"No More Vietnams" can mean we will not try again. It should mean we will not fail again.
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The reconciliation occurring in Iraq is largely cosmetic and forced by U.S. pressure. [...] Now that we have turned the corner and brought most of the Sunnis and many of the Shiites over to our side we need to be very careful not to give our new friends and allies the impression that we are abandoning them. [...] No surprise, here's another example of left-wing liberal media presenting only a selected part of the facts in order to mislead readers, when all of the facts are a matter of public record. [...] To tell a people that the occupation of their country will continue only if they refrain from fighting for their freedom is utter lunacy. [...] The moving story of one of one of America's true heroes, a veteran who was struck by an IED while serving in Iraq. Featured on the Montel Williams Show with me this Tuesday. [...] The liberal left's antipathy for the American military was on full display at Forest Lake High School after it banned Vets for Freedom following complaints from anti-war activists. [...] Although a U.S. withdrawal and soft partition is not a perfect solution, Iraq is in some sense already partitioned, with forces primarily loyal to ethno-sectarian groups providing security. [...] The obliviousness of the American people, politicians, and press is especially acute when it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. [...] Deciding whether or not to support McCain is a deeply difficult decision for conservatives to make, reflected in their division down the middle over whether to support the Republican Party this election or not. At some point, conservatives have to take a gamble and try and predict the future – will they regret their decision [...] Whatever reservations conservatives have about John McCain, it is impossible to imagine McCain willing to leave Iraq in the hands of the United Nations, Iran and Syria. [...] When you refuse to acknowledge the enemy for fear of offending people, by definition, you cannot know whether you are triumphing over the enemy. [...] Some of us wish that rational argument, cogent evidence, and humane sentiment would persuade a preponderance of the public to demand an end to the war. History suggests, however, that only personal grief and economic pain will induce the American public to act against their perfidious leaders. [...] When asked to tell us what we actually need to do, rather than tell us what we all need to believe, ideologues on the Far Left and Far Right are uncharacteristically silent. [...] Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. [...] The Iraqi and Afghani constitutions contain the foundations for these states to transition smoothly to Fundamentalist Islamic States, once the American military presence has ended. [...] Which is the more accurate predictor of who will win the presidential primary, the early primaries or the nationwide polls? This year's Republican race has starkly different poll results in both. [...] There was logic to removing Saddam, but there was no precedent; America has never engaged in a preemptive war or any war in which we had not first been attacked. A review of Patrick Buchanan's Day of Reckoning. [...] Whether one agrees with the war or not, individual patriotic Americans who signed up to serve our country, putting their lives in danger, should not be blamed. [...] It is easy to base one's opposition to the war on conspiracy theories, hyper-inflated statistics and a kit bag of clichés from the 1960s about giving peace a chance. [...] October marked the lowest monthly death toll for American troops in two years and more than 3,000 Iraqi families driven out of their Baghdad neighborhoods have returned to their homes in the last three months. [...] The tragedy of Iraq is that it has not been handled with the kind of care that Mark Daily and tens of thousands of other precious souls who have lost their lives deserved. [...] Even if we can successfully install democratic republics in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, what makes us think they can keep them? [...] Paul Krugman and his liberal confreres still yearn to play with their toys in fairyland. [...] An incomplete and unratified partition on the ground in Iraq is a dangerous situation. [...] |
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