So we lose another war..?

Question

.........only this time the enemy will follow our troops home...that
is if they aren't already here ahead of the troops! Sleeper
cells will awaken and all h** will break loose.....instead of
a bunch of 'hippies' playing dead in front of the Capitol
Building...emergency personnel will be scraping their
body parts off the walls!

Answer 1

Thank goodness people with your mindset aren't running things...


You've given up the war already?


I didn't hear anybody say we lost.



g-day!

Answer 2

It looks like it.

Fundamental religions involve a lot of splitting. The religion is good, everything else is bad and there is no gray area. So these people have a very primitive way of thinking. The religious leaders hold a lot of power and they don't want to lose that. They could never conceive of any other religion or religious sect being just as valuable as their own. These people who have not bought into their religion are the enemy, they are bad. And they must be attacked.

You can't expect people with fundamentalist beliefs to work together because they are incapable of doing so. There are very few possible solutions.

A civil war will destabilize the region. It is impossible to control such a war and various countries with similar religious beliefs will want their side to win and will send support. But, generating hatred among sects keeps the attention away from the U.S.

You can divide this country and make three new countries or hand out 2 or 3 pieces of this country to other countries with similar religious beliefs. Once troops are withdrawn, the angry attackers have to attack something and that will either be embassies, traveling citizens or facilities in the U.S.

Obviously, the situation is not good in Iraq, so there is a knee-jerk reaction to this which is to withdraw our troops. It makes sense from the point of view that our troops are being killed and we are making no progress. But, we have to weigh the consequences of withdraw which may be much worse.

Saddam was a horrible person, but he was a leader of a country with many problems. Even though his behavior was crazy and barbaric, he may have done the best job that could have been done under the circumstances. This country may have needed a crazy leader that was willing to kill people in order to keep everyone in line and the country functioning as best as it possibly could under the circumstances.

Answer 3

All things considered, I think we've been pretty lucky to have only lost that many people. That shows you that we are doing a great job of taking care of our own on the ground and fighting the good fight. Militarily, we are winning the war. Politically, we are badly losing. I seriously don't believe that politics have any place on the battlefield. Thinking about what's politically correct can take your focus off the big picture and possibly cost you your life. After all, when I'm getting shot at, all I'm thinking about is protecting myself and my buddies and killing the enemy. It's as simple as that.

To really understand what the situation is, take a good look at what happened in Vietnam. Our forces were winning on the ground, but they were limited in what they were allowed to do. Politicians were playing one big game of chess with the lives of our troops. If they had let the military fly over Hanoi and bomb the hell out of it, things might have been different.

In Iraq, I feel that we have met our objectives on the ground and that we should pull out. Those people have been living the same way for many years, and I doubt our presence will prevent them from carrying on that way. We got rid of Saddam and assembled Iraqi forces to take our place. If they didn't pay attention to all of the training, it's their loss and they will suffer. We've done our job. Now, let's go home.

Answer 4

You can win or lose any war, and unless you are completely outnumbered militarily, losing only happens when you throw in the towel.

All a nation has to do is put a number on the casuality level they are willing to take.

The Russians lost 20 million in WW2, and still won. They didn't even think about throwing in the towel after losing the first 3,000 to 4,000 troops.

Answer 5

Actually...no.

Here's the facts. From 1968 to 2000, there were 2000 terrorist attacks in the Middle East. From 2000 to the present, there have been over 12,000.

http://www.tkb.org/IncidentRegionModule.jsp?startDate=01%2F01%2F2000&endDate=09%2F15%2F2007&domInt=0&suiInt=0&filter=0&detail=0&info=&info1=&pagemode=regional®ionid=&countryid=&sortby=&imageField.x=0&imageField.y=0

The above is an international database that tracks terrorist incidents. Insert the dates that you want to see, and hit 'filter results'. You can gather your own conclusions from this data, if you so desire, but obviously, war is NOT a solution to terrorism.

Here's another fact. Iraq is involved in a civil war. This is what happens when we mess around where we don't belong. There is no 'winning' or 'losing' this war. Our goal was to topple Sadaam. Mission Accomplished. The Iraqis now have to determine thier own government. We can't FORCE democracy on a nation that doesn't want it.

Answer 6

Terrorism is not a typical war. Its not a war fought on a traditional battlefield. Terrorist fight with no honor, and choose to kill non military people to instill fear in the public. The US needs to rethink on how to battle this, and take action. Not the politicians, but the military, and let them do the job they are trained to do.

Answer 7

We must still fight the war of the ballot box. Canada is full of Muslims that are having lots of kids and Canada is paying for it. The war is about religion and who will be elected. If we do not stand up and confront the issue, we will flooded out of existence.

Answer 8

I don't understand how everyone fails to understand this situation.

We are not losing another war. We are losing another 'political solution". ..duh.......

Wars are not 'won' using political solutions. Wars are won by tearing things up and killing people.

Political solutions aren't brought about by armies, they are won by negotiators. We have no negotiators on the ground, therefore the political solution is doomed.

Answer 9

Sounds like the scenario from some politicians.

Answer 10

When you say it that way, I look forward to it.