[MadIvan]

I certainly hope this is not his remit. His job should be: kill the enemy.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[No Longer Free State]

The lede for this article is an absolute lie with no factual basis - just the pinko journalist's opinion.

[neodad]

Great. Now we'll have even more leaks at the Pentagon.

[JLS]

I certainly hope this guy does not see his job that way?

[LtKerst]

It will be first, a Peace treaty,(Signed By Liars on Both sides)
then a withdrawl,( then a Victory celebration that the Terrorists drove out the Great Satan.
then a Flood if Iranian millitants into Iraq.
and in 2-3 Years..the Iraq Govt will be overthrown,
and the Millitant Sharia Caliphate will take over,

and then the Democrats will Blame Bush and the Republicans.
They will say that because of Bush they couldn't get their "message" of Love and peace out to the mullahs.

[alnick]

Dear God. I pray that the Iraqis will be able to defend themselves if we abandon them. I pray for the success of the Iraqi democracy our troops and the Iraqi people have worked for hard for.

[GulfWar1Vet]

But Ivan, Pelosi and Group are all Peace lovers...they want Peace, Peace..at all costs. We can't kill the enemy for they are our friends!

They are also lifetime members of Barney the Dinosaur's Fan Club. /sarcasm/

[proudofthesouth]

When we pull out of Iraq and the Mooslims start setting off bombs here in the U.S., it will be BUSH that will be blamed and not the DemRats!

[BenLurkin]

VICTORY is the priority.

[combat_boots]

The 'insurgent' strategy worked very well, didn't it. 3-30 bodies per day translated into how many votes? Now, the men and women who have died will blow away like dust, as those from Nam did. I suppose the spitting and tomato throwing will start soon. (I would say sarcasm, but it's not)

[FreedomNeocon]

I'm sure Hizbullah agrees... they, like the democrats, see Vietnam, check out the video.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1734798/posts

[Lexington Green]

Our troops should resign in disgust.

[Perdogg]

The fear I have is if we leave Iraq without the strategic situation resolved in Iran, we are going to be in trouble.

[Broker]

Gates: Got any time in combat boots?

[FreedomNeocon]

Here is a quote from the leader of Hizbullah last week:

When I talk about an [American] failure, I'm not saying that the Americans' plan for the region has collapsed, and that they are packing up their things and leaving, like what happened in the final days in Vietnam. But I would like to tell you clearly... I am one of those people who see a very clear picture. In our childhood... When we were young boys... I cannot forget the sight of the American forces leaving Vietnam in helicopters, which carried their officers and soldiers. Some Vietnamese, who had fought alongside the Americans, tried to climb into these helicopters, but the [Americans] threw them to the ground, abandoned them, and left. This is the sight I anticipate in our region, but I am not saying it will happen in months. It will take years. The Americans will gather their belongings and leave this region - the entire region. They have no future whatsoever in our region. They will leave the Middle East, and the Arab and Islamic worlds, like they left Vietnam. I advise all those who place their trust in the Americans to learn the lesson of Vietnam, and to learn the lesson of the South Lebanese Army with the Israelis, and to know that when the Americans lose this war – and lose it they will, Allah willing - they will abandon them to their fate, just like they did to all those who placed their trust in them throughout history.

[Screamname]

Yes but does Jon Cary think he is educated enough? Which reminds me....

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,

it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

[1035rep]

The headline does not match the content of this article.

[navyguy]

I hope Mr. Gates is successful, but the reason things are difficult in Iraq, and the reason that Liberals are on the peace offensive, is exactly the same reason.

While the media works triple overtime pointing the finger at President Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, the core problem in Iraq is that the Iraqi people themselves are an extremely violent bunch. They always have been and they always will be. It is unlikely Mr. Gates will be able to fix that. Only the Iraqi government can really address that and their best bet is to exercise total domination (read: total violence) over the enemy. Its the only thing the enemy actually understands. Exiting Iraq with any sortt of grace virtually requires it.

The point is this: Its time we start blaming the real source of this problem... the Iraqi people, Sunni's in particular. While there are many good Iraqi people, there are also hordes of them ready to kill or die at a moments notice. I'll no doubt get flamed for this, but I don't care. Political correctness has gotten us nowhere with these people.

[mtntop3]

Why do we have to read this obscene tripe?? Rumsfeld a "warmonger"??

Forward it to Bin Laden - on second thought, it undoubtedly already has been forwarded...

[mtntop3]

P. S. - This is, incidentally, intended to specifically increase the cries for British troops to be removed from Iraq. This son of a bitch is nothing more than an agent for Islamic terrorists.