Outstanding interview and I think Terry Moffet's points are "dead on"!

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My wall of medals and qualifications (Infantry, airborne, Ranger, special forces) calls you a "WIMP"!  :)))

Byron,I am retired military (Infantry, Airborne, Ranger, Special Forces).  I served in the Army at the end of VietNam when we had draftees and the new Volunteer Army.  Draftees were as good as or better than most.  You mentioned manageing soldiers who don’t want to be there... [Ed.: Edited for various CoC violations.]

VDH supports my premise!  The threat made them soldiers and LEADERSHIP made them fight.  You supported the military—which again supports my premise... [Ed.: Edited for various CoC violations.]

Serving in the military in time of need is a right of citizenship.  For those of you who have a problem with serving, your right to be a coward has been won by much, much better men/women than yourselves—you offer little of value to this country.  One of the problems in the US today is that not enough people have served in the military—look at the current and past 2 presidents.  For those of you who “say” you are serving or have served and speak out against the draft I bet you are NOT a combat arms type…most likely a support type person.  A draft would keep our military supplied with high caliber personnel who would do the job.  If they can cut it, we discharge them.  I can understand why those who think that draftees would not make good soldiers say this and that is because you don’t understand “LEADERSHIP” in its’ most basic form, which is lost in the business world.  Good leadership will allow poor soldiers to function at a superior level; for those who can’t (and there are many who have spines made of mush) you are dishonorably discharged. 

  I am voting for Bryan G. Stephens as a write in candidate in the NH primary! The world respects power, something that we (the US of A) don't understand. You saw how the rest of the world took a deep breath whe the US got serious in Iraq--Libya gave up nukes and Iran tabled their nuke program (if you believe the last NIE bt the CIA in 2008). The Obama administration, in naive fashion, has failed to do anything to encourage the Iranian people since he has been in office. AS Newt Gingrich says, we should do everything in our power, both covertly and overtly, to get rid of the mullahs. I believe that the Iranian people would go along with us. At the first sign of offensive action from the mullahs, I'd come down on those [redacted] like 25 miles of bad road on a rainy night!!

Dave, I am sorry to hear the news, however, my thoughts and prayers are for you and your family. My mother had this affliction for over 15 years. My father cared for her in his house until his dying day. God will look after your father. I wish you and your family strength.

 Dr. Hanson, I hopde you are armed and know how to use it.

To be honest, I am not sure MS Berlinski understands this country.  Maybe she ought to live here for 7 years.

I am a Newt man, and have been for some time.  He is human and I was VERY disappointed in his start earlier this year.  I have concerns about his wife but she has been “low profile” since returning from Greece.  I appreciate his domestic ideas but where I feel his strong suite is foreign policy/defense.  Obama has no idea of a coherent foreign policy much less how to deal with Iran.  I think Newt can deal with the bad guys out there…like Iran, and Russia, and China.  Newt appreciates and understands history.  Obama thinks American history started when he was born!

BTW, let's restrict voting to people who pay TAXES!!

Con't from above...When we flex our muscle the world takes notice; what did Qadiffi do when we flexed our muscle in Iraq?  He terminated his nuke program!  According the GW Busch’s last National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), Iran actually stopped their nuclear development program when American troops went into Iraq.  Most Americans (and  Western Europeans) have grown up in an affluent, peaceful society…which is a good thing.  But, most of the world has not.  Most of the work respects strength and the pampered Americans can’t relate to respecting strength.  When you are facing a nuclear threat it is better, for my family at least, to be feared and respected.  Do you remember the old Soviet Union putting up with the such threats?  Me either.  I submit to you that with Iran glowing in the dark, just see how quiet it gets in the middle east.  I hope to God nothing like that ever happens, but if the bad guys in the world don’t fear you they will eventually be “at your throat”. ..just ask Neville Chamberlin.

So buddy, what do we do?  Set around and drink Starbucks and debate the finer points of the Occupy Movement? 

I hope we have at least 364 more days before Iran detonates their first nuke.  At that point the new C-IN-C could call the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and tell him to prepare “options” for implementation on Jan 21, 2013.  There is an old saying that I will slightly modify, “ The Arabs [Muslims] are either at your feet or at your throats”.  It is time that we put them at our feet and we have the firepower and the capability to do so.  We have minimum yield nukes so let’s use them.  Japan has not fallen of the map after our first use of nukes and there are places in Iran remote enough to withstand the blasts.  The only thing I ask is that we not use the poor guys who have been rotating in and out of Iraq/Afghan for the last 10 years.  If a war is important enough to fight, then EVERYBODY fights!