I've noticed that many of the left constantly throw bricks when someone has the temerity to question their material. I certainly didn't question your patriotism.... You sir, have questioned mine by the very tone of your piece. I asked you a question. What I didn't ask is what you would have done 10 years ago about this, if you had been in "charge"...
First of all, it is customary to include the Header and author of the piece, as well as the date.
Here it is:
Iraq mission mired in differences
Deep divide between U.S, Iraqi forces
By Anthony Shadid and Steve Fainaru
Updated: 1:07 a.m. ET June 10, 2005
Just some spots where I questioned the piece, just as you question the mission and the value:
--Page #1:
We have lived in humiliation since you left," one sang in Arabic, out of earshot of his U.S. counterparts. "We had hoped to spend our life with you."
---At this stage of the game, I'd say THIS was true... We can't tell these guys about a lot of this stuff, because we're not really sure who's good and who isn't," said Rick McGovern, a tough-talking 37-year-old platoon sergeant from Hershey, Pa., who heads the military training for Charlie Company.
---This statement from the article in italics is VERY true, IMO...and anyone who thinks in two years we can not only win a war, and try to win the peace, AND as well, TRAIN their soldiers like ours are trained, PLUS make sure their basic energy, water, sewer, telephone, oil pipelines, schools, food, housing and built from the ground up, ETC ETC ETC, can be done in two years either believes in miracles, or has absolutely no patience nor ability to see the problems that exist, now and in the Saddam tenure.
>>>>>demonstrates the immense challenges of building an army from scratch in the middle of a bloody insurgency.<<<<<
--How big is Charlie Company in Iraq? Do you suppose that the people who fought the American Revolution had any of these comments? Or do you think that those men and women who fought for our Independence and Freedom knew inately that they HAD to win. They didn't have to sit in classrooms to figure out that their very lives, and the lives of their families depended on their winning the fight.
--Wonder if >>>> 1st Lt. Kenrick Cato, 34, of Long Island, N.Y., <<<<< was in the reserves, before he came to Iraq? Has he been part of the training exercises? We don't know his background, but it would be interesting to know that.
--- This man >>>>> Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto<<<<< says that the Iraqi forces are improving and that even with difficulties for awhile, should >>>>>meet its goal of having battalion-level units operating independently by the fall.<<<<<
And there is much more to this article that could and should be discussed civilly.
However, it was your comments at the beginning of Part 1 of the article that said your POV very loudly and very clearly. You said:
"If you really care about American soldiers then instead of blindly accepting the rhetoric of the Administration you should read the following Washington Post article. Maybe then you'll understand why the mission in Iraq will NOT be successful, at least not until they change the mission.
PS, If you can't take the truth then don't bother to read this.<<<<<
It was because of your 'tone' that I asked: " So, cnyn Ed, you want the Iraqi's to fail? Or is it the US you want to fail?
By the same token: Are you saying nothing can ever be done in Africa, because their customs and belief system dictates they always rape, kill, and can't live in peace and economic security?"
Perhaps you would care to comment what you would do if you were a General, and various Officers down the line about the training of the Iraqi's in Iraq. |
