Reply #22: I second your emotion

[davekriss]

I was just about to post the same. "Welfare queens" my ass! General Batiste is as deluded as any other of his violent right-wing ilk.

"I am all for a strong military and setting the conditions for success. America goes to war to win. I am not anti-war and am committed to winning the struggle against world-wide Islamic extremism."

In other words he has no problem with the illegal and immoral invasion of another country THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ISLAMIC EXTREMISM if planners simply better arranged for "success". I guess Mr. Batiste would be OK, too, if we invaded New Jersey to rid the world of "Islamic extremism" as long as the residents of Jersey City then welcomed him with flowers and praise. Mr. Batiste would blindly follow his Fuhrer as long as the Fuhrer set the conditions for "success".

"...we commit our military only when absolutely necessary."

O sure, Mr. Batiste. Our military needed to invade Panama to rid the world of that dangerous Islamic extremist Noriega; Grenada, too, was necessary -- what would we do without those medical students? And of course our troops protecting the Canon Limo oil pipeline in Columbia are there only because it is "absolutely necessary". General Batiste, let me introduce you to General Smedly Butler.

While I welcome all voices that speak against this war, this one is hard to take.