Originally Posted by
Busyman™
I wouldn't compare Chavez to Hitler either.
I have a number of childhood friends, family of friends, and simple acquaintances in Iraq. I know some of them have fought in battle before. I think it's more sting for myself and their family to know that they shouldn't be there. Mind you, there could be any number of crap skirmishes that wouldn't know about that be just as much bullshit as Iraq.
We know this is bullshit and a huge vat of it at that.
Underneath it all, I have been told that moral is low by just a handful of soldiers although they will do as told. I have been told also that most don't want to speak their mind (against this crap) aloud for obvious reasons. Tbh, I don't think soldiers should do that for reporters. Luckily family (& some friends) get the story and that's who counts.
Do you think the politiking of the war has anything to do with their morale?
I'd be interested to know
why their morale is low. Is it because they don't believe they should be there,body count(I hate that term by the way),or because of the media never showing achievement over there?
1)The media is always showing achievement over there. I believe it's a great point and counterpoint that both sides are shown. By the body count though, the achievement pales in comparison.
2)They believe shouldn't be there. As do, I believe, most of the public and congress.
3)They also don't like the body count. How could they?
There are justifications for war. The lines have been so blurred as to the current reasons why we are in Iraq I'm not sure too many(other than the uber-hawkish) could really make an argument without thinking they knew it was not quite right.
There are justifications for me robbign a bank too. The lines haven't been blurred. There is a before reason and an after reason. The before reason was completely wrong and the after reason is cleaning up the mess we've created/administration saving face.
I do like when I hear, "We went into Iraq to get Al Qaeda." Nooooo, Al Qaeda is there nowwww because of us.
I do get tired of the Vietnam parallels as well. Taken in context I find it hard to find hardly a reasoning for calling it by that name. Of course each persons view of history is distorted by those who make up history.
Yeah I think Vietnam was a more worthy fight. When Saddam invaded Kuwait, that was more worthy a fight than this crap we are in.
I do wish you are your friends in Iraq well and hope they come home safe.
There was a woman on The Washington Journal the other day who said all this "I support the troops but not the war is a bunch of crap."
She said she had a bumper-sticker that said "
I support the War but not the Troops." Thought that was pretty good.
We must Always support the troops.
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