Saturday January 8, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

A US F-16 made a deadly mistake today. It dropped a 500lb. bomb on a house south of Mosul, Iraq killing 5-14 innocent people. Any unnecessary death in any war is unfortunate, sad and we must strive to prevent it.

But mistakes happen.

Another enormous mistake would be to change tactics and become "gun-shy" for fear of making other mistakes. The only way to fight these terrorists is to find them.

Remember, the target was hit, bull's eye, and totally destroyed. Only the wrong place was targeted. Accept responsibility. Investigate. Find fault. Punish the people who made the error. Move on.

Over the past week at least 100 Iraqis were killed by local terrorists. The US must launch a serious counterattack and launch it soon if there is any hope for elections on January 30.