From Ollie North
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But recent reversals -- not on the battlefield but in Washington -- have caused nearly all of those I talked to on this trip to question whether we are suddenly in danger of losing the war they have been fighting.
This sudden loss of assurance in our fighting forces has nothing to do with casualty figures, troop levels, the leaders prosecuting the war in the field or new acts of terror by a ruthless enemy. Rather, the anxieties I'm now hearing from those I have covered in combat come in questions like: "Do you think that they are going to pull us out before we've finished the mission?" and "Will we abandon Iraq like we abandoned Vietnam?" Interestingly, not one of the thousands of young Americans I have covered in Iraq or Afghanistan has ever asked about or commented upon pre-war intelligence.
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The polititians are undermining our troops and for that I cannot forgive them .I know who they are..
Exactly! You get it.
And we cannot let OUR politicians be a part of that. YOu saw the paragraph Ollie wrote about how one of our own guys voted with the left, although he admitted he disagreed with the left. That just left me completely perplexed.
As another freeper on another thread called it, I think it's a case of Democrat Lookalitis. The Pubbies WANT to be liked and popular and invited on the shows.
Instead, they should hold a major press conference with charts and sound bites in prime time that the press is REQUIRED to cover.