Iraq. . . . Again?
Today, Obama said he is sending 300 American military advisors to Iraq to advise and train Iraqi soldiers in their fight against the Isis Terrorists.
I have some questions. If, and at some point they will be, our advisors are confronted by a live fire situation against the Iraq soldiers they are advising, do they: (1) Take up arms and fire back to protect themselves? (2) Flee for their lives? or (3) Surrender to the terrorists? And, if they fire back, do we, the American military, support them, or do we abandon them? If they flee, do we militarily intervene to rescue them, or are they on their own? If they surrender do we militarily engage the terrorists to rescue them, or do we leave them to be beheaded by the terrorists?
I may be naive, but I see no good coming from this. There is only one way to fight a war. . . to WIN! Else stay out of the fray. The way you end a war is. . . we win, they loose. (Think WW II). The sending of American military advisors is exactly the way we by mission creep came to be fully involved in Viet Nam.
We have a Comander-in-Chief that has absolutely no understanding of global politics and the meaning of military power and the leverage it provides when dealing with world leaders and tyrants. He has no understanding of things militarily. He has a total misunderstanding of why we have a military and how it is employed as an effective tool for peace. So, he dithers.
I have some questions. If, and at some point they will be, our advisors are confronted by a live fire situation against the Iraq soldiers they are advising, do they: (1) Take up arms and fire back to protect themselves? (2) Flee for their lives? or (3) Surrender to the terrorists? And, if they fire back, do we, the American military, support them, or do we abandon them? If they flee, do we militarily intervene to rescue them, or are they on their own? If they surrender do we militarily engage the terrorists to rescue them, or do we leave them to be beheaded by the terrorists?
I may be naive, but I see no good coming from this. There is only one way to fight a war. . . to WIN! Else stay out of the fray. The way you end a war is. . . we win, they loose. (Think WW II). The sending of American military advisors is exactly the way we by mission creep came to be fully involved in Viet Nam.
We have a Comander-in-Chief that has absolutely no understanding of global politics and the meaning of military power and the leverage it provides when dealing with world leaders and tyrants. He has no understanding of things militarily. He has a total misunderstanding of why we have a military and how it is employed as an effective tool for peace. So, he dithers.
posted by Donald G Davidson at 5:41 PM
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