GIs in Iraq are asking: Why are we here?

[0rion]

Anne Barnard/ The Boston Globe The Boston Globe
Thursday, August 12, 2004

RAMADI, Iraq Four months into their tour of duty at one of the most dangerous American bases in Iraq, young marines say the slow pace of progress is shaking their faith in their mission.

Playing cards one recent evening while on call to respond to any sudden outburst of violence, Lance Corporal David Goward and the rest of his squad voiced two growing concerns: that the U.S. military would linger here indefinitely and that the troops' very presence was provoking the fighting it was meant to stop.

GIs in Iraq are asking: Why are we here?

[peabody]

1. Now that no WMD are found and

the links to Al Qaeda has all but been discredited, even the most nutty of the wing nuts should ask themselves this question.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Pawns, innocent pawns,,,, at the beck and call of a loony tunes idiot.

Bless them all, I wish they could all come home whole and OK..

but, such is wishful thinking.....

Voting for C grade Presidents is not the way to pick leaders....

[Kanary]

3. "troops' very presence was provoking the fighting it was meant

to stop"

Yet, if we fringe bizarro lefties dare to say that and believe they should all come home NOW, we're yelled at that it would just create "chaos" (as opposed to the calm that reigns now......)

I guess the troops themselves are going to have to make their voices heard, and beat some sense into our thick skulls.

Thanks for posting this....... very important!

Kanary