Many may soon learn as history will show that Saddam did have WMD indeed before and right up until the Iraq War II, nevertheless some will still say that WMD is not reason for war? Perhaps they might indeed tell the Kurds this. No likes war. Myself, well I was more concerned with the WMD hurting my troops than anything else. Once they were gone out of there, I was happy. War is about serving your political will, Carl von Clauswitz, if you can serve your political will thru alliances and strengths via Machiavellian shuffle or Sun Tzu style understanding thy enemy, so be it. War is unfortunate, war is hell, once the political impasse occurs, war is about one thing, Winning and or survival. I choose victory over defeat and I choose more than less and I choose massive over kill to prevent future political impasses with hard-liner regimes in the future. Total annihilation of your enemy in that regard serves the protection and on-going viability of your civilization. War is hell; I hate it. But when it happens I only care about one thing, I win, they lose, no matter what. No backing off, total victory. Sorry, that is the way I see it. Any leader with weakness, mediocrity and indifference in the face of war will have these emotions at the expense of their people. We must win, when we wage war. The opponent must know it and bluffing time is long gone once you fire those first shots. It is time for the steamroller, and that's it. It has to be that way, no one likes war well no one who has waged it and seen it up close and personal anyway. Some may like the sport, but war is hell, hell is not fun. Consider this in 2006. |
