[spence]

Originally posted by outfished
Sorry Spence, here's my take on just Afganistan. Iraq isn't far behind and to suggest we're wasting our time there and that our policies are misguided is an insult to our soldiers, to our institutions and our morals.

Let me restate this so I'm sure I understand...

To suggest our policies are misguided is an insult to our soldiers, our institutions and are morals.

Are you completely insane?

I think it's an insult to our soldiers to ignore Generals and let Civilians dictate invasion logistics, seld them into battle without proper armor, to enact a backdoor draft to extend thier stay and to ask they they alone and not the American people be asked to sacrifice.

Don't you think it's insulting for Buhs to spend 50 Million dollars on his coronation, while our dismembered troops at Walter Reed Hospital are begging for phone cards to call home? (I stole this line from Imus )

Don't you think it's insulting that we're currently giving a death benefit of 12 measly thousand dollars, and states are rushing to purchase life insurance for their guardsmen? They're proposing increasing the death benefit as a measure to aid recruitment which is not doing well. I thought we were supposed to be fighting for our freedom!

Don't you think it's insulting that we had to borrow the 67B for body armour and supplies, rather than allow a tiny fraction of the last tax cut to pay for it.

Don't you think it's insulting that when challenged about lack of armor, the Secretary of Defense's response was "deal with it".

We have an amazing military. These men and women deserve 100% of our support. I think they're being treated like pawns and mercenaries.

I think our institution of Liberty should enable us to lead by example, not disenfranchise the world and attempt to force fit democracy through bombs because it makes sense to us. You can have any government you want, as long as it's not Islamic

I think our morals are severly compramised when we inisist to the world that we must urgently flatten Iraq because of the extreme threat, then learn that we never had real evidence to justify our insistance for urgency...almost all of which have all been proven wrong. This doesn't mean we didn't have to deal with Saddam, it does mean we didn't have to screw it up this badly and those who did should be held accountable.

This isn't about doon and gloom, it's about being able to accept that arrogance and hubris are playing more of a factor in our decisions than strategy and sound thought. It's about the frear that an Administration which has made a mountain of mistakes and continues to deny them all, will continue to make more mistakes.

I understand we've rebuilt some schools etc...and for those who's lives are better for it I'm glad. But our strategic plan for eliminating or reducing the threat of terrorisim in the US is very flawed...that's what you should read into my posts above.

Patriotisim is standing up for what you believe is right because you love your country. Don't just listen to what the Administration says, they weave a terrific story...look at what they do.

-spence