Comments Posted By Richard Bottoms
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And what does Kerry gloating have to do with not enough soldiers on he ground to do the job and recruiting at all time lows for the al volunteer force?
Kerry isn't president, Bush is.
Rumsfeld's happy talk about the insurgency being on its last legs is demonstrably false and designed, I guess to keep the right wingers pacified until a pre-2008 election bugout.
Comment Posted By Richard Bottoms On 6.06.2005 @ 11:50
Unlike the chickenhawks who sit out this war while cheering it on, I put in my time in uniform and understand how the inept prosecution of this war is destroying our military.
When George Bush gets on TV and spells out the sacrifices needed to win: raise taxes to pay for it, ask citizens to join the military to fight it, encourage an end to giant gas guzzling vehicles that keep us dependent of foreign oil, and put enough troops on the ground then I will believe he is serious.
Ignoring the total mismanagement of the post 'Mission Accomplished' photo op era is wistful thinking. The abuses of Abu Gharib and Bhagram have damaged our image precisely because we are the US of A dammit and we don't torture and murder prisoners. At least no one would have believed it before this horrors came to light. To top it off we send people off to other countries where we know they will be tortured, innocent or not.
Some of us ex-military types see how the crushing op temp of the fighting is destroying the Army Reserve and how the active force is being being ground down.
Once the stop loss troops get back they will be gone from the service. Once current active troops put in their eight years and can no longer be compelled to serve they will be gone too. Yet we see this ridiculous happy spin put on current recruiting numbers.
It isn't Al Queda that is winning this war, it is the Bus administration that is losing it.
Comment Posted By Richard Bottoms On 6.06.2005 @ 09:49
