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September 19, 2004

It's A War, Stupid

It's the "United States Army," not the "United States One Giant Tea Party, And Who Brought the S'Mores?"

Monica has more thoughts here.

Now, that little clarification aside, some interesting points are raised in the first link:

• Are our troops receiving proper training for the roles they will be assigned once they reach their destination?

• Can we win a war against an enemy that doesn't value human lives, especially their own? Sun Tzu might say not.

• Prayer is completely ineffectual. But we knew that. 'Cause, you see, God doesn't exist.

• Do our armed forces use colorful tale-telling to meet their recruitment numbers? We can say "caveat emptor," but I also like the phrase "full disclosure." Of course, if you don't realize that a group called the "Army" might go to a thing called "war," then - well - you're clearly a little slow on the uptake.

In closing, we do need to support our troops. Despite all of her misgivings about the war, Mrs. Niederer has it right:

One thing that's very important is to make sure that we keep up the morale of our troopswriting letters, sending necessities they need--deodorant, soup, food, candy The minute you lose [morale], boy these guys are going to get hurt. [You] have to support out troops. Their lives are on the line. I want them to come home to a country that considers them heroes.

Some of us already do, Mrs. Niederer.

Some of us already do.