PrintSeptember 30, 2009
How to Lose a War in 180 Days
Throughout the duration of the war in Iraq, one thing remained constant: support for the war in Afghanistan. However, the tide against is turning much quicker than its Queen Mary cousin on the other side of Iran, and the people of America begin looking at the fight in Afghanistan with much of the same disdain and mistrust we saw only two years ago in Iraq. Ever fickle and heedless of prudence, public opinion unfortunately rules the day where the safety of this nation and its foreign policies are concerned.Gone are the days when generals were allowed to prosecute wars as if they were wars rather than dog wagging election tales. Since the weary end of the Vietnam War we haven't seen such a situation where every major engagement proved victorious for us and still we lost ground at home. In those days, we defeated ourselves, gathered up our traitorous salivating media hordes and went home to further batter and shame our beaten warriors.Today that same shameful loss of...(Read Full Article)
