Harry Reid said the war in Iraq is lost.
Like Dennis Prager, I too very much value clarity. If you, Harry Reid, truly believe this, if you, all the remaining Democrats, truly believe this, then put your actions where your mouths are: completely cut off ALL funding for the troops in Iraq.
Do something totally stunning and unusual: take a stand for your beliefs.
Absent a complete abandonment of Iraq, I would recommend intense intelligence-gathering by American and allied troops for the next month. In that time period there should be a moving of USAF’s three primary bomber systems: the B-1B Lancer, the B-2 Spirit and the venerable but still serviceable (such a remarkable aircraft!) B-52H Stratofortress.
In Iraq, intelligence would have analyzed the major cities in Iraq and then determined which of them (or which specific areas of them) would be targeted for a leveling by US bombers.
In concert with US intelligence services and in this time, CIA and other requisite agencies would be working with the Mossad and aligned Israeli intelligence arms in order to identify which portions of Iran should be targeted in re potential nuclear program sites for destruction.
At the same time that sites are targeted in Iraq, these selected sites in Iran should likewise be leveled. I would also recommend the current location of Ahmadinejad be included in the target list, when that list is activated. If he were not in Tehran, I would likewise include Tehran in the list.
Simultaneously, I would recommend an equally-heavy strike directly on Damascus, Syria.
Finally, various selected sites in Afghanistan, previously identified by US military and intelligence sources, would be involved. In the process I would ensure that “some” of our ordnance magically somehow managed to make itself felt not only directly on the border with Pakistan, but just a tick into Pakistan proper.
These runs would all occur at roughly the same hour, on the same day.
I would consider this to be a Rather Large Statement.
And a Statement is precisely what the United States needs to make to Islam.
BZ
I proposed a similar strategy earlier, and titled it “A Pleasant Fiction.” Our legislators are limp-wristed pansies. Shameful.
Two options: we fight Islam now when we are strong. We fight them later when we are weak. But we will fight them, or we shall fall. Very simple.
BZ
To fight the Islamic threat you must 1st have a leader that:
a)Knows how to fight a war, or
b)Is willing to let those that do know how to fight actually DO IT if he doesn’t, or
c)Has the balls to give the order for ‘GAME ON’ and get the job done, and
d)Has the best interest of American in his heart…
BZ, we don’t have that in our President… None of it…
TF: you recently had a post wherein: “Searching for a bipartisan deal on immigration, Republicans are backing off from strict conditions they floated earlier this year for allowing illegal immigrants a crack at citizenship.”
Taken in concert with this, I fear your comments are the clearest of indicators. We find reasons to NOT fight enough, and reasons to placate TOO much.
BZ
I would like to give an “Amen” to your post and another to the other commenters, texasfred in particular.
Thank you indeed, Nightcrawler.
BZ