[churchillbuff]

Funny that you NEVER post articles that would actually BOOST their morale."""

Actually, i'm looking for an article that tells what our exit strategy is. If it's ever made clear how we can actually say "mission accomplished" in Iraq -- ie what criteria must be met to end our mission there -- THAT will boost morale quite a bit, I bet. As it is, we seem to be floundering.

[section9]

Only losers look for exit strategies. Winners figure out how to win.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[shoedog]

Just as we floundered in Germany after WW II, how we floundered in Japan after WWII. Shoot I guess the terrorists would leave Iraq alone and concentrate on attacking the US directly!!!! It is much better to have the focus being outside the continetal U.S. The fact that fighting is heavy this month and will continue through the election is that the terrorists are scared of 4 more years of Bush. If they lose and Democracy wins in Iraq, they are finished.

[Peach]

Did we have an exit strategy in Germany?

Did we have an exit strategy in Japan?

There's no such thing as an exit strategy. The enemy doesn't say "oh, gee, America has certain goals and an exit strategy so let's just let them do it their way."

You know nothing of history. Your namesake would be ashamed of you.

I've heard more troops support the president and their mission than I've heard complain. They believe in their mission.

But people like you who complain all the time undermine their morale. You have no backbone. No inner-strength. No sense of history. No sense of what a real war is. No support to offer the troops.

Only negativity. Like Kerry. Go away. The troops don't need you. Free Republic doesn't need you.

If you wanted to support the troops you would join the forums that pray for them. YOu would send them gifts and join in Freeper efforts that do that. You would rejoice at the threads that show how much the troops love the president and trust him. You would join the "live" threads when the president is speaking to the military and mention how much they trust him. Respect him.

You can say what you want. But your agenda is obvious and I think you are an odious person.

[cwb]

Thanks, Dan...you just revealed yourself.

[MEG33]

The exit strategy is to be there until we don't need to be there anymore....We are removing some troops from Germany and S Korea I hear...

[CWOJackson]

Do you feel the love?

[dts32041]

Hey I just heard we have an exit strategy for korea japan and germany, all I can say is about time.

The russians haven't been a threat since I left in 91.

BTW when are the troops coming home from the Sinai, kosovo, or beligium.

You would think the UN could take over those missions, cause I know they cann't do sudan and iran.

BTW I know soldiers who would reenlist to go back to Iraq, but then you know that.

[Petronski]

Actually, i'm looking for an article that tells what our exit strategy is.

How many democrat talking points are you going to post on how many threads before this idiocy ends? When you get spanked on one thread, you abandon it. But like a common garden mole, you pop up somewhere else seconds later.

You're a common troll and petty agent provocateur.

[Old Sarge]

Actually, i'm looking for an article that tells what our exit strategy is. If it's ever made clear how we can actually say "mission accomplished" in Iraq -- ie what criteria must be met to end our mission there

How about I show you YOUR exit strategy?

Brothers and Sisters, I smell ozone.

[Rebelbase]

Our exit strategy is simple. First we are going to exit to the East into Syria and Lebannon, putting the squeeze on Hammas and ending the terrorists use of Syria as a base of organization.

Next, unless they take care of it themselves, we'll exit to the West into Iran.

East, then West. Pretty simple plan.

[glock rocks]

As it is, we seem to be floundering.

Watch "War Stories" on FoxNews with Ollie on Sunday. We are not floundering.

[mtntop3]

" As it is, we seem to be floundering. "

You speak for yourself - the essence of which seems to be the antithesis of all that Sir Winston so memorably stood for.

Many, many good men and women died in WWII because of a reluctance to face, until almost too late, a murderous enemy. Because many at the outset declined to confront this enemy where it initially manifested itself, they very nearly faced the full enemy on their own soil. And that was before the advent of WMD's.

[Darksheare]

See my tagline.

[mass55th]

"Actually, i'm looking for an article that tells what our exit strategy is"

If you want an exit strategy, go ask Kerry. I'm sure he'll be willing to provide you with one...or two...or three.

Frankly, the President has said we won't be in Iraq one day longer than necessary. I believe he's said we will leave if the Iraqi government asks us to. He has also said that we will not abandon the Iraqi people. That tells me that we will be in Iraq until such a time when we feel (and the Iraqis feel) that the country has stabilized, the insurgents have been evicted, and the people of Iraq can safely run the country on their own. Now that could take a year, two years or more. It certainly isn't going to happen overnight. It took us 7-8 years to gain stability in Germany and Japan, and we didn't have any kind of strategy once that war ended. According to the press we were floundering then too.

When our soldiers jumped into Holland in September of 1944 and the whole operation went bad, the press reported we were floundering. When our troops were surrounded by the Germans at Bastogne in the winter of 1944-45, the press had us floundering. When our Marines were pinned down and being picked off by the Japs on Iwo Jima, we were floundering, and when thousands of American and Filipino soldiers were forced to surrender to the Japs and sent on the Bataan Death March, we were floundering.

If you are such a pessimist on the ability of our soldiers to do the job they were sent to do, perhaps you should change your screen name to nevillechamberlainbuff.

[txradioguy]

"As it is, we seem to be floundering."


Spoken like someone who doesn't have a CLUE as to what's really going on over in Iraq.

[kanawa]

we seem to be floundering

"This defeatist attitude undermines the great progress and sacrifices of our men and women in the military and the contributions of our allies who are fighting against terror and standing up for freedom around the world.

The politics of pessimism that is being pursued by John Kerry and the extreme liberals demonstrates they are consumed by the past with nothing to offer but attacks on the President's agenda for creating a safer world." (Bob Dole)

[Conspiracy Guy]

Watching alot of ABCCBSNBCCNN? Or just a short attention span? Who ever said this would be swift and easy?

[Americanwolf]

1.) The military is not in the habit of sending those close to the end of their tour into a combat zone. If there getting out there is a lot of out processing to do.
2.) I believe what this article is purporting is what is more commonly referred to as extortion. I don't think the federal government is going to go out and violate one of their own laws.
3.) Why do you need to know the exit strategy? Just because John Kerry says we don't have one? I think I remember several of Bush's speech where he stated that we will remain in Iraq until it stabilizes and the Iraqi government asks us to leave. I would call that an exit strategy.
4.)When you sign that contract for enlistment it states very clearly,and I can remember very clearly when I went through processing to go into the Navy in 1993 that you were signing up for a period of time not to exceed how ever many years that you signed up for, but in time of war you may be held over that time and you may be held in the military until end of conflict plus 6 months. So to the fact that soldiers are being threatened with combat duty if they don't reenlist. Well I am sorry the military is all about combat. If they did not want to fight they should not have enlisted, and those that are upset about it have no room to complain they are well aware of what they are getting into. But to purport that the government is extorting people to reenlist that is laughable. Come back to me when you can cite a government document that says this and not some news reporter in Colorado with an agenda.