I haven't been able to watch the news the last few days so I don't know if the major outlets have reported on this. I have a feeling, though, if Bush were still president, it would have been a major issue on the Sunday shows.
From the Defense Media Network via American Thinker.
This happened on 9/14 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Twenty Muslim attackers dressed in stolen U.S. BDUs were able penetrate the perimeter, kill the squadron's commander, Lt. Col. Christopher Raible and another Marine, Sgt. Bradley Atwell, wound a number of others, completely destroy six irreplaceable Harriers and damage two others significantly such that they will never fly again. That is 80% of the squadron's strength and 7% of the total Marine Corps Harrier fleet.
God, rest the souls of these good men.
It is time to reassess our situation in the world. I blame George Bush as well as Obama for the current state of degradation our military is experiencing. Before we enter into a military conflict, we need to clearly define our objectives. "Holding ground" is not an effective strategy in modern, asymmetrical warfare. You have to bomb these savages back to the Stone Age because they already live in the 13th Century.
If we are not going to destroy their cities, mosques, villages, farms, bridges, military infrastructure, and communications then it is way past time to get the hell out of that region altogether. Stop wasting lives and borrowed money trying to civilize hairless apes and "nation-build" a bunch of goat-poking rejects. This makes me sick.
Sultan Knish had a good essay on the death of Neoconservatism last week I believe (too lazy to link it). It basically says what you say. These countries can't be helped by us to become civilized. Best just to leave.
ReplyDeleteI'll check that out. He's great. I should add him to the sidebar.
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