I know there will be many that disagree with this article but look at where it’s published and read the credentials of the author before you criticize ME for posting it…

There appears to be a rapidly growing number of retired military officers that are in complete agreement regarding the unbelievable manner in which the Iraqi debacle has been conducted and the way it has digressed of late, and it appears that many of these officers are voicing the same opinions that I have been speaking for months, enjoy this one, it’s a good read from a good writer…

Being the Target

Jeff Huber - May 10, 2007

During a recent Fox News interview, right-wing pundit Dick Morris made one of the most insane pro-Iraq war arguments I’ve heard to date. His statement was so chockfull o’ nuts that we need to analyze it in two parts. First:

I think that withdrawal from Iraq-it obviously gives al Qaeda a huge victory. Huge victory. On the other hand, if we stay in Iraq, it gives them the opportunity to kill more Americans, which they really like.

Gee, Dick. Do you think that if their goal is to kill Americans, giving them a convenient opportunity to do so might in fact be handing them a huge victory? And would a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq not then defeat them by depriving them from their objective?

Based on the second part of his statement, Morris apparently thinks his arguments make perfect sense.

One of the things, though, that I think the antiwar crowd has not considered is that, if we’re putting the Americans right within their arms’ reach, they don’t have to come to Wall Street to kill Americans. They don’t have to knock down the trade center. They can do it around the corner, and convenience is a big factor when you’re a terrorist.

It’s good strategy to make killing Americans convenient? They won’t bother to come to America to kill Americans if they can kill the ones next door? I’d love to hear what Clausewitz and Sun Tzu would have to say about that kind of warfare philosophizing.

Let’s get something straight. The “fighting them over there so we won’t have to fight them over here” and “they will follow us here” mantras are a hay wagon’s worth of horse digestion. “They” can’t follow us here in significant numbers. They can’t hide themselves in our troops’ luggage. They don’t have a navy or air force that can haul them across the ocean, and it’s too far for them to swim or jump. They might manage to dribble across our borders in small numbers the way the 9/11 hijackers did, but nothing we’re doing in Iraq is keeping that from happening. That sort of thing is a Homeland Security problem, not a military one.

By staying in Iraq, we’re playing into “their” game plan, and it’s neoconservative echo Chamberlains like Mr. Morris who help ensure that we continue to do so.

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Being the Target