tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post4748554864157877863..comments2023-08-15T06:44:31.455-04:00Comments on page13news: Reality Check?page13http://www.blogger.com/profile/02942685312023596281noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post-88261577014632117722007-09-17T23:10:00.000-04:002007-09-17T23:10:00.000-04:00No, I don't recall the GOP doing anything close to...No, I don't recall the GOP doing anything close to the Democrat attempts to undermine Bush and the military in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>The "good news" you refernece was related to humanitarian efforts between the US and UNOSOM II (UN Operation in Solmolia), NOT toward a significant battle with Al Q'eda in a major US war.<BR/><BR/>If I remember correctly, we were not convinced there was a good enough reason to be "nation building" in this part of the world at that time. Clinton hadn't sold the need enough. <BR/><BR/>Now, before you try to smack me with the nation building call, Iraq is not nation building. Nation building is when you start with a humanitarian or some other innocuous event, use relatively few military forces to prop up an unstable government, and commit to a short stay.<BR/><BR/>Iraq is one battleground in a much larger conflict. Iran is the head of the snake, not Sadaam, not Bin Ladin. The same Islamic Radicals who took our embasy during Carter, and bombed our barracks in Beruit during Reagan, prop up terror groups in Palestine, have organizations worldwide, and are determined to kill us, are who we are battling here.page13https://www.blogger.com/profile/02942685312023596281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216672362697227112.post-91354031481204662872007-09-05T20:40:00.000-04:002007-09-05T20:40:00.000-04:00OK...so you think we should continue to sink our m...OK...so you think we should continue to sink our most precious resources, our young boys and girls, into a failed pursuit. I am certainly not for cutting and running but once the Iraqi politicians took their vacation, I would have stopped fighting and had my troops waiting for transport back home if they didn't get their asses back to work. You can't deny that this administration failed to prosecute this war. On the other side, complaining about the war and not presenting an alternative course is not the way to go. If I remember correctly, when the fighting in Mogadishu went bad, but the soldiers gave a good account of themselves, the Republicans were thumping Clinton on the head with the “bring the boys home” hammer, even though the troops had the upper hand and could have finished the job if given the chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com