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Ann understands what it takes to win. Bringing boatloads of woe and misery to the enemy. As ugly as that is on the 24 hour news networks that is the only way. She is making the same points I have made over and over again, none of this is a mystery . Though our political class seems mystified even going so far as demanding an exit strategy and a definition of victory. Here is my exit strategy and my definition of victory, when the enemy begs me to leave victory is at hand. Then I will set my terms and if he accepts I will leave a garrison in his home to insure comnpliance. Viola victory .

Liberals are like people with stale breath talking into your face at a party. You try backing away from them or offering them gum, but then they just start whimpering. They’ve been using the exact same talking points about how we’re losing in Iraq since before we invaded.

It seems they’ve finally succeeded in exhausting Americans and, thereby, handing a victory to al-Qaida.

Further down…

The weakest members of the herd are rapidly capitulating, trying to preserve a modicum of honor by prattling about how if their plans had been implemented, Iraq would be in tip-top shape and our troops would be home for Christmas.

Well, if my plans had been implemented, the anti-war crowd would be weeping about Iraqi civilian deaths so much they wouldn’t have time to pretend they gave a damn about the loss of American lives.

But the plans that were implemented have deposed a monster, put him on trial — which resulted in his conviction and death sentence — killed rape hobbyists Uday and Qusay, presided over three democratic elections, killed al-Zarqawi and scores of other al-Qaida leaders fighting Americans in Iraq, and kept the U.S. safe from Islamic terrorist attacks for five years now. The least I can do is not capitulate to the left’s endless nagging.

There is truth to that statement that even I should pay some attention to since I too am a critic of the prosecution of the battle of Iraq. No doubt that we have accomplished a lot. On the other hand, consider if your 10 story apartment house is on fire. You have accomplished a lot if you extinquish the first 3 floors. But you still have a fire and you still are in danger of losing the building. Exactly so with our war against that 7th Century Religion whose name we cannot mention except to declare it the Religon of Peace. We have extinguished a few floors but the ones marked Iran and Syria are still raging. If we walk away from the building declaring victory surely the entire building will come down around our heads.

Remember Victory is defined like this, from myIdiots Guide to Victory.

 

That sort of event concentrates the mind. After seeing that cloud and the destruction and death left behind do you believe the Japanese had any idea that they could prevail? No doubt the destructiveness of the weapon was the primary reason the Japanese surrendered but can there be any doubt that the fact we were willing to use such a weapon spoke to them in no uncertain terms what we were willing to do to win? Our will to win was such that they understood they could not withstand it. Nagasaki was a tangible “signal” not a signal that had to be explained to the enemy and it was also an attempt to build consensus…but consensus on our terms. You surrender, we win, you lose, we come in and run your government until we are sure you can play nice with the rest of us. Victory. Didn’t need anyone to argue about whether it was a victory or not. It was clear.

Source: RedStatesUSA.com - The Majority, Silent No Longer

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