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I dunno, I'm not big on "I talked to a guy" meaning a whole lot. I certainly don't put it down in my little book of facts on anything.

@Brisbain - Of course Obama said that, he is not going to announce to the public that he is going to send troops to a pointless war, like lambs to the slaughter, is he? I am sure many of the people commenting here would see my imprisoned for treason or something.

I hear ya roche. But it works both ways. And there is nothing really to work out as far as I'm concerned. BTW roche, they stopped tar and feathering people around 50 years ago.

Dear Administrator. I don't mean to but in. If this is not my place , I do apologise. I haven't been posting in the political threads for very long. One thing I have noticed. I don't think I have read , a political thread here on the DB , that has not went off topic. Its normally isn't one poster involved. It seems like once it starts , it just goes way off base. Not purposely. My own observation , it just seems to be the...

Originally Posted By: brisbain Didn't work out too well for us either. We were just as impetuous. Yes. History has yet to unfold. Especially for the Officer Corps. They finally did get it right. Not unlike many US military campaigns. The military/political question for me is this: Will the Iraq war be seen as "building up" the Officer Corps or destroying it. It depends what happens in the next ten years. Also, the...

Here's my take. The soldier is probably telling the truth as he sees it. Is this requirement to get the ok to shoot back an O'Bama dictate? No. Maybe the general that runs these groups of soldiers is a wacko. That is what I would pursue if I was the mom of this soldier. But one would have to be careful cause if you tick off his leaders, they could give him more dangerous missions.

Originally Posted By: brisbain Originally Posted By: Stacy I'm talking about now, adding a third to the mix. This is why I advocate brains over brawn. This is a matter for diplomacy and yes, politics. The relation between Pakistan and al Queda is fraying. We would do much better with cooperation and GOOD detective work than random bombs. Let bin Laden weaken his own position, and be ready to take him or gather some conclusive evidence...

Quote: Why are there so many people making so many posts with nothing in them that relates to the topic being discussed? Well there was supposed to be a day off for Veteran's Day and it kinda went off topic. We are waiting for President Obama to either pull out completely or send in 40,000 more troops.

Originally Posted By: meonlyits Yes I do. Plus his logic was very faulty. He believed that we should have a military but one where the soldiers were free to question orders or even the validity of the war. Now if a general asks you to blow up a village of civilian, that one could question, but in general if the soldiers questioned every order or even many of them, then what we would have is a disfunctional military which is equal to no...