War Comments
A Few Comments on the War
By Daniel G. Jennings
My guess is that the war on terror is about to heat up probably with a major Al Qaeda attack or a series of attacks on the United States and probably attacks on other Western countries and Israel. Even though Al Qaeda and the rest of the Jihad idiots are soundly beaten and our victory is assured, we're going to see some very audacious and extremely destructive terror attacks launched by those fools in the next few years.
The reason I'm making this prediction is because of history. History has shown that beaten enemies often marshal their resources and launch one or two major offensives before finally succumbing to the inevitable defeat.
Case in point: World War II, in the summer of 1944, most people believed that Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan were beaten and would soon surrender or succumb. Yet both nations were able to launch major offensives in late 1944 that delayed the Allied Victory. The Japanese launched a major naval offensive in the Leyte Gulf that came dangerously close to sinking a large portion of the US invasion fleet heading for the Philippines. The Nazis were able to launch a major land offensive in Europe ,the Battle of the Bulge that threw the Allied Invasion of Germany into chaos.
Other examples of such last ditch offensives include World War I, when in Spring 1918, the Imperial German Army launched a major offensive that nearly captured Paris. The Germans nearly won the war, yet when their offensive collapsed they lost. In the Civil War, the Confederates launched last ditch offensives in 1864 and 1865. In 1864, even though Union Armies had captured Atlanta and were pressing hard on Richmond, Confederate General Hood, launched an offensive in the West that nearly captured Nashville Tennessee and threatened Southern Ohio. In the east in 1865, another Confederate thrust under Jubal Early threatened Washington.
In all of these cases, the good guys pressed on despite the last ditch attacks and won the war. Even though we will see more attacks on our heartland and the deaths of some of our citizens we shall win if we press on and win the victory.
One more thought, the left loves to accuse conservatives of being Eurocentric that is having a world view centered on Europe. It is the left that is Eurocentric in its world view, leftists believe Europe is a major force in the world and European nations like France are major powers and players they aren't. The major forces in the world today are outside of Europe, the big three powers in our world are the United States, India and China, Europe is a bad joke. Europe has token armies India and China have massive military forces.
If Bush wants America to have real influence in the world, he should go after Europe. Instead of bowing to France he should play hardball, he should go to the UN and say I'll give you a major role in Iraq, strip France of its permanent seat on the Security Council and replace it with India. France is a minor player, India has nearly a billion people and the second most powerful military on Earth, a professional army almost as large as ours. India will have to back us on this, and if the USA and India join forces we can probably press the issue. The arrogant fools in Paris then will pay for their obstruction of our war in Iraq. And America will have an important new friend in the world while the French can crawl back under their rock and hide in the dark alone with their delusions of grandeur and a few bottles of wine.