Two Winnable Wars

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Iraq and Afghanistan

Cordesman is on the right track for sure. It doesn't matter what our expectations are in either place, it matters what the good people of those countries expect for their future and we can only give them a glimpse of the possibilities and hope that they grasp them. Freedom is not free, it has to be fought for and won and never let go. That is the real issue and we are either willing to stay the difficult course of freedom or watch it slip away on the side lines. It is much harder still to get actively involved on the ground or in a support role rather than write hollow commentary which is largely uneducated about the reality in either country or misrepresent the amazing things that the men and women of the USA and other countries are doing in these far away places, far from the shores of our country but so close to what is basic in our lives-freedom, security, and progress.

Winning War

It depends on how many times you re-define "winning" to meet lowered expectations.

Winning in Iraq meant achieving the goals of depriving Saddam of the WMD he was addicted to and leaving Iraq as a shining city on the hill after a 30-90 day occupation, at a cost to the U.S. of < $2 billion dollars since Iraqi oil would pay for reconstruction "sooner rather than later."

Reference: "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 9/8/03: Last February, with invasion just weeks away, sources in the Bush administration told Newsweek that they were expecting a postwar occupation of Iraq of 30 to 90 days."

Winning in Afghanistan meant getting bin Laden and neutralizing al-Qaeda.

What will Happen

The May 15th Prophecy has already declared what will happening in Iraq and Afaghistan

Do a Google search of the May 15th Prophecy and you will see for yourself that it has been the only source with 100% accuracy about the happening in Iraq,Lebanon, Iran and the greater Middle East

Real LOVE

Here's a post I wrote for Bill Arkin's column

in the Washington Post today:

The German Army has excellent field Officers,

some of the finest in the world,

why should they be allowed

to shirk their duties?

I read their public opinion polls too

and in my estimation

the German politikos

have not presented the case well to the public

for helping out the good people of Afghanistan.

Charity work on this level

is not for the feint of heart

especially when somebody

is trying to shove a Kalashnikov

down your throat.

So just how do you purpose securing

the next generation of Afghanis

from the local bullies?

They need education, good roads

and fair trade too

you know.

Hiding under the bed

is all good and fine

but it takes a special someone

a person with real heart

to get this job done.

Afghanistan is the poorest nation on the planet.

and people talk about helping out Darfur?

please...

they don't know what it takes

to change the world.

It takes heart

It takes commitment.

It takes a lot of LOVE

two wars

thoughtful question, but as with many things in america, not a popular sentiment, so, doubtful we would noty hear more than the normal rhetoric. disagree on one point, although the administration has performed poorly in many areas, lack of foresight, judgement, they never stated this would be quick.