Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   How could they? Date:   8/7/2013 9:33:44 AM

A first hand observer of the politicization of the Viet Nam war, GEN Powell once said, “We must never enter a war which we do not intend to win.” We won the Iraq and Afghanistan wars only to squander those victories on costly, misguided, and failed “nation building” programs. Islam understands defeat on the battlefield. It exploits charity, negotiation, and compromise.

How did such a stellar and effective soldier become so gushy as a civilian? Eisenhower did not. John F Kennedy did not. H. W. and George W. Bush did not.

I liked ADM McCain and COL Graham… yet they too, have abdicated their testicles.

In these times, gushy gets people killed. This nation cries out for a confident and principled leader.