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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Fighting a War Against a Country of Liberals

Imagine fighting a war against a country made up entirely of Liberals. I wonder what it would look like. Based on the criticism of Bush during Iraq, here are a few ideas:

-First, no war may be fought without the country first being attacked by an enemy state and then getting explicit approval from the United Nations. The UN also gets veto rights on all tactical strategies during the war (heck, let's let them run it).

-There will not be any bombing if the slightest chance that a civilian might be harmed. If a civilian is harmed accidentally, the soldier must be tried and go to jail. For that matter, soldiers are guilty of any charges unless he can prove otherwise in a court.

-We will not be in a war for a period longer than 12 months (just to give the enemy a little fair warning in advance).

-If there is any protest from the nation's citizens or poll numbers decline, we must immediately pull out our troops.

-We are not allowed to spy on our enemies, here or abroad.

-We must appoint lawyers for enemies captured on the battlefield and then try them individually in a court of law.

-If the economy suffers due to war, we must raise taxes on everything.

-Every man and woman must be eligible to be drafted and fight side by side.

-Soldiers returning home after the war must be flogged for taking part in such an evil thing.

I wonder how many wars we could win under the liberal rules. Yes, this is satire, but something tells me that I'm not very far from the truth.