Patriots Where Art Thou

Isn’t it amazing that the media is frothing at the mouth in an effort to prove that an American missile struck an Iranian school and killed children? Bad America. And of course, just like in Gaza, we are relying on the enemy to show us evidence of atrocities and taking them at their word. In this case, fragments of a Tomahawk missile were displayed on a table at the site of the strike. First of all, Tomahawk missile fragments are probably scattered all over Tehran, so they’re not exactly collector's items. And we can always rely on the Iranians not to lie to us, right? Secondly, the school was located next to a military installation. So the US is expected to launch a missile from somewhere in the Red Sea, some 2000 miles away, and surgically strike a single building in the city without damaging anything else? Control the blast and strike the right structure with precision. Assuming we identified the correct target and our GPS coordinates were correct, the missile’s guidance system operated correctly, the signal wasn’t jammed, the missile wasn’t fired upon, and a myriad of other variables weren’t in play. Why are we expected to have no casualties, no collateral damage, and wage ethical war with precision while the enemy fires missiles and drones indiscriminately at civilian targets? It’s war…stuff happens. And third on the list: who puts a children’s school next to a military installation?  Oh yeah, the Islamists do. Haven’t we seen this before in Gaza?  Weapons stored in hospitals, tunnel entrances in civilians' homes, and using the population as shields. Then use civilian casualties as propaganda. This is starting to look like asymmetrical warfare, the kind we conducted in Vietnam, where we are subjected to a stringent set of rules that don’t apply to the enemy. Just the fact that the enemy is taking photographs and posting them, let alone assembling en masse in the public square to celebrate the appointment of their next tyrant, is evidence that the population has no fear of being targeted and still has available conveniences…… like electricity. We haven’t targeted civilians, and they still have an intact power grid. We are going out of our way not to inconvenience the population at large by targeting only military installations and support systems for the regime. So the media is critical of casualties, collateral damage, and not being able to finish the mission in a timely fashion. That’s nuts. If the goal was simply to defeat the enemy, we could just turn the entire country into a parking lot and call it a day. You barely post-pubescent talking heads in the media, and those with an agenda probably don’t recall Dresden. Yeah, look it up. So enough with the criticism, the complaints, the armchair quarterbacking, the second-guessing, and leave the conduct of war to the professionals, or at least someone with knowledge of what is actually going on. But mostly, rally behind the flag, be skeptical of the media, and never, ever listen to the left, especially when they gloat over our missteps and hope for our failure.