November 25, 2005
Generals know how to fight wars. That's how they get to be Generals. It's not something that's just handed out. So when the General you put in charge of something starts telling you things, it's probably wise to listen. We didn't learn this lesson in Vietnam and it looks like we still haven't learned it.
Lt. General John R. Vines, commander of the Multinational Corps Iraq, disagrees with Congressman Murtha on the pullout of our troops from Iraq. Considering he is the one on the ground and in charge of making things happen, I think it would behoove our leadership to listen to what he has to say.
Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, who commands the Multinational Corps Iraq, said that 36 Iraqi battalions, about one-third of the total force, are now responsible for their own security sectors and can fight the insurgency. But they are not yet ready to operate totally independent of U.S. supply lines and tactical advice.
Because of that, he said, now is not the time for an American withdrawal.
"Iraqi security forces are able to conduct operations in a large portion of their area with only limited coalition support," Gen. Vines told Pentagon reporters via a teleconference from Baghdad. "They do require our support at this time. That support will be increasingly less over a period of time, but a precipitous pullout, I believe, would be destabilizing."
That, to me, sounds like good news. We've got a lot of troops trained and we're gradually moving things over to the Iraqis as they can handle them. Imagine for a moment that you would like to be a pilot. You go to the airport, sign up for lessons and get started. The instructor teaches you the basics of flying and how to take off, then takes you up for your first flight. Halfway through the flight, the instructor simply bails out. He hasn't taught you to land yet, but suddenly you're on your own. Sounds like a pretty messed up situation, doesn't it? And yet that's exactly what Congressman Murtha and his Democratic compadres propose doing to the Iraqis. And the exact same thing they forced us to do to the Vietnamese. It wasn't right then and it isn't right now.
The mistakes that the politicians made in Vietnam were fatal and avoidable. Certainly it was a brutal war, but does that make it not worth fighting? Wasn't our own Revolutionary war quite bloody? Did that keep the French from coming to our aid? Without them, we might still be paying taxes to Britan. Our future certainly would have come out very differently. Now it's time to give other people in the world the same chance. It's time to stop all the political bickering and get the job done right. Stop worrying about trying to score political points and listen to what your commanders are telling you. We've started a job. Let's finish it and prove to the world that we CAN learn from the mistakes we've made in the past.
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Posted by: jwookie at November 25, 2005 02:16 PM (x0sPW)
Given the tone and substance of the ascerbic rhetoric of the so-called antiwar movement, i.e. the fact that they seem to hate their conservative fellow citizens more than they hate the terrorists, (apparently not at all, given the astounding paucity of anti-terror rhetoric, compared to the daily verbal attacks against the President, his advisors, Jews, and our soldiers), once one gets past the natural disbelief that one's countrymen could support the enemies of one's country, and judges the facts of the matter unemotionally in the harsh light of pure logic, then one must conclude the latter, rather than the former argument, is the case, and that they, the liberals, do indeed want America to lose. Treason is the worst crime of all, and is absolutely unforgivable regardless of the measure or intent of the crime, which is why I say they should all be rounded up and shot.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 25, 2005 06:53 PM (0yYS2)
anyway, a hearty "fuck off" to all you american taliban dildo shitheads. we hate you, you are losing support and the tar and feathers is being readied for you losers.
ernie
Posted by: ernie at November 25, 2005 07:07 PM (ocmaF)
anyway, a hearty send off to you american dickhead taliban types. oh, I love men, hot men who are not traitors like the penis head improbolus, but I love his penis, i wish it was not neocon.
Posted by: ernieervin at November 25, 2005 07:18 PM (rUyw4)
You make me laugh. You and your ilk can do nothing to me. Your tar and feathers would be shoved up your ass if you tried to mess with this Texan.
None of you little queers have the balls to fight. We could whip your little asses in about 10 minutes, so shove off, before someone finds out who you are. Then you will cry! Like a little girl! Haha!
Posted by: knight templar at November 25, 2005 08:21 PM (rUyw4)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 26, 2005 01:30 PM (0yYS2)
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at November 26, 2005 04:10 PM (0yYS2)
Agent Brown calculates that the current strategy will lead to American defeat and the overthrow of the Iraqi regime.
Posted by: Agent Smith at November 26, 2005 11:01 PM (cKU7u)
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