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Originally posted by Praxus
It's quite simple we destroy their military, wmd sites, and terrorist sites. Then we institute a Government based on the American constitution and we ban Islam from the entire Government. No weapon/tactics/stratedgy should be ruled out for moral reasons. This is in essence how you fight a just war.
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Several contradictions in term.
An American Constitution will not ban Islam from government. Freedom of Religion.
And the US Constitution does rule out certain weapons/tactics/strategy and exactly for moral reasons. I point to you the Oath of Allegiance and the Oaths of Office and Enlistment.
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Originally posted by Praxus
Iraq and Afghanistan are perfect examples of how we should not fight the war and rebuild the Government.
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The Japan example should be it but unfortunately, there is no God (the Emperor of Japan) for us to dethrone and no one currently alive hold as much mystic as Khomeni did. And WE no longer tolerate Douglas MacArthurs.
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Originally posted by Praxus
We are continuing to sacrifice American soldiers to save a few so called innocents we did all through out the war. How can we hope to succeed in Iraq when the interim Government is riddled with our enemies. Hell there are many pyscos that want to turn Iraq into Theocracy. Instead of appointing members according to their beliefs in Liberty we are appointing these idiots to appease all the varius ethnic groups.
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For the Honour, Prestige, and the Values of our countries from which we have swore our Oaths, it is precisely why we sacrafice ourselves and continue to sacrafice ourselves. We may not able to save the innocents but I'll be damned if I allow a mission to purposely hurt innocents.
As for the rest, I found Eric Margolis (one of the few times I found him to make sense) to be accurate
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From Toronto Sun Columnist: Eric Margolis - Bush's Boy Blunder
Disastrous mistakes
Far worse, however, is America's ham-handed Iraq proconsul, Paul Bremer. A neo-conservative ideologue, Bremer was responsible for two of the Bush administration's most disastrous mistakes in Iraq: Disbanding Iraq's army, and firing tens of thousands of government bureaucrats because they were Baath party members.
Any junior imperialist knows the first thing you do when you conquer someone's country is to buy the loyalty of its existing armed forces, government and police. Otherwise you will have armies of angry, unemployed potential rebels roaming the streets -- Iraq today being Exhibit A.
Bremer's third horrible blunder came last week. The U.S. pro consul, who is supposedly bringing the light of democracy to Iraq, shut down a tiny, 10,000-circulation Shia newspaper and arrested its editor for "spreading anti-American views" and calling Bremer rude names. The paper's publisher was firebrand Shia mullah Muqtada el-Sadr, who has been calling on Iraqis to resist U.S. occupation.
Bremer turned Sadr, a little-respected junior cleric with a limited following, into an overnight hero to restive Shias, and a new American villain.
Bremer's latest imbecility caused Iraq's Shia majority, which was simmering with anti-American passions, to explode into violence. Washington and U.S. forces were caught totally by surprise, though warnings abounded.
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