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I agree with most of your analysis regarding the fact it is necessary to win. But here's the problem. When those of us questioned early on things like strategy, mission, the ability to train the Iraqi's to stand on their own, the WMDs not existing, we would be met as friendly liberators, the Iraqi factions want peaceful co-existance, the removal of Saddam and family would go a long way to bring the country together, the elections would bring the country together.....all the things the President has now fessed up to that has made the situation, well you know......we were told we were wrong, didn't know what we were talking about, not supporting the troops, undercutting the President, since we're not on the ground how could we know, the press is only reporting the bad news (true, but there was plenty of bad to report) and on and on.

There has been a lot of stuff finger pointed at us that is now proven true and coming from the mouth of the President.

You sound sort of a like a dem, who thinks it is important to emphasize that some plans by the MILITARY did not work...and that SO FAR we haven't found the WMD...

So...therefore, it is okay to bash the POTUS/CIC while we are in the middle of the war....

How can you or anyone saying, "na, na..I was right the POTUS was wrong"...helpful?? How does that keep our troops' morale high....or our country safer??

How do you know that just because we didn't find the WMD's "stockpiles"...that the weren't/aren't there?? That is a hugh country..and we are still finding weapons caches.

How do you know that since it took so long for the war to START after everyone in the ME knew we were going to invade...the WMDS weren't moved??

How do you know that part of the problem wasn't what Tommy Franks said...when he said that the USA was a victim of it's own success...we were so successful, so quickly, at the start...took Baghdad so quickly...

That we were caught in the vaccum that was a quick VICTORY!!

All I am saying is....why do posters feel the necessity to be negative about the PAST...and blame Pres. Bush for MILITARY tactics and strategys??? Would you want someone like Hillary or Osama Obama questioning Gen. Petraeus' military knowledge..and have one of them tell him he doesn't know how to run a war????