Comments on: Casey: Only Half Iraq Troop Boost Needed

Outgoing Top Commander In Iraq Says Baghdad Could Be Secured With Smaller U.S. Troop Buildup

[bluestardad]

yea it is my kids with three tours!

[bluestardad]

The entire lot of them should be put in a warehouse with the families of the slain and wounded soldiers for a week! If it takes that long!

[observantx]

Gen. Casey and the other generals in Iraq were not allowed to do what they wanted to do by Donald Rumsfeld. Standing behind him were GeorgenDick.

What Gen. Casey is really at fault for is parroting the drivel and nonsense about the war being ladled out by the White House. When he started doing that, he abondoned his duty as a soldier and became a politician and a yesman.

Our sons and daughters in the military there deserved better.

[emtak1]

marcodele:


"I worry too much..."

Worrying decides nothing and is not debate. It only gives those in power the opportunity to take advantage of you.

They have led us into a valley of death.Bush's maneuvering has put an incredible amount of power in the executive, and a wimpy, lazy congress has given the American people little recourse to remedy thier current situation.

As long as a worried, lethargic, hand wringing America continues to be led by a band of self-absorbed. lazy, polarized, close minded shepherds your neighbors and loved ones will continue to perish in Iraq in vain.

What can you do? Stop whining and do something,

NOW, TODAY---just at the same moment one of your neighbors overseas is feeling the impact of a bullet or IUD shrapnel and their blood is surely coursing out onto a Bahgdad street--write your representative and tell them this isn't good enough for you and your kids.

You can find your reps email through Congress.org. Just put in your zipcode.

Isn't a little of your ink and time worth your neighbors lifeblood?

[bluestardad]

This *********** should be stoned!

On CSPAN General Casey Jr. just told Senator Warner of the Senate Armed Services Committee that he was not aware of any War Gaming for the New Iraqi Surge Plan! He was unaware if the plan had even been tried on Paper! This General is suppose to be the General in Charge of the Iraq War! General Casey is under consideration for the Chief of Staff of the Army and he is not aware if the Iraq Surge Plan we are debating had ever been War Gamed to determine plausibility, probability of Success, or any type of Course of Action Analysis has been done to determine a possible acceptable outcome! He should be drummed from the service as this is total dereliction of Duty. To Send 21,000 more troops to a war where the plan had never been analyzed for success to his knowledge is Criminal Negligence! Who would send a soldier in to war plan without ever War Gaming the Scenario first?

[j-whitman]

Republicans are now yelling "I was for the war, before I was against it" - While McCain, Bush & Cheney Blame The Generals.

[emtak1]

The "decider" rewards loyalty and punishes dissent.

The congress passes "nonbinding legislation" much as the Roman Senate did in the years after Julius Caesar memorably crossed the Rubicon River.

[marcodele]

As much as I detest the hypocrisy of the Cheney administration, I am not enjoying watching the total unraveling of our military effort in Iraq.
I worry too much about our troops and their families. Every member of the Bush Oil Club should serve time in prison for this fiasco, for lying to congress and to the American people, and for putting the interests of their former oil companies over those of American lives. We invaded a country, obliterated their infrastructure, and Bush can't understand why they don't like us!

[emtak1]

Of course he should not get a promotion after failing so miserably.

Another general ,recently put in charge of the entire Iraq campaign, should not have gotten that job either because his former job as general was to train the Iraqi troops to fight and develop strategy and tactics fight for themselves.

But he failed miserably. That general's reward for being loya? He now has the lives of all your neighbors and loved ones serving overseas in the palm of his hands.

The "Decider" gets what the decider wants. COngress is only able to pass "nonbinding" legislation, much like the Roman Senate.

[racam-2009]

To a man who can't handle a little, you sure don't turn around and put him in charge of a lot. Beware of Bush nominees for anything now. Casey has and will always be a parrot.

[j-whitman]

Sounds like Casey is being scapegoated by McCanin for Bush's failed war -- That's at the cost of the lives of our troops.

[marcodele]

"But I have to be qualifed! After all, I've been to the Christmas parties on the Crawford ranch for years!"

[marcodele]

When the Bush cheerleaders like McCain start saying they are following a failed policy full of mistakes, you know something is rotten in D.C.
Unfortunately, Junior has two more years, and can cause a lot of damage - as much or more than he did in his first two years.

[bluestardad]

On CSPAN General Casey Jr. just told Senator Warner that he was not aware of any War Gaming for the New Surge! He was unaware if the plan had even been tried on Paper! This General is suppose to be the General in Charge of the Iraq War! General Casey is under consideration for the Chief of Staff of the Army and he is not aware if the Iraq Surge Plan we are debating had ever been War Gamed to determine plausibility, probability of Success, or any type of Course of Action Analysis has been done to determine a possible acceptable outcome! He should be drummed from the service as this is total dereliction of Duty. To Send 21,000 more troops to a war where the plan had never been analyzed for success to his knowledge!