al Qaeda terrorism uptick?

The liberal strategy "the winning of hearts and minds" has made us losers

Didn't Rush counter that with, "The purpose of our military is to break things and kill people. To force the other side to apologize for attacking us."

Absolutely, and Rushbo expanded with "We're not the meals on wheels or nation builders".

Spot on, I always loved boiling down the military's two basic tasks, kill people & break things. Now it's get woke, attend CRT training, etc.