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Originally Posted by jeckyl
I agree with Sam.
Two points about the war:
1. Money. It is nice to do good things for other people, even when it will not help ourselves. But when money gets tight, maybe that is not so good. Well, our check book is empty. Sorry Iraq, but maybe we can afford to help you any more.
2. Unlike many on this board, I have a 3 year old son. I would be ok with fighting to protect this country from an invading army, but I am not about to let my son fight and die for someone else's country. There is something to be said for the pride of doing things for yourself. If Iraq ever wants to invade us, okay, we are talking about something. But if it is a war against terrorists, this is not the way to fight it.
The way to fight a war on terrorists is not through conventional means. We highly train and arm 10,000 6 man teams to dress in traditional clothes, go into countries that harbor them, make their way to the leaders (disguised of course) walk up to them, and shoot them. If anyone has ever read "Gorilla Warfare" by Che, you know that this method that our government is trying can and will never work. We put out no more than targets for them to pick off at leisure. Anyone who wants my son to be a target for the next 100 years will not get my vote. Again, this should not be a right or left issue. We have a new enemy and we need to learn how to fight them. We need to change our mindset to a post 9/11 way of thinking and the republicans are still fighting the cold war. Sorry, but that one is over.... We are in serious need of some flip floppers!!!!!
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There was a time when terrorism never made it to our shores, and those who plotted to do us harm were "mitigated" on other continents through a well-formed and effective intelligence/operations program. It took decades in some cases to build that program, and only one-and-a-half administrations to dismantle it. The rebuild is underway, but that will take quite a while, and in the meantime while that rebuild is ongoing, we're stuck doing the job in a more costly manner. While that may not be popular, it's the way it is.
I have yet to meet the veteran who wants his/her offspring to experience the hell of combat. However, I'd rather a candidate who was honest enough to tell the people the truth of what it's going to take to fix what got us into this War on Terrorism, than coddle everyone with fairy-tales of how the world will be a better place if we just talk with everyone and kiss their backsides.