Barry Goldwater said it about Vietnam: "Either shit or get off the pot or we'll still be here ten years from now." What he meant was, if you're going to fight a war you need to throw everything into it and win it convincingly; if you're not willing to do that, get out and stay out. Well, he was running for President and that language scared the hell out of everybody, so he lost... and so did America. We didn't fight that war to win, we didn't get out, we were still there ten years down the road and we eventually left with our tails tucked between our legs because Washington and politics were dictating the conduct of the war.
We've just finished doing the exact same thing in Iraq and Afghanistan and we've lost 4,000 American souls on the battlefields in the process.
Wanna do it it again? It looks to me as if that's the direction we're headed in. Obama says we're going to be in there for the long haul, at least three years. He simply wants to reduce their numbers and effectiveness so he can "manage" I.S.I.S. There's no commitment to win this war; he's making it clear up front that the war will be managed by politicians in Washington and not by on-site generals and military experts.
I have no stomach for this. Why fight another battle if we don't intend to win it? I don't want to see any more American lives sacrificed on a lost cause. We either need to shit, or get off the pot.
There is a third alternative: We could convert to Islam before we get beheaded.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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