Comments on: Who Should Replace McChrystal?

By: Linda Brady Traynham

Linda Brady Traynham — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:23:54 +0000

I give up! Where’s the new comment not that it wasn’t great fun reading the old ones. Now, whatever gave you the absured idea that I want to win hearts and minds? Why should I care if Iraquis want to shoot Iraquis or Iranians or Pakistanis? I really don’t, you know. Our Lynn, who is former military, has it right. You leave me alone, I leave you alone. This is a very simple concept. Those savages have been happy doing what they are since the time of Allah, and as long as they do it in their own countries I’m cool. I’m not willing to play/pay policeman, either. HOWEVER, you mess with me or mine–or Israel–and you know the plan. Hit ‘em hard, hit ‘em fast, destroy what they care most about. It’s Hadj week at Mecca, with 2.5 million Mualims rhere in plain sight. I don’t insist on destroying the minaret (nor do I mind) but it seems to me that a few hellfire bombs would be a great idea, very persuasive. I already agreed the only ROE is “We win, you lose. We didn’t want to play in the first place.” Then we develop our own coal, gas, and oil and ruin their markets. Give ‘em a little something else to think about. Close our borders, kick out the illegals, rescind all the regulations, and get what we really want: we want our country back. No more “Press 2 for Spanish, Press 3 for Arbabic.” Gotta quit, kids. Lot to all. FM Mom

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:39:48 +0000

Rejoice !! The new CENTCOM commander General James Mattis.
“You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years, because they didn’t wear a veil,” Mattis said. “You know guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot ‘em.”

By: Desertrat

Desertrat — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:40:24 +0000

Trouble with all this hair/teeth/eyeballs stuff is that this war is being fought as though we were in a conventional war like in the past–but it’s a whole different deal.

Read up some on “Fourth Generation War” to get a better understanding.

This is guerilla war fought by individuals and small groups, with generally-covert support from countries which hate us. There is no way that conventional forces which fight in a conventional manner can win. There is, for all practical purposes, an unlimited number of people to fight against us, with an unlimited amount of small-sized armaments.

I grant that hindsight is 20/20, but you have to go back to 1) The Cold War and 2) The consumer demands of an industrialized society in order to gain some understanding of the effects of short-term expediency in foreign policies of the US. (And I’m not saying I’d have done differently at those times…:-) )

Enough. It would take a book…

‘Rat

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:58:50 +0000

Oh, I’m with ya on that one. I’ve already stated my belief on it, if we have to do it, unconditional surrender or genocide. And I mean that in the literal sense. Parts of me want to say a few things to make them want to track me down, just so I can have at them and be justified in the eyes of some hair brain judge. But if ya hair catches on fire from the sparks, or wilts from the steam, that makes for a bad hair day for you, and you might take it out on us

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:00:57 +0000

not my choise the folks there. I’m sorry war is nasty and ugly. Yes I want them to die instead of Americans. I did not pick this was they did even by default. No I dont feel bad.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:49:59 +0000

Understand Afghanistan as it is. Not what we want it to be. Even Alexander the Great kind of blew past waring with these folks. have a village and warrior mind set. I don’t want Afghanistan. I just want the taliban stopped. You play with your religous rules. I willl never accept your idea of aworld wide caliphate. I’m well armed and I know how to use a gun.
Attack the USA and you attack 80-100 million well armed americans. We will see how far you get. If you want some you will get some.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:21:30 +0000

heck kurt my comments are light. I do beleive on any war go in fast and dirty. And go in to win. If you don’t want to win pull out. congress sets the rules the military only carries it out. not my fault about the screwups.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:46:58 +0000

Lol. Calm down Lynne, the steam coming out of your ears will wilt your hair if the sparks don’t set it on fire. You get any more ticked off, and peeps will think you’re me posting under a different name. You don’t want that on your psych docket, trust me…..

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:38:36 +0000

Certainly not a general of any sort. Just a well educated NCO. I’d go in hard fast and nasty. I can’t win hearts and minds. that’s a mistake I think most democracies make. I have a very basic idea. Don’t mess with us and we won’t be back! Fuss with us and we will give you the other barrel. Go in hard and nasty and win. It’s your country build it. If we don’t like it we’ll let you know.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:28:45 +0000

wars must be won hard, fast and dirty. I’m not here to be polite. I think we should have gone as nasty and hard and dirty to win. No I don’t like the new ROE. We cripple them and if they puff up we send in SF, Drones and give them hell. If you don’t want hell to visit your country stop messing with us. Blow the hell out of each other. But you attack us we dwill bring the thunder. Fricking muslim warrior hiding behind women and children and in Mosques. Yes you are really brave. Oh scourse you know if you go out on the battlefeild you will get dead. I just don’t understand why we give them that option? Of course I don’t understand the border problem. I do have an easy if not simple fix.