President Barack Obama is heading to the NATO summit this evening where he will try to build a coalition of the willing, bringing Sunni and Shia to the table. This is what Pres GHW Bush did successfully in the early 1990's. If we have to go back to Iraq, this time we will be greeted as liberators.
Hopefully, if congress votes to authorize military action in Iraq, they will include a tax increase to pay for it, unlike the recent Iraq war. All patriots should support that. We must fight them there, or we will be fighting them here. The next warning could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. When the Iraqi army steps up, we can step down and declare mission accomplished.
It would also be good if congress would reinstate the draft, so that other young men and women get to experience our military. It just doesn't seem fair that the same soldiers are being asked to return five, six, seven times.
Thank you to all the posters on this forum for your service to this great country.
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