Thursday, August 31, 2006
Long = Lose
Bush/Wilson is giving a pretty good speech right now at the American Legion. Clearly trying to pull the historical strings together. Aside from the mis-aiming at democracy instead of civilization, there's one deeper, more critical, and ultimately fatal flaw in his approach.
A long war is a losing war.
For one thing, Americans simply don't have the patience, or the political stability, to keep up an effort for very long. We have to get it done fast or not at all. And we've shown in the past that we can get it done fast, if properly mobilized. Unfortunately, Bush/Wilson has not taken even one of the necessary steps to mobilize the country.
Most importantly, the Army of Allah is fighting a war of attrition. If we fight slowly, carefully, and sensitively, we are allowing, even encouraging, every form of attrition to work for the enemy. Demographic penetration, Leninist sabotage, oil shocks, economic stresses, and propaganda. ¶ 8:55 AM
A long war is a losing war.
For one thing, Americans simply don't have the patience, or the political stability, to keep up an effort for very long. We have to get it done fast or not at all. And we've shown in the past that we can get it done fast, if properly mobilized. Unfortunately, Bush/Wilson has not taken even one of the necessary steps to mobilize the country.
Most importantly, the Army of Allah is fighting a war of attrition. If we fight slowly, carefully, and sensitively, we are allowing, even encouraging, every form of attrition to work for the enemy. Demographic penetration, Leninist sabotage, oil shocks, economic stresses, and propaganda. ¶ 8:55 AM
