Posted on 11/24/2006 6:46:08 PM PST by kristinn
Don't you think it is appropriate to criticize Freepers who have given up, when the troops haven't?
And thanks for the reports from Iraq, Kristinn. They're great pleasure to read.
Speaking of pleasure, I still chuckle over something that happened during your Freep in Philly. You prompted Sheehan to say the dumbest thing a Leftist ever said: If freedom weren't free, they'd call it expensivedom! Keep the faith!
Give 'em Hell, Kristinn!
We dishonor our troops by leaving before victory is achieved. doesn't anybody but us get it?
Depends on who you ask. Some of us welcome debate. Others must experience bleeding from the ears whenever criticism of the actions of certain politicans is heard to judge from their acidic responses.
Okay, but ...
FoxNews has been running a bit where GW is saying "I'm not sure what we are going to do [in Iraq]."
That is very unsettling. If HE doesn't know, who DOES?
That bit makes the Administration sound more and more inept at their handling of Iraq.
Maybe GW needs to give Jon Carry a call. At least we know Jon Carry has a plan .... for all occasions.
Despair is not a strategy.
Taxman Bravo Zulu Kristinn!
Simply put, those of us who support prosecution of the GWOT with all our military might and expertise are right, and the LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist Bastards who follow of "Cut and Run" Murtha and the rest of his weak-kneed, lily livered syncophants are wrong.
The USA must stand and fight against tyranny and for FReedom!
It is as simple as that.
If you think it's bad now, wait until the RATS (& their lapdog the MSM) really start exercising their power.
Ping
Is it unpatriotic to question if we are actually using enough ruthless fire power of if we have enough boots on the ground?
I don't think so.
The troops don't make the decisions.
Go ahead, ask your question.
....usually prefaced by, "I used to be a long time conservative, but......"
I've seen no evidence of this at all. Regardless, a cut'n run poster would be ZOTted. Ergo, I don't see the purpose of this thread.
Cheers.
I have no desire to see this turn into another war, where our troops apparently died in vain; that means seeing Iraq through to victory. Our opposition on the left knows nothing other than Viet Nam, and attempts to recreate it with every military intervention. What has me dismayed, though, is the apparent sacking of Donald Rumsfeld, in favor of the James Baker ISG "realist" camp, who reportedly want to negotiate with Iran and Syria. I'm not cutting and running, but more than just a little bit of doubt is beginning to trickle in, as far as the administration's commitment to not cutting and running themselves. I would feel much better if this was negated and laid to rest.
How about those of us who were on board with the decision to go in, on board for the removal of Saddam, on board for the killing of his sons -- but wonder why, now, we are (apparently) just sending Marines and soldiers out on patrols, waiting to be blown apart by those who aren't being turned in by other Iraqis. Bush and the people around him have, to my eye, decided to minimize violence against the "innocent" and find many more of them to protect than seems legit. We need vicious, continual, utter destruction -- and then, when enough of them are dead, we come home. Bush could start with retracting the silly idea that Islam is just another God-worshipping religion. Just who, exactly, is being weak-kneed?
Premise #1: Muslims are not capable of making Democracy work
Thus, the only circumstances under which I would support staying in Iraq are:
Premise #2: we can use "dumb" technology and level the whole country, "good" and "bad" Iraqis together
If we haven't reached that point (and I do not think we have), then we shouldn't have our militay in Iraq.
I would humbly submit that neoconservatives need to go back to first principles.
I'm with you...thanks for posting this!
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