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Even if his comments were technically accurate, the execution of this "war" has been a national disgrace. If I had told you in May of 2003 that the U.S. would be losing 80-100 soldiers per month four f#%&ing years after "the end of major combat operations" in Iraq, you would have called me insane.

And if I had shown you a glimpse of the future and convinced you that this was true, then we'd probably have had 80%+ of the people here on FR calling for the president's impeachment.

"...then we'd probably have had 80%+ of the people here on FR calling for the president's impeachment..."

That is your opinion, not fact.

And not a very viable opinion, either.

then we'd probably have had 80%+ of the people here on FR calling for the president's impeachment.

Then why don't we have 80%+ of Freepers calling for his impeachment now?

I think your view of this is foolish. Yes, there have been huge problems in Iraq, some of which should have been predicted and dealt with up front. We made a terrible mistake by allowing al Sadr to continue to operate. They shouldn't have sent the Iraqi military home from the start. We shouldn't have held in jail for months and years countless Iraqis who committed no crime and had no evidence against them. Our soldiers should not have had the hands tied the way they have.

But wars aren't clean things, and when you're making your plans the enemy is making his plans. Sometimes your plans work and sometimes the enemy's plans work.

But Iraq was the right next move in the War on Terror, and finishing the job there is the smart thing to do. If you think otherwise, then you've been duped by the MSM and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

***And if I had shown you a glimpse of the future and convinced you that this was true, then we’d probably have had 80%+ of the people here on FR calling for the president’s impeachment.***

Thanks for speaking for the America haters. /s

There have been other wars where the casualty rate was higher and young American boys endured more pain. We did not have state of the art medicine then. Did we cry in our beer and say it was not worth dying for? Hell no! Did we undermine our effort with pacifist rhetoric and threaten to cut off support for our troops?

I will use a football analogy. In the game of football, there are mistakes made. Balls do not get caught. Men fumble the ball. Balls get intercepted. Runners slip and fall down. Many times, the team fails to make a first down. And then you have to consider the defensive errors that happen during the game. With all of these mistakes, does the team give up. Do the fans get up an walk out because there were too many mistakes? Hell no! The team that wins the Super Bowl is the team that overcomes their mistakes and outperforms the other teams.

This is a guerrilla war. The enemy disguises itself in the civilian population. In fact, the enemy is not from Iraq, but from other countries like Iran and Syria. Guerrilla war is the most difficult war to fight. It is a war that we will need to learn how to win. It is a war that we may have to fight in our own cities some day. What would we do if suicide bombers were taking out shopping malls or movie theaters? What would we do if snipers were shooting at drivers on the freeway? What would we do if we had no idea how to fight such a threat? Our survival depends on how fast we learn how to fight such a threat.