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Originally posted by DanaC
Personally I think that woman's attitude is utterly shameful. I am against the war , was always against the war, marched against the war.......but soldiers go where they are sent. To hold them responsible for the war is like holding surgeons responsible for disease.
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The shameful part are those civilians who would put soldiers in harm's way only on myths, lies, and their emotional beliefs. Clearly there was no smoking gun to justify war in Iraq. Why then did so many so hate the military man as to promote thatwar? And why did so many civilians so hate the military man as to not demand the George Jr administration let them complete the mission in Afghanistan?
Go back and review posts of 2001. That is what a soldier's best friend and ally says. Soldier is never put into a Vietnam type, 'no-win' situation. At least not by patriots. But that means the patriot first learns the lessons of history.
We should have let our military (ie Tenth Mountain) achieve victory in Afghanistan. We did not. Now some will disparage a soldier when, clearly, 85% (and more) of all problems are directly traceable to the 'mental midget' top management. Again, cited as example, posters in The Cellar, some who advocated what I consider disrespect to the men in uniform.
First strike and your out!
In that thread, it is painfully obvious why and what justifies war. We did not meet that critieria in Iraq. We are now suffering what happens when war is fought only because "W would start a war against a middle eastern country because of pride" and personal agenda. "He simply doesn't have that kind of standing to be able to pull it off without good reason?" I guess he was not lying? Maybe a little hindsight is now in order.