Jamie Gorelick Quotes

At the time the President denied that he had decided to invade Iraq. Skelton saw the “handwriting on the world.”

Ever since the end of WWII, no major war has been fought where there has been a classic victory where one nation is conquered by another and there is a surrender. Many of the wars have been fought against non-state actors or our war aim is a regime change or the establishment of a more friendly government. We have no desire to occupy the countries generally, and there is often no one “in charge” of the enemy who can even surrender. Bruce was referring to the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. In each case, despite the lack of a surrender document, it can be said that America won both of these wars initially and then had great trouble with the occupation, the nation building, and keeping the peace. In Iraq and Afghanistan we suffered almost no casualties in the initial invasions. The occupation and “peace” is where we suffered almost all of our casualties.

At the time 18 year old Douglas wanted to enlist to fight in the Philippines where his father was about to be given military command. Young Douglas took his father’s prescient advice and attended West Point instead. In an amazing historical precursor, General Arthur MacArthur ended up in policy disputes with the President over how aggressive American tactics should be. President Taft relieved MacArthur of his command.

In the earliest prediction of the World War II conflict between America and Japan:

1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor

At the time of this speech virtually the entire world believed that. However world attitude changed markedly after the administration of George W. Bush and the United States invasion of Afghanistan after September 11 and the Iraq War which was for regime change.

The meaning is that to be victorious in war one should not be inhibited from doing cruel and brutal things that war sometimes necessitates.

The Taliban terrorists would try and kill, kidnap and hold people for ransom following a Muslim tradition dating back to the Barbary Pirates. While there is always pressure to negotiate to alleviate the immediate situation, the negotiation is in and of itself, a reward for the terrorism. Hence the general’s rigid view.