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I've said it before.........I don't think we have the stomach to fight our enemies........and I hope they NEVER LEARN THAT.
Later,
Geo
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I've said it before.........I don't think we have the stomach to fight our enemies........and I hope they NEVER LEARN THAT.
Later,
Geo[/QUOTE]
Awesome photos. Thanks for sharing that link. I could sit as a kid and listen to my Grandfather tell those stories for hours and hours on end...and I picked up something new every time. Seeing those photos took me back there.
I don't know that I would say we don't have the stomach to fight our enemies...it's just a different world and a different time I guess. I still believe that Americans will always find the resolve to ultimately do what has to be done in times of crisis. I'd also like to think that we've learned a thing or to over the decades that would keep us from ever reaching the point where we have to drop "The Bomb" again.
I hope we NEVER have to use the bomb again......I hope NO ONE ever does, but I'm afraid that may be a short lived wish.
My comments about the stomach to do what needs to be done is really twofold. I believe we have the best prepared, strongest and MOST advanced military force in the world, and the fact that it is all volunteer is simply amazing. With that being said, I think our politicians and MEDIA don't have the stomach to fight the battles that are REQUIRED.
Short term we have good resolve - our military is awesome!
But long term the political leaders of the military start losing that resolve with the first negative sound bite. I hate to think what would happen to us if we got into a prolonged engagement with someone that could challenge our military - we need to stay strong so very few want to take on our military might.
[QUOTE=GeoFisher;425282]I hope we NEVER have to use the bomb again......I hope NO ONE ever does, but I'm afraid that may be a short lived wish.
My comments about the stomach to do what needs to be done is really twofold. I believe we have the best prepared, strongest and MOST advanced military force in the world, and the fact that it is all volunteer is simply amazing. With that being said, I think our politicians and MEDIA don't have the stomach to fight the battles that are REQUIRED.[/QUOTE]
Agreed and the media and politicians should stay out of it. Let the Military fight the fight.
[QUOTE=GeoFisher;425282]I hope we NEVER have to use the bomb again......I hope NO ONE ever does, but I'm afraid that may be a short lived wish.
My comments about the stomach to do what needs to be done is really twofold. I believe we have the best prepared, strongest and MOST advanced military force in the world, and the fact that it is all volunteer is simply amazing. With that being said, I think our politicians and MEDIA don't have the stomach to fight the battles that are REQUIRED.[/QUOTE]
That I agree with.
[QUOTE=DJD;425298]Agreed and the media and politicians should stay out of it. Let the Military fight the fight.[/QUOTE]
Now if we could just get the politicians and Congress and Pres to see that and send our guys to where they need be. I think sometimes we are a little too tolerant.