Comments on: General Patraeus: “That’s correct, sir.” http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Lowry http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/#comment-42742 Richard Lowry Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:37:26 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/24/general-patraeus/#comment-42742 Our war in Iraq is a war for hearts and minds. Unfortunately, the war will not be won or lost in Iraq. It will be lost here in America as the halfhearted quit the battle before it is complete. Thank god today's politicians were not around during Vaeely Forge. Our war in Iraq is a war for hearts and minds. Unfortunately, the war will not be won or lost in Iraq. It will be lost here in America as the halfhearted quit the battle before it is complete.

Thank god today’s politicians were not around during Vaeely Forge.

]]> By: W. R. Pickering http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/#comment-39068 W. R. Pickering Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:49:34 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/24/general-patraeus/#comment-39068 Irony: The Senators wish Gen.Patraeus God Speed, vote him his star, and now prepare to vote against the reinforcements he says he needs to succeed. As for the cowardly and poliically self serving public statements about no morfe troops and retreat now or in a few months made in public by Hagel, Warner, Kennedy, Murtha & Co., if I were the enemy I'd be celebrating all day and all night. This sort of talk and behavior, of course, used to be known as giving aid and comfort to the enemy. No wonder Mark Twain called politicians "America's only native born criminal class". Some things and people never change. W.R. Pickering Irony: The Senators wish Gen.Patraeus God Speed, vote him his star, and now prepare to vote against the reinforcements he says he needs to succeed. As for the cowardly and poliically self serving public statements about no morfe troops and retreat now or in a few months made in public by Hagel, Warner, Kennedy, Murtha & Co., if I were the enemy I’d be celebrating all day and all night. This sort of talk and behavior, of course, used to be known as giving aid and comfort to the enemy. No wonder Mark Twain called politicians “America’s only native born criminal class”. Some things and people never change.

W.R. Pickering

]]> By: Patrick Kelley http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/#comment-38378 Patrick Kelley Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:08:46 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/24/general-patraeus/#comment-38378 Nazar-that would probably be okay with a lot of conservatives, so long as you don't wrap it up in a flag before you burn it. Nazar-that would probably be okay with a lot of conservatives, so long as you don’t wrap it up in a flag before you burn it.

]]> By: Nazar http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/#comment-38353 Nazar Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:27:07 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/24/general-patraeus/#comment-38353 Yeah, we'd better be careful not to criticize and question, or else the terrorists will get comfort...from us using our freedom of free speech. Hey, why not just burn the Constitution? Yeah, we’d better be careful not to criticize and question, or else the terrorists will get comfort…from us using our freedom of free speech.

Hey, why not just burn the Constitution?

]]> By: Patrick Kelley http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/#comment-38311 Patrick Kelley Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:17:19 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/24/general-patraeus/#comment-38311 Yes, Robbie, talking in opposition to the war and passing resolutions against it might not be that good for troop morale, but not in any way that can't be cured by taking them out of that god-forsaken hell hole. It would be a hell of a lot easier to cure their morale problems in that way than it would be to cure all the problems a lot of them are going to have the longer they are over there. One good look at their wives, children, parents, etc., and suddenly I think their low morale over not accomplishing the "mission" will fade like a snow on a warm spring day. Yes, Robbie, talking in opposition to the war and passing resolutions against it might not be that good for troop morale, but not in any way that can’t be cured by taking them out of that god-forsaken hell hole. It would be a hell of a lot easier to cure their morale problems in that way than it would be to cure all the problems a lot of them are going to have the longer they are over there.

One good look at their wives, children, parents, etc., and suddenly I think their low morale over not accomplishing the “mission” will fade like a snow on a warm spring day.

]]> By: Preston http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/general-patraeus/#comment-38308 Preston Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:47:36 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2007/01/24/general-patraeus/#comment-38308 I'm sure it gives great comfort to al Qaeda that Bush invaded the wrong enemy. I’m sure it gives great comfort to al Qaeda that Bush invaded the wrong enemy.

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