Posted on 05/21/2004 12:01:42 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
As for "why he's there" only he can answer that, since he voluntarily went (I gather) in the first place. Why'd he go in the first place? What factors convinced him to go? And why does he think those factors are no longer in play? I honestly don't know the answer to any of that, presumably he does.
It's entirely possible that he *shouldn't* stay there. For example if he went to Iraq with false preconceptions such as "everything will be great there and people will not be attacking soldiers there, and soldiers will not be shooting back". If this is what he thought Iraq would be like, then indeed perhaps he does not belong there.
Tell him to stop whining. The U.S. is a superpower and we do not apologize for being one. Our troops are NOT trigger happy grunts who shoot anything that moves. If anything, they are TOO cautious about dealing with the cowards who shoot and run.
If he wants to win their hearts and minds, volunteer to fix up a school or bring running water to a village instead of whining and playing video games.
I'd rather have our guys too strong than too weak. I'd keep my gun trained on anything that moved in that land of terrorists, too.
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