War Resolution Seen Hurting Morale

War resolution seen hurting morale

By S.A. Miller
THE WASHINTON TIMES
February 9, 2007

Senate Republicans yesterday contradicted top Pentagon officials who say Congress would not injure troop morale by passing a nonbinding resolution critical of President Bush's Iraq war plan.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said he was outraged that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates would say U.S. combat forces "understand" politics back home and won't be disheartened by a symbolic no-confidence vote against the commander in chief.

       I guess that it has not occurred to Sen. Graham that most of our troops in Iraq have been back home at least once and they have no doubt watched the news and read the papers and blogs.

    Our troops are not as ignorant as Sen. Graham appears to be and our troops have more than likely formed their own opinions on Bush's rhetoric and if I am reading the emails from friends in Iraq correctly, they have very little confidence in Bush and his policies..

    A symbolic vote of no-confidence will dishearten no-one but Sen. Graham and the remaining Republicans that support this bullshit. It will not dishearten our troops.

                         IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON!

 

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Pentagon Extends Troops Buildup In Afghanistan

   The Pentagon will be extending the troop buildup in Afghanistan into next year instead of early spring of this year. All of this because they expect the Taliban to go on the offensive in the spring and the U.S. is waiting for more troops from some of our allies.

The extension of the U.S. buildup means American troop levels in Afghanistan, which increased this month to about 26,000 — the highest of the war — will remain roughly the same until at least spring 2008. Until now, a level of 22,000 to 23,000 had prevailed through much of last year.  AP

   Maybe we should just take the extra troops needed for the Bush Escalation in Iraq and send them over to Afghanistan to help with the real war on terror. It would be nice to at least see one conflict resolved during my lifetime.

 

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