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azcanadienne wrote:

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SurvivorArctic wrote:

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So this Yellowhat person...retard or moron?

Bible-thumpin', gun-totin', Pennsyltucky redneck.....so both

azcanadienne wrote:

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...maintaining caveat for ghostie-possibility

buried out back wrote:

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TheManInTheYellowHat wrote:

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OMG! wmdaggie is using a different nic to infect this forum now.

yoshi wrote:

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And you proved the point I hoped you were going to prove. Thanks for being so obliging. Nowhere in my post did I indicate support or lack thereof for the current action in Iraq. I merely stated that the American public, all of us but primarily through the politicians we send to Washington, have a duty not to put soldiers' lives on the line except when it is necessary. Did you disagree with this statement? Perhaps you think soldiers should be deployed anywhere, at any time, for any reason. And Americans owe a duty of unquestioning loyalty and support to those who sent them there.

Now, since you mentioned Iraq--my problem with what happened is that the military was sent in by people who have NO CLUE about the culture into which they sent them. And they had no clear objectives, and no clear exit strategy. I literally cringed when I heard some in the administration talking about how our troops would be welcomed by adoring crowds, and how a democracy would simply spring into being when given then chance. I knew that what would happen was exactly what was going to happen--as far as I'm concerned, the only correct decision that was made was to put Petraeus in charge because he knew what to do in that culture. Had he been in charge from the get-go, things would have been entirely different.

Your post also reflects the bigger problem in American politics today. Namely, that there is no room for nuance. That my opponents do not merely disagree with me, they are evil.

...have a duty not to put soldiers' lives on the line except when it is necessary.

the military was sent in by people who have NO CLUE about the culture into which they sent them

I literally cringed when I heard some in the administration talking about how our troops would be welcomed by adoring crowds, and how a democracy would simply spring into being when given then chance.

Had he been in charge from the get-go, things would have been entirely different.