"Integrity and Courage Have Fled Washington"

Yesterday Ralph Peters wrote an oped in the New York Post that makes sense to me. Unfortunately, Washington is not the only place where integrity and courage have fled. We will only get leadership in Washington if Washington hears clear, unified messages from the rest of the country. When was the last time that happened?

Peters wrote that the rules of the battlefield should be clear: if you are in civilian clothes and you throw a grenade, detonate a bomb, or pull a trigger against our troops, you will be killed, not captured. Peters correctly points out that we will never win the hearts and minds of terrorists. Is there any doubt of the truth of that observation, after the recent episode in which terrorists beheaded and gouged the eyes out of two United States of America soldiers?

But, as Peters implied, political correctness rules the day in America, in Washington, in the dinosaur media, and even with some in our military. All of the restraints are placed against our brave soldiers, and none against the terrorist Islamic thugs. Things will change only when the American people let their politicians know that we want to win this war!