(07-16-2010, 07:41 AM)Herr Straßen Läufer Wrote: Actually I was not giving a compelling argument for the war.
If I did it would be to unleash the lions with 100% power to eliminate the enemy. I would not allow them to shoot at us and then walk away because they have their hands empty.
I'd be in it to win it. I would not go into details to the media and I would not make a hard set date for getting out.
Get out when you win. Fight to win, not to play pussy foot with idiots, a**holes, and evil. Both foreign and domestic.
HSL
The Soviets did not pussy foot, nor did the Brits
The Nazis, with unlimited brutality, weren't even able to stop insurgents in the areas they conquered
You just cannot win these nation-building exercises and even if you could, they would be hardly worth the cost. How many American lives is that shithole of a country worth?