An editorial in today's New York Times discusses the fact that al Qaeda is rebuilding in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and is now gaining strength. This is unacceptable.
Looking past the NYT's typical left leaning, and (rightfully) criticizing of President Bush's tactics on Iraq, their recommendations are almost good, just not forceful enough. The terrorists camps which were destroyed in 2001 are now rebuilt because of the lack of American forces in Afghanistan. It doesn't matter which party you are a part of, its a fact.
Look, when we first went to Afghanistan in 2001 how long did it take to defeat the Taliban and destroy all the terrorist training camps? Not very long. These terrorists are obviously weak, and the fact that they are given the room to rebuilt shines light on the fact that our number of troops in Afghanistan is too low.
These terrorists are now going to Iraq, planting IEDs, and strapping on suicide vests. It is time to go on offense in these wars. I am sick and tired of hearing about death tolls, house resolutions, and calls for retreat. In Iraq we were on offense for a few months, and we did well. Now we are on defense, just hoping our soldiers don't get killed instead of attacking the cowardly "insurgents." The president's plan is good but it is weak. The only winning way out of Iraq is to take out all of the insurgents. Weak Iraqi soldiers (see my previous post on this topic) backed up by additional 21,000 troops is not good enough. It is an excuse, a scapegoat plan.
If we want to win in Iraq we need to deploy an additional 50,000-100,000 troops to Iraq, this number of soldiers would absolutely overwhelm the weak insurgents. After most of the insurgents are killed, the rest of them can go hide in spider holes like the courageous Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. With this much firepower, it would take a month to defeat the insurgents.
The same needs to happen in Afghanistan, we need an overwhelming number of troops to finish off the cowards. Where are we going to get these troops? If Americans could be convinced that we could end these wars once and for all, many would sign up willingly (I would). If that doesn't work, we need to use the draft.
Looking past the NYT's typical left leaning, and (rightfully) criticizing of President Bush's tactics on Iraq, their recommendations are almost good, just not forceful enough. The terrorists camps which were destroyed in 2001 are now rebuilt because of the lack of American forces in Afghanistan. It doesn't matter which party you are a part of, its a fact.
Look, when we first went to Afghanistan in 2001 how long did it take to defeat the Taliban and destroy all the terrorist training camps? Not very long. These terrorists are obviously weak, and the fact that they are given the room to rebuilt shines light on the fact that our number of troops in Afghanistan is too low.
These terrorists are now going to Iraq, planting IEDs, and strapping on suicide vests. It is time to go on offense in these wars. I am sick and tired of hearing about death tolls, house resolutions, and calls for retreat. In Iraq we were on offense for a few months, and we did well. Now we are on defense, just hoping our soldiers don't get killed instead of attacking the cowardly "insurgents." The president's plan is good but it is weak. The only winning way out of Iraq is to take out all of the insurgents. Weak Iraqi soldiers (see my previous post on this topic) backed up by additional 21,000 troops is not good enough. It is an excuse, a scapegoat plan.
If we want to win in Iraq we need to deploy an additional 50,000-100,000 troops to Iraq, this number of soldiers would absolutely overwhelm the weak insurgents. After most of the insurgents are killed, the rest of them can go hide in spider holes like the courageous Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. With this much firepower, it would take a month to defeat the insurgents.
The same needs to happen in Afghanistan, we need an overwhelming number of troops to finish off the cowards. Where are we going to get these troops? If Americans could be convinced that we could end these wars once and for all, many would sign up willingly (I would). If that doesn't work, we need to use the draft.
(Another option that would work would be TALKS, imagine that. Everyone is fighting for something, we need to actually negotiate.) Politicians would have to come together for this one to happen...
If we just leave Iraq and Afghanistan, there will be attacks on American soil, because they will have the resources. We need to finish these wars on their turf once and for all. We need to stop playing defense, it does not win wars.
If we just leave Iraq and Afghanistan, there will be attacks on American soil, because they will have the resources. We need to finish these wars on their turf once and for all. We need to stop playing defense, it does not win wars.
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