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2005-12-26 Iraq

The future of America -- in Iraq, by Robert D. Kaplan

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Posted by Steve White 2005-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pity them? Hell, more like be button-busting proud of them! Maybe some of them will be Democrats and able to turn that sad sack of a party around into a viable alternative that patriotic and intelligent Americans could reasonably consider voting for. (Yes, I know that's asking for a near-miracle.) I expect that these young men and women will make a difference and I'd bet that it will be a good one.

Posted by mac 2005-12-26 07:20|| 2005-12-26 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I foresee great things in
America's future.If we can avoid the
Murtha Syndrome!

Posted by raptor 2005-12-26 08:26|| 2005-12-26 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Awesome.

Now I know what NMM should stand for: No More Murthas.

We are now, and will be, down the road, in the most excellent hands. The gap between is what worries me.

I am so proud of these people it hurts.

Posted by .com 2005-12-26 10:05|| 2005-12-26 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 when they come back, and speak out against the MSM/Donk agenda of lies....they'll drive a stake through the credibility of our enemies, foreign AND domestic

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-26 11:14|| 2005-12-26 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, Yes. Vote people in who Really have an appreciaton for Democracy. These guys are awesome to say the least. So, there is your ticket.

Give them a meal card that they deserve and let us clean up that stinking hill where the capitol sits.

Posted by newc">newc 2005-12-26 11:20|| 2005-12-26 11:20|| Front Page Top

#6 If they can rebuild it there, they can rebuild it anywhere.

Posted by newc">newc 2005-12-26 11:23|| 2005-12-26 11:23|| Front Page Top

#7 he gap between is what worries me.

That'd be the CSM's and Majors. The one's who survived Nixon, Ford and Carter, new math, no fault divorce, parents on drugs and grunge. Some how I suspect they're better survivors and workers than they get credit for, mainly cause they looked so...grungy. And they're the ones who will really get screwed in the Social Security solution.

But these youngsters in Iraq who are making your buttons bust will do the job there and in the next combat theater and will "win the war on terror" to return home to endless accolades that are now starting and to raise another generation of boomers just as the last "greatest" generation did. And so life goes on.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2005-12-26 11:36|| 2005-12-26 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Frank-
Your comment is an interesting one in that you may have put your finger on the real agenda of the LLL/MSM elites in this fight: They KNOW what these hundreds of thousands of men and women will do when they return to civilian life. A bloc of citizen voters that size cannot and will not be ignored - and the only option the LLL/MSM has is to force a defeat through public opinion in order to disgrace these heroes before they get back.
Look at it another way - millions of Americans served in Vietnam across more than a decade. If the war there had even remotely resembled a success, what would our nation look like today? Hint: the LLL/MSM as we know it today wouldn't exist.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-12-26 11:56|| 2005-12-26 11:56|| Front Page Top

#9 maybe so, Mike, but it's a litle late for the Jenjis(sic) Khan and Babykiller labels to work. The military of today has much to be proud of despite the occasional bad apples who get all the MMS limelight

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-26 12:00|| 2005-12-26 12:00|| Front Page Top

#10 No one serems to have mentioned it, but the Iraq conflict has seen a large number of USAR and NG units serving - and bleeding - alongside the active components. I would expect to see the returning leaders of these units start to exert influence in their home constituencies. I hope that this process has already begun - but I cannot say that I've seen even a whisper of political activism by any returning USAR/NG leaders.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2005-12-26 21:47|| 2005-12-26 21:47|| Front Page Top

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