no, it’s an attitude that means I will do what is in my and my countrys best interest. It’s only arrogant as it’s not you speaking it.
You still miss the point – currently we are the big dog on the block why should we act contrary to what serves us best? Think of it this way, the Dems have control of the house and senate but gee, it would be swell if you Dems follow the republican agenda.
There are alot of things I am clueless about. Military isn’t one of them unless you ask my wife, but I digress.
As I stated previously, waging a limited war is a contradiction. War is an atrocity, and going into a war with limitations on how it is waged (beyond the Geneva conventions) is STUPID. What does that mean? It means once we made the decision to go we should have entered Iraq with a campaign of total war. It was short-sighted to enter into a “limited” conflict and not wind up as an occupying force.
The majority of reservists and guardsmen came into Iraq after the fall of Baghdad, most of the initial combat was done by front line troops from all services. Yes, our military is short of regulars, thus the necessity of calling up the Reservists and multiple and/or extended tours. And I will say big mistake by the fact our people aren’t trained to be policemen/women.
Of course our military understaffing goes back to previous administration, not the current one but that is a discussion for a different day.
As it stands we sent enough troops and equipment there to wage a full-scale conflict and “win” (though thats an oxymoron in war)of course you would see the country destroyed like the german cities in WWII. But whiskeytangofoxtrot we’d be in a rebuilding stage instead of a policing stage.
The world looks out for their best interests, yet you make it seem arrogant that we do for ours. You obviously are intellegent I just don’t see how you refuse to look at it from another perspective.
So before you go there no, not a republican, not a conservative and certainly not a war-monger, as I said it’s (war)an atrocity the ultimate atrocity, but when it becomes inevitable Cry ‘Havoc’ and let slip the dogs of war. By the way been there, done that and probably will be there again.
