From the War
on Women on the Reds the Blues continually try to pin
180 degrees
to a war against ISIL this Administration opts for a far different spin
This is not
a war only a counter-terrorism operation says John Kerry
It seems in
Obama’s heart and soul he cannot confront jihad and that is really scary
Words matter
and if you are going to ask men and women to go in harm’s way
You have to
give meaning to their wounds or the body bags on display
Talk to
Korean War vets about the great Police Action fable
While for
over two years they died by the thousands while Reds delayed at the diplomacy
table
A resentment
for sacrifices made in vain
American
bodies and billions flushed down the drain
On one hand Obama
can call this a war so he use a prior authorization against the Taliban bill
His absolute
refusal to keep ground action on the table may be scathed on the Hill
But on the
other which is more about his ego and his core beliefs does reveal
He does not
want the military to massive force project; for him that has no appeal
Less than a
battalion of forces to confront a growing force of ISIL that grows stronger
each day
Like the old
Abe Lincoln Brigades more Westerners answering the call to enter the fray
If this is
called a war, his weak strategy will guarantee we may lose
Then no
amount of rhetoric or photo ops with American voters anger soothe
The videos
of the 150 or so airstrikes are a watching thrill
In the Gulf
War the coalition dropped near 90,000 tons and roamed the skies at will
100,000
sorties and yet when it ended on February 17 there were a lot of Iraqi troops
to kill
With one
carrier carrying less than a hundred planes, an air campaign seems out of reach
Look to the
failures of Rolling Thunder to see what failures history will teach
Let’s call a
spade a spade and show some leadership other than the polls to watch
Otherwise
this “non war” is going to be a very costly super botch
© September
12, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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