Leon Panetta, former director of the CIA and secretary of defense, says that defeating our enemies in the Middle East and North Africa is going to take a long time. How long? I think we’re looking at kind of a thirty-year war, Panetta predicts. Whether the United States will be involved in this war for thirty years is an open question. But the notion that such a lengthy war is necessary is nonsense. America has astoundingly sophisticated weaponry—combat drones, nuclear submarines, satellite surveillance, aircraft carriers, stealth bombers, GPS-guided missiles, bunker busters, thermobaric bombs, and so on. We have the most intelligent, best trained, most competent soldiers and special operations forces on the planet. We can eliminate large cities in a matter of seconds. We can take over large countries in a matter of weeks if not days. We can bring any enemy to its knees in short order—if we so choose. So why accept a thirty-year war? Why accept even a thirty-week war?... https://theobjectivestandard/2014/10/thirty-year-war-americans-will/
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 11:03:47 +0000