Yep. We heard all this before Desert Storm / Shield. Who here doesnt rememebr the left's threats and promises of "If we do this, our boys will be comign hoem by the tens of thousands in bodybags." oh and "Ooohh, Iraq has the 5th largest standing army in the world, we dont have a chance." Iraquis were surrenderign just for an MRE. The war was over in what, like 15 minutes? More people died in the plane crash in Souix City, Iowa in '89 than US service memebrs killed in the Gulf War. (not exact, but the us casualty list was around 200. + or - a few). The liberal left said the same thing even post 9/11, "oohh, no army has ever conqured Afghanistan." THe russians couldnt do it, and they tried for 10 years." We had a new govmt in there in like 10 days.
Also, I really dont care what the rest of the world thinks of us. We have the soviergn right to defend ourselves. I like the motto :
oderint dum metuant (Let them hate so long as they fear)
I am not going to debate the politics of the post now, because I am at work, but wanted to post this much.