re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Wasn’t it Rummy that said you got to war with the army you have, not the army you want? I’m sure that sounded good on paper, and all kinds of git ‘er done patriotic. The reality, of course, is that you’re putting people’s lives at stake because some bean counter didn’t do the math. It’s always easier to spend lives when they’re not your own, but someone else’s son, daughter, father, mother, uncle, in-law. Then they’re only numbers.

I see this as a perpetual whack-a-mole scenario, with a limitless amount of moles. Meanwhile, the casualties build, and probably many of them unnecessary. I believe this is a result of fighting a kinder-gentler war, but I’m no expert. I do know my approach would be far more brutal, probably less popular, but I’m betting more effective. In my mind, it’s about winning a war, not sustaining it. Actually winning wars may be too messy for today’s cultured palettes.