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Instead of defending someone, granted with command military service, who's chosen to bash his country and his military publicly, assumedly to salve his wounded pride and ego from not being invited back to the admin, has it ever occurred to you to trumpet all the positive things that have been accomplished by this country and her brave troops?

For the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and former Sec. of Defense, this was a reprehensible thing to do. Fine, if he feels that way .. what has he gained except press for himself by doing it publicly? He surely hasn't made our efforts better; on the contrary, he's most likely made them worse. He's besmirched his own government, which he once served for decades. Just appalling.

Do you applaud and express gratitude to our volunteer military? Do you even support this country's survival and our great troops?

Do you not understand that our troops see and digest every negative comment from the internet and press, while striving to keep up morale for fighting these brutal savages?

Where did your thinking go so awry? This is a conservative forum; and, as the owner indicates: we support our President and our troops. It *doesn't* say: "until the going gets tough."

What ARE you doing here, anyway?

What ARE you doing here, anyway?

Is this query directed toward me?
If so, what I am doing here is participating in an open and forthright debate regarding the proper prosecution of the Iraq peacekeeping effort, that the USA is performing under the auspices of the UN Mandate in Iraq. The UN has an open mandate that runs through 2011.

Article Last Updated:11/29/2006 12:14:30 AM MST The U.N. Security Council unanimously extended the mandate for the 160,000- strong U.S.-led coalition in Iraq for 12 more months on Tuesday, as Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed an international conference at a venue outside the war-torn country to forge reconciliation among Iraq's political parties. Promoting what may be the most controversial issue to face the Bush administration, Annan said that Iran and Syria should be included in efforts to stabilize Iraq.

Do you not understand that our troops see and digest every negative comment from the internet and press, while striving to keep up morale for fighting these brutal savages?

The thing that destroys the morale of our troops ten times more than anything the internet and press say...is the Vietnam type Kinder Gentler Compassionate(KGC) warfighting rules that the White house is handcuffing our troops with.

Do you know that if the enemy is approaching a Marine position the Marine must fire warning shots, flares, disabling shots until the enemy is withing 50 meters, then only then can the Marine shoot to kill. Marines are not allowed to go into a mosque that someone is firing at them from unless they are accompanied by Iraqis ... and on and on it goes.

That is what destroys the morale of the troops and we need very much to speak out for out troops by opposing these stupid rules. They are rules that are getting our troops killed at ever increasing rates - the last 3 months was the first time the coalition had lost 77 or more men for 3 consecutive months.