Originally posted by: palehorse74
I have an answer for Iraq: start a draft and put 750,000 US troops in, secure all of the borders, secure the infrastructure, and start disarming their entire population...completely! At the same time, I want to see France, Germany, Russia, and China bring in $1 billion in food PER DAY for the Iraqi people (our troops can secure the treatments).
If they want to see a real fvckin "occupation," we'll give 'em one!
The problems: NO politician is willing to make this happen and take the steps necessary to solve the problems of Iraq... not a single g'damn one of them, including Bush & Co. Second, I believe that 50-55% of the US population is too chicken-sh*t soft to go through with it and actually make the necessary sacrifices.
therefore, we have a stalemate. On one hand, we can stay there for a while, bleeding slowly, and hope and dream for a secure Iraqi democracy (yay!). On the other hand, we can pull out quickly and let them tear eachother to pieces for another decade or two...or three...or... (my guess: Total body count of dead Iraqi's will approach 5-10 million, and the battles will reach the borders of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Syria...etc)
And all because Rumsfeld was an idiot, Bush is gutless, and the rest of you are p*ssies.
Swell.
To a degree I agree with you. If we are willing to go to war, the cost should not be relevant (or d*mn close). That should also be part of the criteria for going to war (that the cost is irrellevant). None of these "authorization to threaten" vagueries.
That said, I am not the guy you want in your military. I tend to believe that I would kill myself before killing someone else (that has never been tested). If that makes me a pvssie, then so be it. But there are many beliefs out there and everyone is bound to be considered weak for not standing up for one one of them.
