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Originally Posted by 3SoldierDad
If we REALLY get hurt - I mean WMD hits us or where tens of thousands die and everyone feels threatened for their welfare....
Our system is perfect for fighting a war... A war of, for, and by the people can be fought brilliantly. Indeed, I think the day will come when it will be.
Our system is perfect for fighting a REAL war... Problem is folks don't recognize that they are in a war - a real war, yet.
YET!
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I am pragmatist, regardless of what we call it, Your last sentence defines the problem. We can discuss the meaning of which word correctly describes the conflict but we are ultimately faced with the grim reality of our political system. As TR stated, "......as the will of the American people is always the Center of Gravity for us."
Which means regardless of how we define it, it is our collective view as American People that will define the situation. The "Culture of Defeat" which effectively cause the US to give South Viet-Nam to the communist is a prime example of this. In 1969, we lost over 16,000 Americans to that war. That cost did not motivate our political system to unity but rather seeing the Military victory in RVN as a loss. We are facing the same mechanism here at home today, that was employed in during the Viet-Nam war.
Even at the height of the Civil War, President Lincoln had to deal with McClellan and the copper heads in the North to keep up the fight and maintaining the Union. I can not think of a more sober time in our history when unity was paramount.