January 03, 2007
What It Takes To Win A War
Jack Kelly nails it – and explains why the Ethiopians are so successful in Somalia and the US is bogged down in Iraq.
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Ethiopia won in short order because it unapologetically used force against vicious people who understand only force. They killed the people they needed to kill without worrying overmuch about collateral damage, and not at all about world opinion. And though the Ethiopian soldiers are Christians, they were hailed as liberators in this overwhelmingly Muslim country.
What is more important – victory, or appeasing the unappeasable critics of military action?
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I agree. I really think we either need to commit to victory or pull out. Playing a political war isn't going to do anything but expose our own weakness.
I don't think we need to go around targeting civilians, or anything, but we are fighting an enemy that really doesn't recognize the difference between civilian and non-civilian. They attacked our civilians and hide behind theirs, knowing we don't do that gladly. You'd think even they would notice the hypocrisy.
I don't think we need to go around targeting civilians, or anything, but we are fighting an enemy that really doesn't recognize the difference between civilian and non-civilian. They attacked our civilians and hide behind theirs, knowing we don't do that gladly. You'd think even they would notice the hypocrisy.
Posted by: Dana at Wed Jan 3 15:18:45 2007 (yb1Uq)
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Ultimately, we have to realize that war is ugly -- and the only way to ensure absolute victory is to wage war resolutely. Every death is a tragedy -- but that does not mean that every death is unnecessary.
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Wed Jan 3 16:16:46 2007 (C9aml)
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I don't quote Rush too often, but hopefully you'll forgive me. "War is about killing things and breaking things." Or something like that. We are not the world's police force. And I think it rather ironic that the left will occasionally accuse us of that, yet that is exactly what they seem to want.
It isn't really our job to do much of anything but politically defend our interests and militarily defend our existence.
It isn't really our job to do much of anything but politically defend our interests and militarily defend our existence.
Posted by: Dana at Wed Jan 3 20:03:43 2007 (n6Pss)
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