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2007-03-20 Iraq

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Posted by gorb 2007-03-20 03:12|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think the author is confusing the immediate disappointment these troops are suffering as their tours are being again extended with his own feelings that the mission should be abandoned. I'm sure the author has not been on the firing line for two years so there is a disconnect, not to mention the regular AP bias!

Posted by Jim 2007-03-20 09:03|| 2007-03-20 09:03|| Front Page Top

#2 "They can stay for 100 years if they want," said Salam Ahmed, a security guard at a shoe warehouse on the outskirts of the city. "If they go, the bad guys will certainly come for me."

Yeah, and most of the troops didn't want to be in Europe either, but that's what Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, etc said was necessary too. What's up to now, 60+ years. Little under 40 to go to make that 100. Salam learns well from the Germans and French and etc. Didn't Bill promise us the troops home in a year from Kosovo? Not that Hillary would miss that piece of dirty trade off to another prez?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-03-20 09:45|| 2007-03-20 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 "If they go, the bad guys will certainly come for me."

But that's okay. Nancy Pelosi will feel your pain...

Posted by tu3031 2007-03-20 09:52|| 2007-03-20 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 i say, let the shias ans sunnis kill each other off and let kurdistan have their own country that WE arm very well. they seem too be the only ones with any real intelligence in this country.

Posted by sinse 2007-03-20 10:27|| 2007-03-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 i mean shit we are talking about where civilization began here, and look how far they have came from the days of nebachanezzar(sp).

Posted by sinse 2007-03-20 10:28|| 2007-03-20 10:28|| Front Page Top

#6 In any large group of soldiers (or sailors, marines or airmen) you will always find a few who are unhappy. A reporter can look for them, and get a quote. Then with a little wordsmithing, the reporter can make it look like the sentiment is widespread, and that general griping is about to explode into general mutiny.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-03-20 11:04|| 2007-03-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Consider the source: AFP - THats the French Press Agency. No agenda there, right?

And obviously never hear the old soldier's adage: If they aint bitchin they aint happy.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-20 11:21|| 2007-03-20 11:21|| Front Page Top

#8 As we used to say on the ol' BB, a bitchy sailor is a happy sailor.

Posted by Dreadnought 2007-03-20 11:22|| 2007-03-20 11:22|| Front Page Top

#9 I spent a year in Vietnam and rotated home, like a lot of people. Some of the guys extended for up to two additional years. We bitched - my daughter was 22 months old when I left. All soldiers bitch, especially when handed a piece of bad news such as an extension to what you considered a set tour. The MSM will post what they consider the worst news, because they don't want the MNF to succeed. Even the local newspaper follows the lead, and it's not as liberal as most. The same soldiers who are bitching will fight like he$$ if attacked.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-03-20 12:51|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-03-20 12:51|| Front Page Top

#10 So what you're saying is that Iraq is like Vietnam.

Posted by Uneamble Fillmore6406 2007-03-20 14:49|| 2007-03-20 14:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Korea was like Vietnam too, matter of fact Vietnam is like Vietnam, some say Missouri was like Vietnam back in 1861, but rarely is North Dakota likened to N. Vietnam, which is a damn mystery wrapped in an eggroll sold by an airhead.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-03-20 16:21|| 2007-03-20 16:21|| Front Page Top

#12 All soldiers bitch, especially when handed a piece of bad news

what OP said and...human nature.

Korea was like Vietnam too, matter of fact Vietnam is like Vietnam, some say Missouri was like Vietnam back in 1861, but rarely is North Dakota likened to N. Vietnam, which is a damn mystery wrapped in an eggroll sold by an airhead.

ship lol, you always crack me up!

/[olde China proverb..women who fly upside down..]

Posted by RD 2007-03-20 17:00|| 2007-03-20 17:00|| Front Page Top

#13 it's a damn shame, RD, to see you sink to our level of humor. Ima embarrassed

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-03-20 18:01|| 2007-03-20 18:01|| Front Page Top

#14 Ima am too... LOL!

Posted by RD 2007-03-20 18:22|| 2007-03-20 18:22|| Front Page Top

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