America Can Take It

The 1991 Gulf War was the most remarkable feat of arms in recent times. The so called “Powell Doctrine” now suggested only when we have enough troops and weapons, along with public support, could America fight and win. And as long as there were little or no casualties we could count on that public support. The murder of US Rangers in Somalia 2 years later seemed to prove America would not accept casualties of any kind. Later, the war in Kosovo became strictly an air war.
The mass slaughter of US citizens on US soil in 2001 changed all this. Along with a determined President, Americans at home have steeled themselves to any sacrifice to avenge the attacks of 9/11. While the deaths of 1000+ soldiers in Iraq are regrettable, our troops there seem to think it justified. I have personally spoken to these brave young men and women, who seem eager to fight and die for freedom as others have done in the past. They seem more concerned about what people at home are saying about their mission than the hazards of that mission. Whether faced with loss of life or limb this new “Greatest Generation” is determined to win, and return hopefully to a better world.