Hmmm.. president, and win the war..
You will never accomplish total victory. As long as people are willign to trade their life for yours, there will always be some terror. However, if it were me as the President of the U.S. I would do the following to start.
First off, I would pull out of Iraq. I would leave it to them. Success, or failure would rely on them. I would fix relations with the UN, and other countries, letting the UN go in there. Other countries could get the business deals (one of main reasons other countries who did not help us are not in there. Bush admin rewarded contracts only to countries involved). I would leave it to the UN, and world to clean up our mess, admitting that we need help.
I would pull out our troops from all these countries all over the globe who do not want us there. I would bring the troops home. Leaving a few strategic military bases scattered across the globe, and pull out the rest.
I would end all this money going overseas. Why would I dump billions of dollars for social services, infrastructure, and so on in a foreign country, when our own states budgets, schools, and social programs suffer? I wouldn't. I would invest the U.S. money where it belongs.. in the U.S.. Both in our own communities, programs, schools, and anti terror technologies.
I would remove the media from covering troops, returning to the days of WWII, and FDR. I would not have reporters all over the place trying to make the troops like like bad guys, and trying to create scandal. Ho Chi Mihn used the media to manipulate U.S. public opinion, and did it well. Saddam, and terrorists are using a page out of that playbook now.
I would let special forces deal with strategic targets. Whether Al Quida, or leaders of these movements, and so on. Preferring stragetic attacks, versus broad sword tactics.
I would stay out of other country's business.. Aruba, Iraq, and every other country you hear about on the news daily. I would stop trying to be the world police. Stop trying to force everyone's hand in the name of 'democracy'.
I would use our troops for the border, ports, and anti terror stuff on our own soil. Not in other countries. Worrying about the U.S. first and foremost, making sure they did not get in from the first place.
