PrintJanuary 16, 2007
The Duplicity of Redeployment
It did not take long after the defeat Saddam Hussein's military machine by US and coalition forces for Democrats to start calling for retreat. Even the use of the word "quagmire" made a speedy appearance within weeks of the invasion of Afghanistan to oust the Taliban. It is no secret that Democrats have been anxious to withdraw as quickly as possible from every conflict the US has been engaged in since the Korean War. Although it would be nice to be able to accomplish our objectives in fast operation with no causalities or difficulties, it is the nature of war for hardships, obstacles, and challenges to be overcome over an extended period of time.It took almost half a century for democracy to triumph over communism. Every great struggle of ideologies takes decades to play out, sometimes centuries. We have only begun to realize that the War on Terror is more than a battle of military might, but also an ideological struggle of liberal democracies...(Read Full Article)
