Harry Reid calls for more troops
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Harry Reid, leader along with pelosi of the Dems, called today for more troops in Iraq, lock step in line with Bush's apparent push for thousands more troops.
Reid clarified that he only thinks more troops should be added for 2 to three months, but troops being added for 24 months or more is unacceptable.
Evidently he is also on crack.
Yeah, some opposition party, thanks Dems.
JERKS!
Reid clarified that he only thinks more troops should be added for 2 to three months, but troops being added for 24 months or more is unacceptable.
Evidently he is also on crack.
Yeah, some opposition party, thanks Dems.
JERKS!
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Very upsetting really. When will these guys grow some gut and break with their parties
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BUT... it is a double sided sword... more U.S. troops means a higher visability of our presense there... which may lead to more violence against our troops.
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Face it... this is a tough problem that was made tougher by our simpleton approach of guns blazing as a solution.
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The BEST solution? In my opinion... more ARAB troops from neighboring countries to provide local security... and declare Martial Law throughout the country with a 10:00 curfew with shoot to kill orders authorized.
Hire Iraqi men to do the work, not Americans for over inflated wages. If you are going to pay someone 75,000 dollars to drive a truck... hire an Iraqi, not some asshole from Tennessee.
Better screening of the Iraqi army recruits. The Bush/Rumsfeld doctrine of quantity, instead of quality has given us 320,000 assholes that want to kill each other. We have trainned the militias and death squads over there. and you KNOW some Republican Guard and Fedayen slipped through and are in uniform, now. If you were a U.S. soldier over there... would you be trusting the guy on your back with an AK-74? I don't want them running the ammo depots.
Again... it's tough and we've screwed our military people by marching them deeper and deeper into this shithole. We bought Iraq... we need to fix it.
Hail, Hail!!!
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Well said man.
I don't think it's news that rational polititians have been calling for more troops for some time. The generals have said it over and over again...but this is what happens when you let polititians play army man with our brothers and sisters.
IMO, if you go to war without listening to the advice of your military experts, you're going to lose...and shocker, guess who's losing? :(
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You only say that because you buy into what they tell you pre-election. Then realize, that while you may not agree with Republicans, Democrats will tell you anything to get elected.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
Patton would've ended this in 30 days.
"What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."
Camden 5-28-06
Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
Pretty much. Bush talks tough, but he should have turned the whole fucking place into a parking lot after Fallujah.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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They're all the same and all after the same thing.........MONEY!
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Rumsfeld wouldn't have given him the proper equipment and cut his ranks by 62%. When Patton asked for more men and equipment, Rumsfeld would have ignored his request and asked around... the Pentagon... if Patton had enough resources until someone answered, "Yes".
Bremer would have gotten orders from Bush to hold fire to allow the 'Refugees' (which means everyone, including insurgent fighters) to slip out the back gate and on the road to Mosul before allowing Patton's stripped down armoured column to advance.
President Bush would have continued to tell us all that the War was going well and assigned Patton's division to paint the walls of an elementary school in Bashra.
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Patton would have resigned in 30 days and wrote a book telling us all what a fucked up mess these civilian assholes have gotten his country into.
Hail, Hail!!!
This is a war - and the shitheads who sold us this fuck-up should be punished. I've been against this war from the beginning and I'm against it now; but here we are - exactly where I thought we'd be. Want to impeach Bush? I'm all for it. Drag that smirking piece of shit out on a log, put him in stocks, and let us all chuck rotten eggs at his stupid monkey face.
But, still, here we are. Maybe more troops is the way to go, I'm not sure. Honestly, more troops or not, our plan for keeping the country "whole" isn't going to work. The three state plan seems best to me.
But here we are. For all those who supported this war, I hope you never forget what war entails. You half ass it, you go home making the our entire country look like fools. But, that's what this administration needed to do to get support - sell the population on an easy conflict. Blitzkr... Oh, I'm sorry, "Shock and Awe." Not enough people would have gone for this if they knew what really needed to be done - but they decided we were going in anyway, so they bought an inferior version of a product no one wants anymore.
Next time, war supporters, remember what war is. Please. Don't worry about "offending" people like me who never wanted this - we wouldn't have wanted it anyway. The death toll we have now - the one that's turning everyone against the war? We should have hit that mark in the first couple months. Doubled it by the end of the first year. Then, maybe by now, we'd have the satelite state you all wanted.
Too harsh for your sensibilities? Then don't start a damn war in the first place. You've made us all look like a bunch of wimps.
Now, as for more troops? I don't like the idea; but I don't like any of this anyway, so what's it matter? If more troops are needed to get us out sooner, so be it. If redeployment would work, I'm all for that too - in fact, I'd prefer it. But I'm not your target audience. My opinion? You failed the moment you dropped the first bomb in this blitzkr.... I mean "shock and awe" campaign.
I will say, I'm glad the Democrats are going to be in power soon - but I don't envy them with these paths they need to choose from. Nor do I think a Democratic majority/President would have gone for this. The lesson? Vote Green, vote Dem, vote Libertarian, vote Constitution, vote fucking Communist, but never vote Republican - or you'll be stuck cleaning up the mess, and you won't like the options.
rant off.
Dissent isn't treason... it is your Patriotic duty to defend the Constitution... even if it means from your OWN GOVERNMENT.
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The other half is simply called, 'The Job'. Bush or his War supporter have never defined it to me. what is the job, anyway? How do we know when it is done? and if it needs to get done... supply the right tools and allot for the right man hours it'll take. We basically went to swap an engine in our car with only a sledge hammer, a pair of vice-grips and a big screwdriver. now, we got a big fucking mess... and like complete idiots... we stand there, scratching our heads and wondering, "What went wrong?".
Hail, Hail!!!