Comments on: My Philosophy of War http://www.luckyrob.com/2009/10/my-philosophy-of-war/ Consultant. Artist. Father. Writer. Idot. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bop Paluccio http://www.luckyrob.com/2009/10/my-philosophy-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-4158 Bop Paluccio Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:11:46 +0000 http://www.luckyrob.com/?p=2356#comment-4158 It just goes to emphasise the stereo type. Look at the American military - they are bigger, they are better (equipped), just not really very enlightened. It just goes to emphasise the stereo type.

Look at the American military – they are bigger, they are better (equipped), just not really very enlightened.

]]> By: Rob http://www.luckyrob.com/2009/10/my-philosophy-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-3909 Rob Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:17:32 +0000 http://www.luckyrob.com/?p=2356#comment-3909 Our goals initially were 1) find & kill Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and thereby cripple the leadership capacity of Al-Qaeda; and 2) find & destroy WMDs in Iraqi and eliminate their potential to build them. Of course, both of these objectives drifted into the ether with the directionless and ineffective, tactics-of-the-week approach delivered by the US-led coalition. Not to mention that objective #2 was impossible ... as Iraq never had weapons of mass destruction. Our goals initially were 1) find & kill Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and thereby cripple the leadership capacity of Al-Qaeda; and 2) find & destroy WMDs in Iraqi and eliminate their potential to build them.

Of course, both of these objectives drifted into the ether with the directionless and ineffective, tactics-of-the-week approach delivered by the US-led coalition. Not to mention that objective #2 was impossible … as Iraq never had weapons of mass destruction.

]]> By: Olivier http://www.luckyrob.com/2009/10/my-philosophy-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 Olivier Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:42:45 +0000 http://www.luckyrob.com/?p=2356#comment-3906 While I agree with most of your points, the war the US are fighting were not "winnable" from the start. By that I mean that they didn't set themselves any criteria by which to decide when the war was deemed to be won i.e. in Afghanistan, kill some Talibans (easy), Osama (maybe), reduce the influence of the Taliban (not quite), reduce the drug production (quite the opposite), bring democracy (bullshit)... in Iraq, topple Saddam (easy), rebuild the country (not quite), reduce religious tensions (quite the opposite)... Barring any clear goals, they could be there till the end of time, more troops or not... My 2 cents. While I agree with most of your points, the war the US are fighting were not “winnable” from the start. By that I mean that they didn’t set themselves any criteria by which to decide when the war was deemed to be won i.e. in Afghanistan, kill some Talibans (easy), Osama (maybe), reduce the influence of the Taliban (not quite), reduce the drug production (quite the opposite), bring democracy (bullshit)… in Iraq, topple Saddam (easy), rebuild the country (not quite), reduce religious tensions (quite the opposite)…
Barring any clear goals, they could be there till the end of time, more troops or not…
My 2 cents.

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