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And while my comments may not be optimistic, how many here believed we would be at the troop levels we are today three years ago? Yes, troops would be there, but I believed they would be much smaller in number.

I knew back then we would have troop levels there .. this is part of the WOT

What I didn't except was that some of our media and members of congress would be fighting us too like they are

I'm with you. Who thinks they can predict the future? If so, how many more years are we going to have troops in Kosovo, and South Korea? Geeesh, I don't live for these types of statements or numbers. The job is done when it's done, especially in such a "fluid" situation,,who can predict the exact moment of that? I never understood that complaint. I also don't understand the nitpicking of "the President said x, but he didn't say y in the same speech - SO?" Does the President have to speak to the public like they are two-year old idiots? Does have to explain every nuance of every position to the nth degree? Give me a break. Some questions cannot be answered just yet,,about troop levels in Iraq, and a lot of other places. Big deal. I'd rather have a President that can think on his feet than one who sets up a rigid script for being followed in order to "reassure" the public who just can't seem to figure it out on their own......

What I didn't except was that some of our media and members of congress would be fighting us too like they are

I'm sorry, I cannot accept that from you. While we may disagree on certain issues, I will at the end of the day know the difference was an honest difference. that statement is simply dishonest.

If I knew how and had the time, I could go back and check your posts on this site and find that from day one that you would have believed that some of our media and certain memebers of Congress would be against our invasion and ongoing effort in Iraq. It's a given. There is no way that you can find surprise that the certain media folks and Congressional folks would be against this action. Yes, in general, the chin music was much less at the beginning. But that was as we were performing at Desert Storm levels or better as we marched in and surgically took over the Country.

Believe me, if this war had been executed exactly as it has been executed to this day, but the President was Gore (I shudder), you and scores others would be pointing out the shortcomings of exactly the same actions you are now defending. Please don't give me the reply Gore wouldn't have done it this way. That's not the point. The point is if he did. You would not be happy with the progress to date.