My first reaction to the new proposals such as GO BIG, GO LONG, and GO HOME is as follows:
- Go Big: Might have worked perhaps THREE YEARS AGO when a certain general proposed it, and then was forced out, but a few more troops now will make little difference:
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- Go Long: This is just a LIGHT version of Stay-The-Course.
Light Beer: 1/3 fewer calories than our regular beer!
Light Stay The Course (AKA Go Long): 1/3 fewer soldiers than our regular war fiasco!
If the number of soldiers we have right now does not work, what makes them think that FEWER soldiers will work long term? It is nuts.
- Go Home: Probably the best solution. Our situation in Iraq reminds me of that movie "The Money Pit." In that movie, this house just sucked a couple's money dry because no matter how much money they spent, they needed more. In the Iraq war, no matter how much money, and how many lives we throw at it, it just seems to get worse. Sometimes you just have to take your marbles and go home, because you know that you were not prepared for the situation, so you got your ass handed to you.
- As for the compromise of GO BIG then GO LONG? Sorry, Doing Go Big, which will not work, followed by Go Long, which also will not work, is just a JOKE.
Thanks for reading, :)
Steven Joseph :)