Comments on: U.S. Troop Buildup Planned For Afghanistan

Heavy Spring Fighting Expected As Taliban Stages A Comeback

[egghead12-2009]

Okay...look, the reason why we are fighting innefficient police actions in Iraq and Afghanistan is because we are an interdependent country that no-longer fights wars like an independent country would. How can a nation like ours effectively deal with Iraq and Afghanistan when the surrounding countries "allies" hold so much US debt that if we did something unpopular they would call in our debts and ruin the value of the dollar, or worse yet base oil trade on the Euro? Trust me we are no longer the masters of our destiny. That's the real problem.

[madatbush]

One more thought and I'm going to be quiet on this issue. We are battling a society of people who have been at war among themselves for thousands of years and I don't think anything we do is ever going to make this any better. Nevertheless this war is creating another hate that is festering among OUR people that is not going to go away any time soon. I see children that hate the people in Afghanistan and Iraq that is taking their Daddy away from them. They vow to go "over there" and kill them all when they grow up. It tears my heart out to see what is happening to our childern as a result of this war. I blame our administration for taking their Daddy away, but the children don't understand politics, they only understand what they percieve as "war" and who might be wanting to hurt their Daddy. In a way the Taliban will win this war, they will have the souls of our children. That is the legacy that Bush should be remembered for. That is all I have to say on this subject.

[madatbush]

In response to "mjb1411" - I agree that I don't like to see Americans say negatives things either. I've never posted anything like this before but it is time someone said something about what it going one in the White House. The Taliban cannot fight this time of the year, so says my husband who is there, because of the harsh weather. Why then is the sudden rush for troop build up? Bush is throwing a tantrum in my opinion, pushing his weight around at the expense of others, without regard of its long term consequences to the welfare of the children and spouses. Don't you think the Taliban takes advantage of these long deployments and the low moral of our soldiers? Bush and his advisors underestimate them horribly and is making critical mistakes in their planning, much like this troop redeployment and extension. It is bad for moral and bad for the families back at home. It creates a division in our country that will be hard to mend.

[armywife10]

know what's wonderful about being a civilian?

i dont have to solve the problem. i do, however, expect my government to try to. they instead, have made it worse.

believe me, i know what the terrorists do. my husband tells me that they are the reason he is there, he doesn't ever want me to have to worry about them. but i dont feel safe and secure with the way our government is approaching the problem, nor with the way they entered it to begin with- and i do not think im wrong to say so.

[mjb1411]

I wonder how the terrorists feel about the negative statements that some americans make. I imagine they would feel emboldened. Those terrorists in that area will cut your head off if they catch you. How would you suggest dealing with those people? I dont think complaining about how we should never have been there in the first place is going to solve the current problem. Terrorists dont want to talk with you. They want you dead if you dont believe in the minority radical islam beliefs. They will kill your children and fill their stomachs with explosives just so they can kill the security forces that pick up the dead bodies. Its amazing what you find on foot patrols.

[armywife10]

its amazing for me to think that i have such a dramatic story about my 12 months so far, how much my husband has missed, and how much more he'll miss the next 4 months. how greatly this will affect our family... but 3200 families are going through the exact same thing.

a video of my son's first steps just wont cut it.

[armywife10]

amen, madatbush.

[down-ndirty]

"So you see, my friends, there is a reason Tom DeLay is one of the most popular men in Washington. He makes the president look slightly less stupid by comparison!" Source unknown.

[down-ndirty]

"Grow up America. Cut the whinning about the mistake of the conflict in Iraq. We are there because we have been threatened by the attack on Sept 11." Posted by mnip.

mnip, did you just wake up from a six-year sleep? You obviously have no clue why we are there. Go to page 15 and read all of the posts in the order they were posted before you contribute your two-cents worth.

[madatbush]

I think that being upset about seeing our husbands used as a pawn in a political war is not justified as "whining." When you have to look into the face of a child and explain that daddy won't be home again this year for Christmas or a birthday then we are very justified to be upset when Bush makes a sudden decision to keep our husbands in Afghanistan just days away from coming home, especially a decision with no justification or explanation behind it. Bush cannot even look us in the face and give us a reason! Replacement troops are there to replace these troops, let them do their jobs and give our guys a break. Their moral is low and they need to come home. We aren't whining, we want Bush to stop destroying families. Bin Laden destroyed approximately 3000 family's lives on 9/11/01. Bush just destroyed over 3,000 family's lives with this rash decision. With almost 400,000 people deployed look at how many families Bush is tearing apart. We've had enough!