courage

I heard today there were some people ashamed that the guards and witnesses were taunting Saddam when he was being prepared to hang. Many people throughout the US and abroad on the news outlets were blaming part of this on the Iraq government but mainly they said it was the fault of the US. This of course does not surprise me in the least. I wonder what the left and liberals here would truly have us do at this stage of the game. I hear many liberals talking about just getting out now and coming home. I hear nothing about what they think those same enemies we have been fighting will do once we pack our bags and head home. Do they believe they will just dance in the street and sings songs of how they defeated the US? Is there a belief that the main two groups will war between themselves and all the foreign fighters will go home once the US has left? Do we drop off a good size contingency of troops in Afghanistan before we head back? What do we do?

Main complaint from me is this; Why must our strategy be, how do we get out rather than, what do we do to complete this job and give this country back to the Iraqi people? What is so damn hard about gathering the right folks with the right attitude which says lets take this country and do what is necessary to help it stand up for itself. Perhaps it's time to step on a few toes over there and piss off a few folks if that's what it takes. We cannot allow our troops to be told to stand silent while groups are running their hit squads in the dark or even in the light of day. Our troops cannot be told just stand aside and perhaps be killed in the process. I think we have been too damn cautious over there trying not to harm the innocents and by being so careful we have lost way-way, too many people in the process.

The people of this country have got to get their courage back before it is too late. The time may already be at hand when words will not do the job. It will take more, it will take courage to stand up to the turmoil. I'm hoping the UN may come forth with a little more back bone than we have seen in the past. How much good that will be in Iraq I don't know. I know we still have Iran and North Korea on the horizon, and of course we must not forget Syria involved in the midst of all this too. Maybe, just maybe the UN can supply some distraction somewhere in there which may cause one or two of those countries to take heed if only for a brief time. The distraction may allow some good to be done in Iraq if Iran or Syria were being visited by the UN thereby keeping their attention elsewhere. It would be nice to see just don't count on that.