The Will to Win

David from Ultima Thule sends this excellent (though lengthy) piece by John Lewis comparing the manner in which we fought the Japanese during WWII compared with how we fight radical Islam today. It should come as no surprise that we are losing the current misnamed ``War on Terror``; we are fighting a kinder, gentler war. We made it clear to the Japanese that we had one goal, and one goal only, and we pursued it with singleness of purpose.

War isn`t kind. Until we realize this seemingly simple proposition, we will find success elude us. Our fiddling around will cost more lives by dragging this thing out far longer. We had better get tough.