Posted on 04/17/2006 1:38:38 PM PDT by bad company
Three years ago, I was a Marine Corps captain on the Iraqi/Kuwaiti border, participating in the invasion of Iraq. Awestruck, I heard our howitzers thunder and watched artillery rockets rise into the night sky and streak toward Iraq — their light bathing the desert moonscape like giant arc welders. As I watched the Iraq war begin, I completely trusted the Bush administration. I thought we were going to prove all of the left-wing antiwar protesters and dissenters wrong. I thought we were going to make America safer. Regrettably, I acknowledge that it was I who was wrong. I believed the Bush administration when it said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. I believed its assertion that Iraq was trying to buy yellowcake uranium from Africa and refine it into weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear bomb. I believed its claim Iraq had vast quantities of biological and chemical agents. After years of thorough inspections, all of these claims have been disproved. I believed the administration when it claimed there was overwhelming evidence Iraq was in cahoots with al-Qaida. In January 2004, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted that there was no concrete evidence linking Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. I believed the administration when it grandly proclaimed we were going to bring a stable, Western-style liberal democracy to Iraq, complete with religious tolerance and the rule of law. We never had enough troops in Iraq to restore civil order and the rule of law. The Iraqi elections have produced a ruling majority of Shiite fundamentalists and marginalized the seething Sunni minority. Iraq dangerously teeters on the brink of civil war. We have emboldened Iran and destabilized the entire Middle East.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Really? Have we thoroughly inspected Syria?
all of these claims have been disproved.
Uh...no. Sorry, Sparky. They just haven't yet been substantiated to the satisfaction of the anti-Bush media.
My first thought precisely.
Google his name (include middle initial). The anti war, hate America sects are loving this guy.
Mr. Sheppard? You may want to check out this link before writing your next op-ed:
http://iraqdocs.blogspot.com/
Sign him up: Sheppard for Congress!
:-)
This is what comes from the diet of AP and Reuters wire stories that now constitute Iraq Stars & Stripes, and the chow hall TVs blaring CNN nonstop in theatre.
Sheppard is living proof that the DNC and the Dem Party is alive and thriving it Seattle. And the Seattle Times is there to support them.
Liberals should not be allowed to join the Military for their own good and ours. They see everything through Emotion. Logic and Fact elude them. They have mental health issues before, during and certainly after their service.
Someone needs to help this poor, lost soul through his angst and his traumas...anyone seen Cindy or John F'n Kerry lately? Dude must be trying to get an A+ on his masters thesis in mass communications, but I think he missed the whole boat in what's going down over there.
You ARE aware that something in the neighborhood of 25% of the military voted for John Kerry right?
A 25% drop in manning would cripple our military. You may also want to realize that a LOT of liberals become conservatives once they hit the military too.
You might want to reconsidering that statement.
Liberals should not be allowed to join the Military for their own good and ours.
ON THE NET..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=prewardocs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1616629/posts?page=2#2
Yeah, all those terrorists attacks we've had since 9/11 were really a disaster..... wait.....
Let me guess, he's also a lifelong Republican who voted for Bush twice.
This dude doesn't sound like an Officer of Marines. Something aint right, mainly the carefully addressed DNC talking points, including the falacies.
Scott Ritter's cousin??
Tooo, Scott Ritter.
4,700 current and retired generals support the SecDef, but 6 with a burr in their shorts get on TV?
What media bias?
LOL...He does sound like he'd get along well with Cindy and Johnny.
That was my first thought to. The writing sounds more like a seasoned MSM "journalist" than a Marine.
I wonder if this person even exists.
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