Yep, the military met its enlistment quota for June ... High School graduation - you know? With no work for those not going to college, what are they suppose to do?
Still, using an essay by Ollie North to show the possitive things occurring in Iraq is the same as listening to Westmoreland 40 years ago telling us how we were winning in Vietnam. It all sounds just to familiar.
The idea that the left, liberals, are hoping this turns into another 'nam is so wrong I can't even begin the disclaimers for that. All I have heard from the left is they pray it doesn't, but acknowledge that it seems to be turning in that direction. Next, the rightwingers will be blaiming the war on the Democrats - oh, wait they've already done that (are trying too).
We won't be there for 3 or 4 more years. We will be there for the durration - 'til what ever forces us to leave occurs. After all, why else would Haliburton be contracted to build 14 (of 20) permanent American military bases in Iraq?
That is, if the mold was not already made for us staying there for a very extended period of time?
So, now it is the liberals fault for our being in Iraq. It is also their fault we are not winning. It is their fault Chenney said the populace would cover our troops with roses as liberators - not use human bombs to kill our troops, put suspicion upon their motives (i.e. giving candy to kids was really just meant to use the kids as human shields).
Step by misserable step, Iraq is turning into a quagmire. As similar as it is dissimilar to 'nam (One has nothing to do with the other, yet those of us that remember how the one was propagated recall the words being used today as being the same as those used then to justify the sending of our troops - to defend us at home going on as usual). It is really more like the USSR's experience in Afghanistan - than anuthing else, only we are the USSR (in this senario).
Bottom line: Please, don't use Ollie as the key editorialist on any issue to justify a cause you believe in - it is like using a traitor to justify patriotism.
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