[IndyTiger]

I'm not saying turn tail and run out of Iraq. But I'm sick and tired of seeing our guys patrolling the streets with virtual targets on their backs, waiting for the next roadside bomber to pick off a few more. Let our guys do what they are trained to do, break things and kill people, or let's get them the hell out of there.

I believe that if there is not a substantial increase in good news out of Iraq by November 2008, there will likely be a democrat in the White House by January 2009.

[Yankee Dutch]

Worrying about the results for reasons of political impact is an equally poor argument. President Bush, as is consistent through his entire service in the last 6+ years, is making these decisions based on what is RIGHT (in this case, progress toward victory). References to ‘I’m tired’, ‘our hands are tied’, etc. all sounds like cry baby, ‘this is just like Vietnam’, nonsense in my opinion.

This war is different, it is complicated, and the Commander in Chief has made this very clear from the beginning. Short term memory, various states of denial, and plain ignorance of the facts are not acceptable excuses for cowardice.