Millstone Milestone
We have passed a milestone says AP reporter Tom Raum: we have now been in Iraq and Afghanistan longer than we were in WWII.
WWII was fought against nation states, and as such, really was a war. And it was not elective.
Further, the assigned mission never changed from December 8, 1941 onward. Clearly stated, it was to defeat and destroy the military forces of the Axis powers. As clearly as it was stated, so it was executed.
Contrast this with Iraq. The military cannot be faulted that it has been assigned missions which are not attainable, and which change from day to day.
Possibly, the U.S. could change tack again and consider carpet bombing, fire-storm bombing and selecting two cities for atomic destruction in Iraq. That would serve Iraq right for so cleverly duping us into this mission.
WWII was fought against nation states, and as such, really was a war. And it was not elective.
Further, the assigned mission never changed from December 8, 1941 onward. Clearly stated, it was to defeat and destroy the military forces of the Axis powers. As clearly as it was stated, so it was executed.
Contrast this with Iraq. The military cannot be faulted that it has been assigned missions which are not attainable, and which change from day to day.
Possibly, the U.S. could change tack again and consider carpet bombing, fire-storm bombing and selecting two cities for atomic destruction in Iraq. That would serve Iraq right for so cleverly duping us into this mission.
posted by rangeragainstwar at 10:18 AM
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