Re: The Iraq War
So Rummy swooped down into the midst of about 1,500 of our Marines fighting in Iraq yesterday. His surprise visit was marked by the arrival of a gaggle (or whatever they call a whole bunch of 'em) of Black Hawk helicopters flying thisclosetotheground and zigzagging to avoid insurgent fire.
Prior to his "surprise" arrival, the COs made sure that their charges didn't ask Rummy the biiiiig question: "When can we go home?" Rummy, who has remained pretty much incommunicado the last few months (gee, I wonder if the Congressional hearings had anything to do with that? ), did tell the loyal troops that it was very unlikely that anybody would be going home before the Iraq elections. The big IFs are if we can train another 50,000 Iraqis to defend their own country and IF there is no increased violence surrounding the elections which are scheduled in January.
Look, I think everyone is conceding now that whether or not we should have gone to war with Iraq, now that we're there, we have to establish a workable peace to stabilize that area of the world. Unequivocally, no pulling out our troops until that happens. Neither Bush nor Kerry has really presented a concrete plan for bringing the troops home in a timely manner. All the chest beating and teeth gnashing without any concrete plans that neither party can disclose to the voters means more and more of our troops become cannon fodder. We're there; let's do what it takes to stabilize things and then get the hell out. We don't need to be every country's savior. We have enough problems with our own economy and health care to fix in this country.
Miulang
So Rummy swooped down into the midst of about 1,500 of our Marines fighting in Iraq yesterday. His surprise visit was marked by the arrival of a gaggle (or whatever they call a whole bunch of 'em) of Black Hawk helicopters flying thisclosetotheground and zigzagging to avoid insurgent fire.
Prior to his "surprise" arrival, the COs made sure that their charges didn't ask Rummy the biiiiig question: "When can we go home?" Rummy, who has remained pretty much incommunicado the last few months (gee, I wonder if the Congressional hearings had anything to do with that? ), did tell the loyal troops that it was very unlikely that anybody would be going home before the Iraq elections. The big IFs are if we can train another 50,000 Iraqis to defend their own country and IF there is no increased violence surrounding the elections which are scheduled in January.
Look, I think everyone is conceding now that whether or not we should have gone to war with Iraq, now that we're there, we have to establish a workable peace to stabilize that area of the world. Unequivocally, no pulling out our troops until that happens. Neither Bush nor Kerry has really presented a concrete plan for bringing the troops home in a timely manner. All the chest beating and teeth gnashing without any concrete plans that neither party can disclose to the voters means more and more of our troops become cannon fodder. We're there; let's do what it takes to stabilize things and then get the hell out. We don't need to be every country's savior. We have enough problems with our own economy and health care to fix in this country.
Miulang
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