Myths About Afghanistan
Victor Davis Hanson on whether Afghanistan is really the "graveyard of empires ..."
Based on my discussions with certain Marines, it would appear that there isn’t a Marine at Camp Lejeune who doesn’t want to go to war with the forces of Hezbollah. You remember, don’t you? There is unfinished business with Hezbollah. They were responsible for the deaths of 220 Marines in what would become the worst day for the Marines since Iwo Jima.
Payback was never allowed. Reagan asked for a military plan, but before it could be implemented, the pitiful Caspar Weinberger called it off for fear that it would “hurt” relations between the U.S. and the Arab world. So began the notion of winning a war in the Middle East by winning friends and engaging in talky-talk.
So payback is still waiting. The Marines believe that Israel is currently trying to fight a war that the U.S. Marines should be fighting, and they aren’t even being allowed to do that by the State Department (you know, at the behest of the pitiful Condi?).
So when will payback occur? Why not unleash the U.S. Marines on Hezbollah. Let’s watch payback happen “Marines-style!” The war will be dramatic and over very quickly. And Hezbollah will be no more. Problem gone.
On August 13, 2006 at 3:09 pm, CAM said:
Amen! If only life were that easy (slip Marines into southern Lebanon for two months, then pull them out when they’ve managed to kill every last Hezbollah fighter and sympathizer in southern Lebanon). Maybe the Marines will be finally given their chance via the Shiite fanatic proxy in Iraq (al-Sadr)?