tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582018265179634776.post7852162098710903530..comments2023-09-23T11:26:12.831-04:00Comments on American Ranger: Learn From Our Mistakes But Don't Abandon the IraqisCharles M. Grist:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02319304400849734764noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582018265179634776.post-78676731609306404282008-06-13T09:52:00.000-04:002008-06-13T09:52:00.000-04:00annon,Yeah they had WMD, the Reagan administration...annon,<BR/><BR/>Yeah they had WMD, the Reagan administration gave it to them, but we should have also listened to the inspectors who were actually saying the correct things. We should listen to what people brag about as truths. Bush admitted that in order to have a great place in history, a president needed to be a war time president. I think they were drunk on punch and didn't even consider what they were doing only that it was a public relations slam dunk and a profiterring gold mine. You broke it you bought it is not what is needed now. The only way for an oppressed society to be free if for them to do it themselves and I myself said that from the begining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582018265179634776.post-13133108640748290982008-06-13T06:31:00.000-04:002008-06-13T06:31:00.000-04:00Note to "Anonymous": I do not support anyone who ...Note to "Anonymous": I do not support anyone who would verbally attack a fellow citizen who supports a Presidential candidate - regardless of what side. That is wrong. It is now historical fact, not opinion, that invading Iraq based on finding weapons of mass destruction was a mistake. That doesn't change the reality of our moral responsibility to fix what we broke. What I also believe is that President Bush did not intentionally lie about the intelligence that he believed - though mistakenly - proved the existence of those weapons. I will never believe that he would knowingly lie with the knowledge that this lie would eventually be discovered. We are there, we disrupted their society and they deserve our reasonable efforts to get their nation going again. If you were really in Iraq, then you know that there are many Iraqis who appreciate our efforts. Still, I do agree that the Iraqis themselves must be the ones to make it work and a great many of them are trying. There is no dishonor in helping people be free and independent. I respect your opinion; respect mine, too. Obama would walk away and throw the Iraqi people under the train; McCain - who hates war like most war veterans - will finish the job the way it should be finished.<BR/><BR/>SFC Chuck GristCharles M. Grist:https://www.blogger.com/profile/02319304400849734764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582018265179634776.post-54874773449473555552008-06-13T00:51:00.000-04:002008-06-13T00:51:00.000-04:00As a veteren of OIF, I would like to point you in ...As a veteren of OIF, I would like to point you in the direction of something:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/us/politics/26military.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin<BR/><BR/>Adm. Mullen's reminder to stay apolitical. When I have E-7s with no combat patch ATTACK me and my family at the PX because I am wearing an Obama T-shirt, I believe your senseless cheerleading of the war should be subject to military discrimination as well. Especially when you alienate "the dems and Obama", as if some of us "liberal moonbats" weren't serving AND dying Iraq as we speak.<BR/><BR/>What is even scarier, is your blunt acknowledgement that we were lied into this war. That this war is a staged war on "evil". Brown men who are currently mastering paved roads and plumbing are a threat to Americans? No more than drunk drivers, street gangs, and religious sex-offenders. So tell me what you want, but I LOVE my fellow americans. And as long as my fellow americans are dying so some contracter can have a third summer home, I'm opposing this war. But I cant say that out loud, just like you cant:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/us/politics/26military.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=sloginAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5582018265179634776.post-10672908540945739652008-06-12T20:46:00.000-04:002008-06-12T20:46:00.000-04:00My father was a prisoner of war during WWII in Ger...My father was a prisoner of war during WWII in Germany for 3-years. he left weighed 220 pounds(6'4")and came home weighing 90 pounds. he has always been proud of the fact that even though he was tortured, the US didn't. He was also turned down for Service Connected Disability by the VA.<BR/><BR/>Ken Britt<BR/>Easthampton, MAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com