"The war drums are beating on the horizon. Nobody wants war, but if war is coming, we need to be ready for it. It is time to show that we have walked softly and carried a big stick long enough. Time to use that big stick."
Before the great battle of the first Gulf War, General Colin Powell is rumored to have said, "I don't like a fair fight. I like to go into battle with overwhelming odds." I put that quote right up there with the George Patton quote, "I don't want any of you men dying for your country. I want you to make the other son of a bitch die for his country." With both of these quotes, I saw leadership. In today's environment, too many of our "leaders" would ask for equity - where both sides ended up equal.
News flash: The United States has more aircraft carriers (11), than all other countries combined. In fact, it is a federal law that we have that many. Why? Because we need to have enough platforms at the ready where we can fight two wars at once - and win. If the truth be known, the eleven carriers only amount to three carriers on site. The remaining carriers are being upgraded or retrofitted or repaired. But three carriers give this nation overwhelming force.
Yesterday, we gave the Iranian proxies a little prick, a mosquito bite so to speak, to pay them back for forty-two attacks on our forces and the loss of one of our surveillance drones. Big flipping deal. We know where all these dirtbags are hiding. Rather than just a little prick, I would have hit them with a hammer. Make them feel it. Make it so bad, they would think twice about any more incursions which involved us. But our leadership is cut from the cloth of the Obama/Biden "lead from behind" diplomacy. Don't make the other side mad - just write them an angry letter. Horsefeathers! Use our force! Show them the backside of our hand!
War in coming. More and more people are now saying it. We have war-gamed Iran ever since the mid-seventies. We know how they tick. We know how they operate. They are bad actors, and most in the region know so. Who does not think they are bad actors? Other bad actors, like Russia, China, and North Korea.
One of my favorite lines from the movie The Godfather, was when Mike Corleone said it was time to "take care of all family business". I have a feeling we too, are approaching that time. Rather than the Obama/Biden/Nevil Chamberlain way of handing bad guys, it might be time to show our stuff. The next time an Iranian proxy misbehaves, smack him so hard, it will sting for a long time. Being a nice guy does not work with these people. Just like a three-day pause will not work with these people.
The war drums are beating on the horizon. Nobody wants war, but if war is coming, we need to be ready for it. It is time to show that we have walked softly and carried a big stick long enough. Time to use that big stick. The world's most lethal ship (the Gerald Ford) is on station off the coast of Israel. Time to use some of that lethality. And by the way, the Ike is in the region also. Enough said.
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