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War Czar!What the hell is this?That’s what I thought the President of the United States was along with his representative to the Department of Defense,Secretary OF Defense Gates and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

This sounds like a gimmick to me so that someone else can be blamed for the screwup’s that have occurred during the Fiasco in Iraq.

The Past is Past.Let’s just win the damn war and get it over.I wish President Bush would stop fighting this war like he’s trying to avoid offending anyone. Too hell with that.Our troops deserve much better than that.

I wish President Bush would stop fighting this war like he’s trying to avoid offending anyone.

Much of the existing problem with the war has been the Rules of Engagement that have tied the hands of the troops. If they are going to fight a war, they need to fight a war. Otherwise, they are creating a new Vietnam -- a quagmire. Kerry advocated running the War on Terrorism as a police action; this term, Bush seems to be doing it.

Rules of Engagement: Can Our Troops Defend Themselves?

The rules of engagement (ROE) are, by formal definition, the directives issued by competent military authority that delineate the circumstances and ...
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/12/5/145110.shtml

Rumsfeld: New Rules for Non-lethal Combat

WASHINGTON -- Top Pentagon officials this week have attempted to craft simple rules of engagement for combat troops in Iraq that would allow them to use ...
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/2/5/192247.shtml