Watching this video I realized once again how much I detest "Code Pinko's" and their ilk. I also despise those who claim we fight wars because of profit, or fascism, or even racism or on poor people. No, no, no and no, we don't fight wars for these reasons and no, you cannot hug a terrorist and make him like you, no matter how much you 'love peace' dude! These are the mental midgets who should be Coded Cat IV's and not allowed to fight along side our wonderful warriors.
I have no issue with war for the right reason. There is no bigger sin than a dumb war in which we waste our precious blood and treasure for no gain in our national security. One person accused me once of opposing wars for the good of downtrodden and tortured countries. They are right. I oppose altruistic wars and demand any war we fight be for selfish reasons, our gain, our national security, our safety, not that of another.
And to all those who want to embrace some sort of modern liberal based moral rectitude and blame Bush for invading Iraq as the ultimate crime and that Obama continues it, it shows how little they understand the "Hobson's Choice" we had created for ourselves with what we knew at the time. It was really a "Morton's Fork" and I have written here that there was no alternative for President Bush. His critics were playing politics which they loved more than the national security of the United States. What it all showed afterwards was that no matter who is in power in the White House and in Congress, statism have so infected both political parties that they differ little from the other in so many ways.
Invading Iraq was the right thing to do, as was invading Afghanistan. Where we went wrong was not have a clear and limited set of goals and the audacity to follow them. When we stayed in both places, changed the goal posts, and justified our war with altruism, we no longer belonged in that war.
What gnaws at me more than anything is that we have gone to a point in this conflict where it probably doesn’t matter whether our warriors succeed in Afghanistan or not. In terms of US national security, it just “don’t matter” any longer. The world has changed too much. That is a tragedy of the worst kind and what makes me salute our wounded and maimed for what they gave, while crying inside because they did so for so little gain for their country.
In this, we have a similarity to the war in which many of us ol' fart veterans fought in as kids. A green suit warrior wants only one thing, to achieve the mission. Thank God for that and their dedication to mission first. But we as citizens and former warriors have a responsibility now different than when we wore the suit.
It is to insist that our politicians spend our blood and treasure carefully, not mindlessly. In this, I fear those in DC now fail to serve their Army or their constituents. And worst of all, we waste the lives of our most precious assets, our warriors and the our treasure we possess as a nation. There is no greater failure for a nation than that.
I have no issue with war for the right reason. There is no bigger sin than a dumb war in which we waste our precious blood and treasure for no gain in our national security. One person accused me once of opposing wars for the good of downtrodden and tortured countries. They are right. I oppose altruistic wars and demand any war we fight be for selfish reasons, our gain, our national security, our safety, not that of another.
And to all those who want to embrace some sort of modern liberal based moral rectitude and blame Bush for invading Iraq as the ultimate crime and that Obama continues it, it shows how little they understand the "Hobson's Choice" we had created for ourselves with what we knew at the time. It was really a "Morton's Fork" and I have written here that there was no alternative for President Bush. His critics were playing politics which they loved more than the national security of the United States. What it all showed afterwards was that no matter who is in power in the White House and in Congress, statism have so infected both political parties that they differ little from the other in so many ways.
Invading Iraq was the right thing to do, as was invading Afghanistan. Where we went wrong was not have a clear and limited set of goals and the audacity to follow them. When we stayed in both places, changed the goal posts, and justified our war with altruism, we no longer belonged in that war.
What gnaws at me more than anything is that we have gone to a point in this conflict where it probably doesn’t matter whether our warriors succeed in Afghanistan or not. In terms of US national security, it just “don’t matter” any longer. The world has changed too much. That is a tragedy of the worst kind and what makes me salute our wounded and maimed for what they gave, while crying inside because they did so for so little gain for their country.
In this, we have a similarity to the war in which many of us ol' fart veterans fought in as kids. A green suit warrior wants only one thing, to achieve the mission. Thank God for that and their dedication to mission first. But we as citizens and former warriors have a responsibility now different than when we wore the suit.
It is to insist that our politicians spend our blood and treasure carefully, not mindlessly. In this, I fear those in DC now fail to serve their Army or their constituents. And worst of all, we waste the lives of our most precious assets, our warriors and the our treasure we possess as a nation. There is no greater failure for a nation than that.
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