Comments on: Senator Reid On Iraq: "This War Is Lost"

Democratic Majority Leader Says Troop Buildup Is Not Working

[randalds]

Wanna know my Basic Training Squadron too smartas*s? 3707 BMTS, Lackland AFB TX.

Do ever call me a liar just because I don't agree with you. It's cheap.

[randalds]

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Posted by freedomisnot at 01:18 AM : Apr 22, 2007

My permanent duty station was a SAC missile Base In North Dakota, the 321SMW at Grand Forks AFB. I was on active duty from 1973 to 1977. I went TDY to South Vietnam twice in the winter of 74-75. What I did there, where exactly I went there and the exact dates of when I was there are none of your da*mn business.

[freedomisnot]

Randal-D

The only conclusion you leave me with is that you are not being truthful. A man who went through the struggle of the Vietnam War would have much more knowledge and insight.If you choose to defend your position answer some questions-

Where were you stationed?
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[randalds]

Posted by freedomisnot at 12:58 AM : Apr 22, 2007

Doesn't matter though. The words still apply today when it comes to criticizing the president. The very time you want the most open discussions, in public and in Congress, is during a war, because a war is far and away the single most serious and important thing a nation ever engages in. It is literally life and death. So it is not treasonable to dissent with the government during time of war, rather it would be treasonable not to if you honestly disagree. This does not show our enemy that we are not united, but rather it shows them that, even in this most dangerous of times for us and the world, we can still practice our freedoms. That we are THAT good of a nation. That real. That free. That sends a much more impressive message. Not that we're indecisive, but rather that we're still united in our core beliefs of freedom. It shows our strength, not our weakness.

[freedomisnot]

Randal -D

President Bush is Commander In Chief but he does not directly command troops. Through the Joint Chiefs and Secratary of Def. he is advised of current and upcoming missions.Teddy was a great Pres. but the political atmosphere of his day are very different from the asymetrical threat we face today. Nice Quote though.

[randalds]

The issue is should Congress members show desent to our enemies while we have troops in a position to be harmed by what they say.

Posted by freedomisnot at 12:27 AM : Apr 22, 2007

Yes. Absolutely. Because they are showing dissent to Bush and that in no possible way can harm our troops.

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."


Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States (R) 1918

[freedomisnot]

The issue is should Congress members show desent to our enemies while we have troops in a position to be harmed by what they say. And the answer is that it is an act of TREASON . No matter what your political stripe it is Treasonist to give the enemy a view of division in our will while we are still in the fight. It is unfair to the troops in the field and unfair to those who have sacrificed life blood and limb to give the enemy the impression we are not unified.

Why are we not unified ? The Press has done a horrible job of accurate reporting. War correspondents must be a thing of the past.The insurance premiums and lawsuits must be preventing the brave few who will accurately report the events from reporting the news we truly need to hear.From what I have read (accurate or not) most of the press never get outside the wire they live in the "Green Zone" and send Iraq's to gather info to send to the news wire. What a crock.......

Disscusion of the war is part of what makes our Democracy work and the free exchange of ideas of all Americans is important.The disscution should not take place in a forum that allows our enemies any insight into our thoughts.

[randalds]

Our troops did NOT die to overthrow Saddam! That is a White House lie that they made up out of whole cloth to try to cover their as*ses! Our troops in Iraq HA+VE died for nothing! They certainly did not die trying to avenge any of the attacks you talk about because Saddam had nothing to do with them. No Saddam was no saint. He was an as*shole, but if you think that's why we invaded Iraq or that overthrowing him was worth one drop of American blood then you're living in some sort of fantasy land. It was NOT worth one drop of our soldiers blood or one soldiers life even if that was the reason and it was NOT. This is a war that did not have to happen, except for the fact that Bush and Cheney WANTED it to! THAT is the only reason that it did, so YES our troops died in vain! They died for NOTHING!

[j-whitman]

tbweb,,, It might help to watch more news -- The UAE is arming & aiding the Taliban, Not Iran.

[j-whitman]

None of those attacks came from Iran or Iraq -- Those where Sunni's from the UAE

Now,, countries in the UAE (Sunni's) are supplying, arming, & sending soldiers trained in Iraq to help the Taliban