18 years after the war began, Trump appears to be looking for an out that doesn't include winning. If we've spent 18 years fighting and haven't won, then maybe we should just quit. Throw in the towel. Have a meeting with the Taliban and threaten them with furious retaliation if they start hosting al Qaeda again. Oh, that'll work just great.
Like his predecessors, Trump is unwilling to identify the enemy. If you can't say what you are fighting, you can't win. We've been fighting symptoms - Islamic terrorists - for years but haven't even thought to address the disease: Islam. Islam is not a religion of peace. Read a biography of Muhammad and there is no way you can view him as a peacemaker. He was a warlord and conqueror. The religion he founded calls for the subjugation of all non-Muslims and views martyrdom - death in the cause of Islam - as the most praiseworthy thing a Muslim can do. Is it any wonder so many are willing to blow themselves up or fly planes into buildings? This isn't some crazy misinterpretation. This is the religion.
The only way to win is to wipe out Islam. That is an impossibility in the world today. The West cannot do that. In fact, the West is happily allowing Islam to migrate and takeover. Charles Martel stopped the invasion of the Muslims into France but modern French leaders are inviting them in and paying welfare to have them. This will not end well.
I said Trump's new plan wouldn't work and it hasn't. Like his predecessors, he will not do what it would take to win. The argument used to be that we fight over there so they don't show up here. Well, they are showing up here because we've rolled out the red carpet to show how tolerant we are. Fighting there just creates pressure for them to migrate to the West (see Syria).
"There is no substitute for victory." Douglas MacArthur
Is it time to admit that we lost? Is it time to cut and run? So it seems. But maybe we can spin it to look like a win. Or at least a tie!
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