Today's Reading 10/10

Victor Davis Hanson's column in the National Review Online
"Legends of the Fall - More myths about the current war"

Excellent as always.

One Quote:

"While we may be in various stages of bellicosity with differing states, the fact is that after September 11 we will either accept defeat and stay within our borders to fight a defensive war of hosing down fires, bulldozing rubble, arresting terrorist cells, and hoping to appease or buy off our enemies abroad — or we will eventually have to confront Syria, Lebanon's Bekka Valley, Saudi Arabia, and Iran with a clear request to change and come over to civilization, or join the Taliban and Saddam Hussein."

"Of course, we cringe in despair at Americans killed and billions of dollars in costs to rebuild Iraq. But what is truly strange about the opposition to military efforts since 9/11 is the absence of a serious alternative strategy. It is easy to quibble about going into Iraq or the problems of sniping, bombing, or power and water in Baghdad; but so far the opponents of the war have not advocated any of the measures that their spiritual forerunners in Vietnam found so successful in ending hostilities — from sit-ins, daily demonstrations, and teach-ins, to military resistance and the cut-off of funding."

As they say, read the rest.

-bear

Comments

[Sean]

Sorry to see you over there, I've been following some of the other blogs out of Iraq and got this link from Lt Smash. Most of the Military bloggers have already made it back to the states, glad to have found a new one to follow. Keep your head down and stay safe.
Sean