SFC Ollie
Still Marching
We are in a WAR. And if we want to win we have to quit excusing the instigators of said war.
I see. War. So, once we invade them, take over their capitol and they surrender, all will be fine and dandy?
The terrorism problem isn't a war, but if you insist on calling it one, it's the stupidest war imaginable. We're letting the 'other side' dictate the terms and basically committing to remain at war as long as there is anyone out there who intends to do us harm. In other words, perpetually. Why do you want to let them set the terms?
Not exactly. Throughout the 70's and 80's in Europe we played that game. They set the rules and we reacted to the rules. Problem was they kept changing those rules. It wasn't until after 9-11-01 when we started to dictate the rules. We changed terrorism from a police problem to a military problem. Now if the politicians would just allow the military to conduct operations without getting in the way maybe something could change.