Point made... noting that none of the 'look how nasty I can be' responses have piped up with their personal EXPERIENCE so far - just smart alec responses... And by-the-by the military is an all volunteer organization - many of us have chosen to try to make a difference wherever we can rather than sit at home and just throw stones. Yep - "the Marines went to war and America went shopping."

Sorry I don't have as massive a vocabulary biff - I'll just have to keep it polite. Perhaps you would have put more faith in his decision to deploy us while he was being, shall we say, entertained beneath a desk - apparently that was okay... noting that those troops have not yet come home (what happened to that 1 year tour????) - oops, I forgot - that was YOUR hero...

But I can tell you from my own experience that there are people who want to destroy us - know doubt. There is also no doubt in my mind, based on what I experienced there, that it is coming... then the cry will be that Bush didn't do enough to protect us... he's in a no-win situation.

As far as all the crap the media reports from their 'embedded position' - they neglect to tell you the number of troops that have been wounded/killed protecting their stupid reporting - like 'what's it like to be out here at a checkpoint on Memorial Day?' What the H do you THINK it's like dipstick????? It's a war and we don't get holidays or weekends off!!!! Then BOOM - a car bomb and soldiers are dead (not to mention part of the TV crew) so that a reporter could get the answer to that question that everyone HAD to know... how many stories have you seen about the good things that are happening and about the Iraqis who ARE trying to stand up and make a change? Not much - we're MUCH more interested in Client-9's nonsense -- that's what gets headlines and continual updates... some bimbo's social webpage!

Posted at March 14, 2008 11:53 AM in response to The Iraq-Al Qaeda Report, Squelched No More

Sorry, I wasn't clear - my "Eight years..." comment was in reply to dixiegrrrrl's comment.

Posted at March 14, 2008 8:17 AM in response to The Iraq-Al Qaeda Report, Squelched No More

I'm curious as to the various posters' experience on the ground in Iraq... I spent a year there recently (in uniform) - perhaps we could trade a few insights from our actual experience in the war?

Posted at March 14, 2008 8:03 AM in response to The Iraq-Al Qaeda Report, Squelched No More

Eight years - just like it did with our last illustrious leader... why is everyone so hyped-up about this - with the last administration, I recall that 'character doesn't matter' and 'lying is okay.' What's up with the double-standard?

Posted at March 14, 2008 8:01 AM in response to The Iraq-Al Qaeda Report, Squelched No More