The Democrats Won't Fight!

Yesterday in a comment I was asked would I vote for the “asses” who got us into this “mess” Here is that comment any what I feel must be done now:
In fact we need more troops in Iraq rather than less. If we leave Iran will come in and Iraq will indeed become a hot bed training ground for terrorist just as Lebanon has. To think otherwise is sheer stupidity.

Posted by: BrendaBee [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 11, 2006 11:01 AM

Absolutely correct. My question is are do you want to reward the asses that got us in this situation with another voting victory.

Posted by: James D. Rockefeller at September 11, 2006 10:41 PM

JDR, I'm not sure which "asses" you mean the Dems or the Reps since they both voted for it and Bill Clinton (Dem) encouraged Dems to vote for war by stating that he was given the same intelligence.

Then Rummy micromanaged and did not allow the army all the troops they wanted because he was convinced the US soldiers would be welcomed and everyone would cooperate and throw flowers. The desk chair brass at the Pentagon knew better but played politics and went along with him. When things didn’t go as Rummy wanted he played Lincoln and started switching field commanders ( this is great for fc’s of course because it means promotions big time) so again the desk brass played along and rotated themselves overseas. Can't blame the army if they couldn't get what they knew they needed they might as well get what they could. The aim of all the field commanders simply became an effort to spare as many American lives as possible because knew they didn’t have enough troops to do the job and cover all the territory they needed to cover to secure the borders and stabilize the government.

When things started to go really bad with the Sunni and Shia (a civil war that has gone on for 1500 years) the Dems jumped ship to use the war as a campaign issue. The Sunni and Shia will NEVER form a stable government without a strong dictator or a strong army to keep the peace.
Now will I vote for the asses who are currently in power or the asses who want to be in power? I think was your question.

JDR,the Dems won’t fight. That’s all there is to it, the Dems won’t fight. If Al Gore had won the 2000 election and 9/11 happened on his watch not a fiddling thing would have been done and we would have had several more such tragedies by this fifth anniversary because the US would have appeared weak to those thugs.

So I am going to vote to keep the Reps in, and hope a new Congress will insist on sending in more troops. More seasoned troops over there will also tend to keep the lid on Iran a bit more. And, when the Israelis do go back at it with Hezbollah, and do it right this time by going after Iran and Syria then the US troops presence alone on the Iranian border will insure success. No one wants to go up against the US and Israel when they are both in a fighting mood. Just my take JDR.

Posted by: BrendaBee at September
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