The
slogan, “War never solved anything,” and the hidden agenda behind the slogan,
need to be clear to everyone. Democrats
need those big bucks for domestic spending to buy votes. Military
spending is easier to cut if the military looks ineffective. So Democrats
adopt policies that limit air strike targeting, and rules of engagement
generally, that render US military force ineffective. At that point,
Democrats argue that "war never solved anything," so we might as well
spend the money domestically.
The problem right now is the same problem we had in
Vietnam. Since World War II, Democrats seem to intentionally mess up running
wars. They try half measures that prolong the conflict until everybody wants to
give up and go home. Democrats' motivation is to increase domestic spending
over the long term. If military efforts are seen as ineffectual, it's easier to
cut military budgets and use the money to buy votes domestically. Lyndon Johnson
prolonged the Vietnam War by refusing to use US air power to shut down North
Vietnam's seaports. Barack Obama is prolonging the ISIS conflict by also
refusing to use US air power effectively. Obama has refused to hit oil
production, transportation targets and infrastructure targets that are crucial
to ISIS funding and operations. ISIS makes a million dollars a day selling oil.
ISIS is moving men and supplies over open desert highways. ISIS has vehicle
maintenance and bomb factories in civilian neighborhoods the US refuses to
destroy.
War
actually does solve problems very well. War
solved the world's Hitler problem. War solved the Imperial Japan problem.
Through history, war solved the American Colonies' British problem, as
well as Rome's Carthage problem. War is the only solution to the ISIS problem.
The slogan is absurd. The only
reason for it is to excuse poor military performance followed by budgets which
shift spending to domestic investments in crony capitalism and programs encouraging
government dependence. If you're dependent on the government, you have to
vote for the Democrats, or the gravy train is over. Quite easily done.