Friday, December 09, 2005
Winning the War
How to Win the War on Terrorism
The latest admonition from the pacifist Doomocrats is “the war in Iraq is not winnable”. The war in Iraq which is a battle in the war on terrorism is not only winnable but is absolutely necessary. Just as we “island hopped” on our way to Japan, just as we liberated France on our way to Germany we need to win in Iraq to set the stage for the next step which may very well require the invasion of Iran and/or Syria. To win the war on terror we must eliminate the terrorists. There is no negotiating with fanatics. We could not negotiate with Hitler nor the Japanese. With negotiation off the table that only leaves victory or defeat. Defeat would be not only suicidal but stupid. We have the means to defeat these middle ages barbarians and what we are lacking is the courage and will to show them what it is they are messing with. Any loudmouth can challenge and attack when he thinks the response will be tepid. The risk is low enough for him to attempt to bully that which he can’t defeat. He might get the recognition the Palestinian’s achieved or he might bluster threats like North Korea and Saddam Hussein. But if he thought Sherman’s March through Georgia would be a high probability you can bet the motivation to start something would be greatly diminished.
To win a war you have to define victory and it must include the unconditional surrender of the enemy. Our enemy is not “terrorism” but the states that sponsor and support terrorism and it includes all of the Muslim nations who allow, encourage in any way or promote the conquest of the West. Allowing the attacks that destroy the lives of people who have not initiated force is inexcusable. Either by the nations involved in this game of suicidal destruction or the United States of America by refusing to name all of our enemies and including them in our war operations. We attacked Afghanistan because the Taliban sanctioned terrorists activities, training and people we knew were terrorists. We properly attacked Iraq for the blustering threats and non-cooperation of Saddam. What we didn’t find has nothing to do with what the threat was. The battles that are ongoing proves there is and was a threat from this part of the world. We should enlist the support of Israel and quit trying to pretend the Palestinians are not supporting terrorist tactics. Once the lines are drawn the road to victory will be clear. Just fighting one or two countries when there are other countries who are participating in supplying and infiltrating is a ridiculous strategy. It is the result of politicians not wanting to “offend”. The notion of a limited war has been proven to be ineffectual, wasteful and creates the legacy of loss. Instead of pointing out the holes in homeland defense Congress should declare war against all the countries promoting and executing terrorism. No exceptions.
If Congress would do this, you would see the marginal terrorists states wilt and the others that still want to be defiant and belligerent either declare war openly or realize that the losses they would incur would not be worth the risk. Congress could state that unconditional surrender would be an option and acceptable for any identified terrorist state that wanted to avoid invasion. This would do away with the ineffectual war attempts of the past that have only led to either long term occupation or a stalemate or a defeat. Winning has to be reintroduced into the minds of Americans with regard to military action and not just a Saturday football game. If football was played as politicians wage war we would see players loaning equipment to the opposing team, cheering for some of them and worried if the fans would be upset if the tackle was too hard. There would even be diplomatic efforts to bribe the opposition to not play too hard. This is the kind of spectacle we see today and the seriousness of the consequences is far greater than a score that is soon forgotten.
Evidently it will take a far more critical event to trigger an attitude of winning a war decisively. As long as politicians can pretend to stage a war and be content with a limited military action and not feel the danger of defeat, we will continue to waste American lives on the limited notions of victory contained in the limited vision of our political leaders. This is unacceptable, irrational and dangerous. At present one can only challenge the childish notions of our political leaders who I find turn a deaf ear unless their employment becomes threatened. This too is the notion of a child that says I don’t have to and you can’t make me’. True, but playing in the street with a moving truck headed your way with this attitude won’t reduce the carnage and loss.
The latest admonition from the pacifist Doomocrats is “the war in Iraq is not winnable”. The war in Iraq which is a battle in the war on terrorism is not only winnable but is absolutely necessary. Just as we “island hopped” on our way to Japan, just as we liberated France on our way to Germany we need to win in Iraq to set the stage for the next step which may very well require the invasion of Iran and/or Syria. To win the war on terror we must eliminate the terrorists. There is no negotiating with fanatics. We could not negotiate with Hitler nor the Japanese. With negotiation off the table that only leaves victory or defeat. Defeat would be not only suicidal but stupid. We have the means to defeat these middle ages barbarians and what we are lacking is the courage and will to show them what it is they are messing with. Any loudmouth can challenge and attack when he thinks the response will be tepid. The risk is low enough for him to attempt to bully that which he can’t defeat. He might get the recognition the Palestinian’s achieved or he might bluster threats like North Korea and Saddam Hussein. But if he thought Sherman’s March through Georgia would be a high probability you can bet the motivation to start something would be greatly diminished.
To win a war you have to define victory and it must include the unconditional surrender of the enemy. Our enemy is not “terrorism” but the states that sponsor and support terrorism and it includes all of the Muslim nations who allow, encourage in any way or promote the conquest of the West. Allowing the attacks that destroy the lives of people who have not initiated force is inexcusable. Either by the nations involved in this game of suicidal destruction or the United States of America by refusing to name all of our enemies and including them in our war operations. We attacked Afghanistan because the Taliban sanctioned terrorists activities, training and people we knew were terrorists. We properly attacked Iraq for the blustering threats and non-cooperation of Saddam. What we didn’t find has nothing to do with what the threat was. The battles that are ongoing proves there is and was a threat from this part of the world. We should enlist the support of Israel and quit trying to pretend the Palestinians are not supporting terrorist tactics. Once the lines are drawn the road to victory will be clear. Just fighting one or two countries when there are other countries who are participating in supplying and infiltrating is a ridiculous strategy. It is the result of politicians not wanting to “offend”. The notion of a limited war has been proven to be ineffectual, wasteful and creates the legacy of loss. Instead of pointing out the holes in homeland defense Congress should declare war against all the countries promoting and executing terrorism. No exceptions.
If Congress would do this, you would see the marginal terrorists states wilt and the others that still want to be defiant and belligerent either declare war openly or realize that the losses they would incur would not be worth the risk. Congress could state that unconditional surrender would be an option and acceptable for any identified terrorist state that wanted to avoid invasion. This would do away with the ineffectual war attempts of the past that have only led to either long term occupation or a stalemate or a defeat. Winning has to be reintroduced into the minds of Americans with regard to military action and not just a Saturday football game. If football was played as politicians wage war we would see players loaning equipment to the opposing team, cheering for some of them and worried if the fans would be upset if the tackle was too hard. There would even be diplomatic efforts to bribe the opposition to not play too hard. This is the kind of spectacle we see today and the seriousness of the consequences is far greater than a score that is soon forgotten.
Evidently it will take a far more critical event to trigger an attitude of winning a war decisively. As long as politicians can pretend to stage a war and be content with a limited military action and not feel the danger of defeat, we will continue to waste American lives on the limited notions of victory contained in the limited vision of our political leaders. This is unacceptable, irrational and dangerous. At present one can only challenge the childish notions of our political leaders who I find turn a deaf ear unless their employment becomes threatened. This too is the notion of a child that says I don’t have to and you can’t make me’. True, but playing in the street with a moving truck headed your way with this attitude won’t reduce the carnage and loss.
