To Be....Or....Not To Be..(In Iraq)......That is the question

Folks, I think we have all come to a consensus. Even though going into Iraq was not the smartest thing we have ever done, we are in now and we have to at least look like we are in the lead of the free world. I think there are a few issues that need to considered going forward.
..... I don't think it is Democrats that are making the U.S look week, it the overall war plan itself. The fact that we bungled an invasion of a small country like Iraq, exposes our inherent weekness. Think about it, Japan and China have militaries with 500,000 and 1 million soldiers respectively. And here we are fooling around with 168,000 troops fighting no more than 30,000 rebels and 300,000,000 people back in the states are antsy at the fact that we lost 2,200 troops. If you haven't figured it out yet, our weekness is the fact that we don't handle death well. Handling death is at the heart of the discussion due to the fact that the people we are up against take pride in death. These are two extremely different mindsets that pushes us closer to the number one item........WINNING. To put it plainly, we view winning as killing more of them when compared to them killing us. They view winning as killing more of themselves in an overall effort to sway the masses to continue to take pride in death and hate us. When the Irans and North Koreas of the world see this, I'm sure it emboldens them to continue with their international antics. Finally, we screwed this war plan up royally, so even with the elections and an eventual troop drawdown. It will be another 20 years before the world fears our might again. And with the fear of our might, so goes our ability to shape the world into this DEMOCRACY(you know, the shining city on the hill thing)...... ...............


Gelray M. Gainey