The U.S. must avoid nation building and overlitigating the war on terror and instead leave behind smoking ruins and crying widows
Jan 10, 2015 08:42:55 #
Retired Lt. Col. and Fox News Strategic Analyst Ralph Peters said that the US must avoid nation building and overlitigating the war on terror and instead leave behind smoking ruins and crying widows on Fridays OReilly Factor on the Fox News Channel.
Peters said the plan for fighting war is one, you accept that you are in a war. Two, you name the enemy: Islamist terrorists. Three, you get the lawyers off the battlefield and out of the targeting cell. You accept there will be collateral damage, and do you not apologize for it, you do not nation build. You dont hold try to hold ground. You go wherever in the world the terrorists are and you k**l them. You do your best to exterminate them, and then you leave, and you leave behind smoking ruins and crying widows. If in five or ten years they reconstitute and you have got to go back, you go back and you do the same thing and you never never never send American troops into a war you dont mean to win. And be as merciless as the enemy, if youre not willing to do that, they will win.
When asked about how to deal with state sponsors of terrorism, he argued we have 2,000 years of recorded history of religious insurgencies, the only thing that has worked in 2,000 years is k*****g them. Now, as far as countries that dont want to play ball, very simple. Pakistan doesnt want to crack down on the Haqqani Network, we tell them we are going to go in and take them out, and if you get in our way, we are going to smack your military down in a war you fight to win, you dont worry about political correctness. The jihadis will do anything to win, and were worried about our table manners.
Peters concluded that while Frances policies have been stupid, they werent to blame for the terrorist attacks inside the country.
Peters said the plan for fighting war is one, you accept that you are in a war. Two, you name the enemy: Islamist terrorists. Three, you get the lawyers off the battlefield and out of the targeting cell. You accept there will be collateral damage, and do you not apologize for it, you do not nation build. You dont hold try to hold ground. You go wherever in the world the terrorists are and you k**l them. You do your best to exterminate them, and then you leave, and you leave behind smoking ruins and crying widows. If in five or ten years they reconstitute and you have got to go back, you go back and you do the same thing and you never never never send American troops into a war you dont mean to win. And be as merciless as the enemy, if youre not willing to do that, they will win.
When asked about how to deal with state sponsors of terrorism, he argued we have 2,000 years of recorded history of religious insurgencies, the only thing that has worked in 2,000 years is k*****g them. Now, as far as countries that dont want to play ball, very simple. Pakistan doesnt want to crack down on the Haqqani Network, we tell them we are going to go in and take them out, and if you get in our way, we are going to smack your military down in a war you fight to win, you dont worry about political correctness. The jihadis will do anything to win, and were worried about our table manners.
Peters concluded that while Frances policies have been stupid, they werent to blame for the terrorist attacks inside the country.
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