A New Stratergy
Letter to the Editor dated 01/10/07
A New Stratergy
By: 449 Quentin
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Both George Bush and his Democratic opponents ought to take note of this.
Bush has been staring like a deer in the headlights ever since he did his little photo op flying onto the aircraft carrier and declaring victory. When the Islamo Facists continued to wage war, he had no idea what to do next. Letting our troops drive around Iraq until they get blown up is not a strategic plan. His Democratic opponents continue to preach appeasement at any price and to rule out force as an option. Maybe it’s time to really strategize and come up with something different.
Abraham Lincoln kept switching generals until he found Grant and the key to victory. Stalin issued Order No. 27 during the summer of 1941 which allowed deserter’s to be shot by the thousands until deserter's stopped retreating. Maybe Bush and the Democrats should do some creative thinking and try something new. Maybe there is a way to get out of Iraq without handing the enemy a victory. Maybe the way to do that would be to leave Iraq and attack Iran. Now. Maybe the United States Congress should stop dining with lobbyists and vote on what they are legally charged with deciding.
If Iran goes nuclear and we wake up one morning and find Chicago missing, where do we send the bill? To North Korea, China, Iran, Hizbollah, Al Qaida or Russia? Nuclear proliferation is a bigger nightmare than taking Iran out now. Hopefully we will have learned not to proceed as we did in Iraq. Fighting in back alleys and taking casualties is not the way to endear an American public that is addicted to celebrities and is endlessly obsessed with sports.
We learned the hard way not to invade Arab countries with ground troops. However ground troops are not our only option. All we have to do is send the Navy and the Air force and slowly pick them apart; starting with port facilities and railroads then incrementally move to the rest of their infrastructure. When the locals start to run out of electricity, food, water, gasoline and heat they will decide on their own to make a deal and they will kick out the mullahs. Sitting in a cold, dark house without television and an empty refrigerator is a powerful motivator. Then we can really bring the troops home.
