Source: CNN
Author: William Bennett
In his first inaugural address in 1953, newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower told the American people, “History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose.” This was a fitting and powerful response to the popular noninterventionism current of the 1950s from a five-star general who knew how to win a war.
The first and most important job of the president is to be commander in chief. Eisenhower knew that, as so did many of our great presidents. Today, we are in danger of losing that founding virtue.
President Obama’s decision to order a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of the year will most likely lead to disaster. He greatly risks losing a country in which we have invested so much time, resources and, most importantly, human life. And he risks losing it to Iran, the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism and our primary enemy in a serious Middle East proxy war.
Categories: Iraq, Middle East, United States, War
Nice thoughts on the withdrawal plan from Iraq but a long shot and a misfit of Gen. Eisenhower believed and not certainly not applicable to the deplorable Iraq situation.
Withdrawal from is long past due and there is no convincing evidence that it will lead us – US – into any disaster. War or continued war whether over or by occupation is not the answer to peace. Peace must and can be achieved without.
The Iraq war was absolutely and unnecessary and funded on “cooked” evidence. We had no business being there and there is no legitimate reason to be there to the determent of our dwindling economy. Withdrawal from all so called war situations is a MUST and immediate.