WHEN IS A WAR OVER

Is any time the right time to walk away from a war? Americans are confused. If the idea is to pursue complete annihilation of the enemy that would be the end point. Complete annihilation is not humane nor is it practical. Victory is when the enemy can no longer defend it self or threaten others. The American withdrawal from Viet Nam was a disgrace. We had the ability to render the enemy helpless and declare victory. Instead, we allowed political correctness to prevail and the focus on Victory was lost. Our military forces did not lose the Viet Nam war. American far left liberal politicians did. Now we are engaged with another enemy in Iraq. Since it began our enemy has changed from an organized military directed by a criminal regime, to an unorganized, non-military collection of demented religious individuals who perform terrorism based atrocities in the name of Islam. We have learned to our horror that these religious murderers have no rules, no humanitarian feelings, no conscience and no shame. They are waging a war of terrorism directed at the entire non-Muslim world, and operate without a definable structure other than the banner of Islam. They will be defeated. The world will adjust to this despicable new menace and learn to answer their tactics.

America, Britain, Australia and the other allies have won the war in Iraq. The enemy there is no longer a threat, the criminal regime is no longer in power, and the brutal dictator is dead. Acts of terror continue. Terrorism has yet to be defeated. This threat is more of a guerrilla type war and requires that our military forces adjust to new defensive and offensive tactics. If America and it's allies pull out of Iraq before it establishes a government that can deal with the terrorism within, the Iraqi people will continue to suffer. America may be able to claim victory in the original war, but it can not claim Victory in the war on terrorism. END