The Long Haul Is Standard Procedure

Post-9/11 Era Forum

Many of you fail to realize that the U.S. is commited in Iraq for the long haul. Like the terrorists who attack Americans in that part of the world, some of you actually believe that the will of America will bend or break under the strain of the task at hand. Those who believe this don't know anything about Americans.

We WILL stay the course. This means that American and Allied troops WILL be in the country for several years—perhaps many years. This is nothing new or controversial or unexpected. This is standard procedure and is a requisite for the rebuilding of a stable national infrastructure and anyone who knows anything about history knows this.

It took 5 years for Germany to get back on its feet after the end of WWII. (It took Japan 7 years.) All the while Nazi "werewolves" (guerrillas) targeted American and Allied soldiers in that country. America stayed the course then.

America will stay the course once again. It will do so with or without measureable international help—preferrably with. And it will do so with or without George Bush as President. So all of you anti-U.S. Euro-malcontents who pass your time by hurling your feeble keyboard rants and tirades at America better get used to the idea. Because this will not change. This is a fact and it is confirmed by all experts from both sides of the war argument.

America WILL stay the course.


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America - from Amerigo Vespucci, Italian florence-born navigator. He explored South America and he was the first one to understand that what was known then as Indies was not part of Asian continent, but was indeed a new one. That's why the continent is named America.
That's all.

I'll try to explain it better. If you use America for the geographical or political entity that is identified with the United States of America, i disagree. If you use America as an adjective, like American, or to indicate something related with the cultural background and ideals of people of the United States of America, i fully agree.
However you should feel lucky. What if that German map-writer that named your continent used Amerìca (It sounds like Amereeka), or Amerigia, or Columbia?
(Well, Columbia is nice, but it has not the same appeal as "America")

and...
"mama mia, Giuseppe, we finally made it to America, AMERICA, the land-a of-a the free-a... etc, etc..."
Yes, that's right, you have to thank even those Italian immigrants if the word America has that meaning you like to use. However, they used America even when they reached Argentina. They were saying "we're going-a in-a Americ-a", even when the ship was going to Buenos Aires ("nosotros-a vamos-a en-a America-a-ah-ah")
Thank you.