I guess that Algeria does not mean much
to President Obama. Not a peep and even the media seems to think it
is 20th page news. Well, I beg to differ. The war is going
badly for the United States and it is spreading.
That 'numbers do not matter, capability
matters' is not working out so well. Or would having 3 or 4 more
aircraft carriers offshore from Algeria add to our capability to
influence events there? How about an extra 10,000 Marines offshore
from Algeria?
In the debate against Mitt Romney,
President Obama scoffed at his challengers mentioning how our navy is
declining in numbers. President Obama said that it is not about
number of ships, but capability. Numbers can determine capability,
Mr. President. They can also determine if you win or lose, losing
meaning that more of your men are killed and the mission is not
accomplished.
Are the Algerian troops and officers
more capable than U.S. troops and officers? I think not. President
Obama seems to think so. At least the Algerian government is more
decisive than our President.
What if we had more troops and aircraft
carriers in the area? Would this not have enhanced our capabilities?
If you have zero ships and troops, you have zero capability. Or are
not not familiar with the United States Army in World War II? Against
Germany, our Sherman tanks outnumbered Germany's famous Tiger and
Panther tanks. We needed numbers because our tanks were not as
formidable one on one. But three or four on one? How about how the
Soviet Army was so much less capable than the German Army? The Soviet
Union lost nearly 5 million men in the first 6 months of the war.
(June through December, 1941) Their sheer numbers allowed them to not
just recover, but defeat a much more capable German Army.
No, Mr. President, numbers do matter.
It is clear to me that your capability to understand this is a great
danger to our country.
(Please note that I do not really know
if there was anything that we could have done differently in the case
of the Algerian hostages. I am only pointing out how numbers can and
do determine capability)
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