Half measures only. No political spine for war here. Our population doesn't feel threatened, and won't support a more aggressive stance to end hostilities earlier. Apparently, we would rather just quit. The writing is on the wall, we just don't want to believe it. Is it going to have to take more attacks, for us to get serious? Where is Neville Chamberlain now?
The policies in place, have lead us to this protracted situation. I believe it is politics (weak will) that has dragged it out. Force is available. In WWII we fire bombed Dresden to the ground, literally. When we believed our fate as a nation was at stake. Our military will only use the force authorized politically.
The repub's are almost as bad as the demo's here.
What would our response be if they detonated a dirty or nuclear device in a major American city? Are we politically capable of authorizing more aggressive force than we are using now? American liberals, blame ourselves for this mess. They really believe everything will be OK, if we just leave them alone. That is delusional in my opinion. How can they find so much racism here, and miss the completely obvious there? No hate in the middle east?
How many times has Israel had to kick ass before the nations around them stopped attacking them? They live there. The worlds media would have them stop defending themselves.
This is like a fist fight with a determined adversary, if you punch him and stop, to start yelling like a bitch, does it end? Do you stop before it's over? If you do, it would inspire them to keep coming back. Gotta pound him to the ground.
Overwhelming force, applied immediately.
