tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post3616880079738635071..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: The News from Iraq (as Usual) is BadAlan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-81243211878903937622011-11-09T17:10:31.497-08:002011-11-09T17:10:31.497-08:00The only "democracy" in the Middle East ...The only "democracy" in the Middle East is Israel.<br />The only nation in the Middle East with a Biblical Worldview is Israel.<br />Go figure!Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-69489275273239692282011-11-09T14:08:13.443-08:002011-11-09T14:08:13.443-08:00Let me make a clarification to your remark that &#...Let me make a clarification to your remark that 'The result was that the U.S. lost the war'. As opposed to 'winning' the war it would be correct to say we 'lost' the war in Vietnam. But in reality we lost the war in the USA. It was a war to retain the resolve of the American people to halt communist aggression. That war we lost because the media, even then a liberal establishment, daily bombarded Americans with anti-war sentiments, erroneous, overblown reports of our soldiers savagery towards our enemy and the civilians of South Vietnam. People ate dinner and watched while we fought. The American public was so embittered against the war that, you are right, we lost our fighting spirit. The worst outcome of that is that today, we fight 'limited wars' always regarding the 'rules of engagement' to minimize collateral damage. You cannot win a war that way, PERIOD. <br />As a result, we now have to develop our 'exit strategy' before we engage any enemy anywhere in the world. If you plan your exit before you make your entrance, you are planning for defeat. <br />Modern warfare has no satisfactory resolution, no winners, no losers, just chaos, human attrition, horrendous expense and a return to status quo when the warring factions throw in the proverbial towel.<br />It will be just a matter of minutes after we pull out of Iraq before that result will be clearly seen.scott adiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006309982216657040noreply@blogger.com