Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues The Obama Administration President Obama's military policies

But the difference is that Obama is attempting to use EFFICIENCY.
He wants bang for the buck.
If we have to fight a war I want not just peace, but I also want the enemy to SURRENDER and admit DEFEAT.
Call me old fashioned but I like my wars with whitewall tires and
Glenn Miller. I certainly appreciate it when modern technology makes it count more, but I don't dig the modern attitudes or philosophies. The military has a job.
It ain't building nations, restoring services, sharing democracy or any of that crap.
It's killing people and breaking things until the enemy screams "UNCLE".

If that means predator drones then so be it.
Giant flying cans of RAID buzzing around in the sky, giving Taliban and AQ operatives nervous breakdowns.
There will be innocent loss of life, there will be innocent blood shed. The object is to be honest about the ratio and by that I mean the ratio of enemy to innocent and the comparative innocent stats of the various weapons and campaigns employed.

If the drones prove to kill less innocents overall compared to everything else then we've done our best, especially if they are bringing in big kill numbers in the ENEMY column.

And last but not least, when the enemy preaches against modern values and the curse of the infidel then GODDAMIT what in hell is our business community doing cozying up and trading with them for? They want the 7th century? The whole goddam world should make it their mission to do everything in its power to force them to put their money where their mouth is, and we will just have to figure out a way to get along without whatever it is they have.

It AINT WORTH IT.
That way, we don't find ourselves in a constant state of war with these morons.
Defense industry dont like that? Tough titty.
Make sewing machines instead.