[Eighth Square]

It seems that once again the politicos are running a war. It just does'nt make sense. They place so many restrictions on our troops that on occaisions, like Vietnam, they are fighting with a hand tied behind their backs. In my view once the troops are commited, let them fight. If you don't want them to fight then don't send 'em over there. Screw world opinion, screw civilian casualties, the whole idea is to win. We have to Get used to the fact that our grandchildren's grandchildren will be fighting wars 'cos warfare is inherent in mankind. This planet, unfortunately, is not populated with gentle folk.

[JebRudy2008]

agree
let the Army do its job
safety ... OFF

who decided that war had to be politically correct?
probably people who were too chicken to fight

[ApplegateRanch]

You mean we can't just sing three verses of "We Shall Overcome" followed by a rousing rendition of "Kumbaya" then watch them lay down their arms?

What are you, some kind of war mongering hater of peaceful religionists? I supose your solution is to escalate, and play high-volume continuous loops of "It's a Small, Small World" at them./S>

You are ABSOLUTELY right; they are trained to do a job, so let them do it, and screw whomsoever doesn't like it.

Makes me want to dig out my old 60's "Drop It!" button.

The one with the 'peace' symbol bastardized into a B-52.

[WOSG]

"They place so many restrictions on our troops that on occaisions,"

This is reasonable in a pacification or peacekeeping project.

When it gets this hot, there is no 'peace' to keep and you have to return to rules of engagement that kill the enemy instead of getting the good guys killed.

A news report mentioned that a car of 6 insurgents attacked marines, two got killed. My first thought? Damn, we let 4 get away....

I am angered and I want these barbarians killed pronto, with minimum loss of American lives. We cant waste American lives being too nice - let hell break loose, but let the blood be shed on the other side only. Then see how much the jihadists want of it.

Yet I trust our military leaders feel this way too and I know Bush is letting them do the job the way they see fit.
It looks like they are executing on fallujah as they said they would, although it is taking some time to tighten the noose.