Political Catch Phrases

Over the last few years the arguments have been all the same when trying to downplay the current government. Phrases like " Lack of accountability," "lack of competency", and " lack of ability" have become political catch phrases. No doubt wrongs have been done in this government and they will be done again without question. The problem is everyone is so concerned with making everyone happy they end up making no one happy. Instead fighting a war with just enough troops to get by and only keeping enough troops there to maintain the surge we should have committed so much of our force that it would have overwhelmed any opposition to the point where we can control and neutralize the situation. Had this government gone through the proper steps and actually declared war on Iraq/Afghanistan we could have contributed the proper amount of force to these regions and suppressed any resistance we might in counter. Instead we have troops who are being overwhelmed by rebels with hand guns. We are treating this war like it is one we can simple quell with our ability to fight when we should be using the size of our force to smash the opposition. The inability for our government to agree and completely commit to this conflict has given our enemies hope, it has given them confidence, and it has given them a reason to fight. Much like Vietnam we are facing an enemy that believes they are fighting for their homeland, we are fighting for our beliefs and convictions that democracy is a gift we must share with the world. Only time will tell who is more willing to fight for what they believe in, but unless we are willing to accept that we can't simply scare these men into submitting their way of life. this will not suffice we are facing an enemy that is too convinced in their beliefs.