{"id":54795,"date":"2014-08-26T15:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T19:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54795"},"modified":"2014-08-26T15:52:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T19:52:46","slug":"washington-post-learns-to-love-the-iraq-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=54795","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post learns to love the Iraq War"},"content":{"rendered":"

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They’re only eleven years too late, but the Washington Post<\/a> editorial board has decided that we need boots on the ground in Iraq. Isn’t that nice of them? I mean, I wonder what has changed that they decided they can finally get behind the president?<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Mr. Obama was dismissing al-Qaeda offshoots as the junior varsity of terrorism and promising Americans that the tide of war was receding. Now his secretary of state, John F. Kerry, calls the Islamic State an \u201cevil\u201d that must \u201cbe destroyed.\u201d Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says it is \u201cas sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen .?.?. beyond anything that we\u2019ve seen.\u201d Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says it \u201cwill eventually have to be defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n

What would it take to defeat the Islamic State, which continues to rack up military victories in Iraq and Syria, including the capture of another air base Sunday? When Mr. Obama was urged to support the moderate opposition in Syria three years ago, one reason given was that a failure to do so would leave an opening for more radical factions that would eventually spill out of Syria and threaten the region. The longer the president waited, the more the need for action would become obvious \u2014 but the more unappetizing his options would be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, they want boots on the ground suddenly. I could have sworn that we had boots on the ground in Iraq twice before. I remember Easter morning 1991 when I woke up in sight of the Euphrates River not far from Baghdad – I had my boots on the ground, too. Many of you have been there since, too, with your boots firmly on ground. Neither time did we get the support of the Washington Post. Like I said, I wonder what could have changed. But I noticed that they still can’t form the words “war against terror”.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing that the news out of Iraq and Syria are making them feel uncomfortable and you know what that means to Leftists; time “do something, anything”. If it gets American servicemen killed, well, that makes it even better, because it won’t affect anyone they know. Maybe those cuts to the military aren’t looking quite so attractive now.<\/p>\n

On a hilarious note, the commenters on the article are calling the Post editorial board Neo-cons. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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