Sadly. I think McCain is still in Saigon, in his mind...
However, McCain forgot to mention the lesson about politicians not running a war from Washington, DC.
Gee, Abe Lincoln only had it half right in 1864-1865, according to McCain.
Not since WWII have we declared war, but it has been weighing on me that perhaps we ought to revert back to the Constitutional model and not undertake major actions without a congressional declaration of war. I know that is unlikely to happen, as the constitution has been ignored since WWII and we have been more or less at war every few years since then....even so, it might be a good idea. Once congress declares war, then it is not the President's War. Is is both parties' war. The American people will be much more likely to get behind and stay behind that sort of effort. What we have here is sort of the worst of all possible worlds.
McPain is ALL OVER THE PLACE on this war. What day is it?
What lesson would that be? Perhaps how to cut and run, making way for a bloodbath to follow the totalitarian takeover?
STFU, McLame. You and your buds in the press have made sure that the public would not support this war.
McCain has a point. Sherman, for instance, marched from Tennessee to Atlanta, from Atlanta to Savannah, from Savannah into S.C., while Grant pounded away on Lee relentlessly in Virginia. Brutal, yes, but after that the enemy didn't have the will to carry on as guerrillas or anything else. The lesson: Totally defeat the enemy FIRST, and then worry about the rebuilding.
(Sorry neo-confeds, but the strategy worked...and it still would.)
McPain_in_the_poopa strikes again!
To protect our troops in Iraq, and to further the WOT, we should be putting the severest pressure on Iran and Syria. That means force or the threat of imminent force.
I will not vote for this fool.
Why must we suffer this lunatic?!
We did not forget them.
The Dems INTENTIONALLY used the lesson learned in Iraq, that a minority party/group can gain political advantage from an anti-war stance.
They did not care about the lives of our troops, or the greater national security. We will pay.
We did not forget them.
The Dems INTENTIONALLY used the lesson learned in Vietnam, that a minority party/group can gain political advantage from an anti-war stance.
They did not care about the lives of our troops, or the greater national security. We will pay.
If his first requirement is true, then we can't win a war the MSM does not support- and if they were somehow subverted, we would fall quickly to the first force against us.
The public did support the war when it started. Once it's started you either finish it, or "Cut and Run".
Use overwhelming force while waging it.
I believe we did, when that was appropriate. To the extent and in the situations that it still is, we still do. F-16s, such as the one that went down hitting the bad guys, aren't exactly pea shooters you know.