Stupid, Stupid, Stupid War
The war in Iraq is stupid. From the very first thought of it the war has been stupid. After four years, thousands of lives and billions of dollars it continues to be stupid from any angle it is viewed. No amount of money, no number of soldiers sent to the front lines and no number of speeches by the president will change the basic fact that every act from its planning through its latest surges the war has been a big, stupid blunder that should have never happened.
The West Point cadet with the lowest graduating score would know better how to plan and execute a war, and would know better than to choose this as the war to fight. He would be better able to view the intelligence and sort out the significant data from the false and manufactured rubbish used to justify invading Iraq. He would be too smart, and too honest, to tell the American people lies to explain why our nation should start a war against a small nation that represented no military threat to us or to our friends.
If we had a president who was only as smart as the poorest scoring West Point graduate and he proposed a war like the Iraq war it would be expected that he would have people in his Cabinet who would advise him to be cautious about such an adventure. They would surely ask him to consult with people in the Pentagon who have studied the history of warfare and who know how to evaluate military challenges to our nation and how to conduct a necessary war to a successful conclusion.
The least qualified member of the cabinet, whose only justification for being selected to for the position was his voting record and party loyalty, would be expected to caution the President to become acquainted with the leaders and the general population of a nation prior to setting out to conquer it. He would also warn the president that if he is hoping to reorganize that nation’s government and economy he should have a plan for doing so. In addition, there should be a plan for getting our soldiers out of the country as soon as the reorganization is completed..
If the president were not smart enough to think of it himself at least one cabinet member could be expected to ask if we have a sufficient number of trained and equipped military personnel and enough supplies ready to fight and win the war as well as the machinery to deliver those men and equipment to the places they need to be at times they need to be there.
Long before beginning the war the President would be expected to inform the people of all of the significant facts regarding the necessity of the war in language they would understand. He would tell them of the attempts he had made to correct the problems with the offending nation and why those attempts failed
At this juncture we must face our assertion that everything associated with the war in Iraq is stupid. Supporting this assertion is the great volume of data regarding the war which has been reported in the newspapers, books and magazines and the radio and television reports which continually flood our homes. Agreeing that much of the news
has been prejudiced one way or the other, we must assert that the most favorable reports still reveal a war so poorly planned and executed that most of the countries that had been our friends and allies disagree with us as to the necessity and wisdom of waging this war in Iraq..
Viewing the current status of this war reminds us of our duty to exercise our rights on election-day to choose leaders with character, intelligence and education sufficient to keep us out of unnecessary wars. We and our descendants will be paying the monetary cost of the stupid war in Iraq for several generations. Damages to the bodies, minds and spirits of our service personnel cannot be accurately measured or compensated. We will always owe them for the inconveniences, loss of opportunities and other sacrifices suffered by these people and their families. The lives lost and the consequent suffering by their families have values beyond measure which can never be justified or compensated.
Our nation, including the returning service personnel, will never be able to able to describe this was as a “good” or “just” war. Even though our service personnel did their duty, oftentimes without adequate equipment and support, they will never be able to experience the great feeling of pride that results from succeeding in a noble cause. They will have been cheated by their leaders.
We, as individuals and as a nation simply must stay alert and diligent to see that such a war never happens again
Jerry Clements August 22, 2007
The West Point cadet with the lowest graduating score would know better how to plan and execute a war, and would know better than to choose this as the war to fight. He would be better able to view the intelligence and sort out the significant data from the false and manufactured rubbish used to justify invading Iraq. He would be too smart, and too honest, to tell the American people lies to explain why our nation should start a war against a small nation that represented no military threat to us or to our friends.
If we had a president who was only as smart as the poorest scoring West Point graduate and he proposed a war like the Iraq war it would be expected that he would have people in his Cabinet who would advise him to be cautious about such an adventure. They would surely ask him to consult with people in the Pentagon who have studied the history of warfare and who know how to evaluate military challenges to our nation and how to conduct a necessary war to a successful conclusion.
The least qualified member of the cabinet, whose only justification for being selected to for the position was his voting record and party loyalty, would be expected to caution the President to become acquainted with the leaders and the general population of a nation prior to setting out to conquer it. He would also warn the president that if he is hoping to reorganize that nation’s government and economy he should have a plan for doing so. In addition, there should be a plan for getting our soldiers out of the country as soon as the reorganization is completed..
If the president were not smart enough to think of it himself at least one cabinet member could be expected to ask if we have a sufficient number of trained and equipped military personnel and enough supplies ready to fight and win the war as well as the machinery to deliver those men and equipment to the places they need to be at times they need to be there.
Long before beginning the war the President would be expected to inform the people of all of the significant facts regarding the necessity of the war in language they would understand. He would tell them of the attempts he had made to correct the problems with the offending nation and why those attempts failed
At this juncture we must face our assertion that everything associated with the war in Iraq is stupid. Supporting this assertion is the great volume of data regarding the war which has been reported in the newspapers, books and magazines and the radio and television reports which continually flood our homes. Agreeing that much of the news
has been prejudiced one way or the other, we must assert that the most favorable reports still reveal a war so poorly planned and executed that most of the countries that had been our friends and allies disagree with us as to the necessity and wisdom of waging this war in Iraq..
Viewing the current status of this war reminds us of our duty to exercise our rights on election-day to choose leaders with character, intelligence and education sufficient to keep us out of unnecessary wars. We and our descendants will be paying the monetary cost of the stupid war in Iraq for several generations. Damages to the bodies, minds and spirits of our service personnel cannot be accurately measured or compensated. We will always owe them for the inconveniences, loss of opportunities and other sacrifices suffered by these people and their families. The lives lost and the consequent suffering by their families have values beyond measure which can never be justified or compensated.
Our nation, including the returning service personnel, will never be able to able to describe this was as a “good” or “just” war. Even though our service personnel did their duty, oftentimes without adequate equipment and support, they will never be able to experience the great feeling of pride that results from succeeding in a noble cause. They will have been cheated by their leaders.
We, as individuals and as a nation simply must stay alert and diligent to see that such a war never happens again
Jerry Clements August 22, 2007
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