Operation Iraqi Freedom & the Planned Withdrawal

The Washington Post has an article describing the plans for the creation of a task force (read: advisory panel) that will decide what the conditions are that have to be met in order to bring "substantial numbers" of our soldiers home from Iraq. Thank God. Bring our boys home safe.

These "conditions" should have been laid down long before the first covert operative ever set foot in Iraq. To backtrack a little so everyone is clear of my views on this, I fully supported the removal of Sadaam from power, and continue to support such action. The day after the statues were pulled down, we should have been packing our bags.

The mission of the US military forces is not to occupy and rebuild. We destroy. We set free. We do NOT rebuild. As it is written upon the SF crest, "De Oppresso Liber" - To Free the Oppressed. We do not "nation build". As an instrument, we are to be sorcerer of death and destruction upon the enemy. As individuals, there are times when we will comfort the formerly oppressed people.

The cult of Islam has an amazing affect on people. How do you deter a people who are not afraid to lose their lives? I pondered this question for quite some time the other day. The only answer was to not take their lives, directly. When a physical loss becomes meaningless, you must then attack something which is held in higher regard, by these people, than life itself. You must attack their beliefs, their values, their culture, their world. You need to bring everything that they believe is right & true to its knees and to utter destruction. You need to break their belief and take away their sense of resistance. How do you stop water from boiling? You don't add ice. The ice will melt faster than you can put it in. You take away the source of heat. Remove that which causes the water to boil. Let's say you somehow cut one of your major arteries. Do you expect the doctors to simply pump more blood into your system and send you happily on your way? Surely not. First, they must stop the bleeding. Then, they can replenish your lost blood. The same goes for warfare. You must take away the motivation to fight. You must destroy the enemy's foundation. This is the only sure road to victory.

More to come on OIF at a later time.


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