Thinkin' Outloud

Marc, I agree that Bush and his cronies are running this country into the ground. His cronies include Clintons, Mccain, Pelosi, and all of the current idiots in office and those now running.

But, this war at this stage must be won at any cost. We need to quit playing political games and level any area of insurgency and show our enemies that we mean business once and for all. Leaving Iraq now would be a mistake that would lead to a much larger confrontation later. I do think we should have given diplomacy a little longer to work and done something to impress Saddam into believing we were going to take him down for sure. But, that is the past and now we have unleashed the tiger and we have to tame it.

If we were to leave now, what would happen? Surely the radical Muslim world would see us as week and beatable in any confrontation. With the military void in Iraq, surely the radicals would begin to fester and grow---especially fueled by their victory. Then what? Go back in? Let it grow un-checked.Let the Shiite Iran commit genocide upon the Sunnis?

What we should do is exert massive force for the sake of our military men and women and to end this mess once and for all. We need to respond with overwhelming force to each and every act against us. When the Iranian speed boats rushed our ship, we should have blown them out of the water and do so 100%of the time. We can win and moreover we can prove that we as a nation have the means and resolve to do so which would take the wind out of our enemy's sails and give every Muslim notice that we mean seriou7s business.

Yes, Bush and his ilk are making fools out of our nation and wasting money and lives.

Coop