I am a vet and I support Obama’s decision to finish the war and get our boys home.
~SC
See my post just above this, are you crazy, Obama isn’t going to finish anything
You “boys” should not have signed up for the military if you want so much to be home with momma. Try reading military history to see hardship for the troops (and understand we still have troops in Japan, Korea, Balkans, Germany, etc.). Also try and find a winning military leader like obama; you never will.
Either we fight the bad guys there and tear up somebody else’s country....
or....
we fight them here and tear up our country.
Because the bad guys aren’t quitting and they hate us for our existence.
Because it is easier for them to blame US for their problems than it is to look in the mirror at the real source of their problems.
I’m a vet - long time ago - and have been in both Iraq and Afghanistan as a civilian. I have also traveled extensively in the region, gotten to know the people.
It is the way it is.
Thank you for your service and I really appreciate your self description as a "Classic Liberal". I for one understand the difference between classic liberals and the new "progressives".
As another vet, I would be the first to want a military success when we engage our brave young men and women. Of course, unfortunately I have to trust in our civilian leadership to "unleash the hell" upon an enemy sworn to the destruction of the Western way of life.
It has become the norm to play politics with the lives of our troops since WW II.
Again welcome to FreeRepublic and good luck exchanging ideas with many who have no clue on what "classic liberalism" is all about. Not that I am one, mind you.