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Please Mr. President, hear me out. It’s Tuesday January 20th, 2009 as I write this article, and I am watching history being made as we swear in our first black president. As I look back on my last 67 years of experience, I cannot remember a more historic time in our lives. Not only the first black president, but the fact that we are mired in the deepest recession of my life, and involved in four wars at the same time. Yes I said four, we have the Afghanistan front, the Iraqi front, the war on drugs and the war against terror. It only took one war to bring our economy back in 1941, but we live now in different times. It’s not proper for us to go all out for victory in any of these wars, just fight one battle at a time. It’s important to stay politically correct in all we do. If we had attacked the war on drugs with gusto, we would have closed our sieve of a border long ago, but alas that would have upset our neighbors to the south. If we would have attacked the war on terror with the same tenacity as we did WWII, Osama would be in custody or dead as would his organization, but alas we would have upset our Arab friends. If we would have gone into the mountains of Pakistan and routed the Taliban in the beginning Afghanistan would be prosperous and free by now. If we would have finished the first war over Iraqi expansionism into Kuwait, we wouldn’t have this protracted life sentence that we do in Iraq now.

Now I know it’s easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, but these lessons have been available to us for years, at least since Korea and Viet Nam. Our government has constantly tried to be the good guy and fight our battles with political correctness in mind, instead of with victory in our hearts. I don’t for see any change soon, but if this president wants to be successful in any of these fronts he must consider victory as an option.

What’s the solution to these problems? Heck if I knew that, I would be president, but there are some obvious ideas:

1. Seriously close our border to the south. Use regular troops if necessary but get rid of the army of criminals pouring across the border with their supply of drugs. I don’t mean to keep legal business from coming across the border, I just mean check every person, bag, box and truck completely and know that they have legal business in the United States. Anyone coming across illegally in an area that does not have a legal checkpoint is up to no good and should answer to our military.

2. The Tribal region of Afghanistan has been the breeding ground for the Taliban movement since time began. We have been afraid to upset our Pakistani allies so we pretend to fight the good fight in Afghanistan. We are allowing these guys a sanctuary to recover and re-coop after every battle. We have to learn that there are no civilians in this war. The Alqeda taught us that in 2001. Until we bring the war to the tribes of the area, they will continue to support the enemy. Permission or no permission we need to bomb the area constantly until they are ready to throw the insurgents out. Our CIA has to be ready to move against the Pakistani Nukes at a moments notice to neutralize them.

3. To end the war in Iraq quickly and with the least chance for troop loss we need to end the incursions from Iran. To me the easiest way to accomplish that is to provide aid to the dissidents in the country. Keep the government of Iran busy with internal problems so they can’t be bothered with trying to effect the outcome of Iraqi democracy. The pro western groups in Iran are many, and we have the ability to get help to them. Cut of the flow of arms to the insurgents in Iraq and you cut off its head. There should be a no travel zone in the border area guarded by any means possible including sensors through-out the area. Anything moving is the enemy and should be taken out by air or missile.

4. As far as the recession is concerned it’s time to forget the banks and get the money into the hands of the Small Business Administration so they can keep the engine of our economy running, the small business community creates more jobs than the big three or any bank.

Now these aren’t just my ideas, they have been around since the beginning of these conflicts and need to be implemented if we intend to win.

Well that’s my thoughts about the world what are yours?

And that’s my opinion,
Don

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Please Mr. President, hear me out.

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