You continue to amaze me at how you still don’t get it and never will. You cherry pick your evidence to suit your facts, Brian – everyone here knows that. You and the people in your party (namely, those in Washington) never ever learn from past mistakes and that’s not changed now. This convo has run its course, Brian, because we aren’t getting anywhere here after several back and forths – most everyone who’s posted in this thread believes exactly the opposite of you and you’ve made it clear you don’t agree. Believe whatever the heck you want to. Time to move on.

You’re the one who doesn’t get the big picture. The more Iraqis we turn against us, the less likely it is that we will win in the end.

I’m not denigrating what our troops our doing. I’m repeating what one of our troops said who lost his life there. Here’s what Spec. John Kulick had to say:

“When they swept a town, the insurgents would return just days later. Foreign fighters were allowed to slip easily through unsecured borders. Army leadership seemed disorganized and disconnected from the ground. Certain tactics, such as 3 a.m. house raids, created a new generation of terrorists.”

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13266919.htm

Good answer, let’s see if it’s up there……….**BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ**

So, sorry, wrong AGAIN!!! Working next to the soldiers I’ve had the opportunity to walk foot patrols through a particular town that does not like the U.S. It is a largely Sunni stronghold and has rumored to have a safe house for Al Zarqawi. The children, although wary of us, love talking to the soldiers. They sometimes follow us through the town waving and talking to them. On the occasion they have searched houses, they have ALWAYS been respectful of the cultures, especailly regarding women, and property and thank the residents, usually shaking their hands.

Also, how exactly do you expect the military to find weapons caches and insurgents?? Perhaps they can knock on the door and say “Any insurgents in here. No? Ok, Buh Bye!”

It is clear that Brian nor John Kerry has any clue on what is going on over here.

Yet again, you come down on the side of someone denigrating what they are doing. Some “supporters” you guys are. This type of stuff coming from you guys is really starting to make me sick – and very angry. If this is the way you and some people in your party show “support” for the troops, it’s no wonder people question just how you support them.

I would have worded it differently, but all Senator Kerry said was that women and children have felt terrorized by the troops entering their homes.
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Would you like it if foreign troops speaking a foreign language came in to your house at 3:00 in the morning and searched through your private belongings? Do you think it’s possible that tactics like that might turn people against us?

Oh, and it’s okay to kill people who don’t hate Jews, too. But other than that, killing anyone else is terrorism.

Well, obviously if you’re a Shiite it’s okay to kill Sunnis, let’s be reasonable here. Other than that -

Oh, wait – if you kill people who support people who support Jews it’s not terrorism… I mean, like duh.

But ASIDE FROM THAT…

And last November voters had the right to determine that he was not fit for duty.

Don’t go away mad, Swifty. Just go away.

These are the folks that are so supportive of the troops after all. We wouldn’t want to question their patriotism, their support for the troops, or their intellectual honesty.

Captain Ed flags John Kerry for revealing his true colors. I generally avoid profanity on this blog and (I try to) in real life. Today, however, I made an exception for the modern JFK. If you read Kerry’s words below,