The ROE? Forcing our soldiers in many instances to be cops? I’M a cop and even I KNOW my job differs MARKEDLY from that of a soldier. I don’t try to be a soldier, and soldiers shouldn’t have to be forced to become cops.

BZ

1973: abandon Vietnam and the 58,000 men who gave their lives on the word of a government without the balls and intestinal fortitude to stick it out and let the military do what it does best. Kill commie bastards. So the NVA comes in, and hundreds of thousands of South Vietnamese intellectuals, professionals, etc are murdered or locked away for years as “re-education.” Meanwhile, In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot murder almost 2 MILLION of their best and brightest who are perceived as threats to communism. Alleged President Thieu runs away with his tail between his legs, along with apx $50 MILLION dollars worth of gold … gold he accumulated from selling US aid on the black market and banking it.

Those 58,000 boys died for nothing, because the fucking DimocRATS had no guts. They still don’t, and never will.

Now they try to do the same thing in Iraq. Cut and run, abandon our military when they need supplied, place ridiculous limits on the ROE – in effect making soldiers and Marines who defend themselves open to charges of murder.

They have no shame, these scumbags. None. I wouldn’t piss on any of them if they were on fire. Fuck’em – let them burn, the bastards.

Have we lost? Years ago I was taught that wars are the result of failed diplomacy and even though the military wins all the battles if the political objective was not accomplished then it is a lost war.

In Iraq it seems to me the original objectives were accomplished..Saddam is dead, there are no real dangers of WMDs from Iraq, and the Iraqis have a democratically elected government..such as it is. From that view point mission was accomplished both militarily and politically. But, seems that not only have the political objectives changed..HELL! What are they? The rules of engagement have changed to the point that our troops are barely able to protect themselves from the bad guys..and they don’t even know for sure who are the bad guys.

We are caught up in the middle of a civil war and are playing both sides against the middle..a losing proposition at best and gets people killed needlessly at worst.

If I had my “druthers” I’d “druther” see the USA take out the Iraqi government, kill every fuckin’ Mullah in Iraq and kick ass to the point that the people were on their knees begging for the whuppin to stop. TOTAL submission and then maybe..just maybe a new government over seen by a Gvernor General could be established and maybe..again just maybe..in adecade or so the Iraqis could be taught to self rule. But if their history is any indication of their future this is also doubtful.

The answer? Get the fuck out of Dodge. Let them fight it out and then make a deal for oil with who ever comes out on top. But if we do that then we also have to let Iran know with some shock and awe to stay the hell out of it…but the politicians don’t have the balls to pull out nor the balls to do it right if they stay..we need some new leadership in this country and neither the dim-a-crits nor the GOP is offering anything but more of the same.