ScrappleFace » Bush Orders Iraq Troop Surge to Find Consensus: "The president will reportedly tell the American people that 'the U.S. military is the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen, and therefore I have confidence in their ability to discover a political solution.'"From the rest of this note, I suspect I'm taking Scott "out of context", but I think he's got a good point here whether he meant it or not. At least, it's my observation that there's mnothing like a good military ass-kicking to get a political solution.
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"At least, it's my observation that there's mnothing like a good military ass-kicking to get a political solution."
The historical evidence makes this abundantly clear. Violence is often initially required before the political process can be effective. It is utopian wishful thinking to conclude otherwise.
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