A quick diary entry.
I found a few of the below comments on a righty web site re: Iraq:
One user:
First of all, I think we had plenty of troops on the ground. That said, my complaint is that we've been way to concerned about attitudes and feelings not concerned enough about making sure EVERYBODY knows who's winning.
Another User:
War only ends when one party submits. The Hussein government certainly did, but other parties have not. We must either force them to submit, or submit ourselves. There really aren't any other choices
But one thing at a time: First we take control of the country. Then we can install the government of our choice, and hope Iraqis come to see the benefits. It worked in Japan after WWII; I don't see why it can't work here.
Yet another:
I'm perfectly willing to allow the dead to be buried in any way the still living see fit. I just think we need LOTS of dead to bury....Will we kill civilians? I hope so.
And another:
As long as our troops are hampered by political correctness and not wanting to "offend" the muslim world we can not win. We need do what it takes whether it means bombing masques, assasinations, or worrying about collateral damange after the fact.
Last one:
If we are to change this pattern, we need to go to the source- which is not in Iraq- it's in Damascus and Tehran. Some may cry that it's not time to open the battle on another front... but I say it's been opened already by the other side.
My first reaction to these posts, besides disgust at the matter-of-fact bloodthirst, was their inability to see the mistake of invading as being the core problem. The problems in their mind are, we must be more ruthless. We must make the other side submit. We must take the fight to where it needs fighting. This will solve the problems.
Hmmm, who is the other side?
The ruthlessness of the sectarian violence seems to work well for different sects currently in Iraq, doesn't it? I see a lot of submitting happening with every car bomb attack.
Expanding the conflict by attacking Iran and Syria will solve our problems in Iraq, eh?
I rarely read righty sites; I was really shocked by these comments.
I can't understand this simplistic outlook.