
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