[reagan_fanatic]

This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. This holier-than-thou, elitist attitude here on FR. Whereas some FReepers are apparently more purer than other FReepers

Well put, triple E, although you will find yourself in the minority here. FWIW, I think a vigorous debate on the war is vital to FR and to the country, and denegrating those FReepers who don't toe the majority line is a cheap shot and isn't what we're all about here.

My personal opinion - even though Iraq is a huge mess and getting worse by the day, it would be a mistake to pull out - a BIG one. Yet, we must find new ways of dealing with our enemy there. It's clear what we're doing now just isn't working. Are we killing a lot of jihadis? Yes. Is the ME and Iraq in particular a more stable and safer place now than before the invasion? No.

I support out troops AND their mission - AND encourage a healthy debate over our policy and direction there.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I support out troops AND their mission - AND encourage a healthy debate over our policy and direction there.

Thanks. I have never read a post here on FR that clearly advocates that US troops should pull out of Iraq immediately, and if such a post existed, it would have been pulled by the Mods anyway.

This "cut-and-run FReepers" crap is nothing but a big fat strawman by the GOP diehards, just like "conservatives stayed home" was a strawman for the Republicans getting PWN3D on Nov. 7th.