I do attack anti-war leftists. If you see yourself in that category, that is your choice.
I have been going after anti-war leftists since 2003. Nothing new.
Paul supporters are not the ones resorting to ad hominem attacks and desperate smears.
How about anti THIS war rightists? I classify someone a Paulietroll if they are unable to distinguish between the two.
Btw, my future son in law just left Sadr City and is coming home on an 18 day leave. I pray every morning for the safety of him, all his compadres, and you and the rest of the support personnel.
I see no hope of EVER extricating ourselves from Iraq without just walking away. I just read an interview with Petraeus this a.m. where he (wisely) has been cooperating with and arming the Sunnis, so to gain support against the AQ. Smart tactics, but what about when the US "pulls out" and these people are left to fight the Kurds and Shiites? My bet is they go straight to the first people who will promise them guns and money, which is.... AQ.
I just do not see the possibility of a good ending here. We cannot support and back the Kurds because that will collapse NATO and lead to open war with Turkey (they have said so, up front). We are afraid to continue to back the murderous bunch of Dawa thugs, because the Sunnis rightly know that the Shiites have blood in their eyes after 20 years of brutal oppression. Plus, despite the fact that Iranian shiites are persian, not arab (and there has been a longstanding feud between the persians and arabs), they do have a good deal of contact and influence. The third option would be to back the sunnis, but then you have the same mess we had earlier, with a 30% minority ruling over Kurds and Shiites.
I just don't see a good option, and it has nothing to do with our men and women stationed over there.
I am open to being educated and/or corrected.