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Originally Posted by stripersnipr
Spence I think the overall strategy is pretty clear. Damage the groups and individuals who wish and plan harm to America to the point that they are incapable of executing a viable attack. The subsets of that strategy are highly complicated ranging from protecting our troops on the ground to creating a Democratic stronghold in the Mideast and many components in between. The tactics to achieve the goals of our strategies are and must be fluid and robust as all strategies and tactics in all wars are. The specifics of those subset strategies as always will be developed and executed by those whose job it is to do so. You and I are not empowered to specifically develop or improve those strategies. Our power lies in our voting rights, and in support of the Democracy which i believe in I'm willing to let our elected officials do their job whatever their political party affiliation is. If and when the actions they take don't agree with my position on the issue then I will consider that the next time I excercise that right to vote.
The reason we went into Iraq is now moot because the fact is we are there. Debating and second guessing the justification is done and complete and those on both sides have made up their minds. Rather than continuing that debate its time to refocus on the matters at hand.
As far as the Presidents words seeming to be contradictory I'm not sure to what you are refering. There is no doubt in my mind that Bush is a poor communicator but it doesn't change the fact that he is President for the next however many days.
Somewhere within a compilation of your ideas and opinions and my ideas and opinions lies the solution that will defeat our common enemy and it is our job to elect the officials that best represent that idea. I think the time to debate the History of this war is when the war is History. It is time now to support Iraq until the point that they are capable of supporting themselves against foreign insurgents and Terrorism. By doing this we have created a new ally in the War on Terror.
I think that you will agree that a unified stand on Americas part is required to win this first of its kind War. I think the often maligned "Stay the course" is misunderstood. In my thinking stay the course means maintaining unrelenting pressure on our enemy even though the tactics used to do so will change as the situation requires.
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A great response
But it still doesn't answer my initial question.
Why we went into Iraq and how we've f'ed up the aftermath are still valid issues as many of those who perhaps were most central to the policy blunders are still running the show.
These are people who have in the opinions of many experts and Americans done a simply pathetic and incompetent job, and have shown little ability to adapt because of a systemic inability to see the world for what it is.
And we're supposed to trust them with out future?
There is a serious divide in this country on how to fight the enemy, assuming you can even articulate what the enemy is! The brush Bush is painting is so broad he is lumping all the Worlds problems into a single bucket, and in doing to pushing Islam towards the unified state that Bin Laden so wants!
I'd agree that unity is necessary, but Bush didn't really ask for unity last night...he asked for everyone to just
go along with this plans...
Unity requires compramise to find common ground, and it doesn't appear to me that Bush is willing to budge.
It's not computing
-spence
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