My first diary essay here. What a cop-out I am: I’ve nothing
worthy to say, to write. Rather, it seems fitting and proper that
on the 5th Anniversary (beating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan “only”
took — from an American perspective — 4 – 4 1/2 years, btw) I offer what
one of my countrymen said, rather succinctly, regarding what the U.S.
policy and practice should be, when warring on another nation:
“Soldiers must understand why we’re going. The force must be strong enough so that the mission can be accomplished. And the exit strategy needs to be well-defined. I’m concerned that we’re overdeployed around the world. See, I think the mission has somewhat become fuzzy. Should I be fortunate enough to earn your confidence, the mission of the United States military will be [ blah, blah, blah. . . .].”
George W. Bush
October 17, 2000
I just really don’t think I have anything to add. If I’ve violated a rule here, I hope that, being new to Docudharma, I will be forgiven by the “oldsters” here.
Mu . . .