Comments on: Army Officer Criticizes Generals on Iraq

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:38:41 +0000

Well maybe GW will listen now.. LOL

An LTCÂ with the nuts to tell it like it is to his superiors, is soon to be unemployed… No matter how RIGHT he is.

By: Bill Sasser

Bill Sasser — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:22:35 +0000

I’m a journalist (write for the Christian Science Monitor and Salon.com, among others) working on an article about the contributions Texas has made to the war, and how Texans are feeling about it at this point. Not an easy article to write. As a bartender at Luckenback told me last weekend, “Texans are hurting over this war, but you’re going to have a hard time finding anyone to tell you that up front.”

Last weekend I went to a memorial service for Lt. Phillip Neel in Fredericksburg. I’ve also getting in touch with Kristy Kruger, a musician whose brother, Lt. Col. Eric Kruger, was killed in Iraq last year.

I’m not taking an overtly political bent with the article. Interested in talking to some folks in Texas, a state that seems to be baring a large burden in Iraq, about where they are at this point with the war. Most interested in talking to folks who have family/friends in the service. Can be contacted at wmsasser05@yahoo.com or 504-418-4873.

By: GUYK

GUYK — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:58:12 +0000

A member of the military has to walk a tight political rope..all of us have sworn an oath to obey the orders of the officers appointed over us..and the POTUS in of course the Commander in Charge of the whole shooting match.

A military member of any rank who goes public with complaints..even contacting a congressman on a private issue..runs the risk of ruining a career…even when the military member is right.

Yeah, their was a major screwup in Iraq..and many of us old vets saw it coming and said so..ground taken and not secured is not with taking. Simply put there were not enough troops on the ground to secure what was taken.

The question to me is who made the war plans? Why did they ignore 1500 years of history of the area that told them that Sunnis and Shiite had been killing each other for centuries? Why did they not disarm the population as they conquered an area? Lots of questions and damn few answers and now it looks like it is FUBAR.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:24:06 +0000

Active Duty, there is no doubt in my mind, the man is brilliant, that was a sarcastic reference made to some of the detractors that think it treason to criticize the war in Iraq in any way and an act punishable by death to say ANYTHING bad about the POTUS…

By: Active Duty

Active Duty — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:20:13 +0000

LTC Yingling is definitely not a “moonbat.” He was an instructor at West Point and a gifted officer. He is an academic and his opinion and views are ones of academic and military understanding as well as an understanding of the risk to publish out of principle versus career.

By: El Marko

El Marko — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:06:28 +0000

Lt Col Yinglings article reads well enough but on reflection was a hollow meal. His entire discourse amounted to a critique, a very generalized critique, of the mechanics of our military personnel policies regarding officer advancement. It’s pretty difficult to disagree with his conclusions that we need smarter and more clairvoyant leaders.

By: Basti

Basti — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:35:46 +0000

As a ‘serving officer’ this is an absolute ‘no,no’ for this officer. Yingling is either close to retirement or he just doesn’t care about his career. He’ll be lucky if he’s not drummed out of the bugle corp for this.

The Iraq War has been FUBAR from the start and I lay that right at the doorstep of the ‘CIVILIANS IN CHARGE’. Of course that’s a hallowed tradition in the US and dates all the way back to the Revolution.

By: Ranando

Ranando — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:31:14 +0000

Remember Fred, 67% of Americans agree with every word you have ever said on this subject. The other 33% are, “Bush Bots or Proctologists for Bush.”

No worries, you have the American people behind you on this one.

Keep it up!