Comments on: Hating the War While Loving the Warriors http://www.bloggernews.net/15560 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:10:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Alleen http://www.bloggernews.net/15560#comment-8535 Alleen Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:33:02 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15560#comment-8535 When you say, "when you have an enemy...the very LAST thing you want to do is show weakness" You say that as if we had an identifiable "enemy" in this fight. When the cops show up at a domestic disturbance -- who is their enemy? You just never know until one of the party gets violent towards the cop. And I don't know what war college education tells you that setting deadlines shows weakness. Or that showing weakness is any worse than behaving like suicidal sitting ducks that aggravate the violence? I suspect that's a "gut feeling" on your part. In which case you're buying into the rhetoric being pitched by the war defenders. Your characterization of the so-called enemy seems very simplistic and knee-jerk. I know you're smarter than that. Give this some more careful thought. When you say, “when you have an enemy…the very LAST thing you want to do is show weakness”

You say that as if we had an identifiable “enemy” in this fight. When the cops show up at a domestic disturbance — who is their enemy? You just never know until one of the party gets violent towards the cop.

And I don’t know what war college education tells you that setting deadlines shows weakness. Or that showing weakness is any worse than behaving like suicidal sitting ducks that aggravate the violence? I suspect that’s a “gut feeling” on your part. In which case you’re buying into the rhetoric being pitched by the war defenders. Your characterization of the so-called enemy seems very simplistic and knee-jerk.

I know you’re smarter than that. Give this some more careful thought.

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