It saddens me that this must ever be said. The USA has created the
greatest military force on Earth. And so far as the Earth is ruled
under hiarchial structures, then the temptation to contest control
with guns will continue. The only solution is cooperative local
military power and when that fails, real deployment of USA military
power.
There are superior solutions but not from the mouths of the the
global political class. Nor should they be expected. What is
clearly needed is leadership and decissive action and not been afraid
to leave a force in place to support rebuilding and the regrowth of
successful institutions. That happens to be an excellent place for
allied forces as well.
The American people have now experienced serious foreign policy
failures and have every right to be embarrased. Reversal is far
easier than it now looks but never from the folks who led us here.
Army Special Forces
Soldier Delivers Jaw Dropping Letter to US Politicians
ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
AT 3:58 PM /
In a letter delivered
to “the politicians” of the United States, an active duty Army
Special Forces soldier delivers a jaw dropping assessment of the
situation at hand.
Anyone familiar with
me knows that after my time in the service I have a soft spot for the
Army Special Forces. So when a triple amputee, who was charged by the
VA for services, finds a letter from an active duty Special
Forces soldier to the US politicians, it is enough to peak my
interest.
Fellow veteran and
triple amputee Brian Kolfage received an open letter from
an active duty Army SF soldier that is jaw dropping. The soldier’s
name was withheld due to the fact that he is active duty in the day
and age of retaliation against our soldiers. The soldier’s opinion
is anything but held back.
Enjoy the read!
“To the political
leaders of America,
I write to you today
regarding my concerns about the current state in which we find our
beloved planet and your efforts in resolving the many issues we
face.Over the last decade, we have managed to allow our mighty
position at the head of the table to dwindle down to a seat at the
kids table, with our counsel being received as if it were that of a
child making a suggestion on how to cure the world of evil: everyone
thinks it is adorable, but no one takes it seriously.
To put it politely,
you all are about as successful in global politics as an overweight
middle-aged American with a severe case of tetanus trying to perform
fellatio on himself.
Understanding that you
have the attention span of indigenous forces undergoing rifle
training, I give you the options of either reading this letter in its
entirety or simply skipping to the last two paragraphs.
Sadly, you neither get
the reference about indigenous forces (ask your college educated SMEs
and think tanks) nor are you capable of making a decision on what to
do next. Go ahead and post a tweet asking for thoughts/advice and
hashtag this out with the others. #hashtaggingworldproblemsisabsurd
#noseriouslystopit #itisridiculousandembarrassing You
have time, this letter will still be here.
Due your ineptitude in
your decisions with regard to who we back with foreign aid, and your
complete lack of a spine in dealing with global threats, we find
ourselves, for the first time in ages, being looked at with eyes
filled with disdain and disrespect.
The mere mention of
‘America’ leaves a bad taste in the mouths of our friends and
allies. The prospects of being saved by our once-great nation are now
nothing more than a fleeting thought in the hearts and minds of Third
World Country natives who dream of a life with fewer hardships than
ones they currently face—hardships that could be vanquished by the
hands of a great nation and its allies.
We have entered into a
time in which it is not only possible to spread one’s hate filled
rhetoric, it is also actually profitable and protected. Your
understanding and misinterpretations of our founding freedoms are
being used and twisted to further your own political agendas without
any consideration for the people you are meant to represent.
Your understanding (or
lack thereof) of our Constitution contributes to the complete madness
of a country that is run where someone’s rights to desecrate the
flag that represents these very freedoms is more important than the
patriotic peoples who stand to protect it. Allowing people to
lose houses or be fined for flying the American flag on their
property due to it offending someone or being against a housing
covenants is beyond ludicrous. It’s both absurd and frightening.
These are just a few examples of countless rights that are being used
to tear the very fabric of which this country is founded.
You see, all of you
have forgotten the very key that makes this country work. You fight
for one’s freedoms to express their beliefs regardless of where
their loyalties lie. Using our very own founding documents, you argue
that it is ones right to speak and act freely on their beliefs,
regardless of their view of this great nation.
For fear of offending
someone to pure political motivations, you stand up for the very
people that wish to tear you down. What you, as well as most
Americans have forgotten is this: Those individual rights end
where others begin! It may be ones right to protest a certain
religions display or another’s stance on certain political views,
however, it is also the others right to display and have those stand
points.
If one is offended by
a shirt displayed with an image of a gun, a flag of our nation, a
statue representing their faith in their chosen religion or any other
example; that is their right to be offended and speak out. However,
it is the others right to wear that shirt, fly that flag, display
that statue or whatever else they wish to do. Freedom cannot be
one-sided. The complete madness of political correctness is
overwhelming.
You have stripped away
our 1st Amendment rights by disguising it as political correctness
and making the very people that make this country great afraid of
offending any and everyone. I use these examples in our own country
as the catalyst that has spawned our current position on the global
stage.
Through political
motivation or just complete incompetence, your methods of governing
our country have clouded your views and thought processes for helping
forge a united world. We stand at the table, with weak knees and
shivering hands. Our word as a nation holding as much weight as that
of our President doing curls in the gym. We have all seen the video…
We live in a world
where you can contest our very lands with flyovers without
consequence. A world where one can sweep through two entire
countries, massacring everyone along the way with no fear
repercussions. One where sanctions and empty threats are wielded as a
mighty sword against the very enemies that threaten our existence.
You fail to see that in today’s world, the pen is not mightier than
the sword.
You have demonstrated
this time and time again over the last 13 years. Take Afghanistan
for example. Politics alone have been the source of Taliban
resurgence. How could this be? Let me school you. In 2001, a mixture
of CIA, Special Forces and other Special Operations Forces (SOF), in
very limited numbers, swept through the entire country of
Afghanistan, demolishing the Taliban forces that stood in its way.
Thinking that the back had been broken, we backed off and brought
more and more ground forces in the country.
As time went on, more
and more troops arrived and operational control was taken away from
the Special Operations types, to make way for conventional commands.
Along with this came more and more restricted Rules of
Engagement.
Fast forward to 2006.
Following more political moves and further NATO control, we found
ourselves in an Afghanistan where the freedom of movement for the
insurgents is unprecedented in Operation Enduring Freedom—a freedom
of movement that not only limits NATO troops ground movements, but
also has even the hardest of SOF elements avoiding a drive into
Kandahar City. So, NATO asked the US to help. Enter into the
timeline, Operation Medusa.
US Special Forces
demolished the insurgent forces to the point that insurgent
operations in the entire country dropped. The morale of the
insurgents also dropped to an all time low, the grounds upon which
the new Afghan Government stands, are once again sturdy. Now, fast
forward to present day…
What has happened? Are
the insurgents in Afghanistan fleeing and backs broken? Far from it.
All of this due to your politics. The war effort drawn down to a near
standstill due to more and more pointless commands and approval
process. All, in which serve to help some pointless commander to
further his career and push some pointless political agenda.
You see, the current
world in which we find ourselves isn’t one that can be tamed by the
pen. The evils of the world find protection behind the shield of your
politics. This is due to one simple fact. You have no clue how to
play this game. You listen and make decisions based of your Subject
Matter Experts who read about war in a book. You base your strategies
on the opinions of ‘Think Tanks’ and conventional wisdom. The
answers to these problems being spoken by the men on the ground only
to be silenced by ‘yes men’. Due to this, you will continue to
fail.
Not only will you
fail in Afghanistan, you will fail in bringing peace and security
back into this world. All of these failures will be
caused by you because of one simple factor: none of you have the
intestinal fortitude to do what is necessary. You will use your own
misguided experiences and delusions gained in your failures in
governing our own country as the grounds on which you base your
strategies. But understand this, you can’t defeat evil with
butterflies and rainbows. And you sure as hell can’t do it with
pens and empty words.
Face it, for the most
part, our Foreign Policy is a joke and your efforts on the global
stage are nothing short of pathetic. Not going into the fact that you
all are voted in for the people by the people to do a job, a job in
which you are failing. At least you all aren’t receiving a
ridiculous paycheck and benefits package for providing a public
service. oh wait…
Our saving grace is
that there are still a handful of you that will find this, as
frustrating as it is, accurate and motivating. But, then again, if
that was the case, then we wouldn’t find ourselves in this
situation. Oh the conundrum. We have faith in our abilities
as a nation. We have faith in our abilities in unconventional war as
well as faith in our ability to destroy the current threats to the
world given the freedoms and support required to do so.
So, I write to you
today calling you out. You have failed. It is time to hand that Capri
Sun and straw over before you put your eye out. You’ve been poking
at that hole for some time now. You gave it your best lil buddies,
but it’s time. Pull those trainers up around your waist, latch down
the Velcro, and watch how real men fight wars.
It is time to unleash
the hounds. You have had over a decade of war filled with warriors
that would gladly step up and fight. These former service members are
battle hardened and ready. More importantly, they understand the
game. We stand at the gates, waiting to smite all that is evil in
this world. You will not defeat the current evils in this world by
playing your political chess games because it is spreading at an
alarming rate. Unleash us. Back us. Stand behind us.
History has shown
us that evil is only successful when the righteous stand aside and do
nothing. Let us show the world that it will not tolerate
the likes of ISIS or Boko Haram. That there most certainly are
repercussions for committing atrocities. Justice will come to them
swift and brutal. Step aside and let us do what is necessary! We
stand ready!”
3 comments:
For being a "Special Forces" guy you remain quite blind to the reality of war. Here it is, listen closely: Both sides of the conflict are run by the same people at the top. The same peoples that arm us, arm them. Real simple. Th boys at the top are running both sides of the war. Can't win. I learned that in May 1970 coming back from Cambodia. "They" want war so they create it.
I agree with the writer's ideas, but not his conclusions. The world would have been better in the last fifty years if America had kept all its military within its own boundaries.
Let the Muslims sort themselves out, and if you worry about them doing things in America close your borders to them. They can squabble in the stone-age they live in and by attacking them you just make yourself their enemy.
In the end its not about freedom, or justice, or democracy, or helping the poor, its just about oil, drugs and keeping the war machine running..
KP.
With all due respect you can not just close your borders and put yourself, or the outside world for that matter, in a sandbox.
Ever considre what happens when some nut job with a grudge against anything gets his hands on a suitcase bomb, and what goes on behind the scenes to stop that from happening near your home?
Living in a bubble can not save you.
I understand why you say what you do, and there is an appealing logic to it, but the truth of the matter is that there are people doing things that you condemn, and paying a price that you comfortable abstain from, of which you are the beneficiary.
Think about it.
If you still disagree, at least have respect for the guy who is willing to put his life on the line whilst you speak about leaving an entire people in the stone-age in the name of "freedom, or justice, or democracy, or helping the poor"..
Post a Comment