i'm a veteran too. U.S. Army Infantry. i was active duty during first gulf war.
I agree with your comments 100% and appreciate your saying this. I served a commander in chief i respected in Bush 41. I couldn't say the same for 43.
How could a president who never served in war be "better" than one who did? - getting advice isn't the same as serving. Particularly with 43 who never listens to advice anyway. Chicken Hawk got 5 deferrments because he was too "busy" to serve in Vietnam. Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz - they look at war like a chess game or a map room excercise.
War is too important to be left to imperial cowboys and the neocon professors who run (and i use this term loosley) this one.
What would i suggest? difficult to say at this decision branch. Kind of like having your wife get you lost and driving you in the middle of nowhere then having her say "if your so smart get us out of here"
but here i go ...
1) stop attacking americans who disagree as unpatriotic or likening them to Michael Moore - that's a good start.
2) stop lying about the war and perpetrating myths - like trying to still link Iraq to 9/11
3) either send in another 100K troops to get the job done or pull them ALL out - now. either one is fine but quit Vietnamming the conflict - not enough troops to win, too few to lose. while good young men and women are killed and critically maimed daily and we make no progress.
and on another note - i was going to blog about this myself but chickened out. Veterans day isn't a Republican holiday. taking this solemn holiday to attack people - including other veterans while surrounding yourself in trappings of the military (which didn't suit him while he was supposed to be serving) personally sickens me.
I'm not a democrat. I supported this war in the beginning. but i make a mistake in trusting our government. i'm against it now.
support the troops. Bring 'em home.
I agree with your comments 100% and appreciate your saying this. I served a commander in chief i respected in Bush 41. I couldn't say the same for 43.
How could a president who never served in war be "better" than one who did? - getting advice isn't the same as serving. Particularly with 43 who never listens to advice anyway. Chicken Hawk got 5 deferrments because he was too "busy" to serve in Vietnam. Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz - they look at war like a chess game or a map room excercise.
War is too important to be left to imperial cowboys and the neocon professors who run (and i use this term loosley) this one.
What would i suggest? difficult to say at this decision branch. Kind of like having your wife get you lost and driving you in the middle of nowhere then having her say "if your so smart get us out of here"
but here i go ...
1) stop attacking americans who disagree as unpatriotic or likening them to Michael Moore - that's a good start.
2) stop lying about the war and perpetrating myths - like trying to still link Iraq to 9/11
3) either send in another 100K troops to get the job done or pull them ALL out - now. either one is fine but quit Vietnamming the conflict - not enough troops to win, too few to lose. while good young men and women are killed and critically maimed daily and we make no progress.
and on another note - i was going to blog about this myself but chickened out. Veterans day isn't a Republican holiday. taking this solemn holiday to attack people - including other veterans while surrounding yourself in trappings of the military (which didn't suit him while he was supposed to be serving) personally sickens me.
I'm not a democrat. I supported this war in the beginning. but i make a mistake in trusting our government. i'm against it now.
support the troops. Bring 'em home.
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