Do you have any names?
Fell better now that you got it off your chest?
It needed to be said. Dittos.
Just a question? Do you think some people are really "deaftist" and want to cut and run like Chuck Hagel? Or are more just disgusted because we are tired of see us put the gloves on to later take them off and we just want to win wars the way they are supposed to be won?
From the posts and comments I read here I would say that 90% of those support our troops, support what we are trying to accomplish in Iraq and are not in any way defeatist. I don't pay much attention to the other 10%.
Dude, we're still a free people and it's okay to debate what our government's policy should be.
Many Americans have no concept of what losing in Iraq will mean to our own comfy lives here in this nation. We must win or face miserable changes and deadly consequences.
We are winning this war. But too many on FR buy what the MSM feeds them.
There are a lot of victories out there. Thank God for the President and our leadership.
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As some one who supports victory without qualification I am a little disturbed by your suggestion that we give blanket support for the president. If his plans fail in Iraq like they have so far, we have a duty to point this out and push him to take the kid gloves off of our armed forces and to push for a plan that works. I wonder how many people here who scream at anyone who criticizes the handling of the war thus far would be doing so if Bush had a D after his named. Granted I have been here for just over a year now, but I know of no one here who is a defeatist or cut and runner. Most people I here from here like me want our troops to be able to act like troops and for us to achieve victory.
The disgruntlement coming from this Conservative does not come from any thing approaching 'defeatism' it comes from the lack of courage of convictions or over concern with PC crap that is preventing us from going after the terrorists in a complete and more total method.
No most conservatives displeased with the WOT are more concerned with doing more, not seeing us defeated.
I agree...everybody now is a damn expert with an instant opinion on who did what wrong ...Its absurd
Fellow Free Republic members, we are fighting the most important war since WW II. We are not fighting for the Iraqis in Iraq but we are fighting for ourselves, for our freedom and for our way of life. Let us all support our President and our brave troops because they need our support now more than ever.
This paragraph says it all.....I hope people wake up before it's too late!
This country needs a version of FR on the airwaves. Then your words might reach their target, only a very few of the target being here on the site. The people we need to convince, and to brace up too, are not here. They're in their homes and in their cars, longing for some protein-rich talk radio and credible news about things that matter.
Those who say, "Saddam didn't attack us." simply do not or refuse to understand the nature of the enemy. The enemy is EVERYWHERE. The enemy is "radical" islam and its proponents. There is NO political solution since it is an ideology with very specific goals (which have been told to us repeatedly) that we are fighting.
The "rules of the game" are not the same as in a "normal" war. It is imperitive to understand the rules the enemy plays by and to understand that they have a very different belief system than we do. Their ultimate goal is world domination of Islam and a worldwide Caliphate with under Sharia law. Most people refuse to acknowledge this and until they do winning will be very difficult.
When President Bush stated that this will be a long war and a different war he wasn't kidding. This was IS WWIII and it will not end in our lifetime so long as most people refuse to understand what it is all about.
It's like Rush always says.. it is human nature to glom on to the negatives of life. It takes alot of hard work to stay positive and be successful. Most Americans have become like spoiled children, unwilling to work hard to get what they want, they just want to kick and scream til they get what they want.
It's not a winning strategy and one that should be politley shoved in every malcontents face here on Free Republic and in our public lives.
Thank you. Thank you!
Your screed reads like something out of the McCarthy era.
"Are you now, or have you ever been a defeatist?"
Please!