The Iraq War: Strategy of Armchair Warriors
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
The Iraq war is perhaps one of the greatest failures in military history. There are a number of reasons for this in fact, too many to enumerate but the most lethal would be the idiots running it: Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield. Bush can only be described as one of the greatest losers of all time. A man that is anything but a warrior pretends he’s one and spins it, “I am a War President!” Remember Bush’s Mission Accomplished with flight jacket and his infamous quizzical look on his face. Of course, we have Cheney the five time get a deferment man. And of course, we have Rumsfield who was in the military for a short time but never in combat.
America’s greatest military warrior was Col. David Hackworth. Hackworth who was a noted critic of the military industrial complex and the idiot strategy of Bush War Machine died last year. Hackworth knew what war was about. He knew what the actual soldiers went through each day, and he knew when you should fight a war and when you shouldn’t. He was not some nationalistic former flag waving ex-commander who kissed the ass of the Bush administration. In fact, Hackworth despised these idiots. Hackworth who was one of the most decorated soldiers in the history of this country never let the medals go to his head. He was first, always a soldier and he never forgot the troops in the field (go to www.hackworth.com to learn more about this great man).
Hackworth understood the mind of the enemy. He understood the supply line problems and other logistics but he also understood the culture of war. He knew you needed to understand the culture and history of the people you were fighting. The bunch of “armchair warriors” in the white house understands absolutely nothing. Like the morons at Fox news they figured the war would be over in a short time. The war in Iraq will never be over because as Hackworth knew about Vietnam you cannot fight the culture and history of a group of people, and engender democracy at the same time. You will never win their hearts with this strategy.
This administration doesn’t really have a strategy. They do the same things over and over again expecting different results. We just need to stick to what we are doing is their mantra. Hackworth knew from the beginning they didn’t know what they were doing and that they were putting the soldiers in harms way. He knew it just like he knew about the mistakes in Vietnam. But it doesn’t matter does it. The media rolled over and Democrats didn’t have the balls to fight the flag waving. Now we have 3 morons who each day send men to their deaths so that they can pretend they are warriors because none of them ever had the guts to go and fight.
This perhaps is the scariest point of all: the great warriors of the world like Hackworth were ignored and the spin doctoring armchair warriors like Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield are embraced. We are indeed a nation at war but we are at war with our own souls!
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
Winston Churchhill
Albert Einstein
The Iraq war is perhaps one of the greatest failures in military history. There are a number of reasons for this in fact, too many to enumerate but the most lethal would be the idiots running it: Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield. Bush can only be described as one of the greatest losers of all time. A man that is anything but a warrior pretends he’s one and spins it, “I am a War President!” Remember Bush’s Mission Accomplished with flight jacket and his infamous quizzical look on his face. Of course, we have Cheney the five time get a deferment man. And of course, we have Rumsfield who was in the military for a short time but never in combat.
America’s greatest military warrior was Col. David Hackworth. Hackworth who was a noted critic of the military industrial complex and the idiot strategy of Bush War Machine died last year. Hackworth knew what war was about. He knew what the actual soldiers went through each day, and he knew when you should fight a war and when you shouldn’t. He was not some nationalistic former flag waving ex-commander who kissed the ass of the Bush administration. In fact, Hackworth despised these idiots. Hackworth who was one of the most decorated soldiers in the history of this country never let the medals go to his head. He was first, always a soldier and he never forgot the troops in the field (go to www.hackworth.com to learn more about this great man).
Hackworth understood the mind of the enemy. He understood the supply line problems and other logistics but he also understood the culture of war. He knew you needed to understand the culture and history of the people you were fighting. The bunch of “armchair warriors” in the white house understands absolutely nothing. Like the morons at Fox news they figured the war would be over in a short time. The war in Iraq will never be over because as Hackworth knew about Vietnam you cannot fight the culture and history of a group of people, and engender democracy at the same time. You will never win their hearts with this strategy.
This administration doesn’t really have a strategy. They do the same things over and over again expecting different results. We just need to stick to what we are doing is their mantra. Hackworth knew from the beginning they didn’t know what they were doing and that they were putting the soldiers in harms way. He knew it just like he knew about the mistakes in Vietnam. But it doesn’t matter does it. The media rolled over and Democrats didn’t have the balls to fight the flag waving. Now we have 3 morons who each day send men to their deaths so that they can pretend they are warriors because none of them ever had the guts to go and fight.
This perhaps is the scariest point of all: the great warriors of the world like Hackworth were ignored and the spin doctoring armchair warriors like Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfield are embraced. We are indeed a nation at war but we are at war with our own souls!
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
Winston Churchhill
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