In favor of staying in Afghanistan

If I could reset the clock and return to the day after Rob O'Neill killed bin Laden in Pakistan, I'd make lots of changes. First, I would've gotten US and NATO combat troops out of Afghanistan. I would've kept special operators and intel forces in theater. I would've ordered groups like the 82nd Airborne and 10th Mountain Divisions into Afghanistan to provide close air support for Afghani troops and gather intel.

I would've limited the scope of the mission by eliminating the nation-building part. Further, I'd limit the mission by ordering troops to focus on permanently stifling the Trifecta of Terror, aka the Taliban, al-Qa'ida and ISIS. Let the Trifecta of Terror know that we'll keep our foot on their necks in perpetuity.

Finally, I'd unleash the beast. I'd let the world's greatest military act like the world's deadliest fighting force.

It's time to admit that it's still important to stifle future terrorist attacks. George W. Bush's mistake wasn't fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here. He got that part of the strategy right. What he got wrong was the nation-building part. Rob O'Neil has the right idea with the KISS system:

Contained in Psalm 23 is the verse "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me." Half a century ago, I saw a bumper sticker in Dan Marsh Drug Store with a modified version of that verse. It says "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil because I'm the biggest, baddest sunovabitch in the valley."

The point is that we need fewer generals in the Pentagon who are politicians first and war fighters next. The next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff should be someone who's won a major war. I don't want another Gen. Milley in that post. Ever.

Gen. Milley isn't a hero. This is the definition of a hero:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Is Joe Biden our Grifter-in-Chief?

Image
Apparently, Joe Biden doesn't care about the law or Supreme Court rulings. When asked about the ruling on his student loan bailout, Biden said that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the Constitution. He knows they didn't. That's just what he said to preserve the opportunity to introduce his next unconstitutional plan that will get rejected by the Supreme Court. This isn't about whether it's constitutional. It's about whether he can con enough young people into voting for him in 2024. Biden must've anticipated this ruling. Within an hour of the ruling, the Administration was out with this detailed fact sheet to replace the plan that he knew would fail. It opens with the same partisan attack as Democrats have mouthed. The fact sheet opens by saying "No President has fought harder for student debt relief than President Biden, and he’s not done yet. President Biden and Vice President Harris will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hard
Read more

Tim Walz's Confederate Flag Fiasco

Image
After Minnesota's Democrats shoved the most controversial progressive legislation down Minnesotans' throats, gossip started popping up about Gov. Walz being interested in running for president . That's died off but Gov. Walz is still making headlines, this time for all the wrong reasons. First, Gov. Walz isn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Still, Gov. Walz is fighting against Minnesota's history. This Alpha News article quotes David Hann, the chairman of Minnesota's Republican Party, as saying " The flag the DFL has eliminated was a version of the historic flag our regiments fought under during the Civil War. Minnesota was the first state to offer troops to the Union cause in 1861 , beginning a long tradition of leading the nation in confronting injustice. The DFL quest to erase our history is repugnant and should be rejected." Gov. Walz, though, sees things differently. He's quoted as saying "Minnesota is a diverse state, it continue
Read more

Maria Bartiromo's interrogation of Gov. Ron DeSantis

Image
Yesterday, Maria Bartiromo interrogated Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday Morning Futures. The first half of the interview, Bartiromo asked policy questions. Gov. DeSantis showed his understanding of the issues and presented his solutions on everything from China, inflation and growing the economy. The first reply he had was to cut spending. His next reply was to open energy production. Third, he talked about the importance of increasing productivity, which he correctly said is the best way to eliminate inflation. A little over half the way through the interview, though, it turned into an attack. Bartiromo asked "I'm wondering what's going on with your campaign. There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year but here's this weekend's headline from the Politico Playbook: Failure to launch. Gov. Ron DeSantis's campaign to topple Donald Trump has stalled. We are way behind says a top DeSantis PAC official. What happened? Despite that bad
Read more