Normally I'm with you, but without having served yourself, who are you to give that advice man?
Cause I know there are a couple of dudes that were or are in uniform on both sides of this issue on the list. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 5:39 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Today's Patraeus: Wow. > > > RoMunn wrote: > > You seem invested in defeat, and you sound annoyed that Petraeus did > such a > > good job against Democrats > > (1.) The whole "lose as fast as possible" propaganda is not just > immature, but totally useless. You might as well say, "your butt > stinks! nah nah, na boo boo." > > (2.) There are people for policy changes on both sides of the aisle, > in-between, and at the extreme edges. > > (3.) Gen Petraeus is a smart man with a tough job. We're lucky to > have him managing such a shitty gig and, in the end, he has no choice > but to execute the President's policy no matter how much Bush repeats > "I listen to the Generals"; because the facts show differently. > > And because Gen Petraeus is so smart, his testimony directly reflected > what he saw as the best way to manage his shitty gig. > > The problem is, the policy has to change and he agrees with that which > is why when asked if he felt the *policy* was making America safer he > said, "I don't know actually". > > Do you think MacArthur would've said that to such a question in WWII? > Or in Korea? > > Petraeus is smart: he's saying the rights things to make the best of a > shit situation; and he's probably the best guy to take care of our > troops given they have to be there. > > My job, as an American, is to decided if the policy is right. It's > not. It's, at best, irresponsible, and at worst immoral. > > If you like the policy, sign up. Go out on patrol every 6 hours. > Watch your buddies die. Listen to your top commander say he doesn't > know what good you're doing. And then go back on patrol. > > And then vote to let those over there that don't like it go home. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242440 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
