I dont give a SHI! about the upcoming elections! Right now I am most concerned about the welfare of our troops that are getting extensions left and right! This is an unending battle that won't end, we will be in IQ for YEARS!!! And yes I am a registered Republican that is FED UP!!
You're a victim of the drive by media is what you are. Turn off the TV news and stop getting played by the media and its emotion-drenched coverage of Iraq. And I'm sorry you don't care about these elections. The future of the country and our effort to defeat Al Qaeda are what's at stake.
And if you don't want to fight them in Iraq, then where would you suggest that effort take place?? That confrontation had to come some time and where it happened was in Iraq. Do you have somewhere else this should have happened instead or do you think that Clinton-like we could have just ignored Al Qaeda and they'd have given up on trying to get at us??
As can be seen by the anger in your posts, you are all emotion and very little thought. We all mourn the troops but good security policy is not dictated by sorrow and emotions. Yes, I think changes need to be made and they are. I think we need more troops there to go on the offensive. But losing our minds and going all emotional just ensures the enemy wins and that they succeeded in their goal to cause us to lose our will.
I would suggest less of your kind of reaction would go along way to telling the enemy that they cannot cause us to lose heart and give them more a sense of hopelessness around their cause than around ours.
The point is not whether YOU care about the elections. The point is that the bad guys in Iraq are paying attention and understand that people (like some here) are going to go into full hand wringing mode over things like this and hopefully will vote for the party they believe will hand them a victory.
susie
You're being emotionally swayed by the media. That is exactly what they (the media/Democrats) want, especially prior to an election.
Our troops don't need for us to be panicking over here. Since you're in touch with "dozens of troops," I assume through a soldier support organization, usually we are advised to keep communications positive.
I for one am proud of the good work our troops are doing, and have done, in Iraq. Our President is bowing to whatever the commanders advise in carrying out OIF.
Meanwhile, we need to wait for more information re this lost or kidnapped Army translator.
I found this just now:
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,224119,00.html