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Monday, 31 July 2006
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It’s Time to Walk the Walk
Contributed by The Gray Dog “Walk softly and carry a big stick.” - - Theodore Roosevelt “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” - - George S. Patton While America would appear to possess the biggest stick in the neighborhood, she seems to be hopelessly lost in search of the perfect plan. Republicans have held the majority of both congressional houses and the presidency for over five and a half years, yet, save for George Bush’s initiatives in Afghanistan and Iraq, have seemed reluctant or incapable of leading. While the Democrats are still not able to set policy, they have been incredibly successful at dictating the political agenda while keeping the Republicans in a defensive posture. “Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.” - - George S. Patton Where is the Commander-in-Chief that declared the Global War on Terror? Where is the president that said if you were not with us, then you were against us? Were the weekly liberal rags right when they said the era of ‘cowboy diplomacy’ was over? America abroad, like the Republicans at home seems more concerned about winning the public relations battles and maintaining politically correct appearance. The problem is that no matter how hard they try, these are battles that can’t be won. More importantly they are battles that don’t matter. While we use phrases such as restraint, measured response and sustainable cease fire, we continue to get beat up in the in the court of public and world opinion. No matter what we say or how restrained we act, the liberals at home and the world at large will see us as arrogant bullies. When will America get wise and stop fighting the useless battles and get serious about winning the ones that truly pose a threat to our very existence? “Israel is the most important battle in the war on terror” - - Bebe Netanyahu. July 31, 2006, the Rush Limbaugh Show. While Israel does the dirty work of fighting Hezbollah with Katyusha missiles reigning down on their homeland, the best America offers is to slow down an inevitable diplomatic cease fire. Where is our big stick? This is not a suggestion that we commit American troops to yet another front in this war, but at the very least they deserve an overt statement of support and a promise of whatever aid and cover we can provide. The rest of the world already knows where we stand, yet we seem afraid to say it out loud lest we offend some Islam Mullah. How can America expect to maintain a coalition of the willing, if we are unwilling to stand with our only mid-eastern ally? “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.” - - George S. Patton America has stopped waging war with victory in mind. Now we want to “win the peace” or “achieve a political objective”. We no longer fight nations but combatants. We seem more concerned about minimizing “collateral damage” than vanquishing a hated enemy. If President Bush were truly concerned with public opinion at home, “Shock and Awe” would have been more substantive than a made for TV spectacle of flashes and bangs. Then we could have mopped up the remaining resistance within weeks and returned home. Instead we got “Shock and Shucks, sorry about that.” While the rest of the world would have scorned us no less than they do now, Americans would have rejoiced in the victory and the return of our soldiers, while the escalating bravado of other Islamic-Fascist would have been stifled. Tough words are not enough! They require an attitude and policy that says we will back them up. And while historians will judge the unfulfilled promise of a past American president, his following words seem well worth adapting in our current struggle: "Pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty." - - John F. Kennedy. |
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Contributed by The Gray Dog on July 31, 2006 at 09:32 PM in , , , , , , | Comments Posted by: 1st Cav That's exactly what I been trying to put into words. Screw offending those that already despise us. Time to reach down and see if your pair is still there. Again time to speak up Mr. President. By not speaking out many in leadership beneath are are floundering. A prime example is the jump of those wannabe military JAG's immediately charging our troops with unfouded accusations. Pull off the damn gloves! Posted by: 1st Cav | Aug 1, 2006 12:24:48 AM Posted by: hello! nice site, I like it! Posted by: | Aug 14, 2007 11:50:48 AM |