Scary Mongerings from Army Joint Chief Schoomaker

[Gouda]

Schoomaker: our response since 911 has been "tepid." See, we just have not "got it" yet as americans. Don't make me take out my can of whoop ass. <br><br>(OK, if what we have seen thus far is "tepid" then what kind of holy hell does he have in mind as "full boar"?!) <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Army Experts: Unconventional Conflicts to Dominate Future Operations</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2006/10/mil-061012-afps01.htm">www.globalsecurity.org/mi...afps01.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2006 – Irregular, unconventional conflicts like those under way in Iraq and Afghanistan are likely to dominate U.S. military operations for the foreseeable future, Army officials agreed this week at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual convention here. <br>(...)<br>“We will not prevail with the force of arms alone,” Schoomaker agreed.<br><br>Schoomaker warned about the stakes of the current conflict and expressed concern that the American people have lost the focus they demonstrated immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.<br><br>“This is perhaps the most dangerous period in our lifetime,” he said. “We are in the midst of a long war and the stakes could not be higher.”<br><br>Schoomaker noted that al Qaeda and other terror organizations hate all that America stands for and show no signs of wavering in their commitment to spread their hateful ideology. The Sept. 11 terror attacks “were not the war’s first salvos,” he said, but rather, the continuation of a long string of attacks against the United States and its interests.<br><br>Yet five years into the terror war, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Schoomaker warned that American response to this threat -- one against which he acknowledged, “victory is not assured” -- has been largely “tepid.”</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>That’s a concern, he said, because the conflict is far from over. “We are much closer to the beginning than the end of this long conflict,” he said, emphasizing the need for public support and financial backing to ensure the mission succeeds.<br><br>“<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Ultimately, victory requires a national strategic consensus</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->, evident in both words and actions,” he said. “While such a common strategic foundation, understood and accepted by the American people, existed during the Cold War, … <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>it is not yet evident that such common understanding exists today</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.”<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Schoomaker said it shouldn’t take another attack like the United States experienced on Sept. 11, 2001, “to shake us into action.”</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> It shouldn’t take another attack like the United States experienced on Sept. 11, 2001, to shake us into action. Uh, but it might have to. <p></p><i></i>

[DireStrike]

I agree actually. In a sense.<br><br>The only way wars like those in afghanistan and Iraq could achieve their objectives is if they were wars of conquest. We would invade the country, kill all the men and boys, rape all the females, smash all the cultural items, melt down the jewelery and icons, salt the earth, and build strip malls. THEN these wars could achieve their objectives. I doubt it would be successful since the rest of the world would invade America, but, that's that.<br><br>The neocon path is a kind of ultramicromanaged smash and grab. Just enough carnage is allowed so as to not piss off the rest of the civilized world paying attention. The best laid plans go to waste though, so of course it's a miserable failure. The rebels are free to use any and all methods, so they'll win without question. <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

"It shouldn’t take another attack like the United States experienced on Sept. 11, 2001, to shake us into action. Uh, but it might have to. "<br><br>thats one big ole fear balloon there Generalisimo Sir<br><br>I was a lowly E-4 .NEVR met any Generals but all these wars later..I still see the corporat wars sponsored by wall st enforced by Generals such as these<br><br>somebody should wake up the Gen. and tell em his CIC did 9/11 and the real terrorist are the DC pols. <p></p><i></i>

[Seamus OBlimey]

Indeed...<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HJ12Ak01.html">HOW HEZBOLLAH DEFEATED ISRAEL - PART 1: Winning the intelligence war</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>It takes more than a sledgehammer to crack some nuts. <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

Since WWII the Pentagon has institutionalized the realization that psychology or 'morale' is the most important fuel to catalyze all their guns and money into active looting of the planet as the United States of Plausible Deniability.<br><br>Hence the false-flag psy-ops and fear-mongering from statist media.<br><br>I hope this isn't another 'who will rid me of this priest' call out to black ops to 'get things back on track' because their current narrative is getting terrible reviews and ticket sales are way down.<br><br>No doubt, those DARPA-Disney imagineers are hard at work.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[robertdreed]

Gen. Schoomaker is one of those guys where I get a creepy feeling when I look into his eyes... <p></p><i></i>