Opinion: Let’s Fight Them Here So We Don’t Have To Fight Them There
The following is an Op-Ed written by Staff Sgt. Malcolm Washburn, US Army.
There have never been more threats to the United States than today. Period. End of story.
Neither the Third Reich nor the Soviet Union hold a candle to the combined forces of Islamofascism, Russian aggression, Chinese hegemony, and whatever crackpot "Pinky and the Brain" scheme North Korea is going to unleash on us tomorrow.
I joined the Army right after 9/11, and I've spent my whole career constantly deploying back and forth to deal with whatever the threat of the week is. After fourteen years, I am totally cool with fighting and killing the minions of darkness.
But when someone asks me what our national strategy should be, I tell them the truth: we need to fight them over here so we don’t have to fight them over there.
We didn't choose this fight. But even in sports you occasionally get to play a few home games. Just for once, I’d like to be able to come home from war every night and eat dinner in my own house, sl…
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