tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post110354924863855478..comments2023-12-25T03:12:03.872-05:00Comments on Hootsbuddy's Place: Blogroll tweakHootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108363655472450828noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1104066175185233902004-12-26T08:02:00.000-05:002004-12-26T08:02:00.000-05:00Re: the Japanese.
I was thinking particularly of ...Re: the Japanese.<br /><br />I was thinking particularly of the Japanese attack on the supply ships and jeep carriers in the battle for the Phillipines. The Japanese were just about assured victory had they pressed on. An hour or less separated victory from defeat. They were defeated because they declined to pay the price of that hour.<br /><br />Or consider our Civil War where the cry "We're Billy Sherman's bummers, you'd better git" was enough to chase the Confederates from the field.<br /><br />Let us be Billy Sherman's bummers.<br /><br />A word to the fascists - "you'd better git".M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1104065167289130082004-12-26T07:46:00.000-05:002004-12-26T07:46:00.000-05:00I have removed "A Star from Mosul" from my blog ro...I have removed "A Star from Mosul" from my blog roll.<br /><br />I have replaced it with "The Iraq Files".<br /><br />As in all wars this one will be decided in people's minds. The moral as Clauzwitz put it. The fighting - important as it is - is just a side show. A very deadly side show. <br /><br />The purpose of the "side show" is to give different ideas a chance to grow. Weeding the garden if you will. <br /><br />Keep weeding guys. The bad ideas and the men behind them will fade in time. The worst time is when every thing balances. That is the time of maximum pressure. I think we need to avoid the #1 mistake of the Japanese in WW2. And the American mistake in 'Nam. Giving up when victory is near because to gain that victory is going to take some more serious hurting.<br /><br />You see it in the American press a lot these days. I get it in my e-mails. "Since Iraq is lost....". Victory is near. We are at the time of peak hurt. These are the times that try men's souls. <br /><br />My prayers are with you all. You will prevail. For our sake and even more so for the sake of our enemies. Because, even if they gain the control they want they must always live in fear. Who will guard their backside? Who's support is real? Who is just mouthing the words?M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1103877397510045672004-12-24T03:36:00.000-05:002004-12-24T03:36:00.000-05:00Thanks for adding Iraq Files to your links. I'm a ...Thanks for adding Iraq Files to your links. I'm a soldier currently serving in the Middle East. My girlfriend and I run Iraq Files, and I add posts to my blog at www.stevenkiel.blogspot.com.<br /><br />I've asked my girlfriend to add 2slick to our links as well. Thanks for the heads up. I've just starting looking at the Star from Mosul controversy and will be reading more of her posts soon. Thanks for discussing the controversy.<br /><br />Steve<br />slkiel@aol.comStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13909130332094340404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1103727526348542852004-12-22T09:58:00.000-05:002004-12-22T09:58:00.000-05:00Why take her link off your site? She is just a kid...Why take her link off your site? She is just a kid, is it not important that we see the effect that this war is having on the generation that in the long term it will affect most?<br /><br />Every day on the news we see the fiscal damage, lives lost but we rarely get a chance to see the effect war has on the mind of an individual. In this case it is a teenager going through what will be the times that define her life.<br /><br />If ever there was proof that war only creates confusion, fear and misunderstanding Najmas story is a perfect example.<br /><br />It seems 2Slick is only willing to link to pages which share or confirm his point of view.<br /><br />She is just a child, growing up in war. I think it's important to see what happens as things develop rather than to have a knee jerk reaction the moment she voices an opinion that people don't agree with.That Mash Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569586702257402565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1103646654464931012004-12-21T11:30:00.000-05:002004-12-21T11:30:00.000-05:00What a heart-wrenching, sightful blog entry! Thank...What a heart-wrenching, sightful blog entry! Thank you.Deborah Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681456264047358861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129944.post-1103634353361869002004-12-21T08:05:00.000-05:002004-12-21T08:05:00.000-05:00Capt. 2slick is currently in Kuwait , perhaps the ...Capt. 2slick is currently in <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2F2slick.blogspot.com%2F2004%2F12%2Frumsfelds-visit.html">Kuwait</A> , perhaps the reason for the ommission. He has done tours in Iraq, even handing out <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2F2slick.blogspot.com%2F2004%2F11%2Fwhats-next-for-fallujah.html">cash</A>.AtMillCreekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04822626102778337590noreply@blogger.com