On Fly's Good Side
The president of El Salvador just got one of the highest honors any politician can earn for himself: a thumb's up from me.
This brings me to an important point. A lot of liberal idiots who have absolutely no clue about warfare, military history, or pretty much anything to do with armed conflict have looked at the Iraq War as if it were a repeat of Vietnam. They haven't looked at it that way since the beginning of the terrorist insurgency; they've looked at it that way since before we invaded. They've used phrases like "exit strategy" and "time table". Have you read about any "time tables" or "exit strategies" during the Korean War? World War II? The American Revolution.
The truth, gentle reader, is that there is no such thing as an exit strategy in a successful war. The moment you initiate an exit strategy, you acknowledge that you are unable to complete your objectives, you are unable to successfully achieve victory, and you must pull your forces out. Iraq is not a failure, and people like President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld understand that. Career politicians like Senator Kennedy, Senator Kerry, and individuals of their ilk don't.
Do you honestly think that Ted Kennedy sees Iraq as a crucial mission, integral to America's fight against terrorism? Of course he doesn't. He sees it as a political issue that he can attempt to use against his rivals. This "progressive" is only interested in maintaining the status quo, and continuing a campaign against people who are trying to kill us doesn't help to maintain a status quo.
President Saca of El Salvador understands the issue, and he's not afraid to say it, even in France: you don't quit until you've finished what you started. Kudos to him.
PARIS, France (AP) -- The president of the only Latin American country with troops in Iraq said Friday he will not pull them out until democracy is in place there.
"Why should we leave Iraq now when the basic conditions have not been met?" El Salvador's president, Tony Saca, said in an interview with The Associated Press in Paris, where he met with President Jacques Chirac at the end of a three-nation European tour.
Saca said a president, a constitution and a public police force need to be in place in Iraq before his troops will leave.
"I believe that what we begin, we have to finish correctly," Saca said.
This brings me to an important point. A lot of liberal idiots who have absolutely no clue about warfare, military history, or pretty much anything to do with armed conflict have looked at the Iraq War as if it were a repeat of Vietnam. They haven't looked at it that way since the beginning of the terrorist insurgency; they've looked at it that way since before we invaded. They've used phrases like "exit strategy" and "time table". Have you read about any "time tables" or "exit strategies" during the Korean War? World War II? The American Revolution.
The truth, gentle reader, is that there is no such thing as an exit strategy in a successful war. The moment you initiate an exit strategy, you acknowledge that you are unable to complete your objectives, you are unable to successfully achieve victory, and you must pull your forces out. Iraq is not a failure, and people like President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld understand that. Career politicians like Senator Kennedy, Senator Kerry, and individuals of their ilk don't.
Do you honestly think that Ted Kennedy sees Iraq as a crucial mission, integral to America's fight against terrorism? Of course he doesn't. He sees it as a political issue that he can attempt to use against his rivals. This "progressive" is only interested in maintaining the status quo, and continuing a campaign against people who are trying to kill us doesn't help to maintain a status quo.
President Saca of El Salvador understands the issue, and he's not afraid to say it, even in France: you don't quit until you've finished what you started. Kudos to him.
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