You really need to read what I posted. I am not saying we are defeated--far from it. Personally, I want to win. I think if we want to win decisively, we've got to ramp up our forces and do what is necessary. Right now, we are trying to win the day with half measures, using a minimum of resources--my fear is that this will just cause us not to lose.
The American people will support a cause if they see forward momentum. If they see stagnation, they will tend to think we are in a quagmire. We are allowing terrorists to operate from Syria and Iran with relative impunity. We need to have sufficient forces in place to stop this, or neutralize those regimes. That can't be done with words or wishes--it takes troops and $$.
It is the conventional wisdom that a draft will cause the American people to loose support for a given conflict. While this may be true, we have no draft right now and support is still waning. Why? Because the majority of Americans have almost NO stake in this conflict. If their sons and daughers were in the military, they'd want to make damn sure that this conflict was won quickly and decisively.
"The American people will support a cause if they see forward momentum. If they see stagnation, they will tend to think we are in a quagmire."
The media are doing their best they can in only covering the negative.
There are reports from 2nd time deployments in Iraq that say the change is dramatic in the progress made.
Wish I could find the link.
see post #46. We do NOT need anymore troops in Iraq, they would be targets. Most of the troops now there are not engaged in combat operations. War is always messy. The greatest danger our troops face is the enemy within the US. Our troops are put into direct danger because the traitors like Hagel give great joy to the terrorists. The terrorists get tremendous inspiration from knowing the weak pols are turning against the war. The terrorist leaders are very media savvy and know the legacy of Vietnam.
The left and the MSM are purposely and gleefully pulling out all stops to turn this into a defeat. You imply we should go into Syria? Even though it would make sense militarily, the second our troops crossed the border, the MSM and most of Congress would declare Bush worse than Hitler, Stalin and Mao combined. The main problem our troops face in Iraq is the enemy in the US.
I cannot emphasize enough. People should read the various Iraqi blogs and you get a more objective perspective on the situation in Iraq. Start at iraqthemodel.com Another blog that gathers invaluable information on the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan is http://www.chrenkoff.blogspot.com/ Chrenkoff is linked and quoted by opinionjournal.com on a regular basis.