posted on November 6, 2006 02:57:12 PM new
...their leaders want us to withdraw from Iraq.....AND you truly support OUR TROOPS....then PLEASE listen to how they want to see things done.
It's NOT to withdraw...
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This, from the WA POST no less.
Soldiers in Iraq Say Pullout Would Have Devastating Results
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff WriterMonday, November 6, 2006; Page A13
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SYKES, Iraq, Nov. 5 -- For the U.S. troops fighting in Iraq, the war is alternately violent and hopeful, sometimes very hot and sometimes very cold.
It is dusty and muddy, calm and chaotic, deafeningly loud and eerily quiet.
The one thing the war is not, however, is finished, dozens of soldiers across the country said in interviews. And leaving Iraq now would have devastating consequences, they said.
With a potentially historic U.S. midterm election on Tuesday and the war in Iraq a major issue at the polls, many soldiers said the United States should not abandon its effort here.
Such a move, enlisted soldiers and officers said, would set Iraq on a path to civil war, give new life to the insurgency and create the possibility of a failed state after nearly four years of fighting to implant democracy.
"Take us out of that vacuum -- and it's on the edge now -- and boom, it would become a free-for-all," said Lt. Col. Mark Suich, who commands the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment just south of Baghdad. "It would be a raw contention for power. That would be the bloodiest piece of this war."
The soldiers declined to discuss the political jousting back home, but they expressed support for the Bush administration's approach to the war, which they described as sticking with a tumultuous situation to give Iraq a chance to stand on its own.
Leading Democrats have argued for a timeline to bring U.S. troops home, because obvious progress has been elusive, especially in Baghdad, and even some Republican lawmakers have recently called for a change in strategy.
But soldiers criticized the idea of a precipitate withdrawal, largely because they believe their hard work would go for naught.
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As would the lives of those who have already paid the ultimate price to make this happen.
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posted on November 6, 2006 08:42:47 PM new
Great piece Linda. Nothing the Demomorons can say about that. Straight from the liberal left bird liner itself.
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"Unfortunately there are levels of Stupid that just can't be cured!!" The new Demomoron motto.
posted on November 9, 2006 08:26:32 AM new
Forgot to bold this:
""Leading Democrats have argued for a timeline to bring U.S. troops home, because obvious progress has been elusive, especially in Baghdad, and even some Republican lawmakers have recently called for a change in strategy.""
A timeline is not cut and run.
Even Repugs realize there has to be an end in sight.
Most Iraqis want us out, too....and it IS allegedly THEIR country....NOT really Bush's or Halliburton's.
posted on November 10, 2006 01:17:14 PM newMost Iraqis want us out, too
Spoken by someone who doesn't have a clue. You ask anyone who has served there, and they will tell you the Iraqis want the troops there to keep the law and order.
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"Unfortunately there are levels of Stupid that just can't be cured!!" The new Demomoron motto.
