William Osborn, the father of one of our fallen hero’s in Afghanistan, appeared on FOX News this morning speaking of this Administration’s Rules of Engagement that our troops have been living with for the last year. His son lost his life because he and his brothers in arms had to wait for permission to return fire.
This sounds oddly familiar to Vietnam, where our military was so tied down by political rules that we eventually had to leave the country to the North. Why do we never learn the lessons of mistakes so continually repeat them?
War should never be considered lightly, and should have no other goal than to win in the most expedient manner allowed under the Convention of War and then return our troops home.
When our civilian leadership decides that we have no other choice but to engage in war, then they should be ready to commit the full resources of the U.S. in the prosecution of that war, place competent leaders of our military in charge and SUPPORT them rather than hamper them with rules that effectively tie their hands. That is shameful to allow our young men and women to die on the battlefield for a political end.
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Rules of Engagement
Monday, June 28th, 2010Why not President Palin?
Monday, February 8th, 2010
I wanted to expand my comments from the website but I couldn’t hope to top Dewie Whetsell’s comment regarding the Governor and her accomplishments.
Everyone should read this track record, fact check it for yourself and then decide if this lady has the moxie to clean up the mess in DC. A very interesting saying my father used to tell me was that people will always attack, degrade, and slander those they either fear, don’t understand or hate every single time. It’s human nature! Now it would seem to me that with all the abuse that this lady is taking, maybe there is some substance behind “Gosh-Darn” Sarah!
As I have alluded before, sometimes the simple answer is the best answer. There are a few ideas that are worth repeating here that will put this Country back on the right track. Here they are:
1. A Constitutional Amendement for a balanced budget with the only exceptions being a National Disaster or Declaration of War. A 5 year contraint on these exceptions should be included so that the debt is repaid within this timeline. There should be a mandatory set aside to retire the National debt. This set aside mayeven be used as an investment once the debt is settled. WHAT A CONCEPT!
2. Term Limits for Congress.
3. Congressional & Presidential Pensions cut to 25% of their salary.
4. Line item Veto power for the President.
5. Abolish the current tax code and re-write a very simple code with a straight percentage for business and individuals.
6. Eliminate earmarks and all foreign aid with the exception of humanitarian endeavors.
These ideas are by no means new or is the list exhaustive. I invite anyone with some ideas to comment on this open thread.
