Thursday, December 07, 2006

Iraq - Send in more troops

Reading in the Washinton Times, Send in more troops, a good editorial has been written to state the case for strengthening our troop levels in Iraq. Fortunately, our troops on the ground don't see things the same way our Iraq Study Group - all noble citizens no doubt but none of war-fighting military age - sees them. In Troops unmoved by policy debate, Rowan Scarborough writes from a general on the ground that "The troops know exactly what they're doing and they know basically that in 14 out of 18 provinces, that they are winning the war on the ground." [Sorry, can't get to www.washingtontimes.com - don't know if they are having trouble or not] We need more troops in Iraq to take names and kick ass. I'm sick to death of seeing our military sent on battle missions and not being able to do what they do best - break things and kill the bad guys. I remind you that the bad guys are the thugs who mutilate contractors, soldiers, and hang their burned bodies from bridges then dance around the bodies like the primitives that they are. Mop up Iraq for Maliki and get the Iraqi troops involved or (when the Dhimmicrats confine our fine military once more to defeat as those raving cowards did during Vietnam), stand-by to have blood on the hands of our "new" congressional leaders who will be effectively running the nation or so it seems right now. And as for those bloody commissions such as the Iraq Study Group - please have someone under 65 years of age who has had boots on the ground in Iraq out of the green zone on the commission, at least 3 to 4 ace military members, not as staff but as part of the commission proper. I love President Bush, my departure with him on amnesty notwithstanding; I believe he is a strong man of The Book; but I remind him and our State Department to tread carefully - as it is written in the Qur'an - Sura 4.144, O ye who believe! take not for friends Unbelievers... and Sura 4. 141, And never will God grant to the Unbelievers a way (to triumph) over the Believers.... watch for an opportunity to turn any event to its own advantage. We - non-Muslims - are considered Hypocrites, the Unbelievers. How can we, unbelievers so-called trust one word from the mouth of a Muslim cleric? How when the Qur'an tells them to lie and to deceive the Unbelievers. Fortunately, our troops are far wiser than the "great wise men" of the Iraq Study Group. I'll listen to our military troops any day over the meanderings of this study group, no matter the respect due them for long years of service, there are few if any statesmen among them. I say, "Americans, listen to our troops."

5 Comments:

Blogger James Higham said...

I'd like to know what the opinion of the troops actually is.

2:46 PM  
Blogger Beach Girl said...

Good article in Washington Times yesterday says they support what they are doing - good at winning war in 14 of 18 provinces but not so desiring of nation building. We need others there for that.

2:50 PM  
Blogger In Russet Shadows said...

It is only the mass media acting as a blurring and diffusing filter on the news that allows the ISG members to not be tarred and feathered for suggesting such poppycock. They don't have to present their findings in public hearings; they don't have to convince Jane and Joe American; they don't have to deal with the voters directly, so they are free to suggest all sorts of barbaric nonsense that does nothing better than stroke and coddle the worst governments on earth. Appeasers? Enablers of evil? Yes-men? Traitors? Take your pick of words, for they all fit the ISG members.

6:28 PM  
Blogger coconut commando said...

The Democratic Party seems to be wondering why we are not winning the war. I can only speculate that “we” means US soldiers because they would never admit that they are part of any “we” that loses. With that in mind, I would like to know what they define as "winning the war" and show how to do it. We are in the initial phases of SASO (Stability and Security Operations). This is what is still currently being done in Bosnia and in Kosovo. It takes time and patience. If the democrats are so hot on their success in war, why can't they explain (according to their own interpretation of winning) why we aren't winning the war in the Balkans?

According to former President Clinton, Bosnia wasn't supposed to last longer than a year yet here we are entering almost nine years later. Kosovo was supposed to last six months with NO GROUND TROOPS COMMITED. They are entering their fifth year with US troops on the ground. Somalia was another "victory". Some of you may say that those situations are all in the past, WRONG! They are just as active today as they were when it all started. They just don’t get all the advertisement.

The pattern here is that politicians seeking future office seats want instant gratuity in these situations and it doesn't work that way. Have you ever noticed that no major political player (outside Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld) ever mentions the positive things that have been accomplished here? Not really because that would make their agenda loose steam. Yes, we’ve had our asses handed to us on several skirmishes, but it has been overshadowed by all of the successes we’ve achieved here. You really need to look at the big picture and gather ALL of the information, not just what is piped through biased media. It all boils down to politicians trying to get reelected in order to stay employed. These guys wouldn’t last ten minutes here because of their “I quit because it’s hard” attitude.

As soldiers on the ground getting shot at on an everyday basis, I can tell you that no one wants to go home more than we do. The environment is brutal, the insurgents are merciless, and I don't want to see any more of my soldiers injured or killed. Bottom line, it sucks. But, unlike politicians, we stay the course because we see what happens here and what potential the country has in the future. You don’t just quit something like this because it bogs down and bad things happen. If you truly believe in doing what is right, you stick it out and provide something to these people that they’ve never had before, a future. If we follow the current mindset of these politicians, does that mean that we can quit helping the Hurricane Katrina victims because it gets hot in the south? Do we stop training to defend the country because it hurts to go another mile? Do we give up on identifying the remains of the victims in the World Trade Center because we aren’t “winning the war against DNA identification”?

America was founded by people who wouldn’t quit. Have we have fallen away from those times and qualities? We are at a pivotal point in US and Middle East relations. The Middle East is comprised of more than just Iraq. The other surrounding countries around us will judge us and decide if they will deal with us in the future based on how we behave today in the Middle East.

7:21 PM  
Blogger Beach Girl said...

Commando, I posted this comment as a blog entry. I did not give you a hat time, only mentioned it was from boots-on-the-groud. Let me know and I'll mention your blog. Your comment was too important to be lost in the comments to a single post.

5:22 PM  

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