OBAMA'S WAR DECISION SUCKS

War is ugly. Anyone who has ever seen an arm or a leg torn off by a mortar blast, a body torn apart by shrapnel, or the results of a .45 or .50 caliber round through a skull… the smell of a burning body… knows that war is not only ugly, it is hell. Therefore, those of us who have served our country will tell you straight up, “We do not like war, we do not want war but, if we are going to get into war, we’re going to fight to our last breath to win and to win as quickly as possible.” The quicker a war is won, the fewer lives will be lost.

December 7th, the “day that will live in infamy,” is upon us. When the Japs leveled their sights on Pearl Harbor and opened their bomb-bay doors, there was not even a fleeting thought that they should avoid civilian targets, schoolyards, churches or marketplaces. When the Allied Forces responded and started bombing the hell out of Germany and Japan, the object was to bomb the enemy into submission and to win the war.

Point in fact: The Radical Muslim does not send his captive off to Guantanamo; instead, the Muslim lops off his enemy’s head.

What about the rules of the Geneva Convention? If you put forth that argument, you don’t know a damned thing about war. What do you think war is, anyway? Is it a polo match, a chess game or a Sunday football game? When the enemy points his machine gun at you and you see his finger start to tug at the trigger, do you shoot back or do you start to read the rules of the battlefield to him?

We do everything we can to avoid wars. We confer. We attempt compromise. We confer some more. That was essentially our approach to the war going on in Europe. But, when the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, the avoidance tactic was instantly forgotten. When the United States entered World War II, we made the commitment to win, no matter what it took. You fight to win or don’t you don’t fight at all.

There is no politically correct way to fight a war; if you think there is, surrender immediately and save lives. When the enemy invades or attacks your country, it's is a prima facie declaration of war. Your enemy has sized your situation up and feels that he can conquer. When radical Islamic terrorists, Al Queda, attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, they knew of the dangers and potential consequences and they were right: we have been engaged in a polo match ever since. We’ve taken the “politically correct” approach. We have shown the world that we no longer know what war really is. “I don’t care how many of those guys there are climbing over the walls to kill us, I just took this guy captive and I’ve got to read him his Miranda Rights?”

Bullshit.

You shoot the guy you just took captive so you don’t have that distraction, and then you turn your guns on the guys coming over the wall and you cut loose with every round of ammo and every weapon you have and you don't pick between men, women or children. Why? Because it’s them or you, and you can’t feed your family or send your kids off to college from the bottom of a grave.

Obama’s announced exit strategy from Afghanistan simply does not meet the test of war. He did not come to the podium and announce that we cannot and will not accept defeat; he came to the podium and said, “We’re sending in an additional 30,000 troops and we’re absolutely going to get them out within 18 months.”

Well, why don’t we have a nice and polite parade? Maybe the White House Orchestra will play a tune or two? We can invite the lady in the red dress, only this time we'll give her a copy of the invitation.

Obama is a weak President when it comes to making the tough decisions. His speech was a downer. Mr. President, are you going to win this war or not? If not, bring our troops home, save their arms and legs, give their children the opportunity to go to college. Put up the white flag of surrender. Open our country to another 9/11.

You cannot have it both ways. This time, you cannot stand up in the Illinois Legislature and announce your decision by saying, “Present.”

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.