Where do we go from here? Reactions to Jed Babbin's "Endgame Conservatives."
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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
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Re: Jed Babbin's
Endgame
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p>Jed Babbin says he's an "end-game conservative" whose objective
is to win the war against terrorism on both the military and
ideological fronts. Well and good. Just how does he plan to do it?
I'd like some specifics out of him, for a change, and not just
reboiled Simon de Montfort ("Kill them all. God will know His
own"). It's easy to spout strategic platitudes, much more difficult
to actually devise and enact a policy. And, while we're at it, it
is a maxim of war that "A bad plan executed in a timely and
energetic manner is better than a good plan executed too late." I
fear Babbin seeks to implement a perfect plan some time in the
distant future, when we'll all be facing Mecca five times a
day.
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Stuart Koehl
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Falls Church, Virginia
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I don't usually write letters to the editor simply to cheer on a
great article, but Jed Babbin's "Endgame Conservatives" deserves
enormous praise for its tough, clear-headed analysis of how the
United States should be dealing with the problem of international
Islamic terrorism. I believe Babbin's article captures the views of
most Republicans and patriots on this issue. Of course, I think we
need a catchier moniker than "Endgame Conservatives," but Babbin's
arguments and perspective are spot on. Thank you, Jed, for
expressing so effectively the frustration that many of us feel over
the President's shifting strategy from killing terrorists and
preventing rogue states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction
(the original Bush Doctrine) to a quixotic, feel-good belief in
defeating terrorism by spreading democracy and "wining the hearts
and minds" of Muslims across the globe. The sooner we return to the
original strategy, the better.
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Steven M. Warshawsky
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New York, New York
