Comments on: Bush administration making long-term plans for Iraq? http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/ Tell Jack how you really feel Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Len Albuq New Mexico http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-174700 Len Albuq New Mexico Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:07:28 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-174700 If you dont know by now that this war was a mistake, you never will and there is no hope for you. So all of you sheep can be sheered and slaughtered . If you dont know by now that this war was a mistake, you never will and there is no hope for you. So all of you sheep can be sheered and slaughtered .

]]> By: Cassandra Belinda Young http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173752 Cassandra Belinda Young Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:58:25 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173752 I can't believe it is five years from the date we were on the borders of Kuwait waiting for the order from President Bush to invade Iraq. As I sit here today watching CNN showing the pictures of that night it brings chills and horrific reminders of what it was like over there.. I remember when the attack started I saw my life flash before my eyes. I knew I was going to die in Iraq. Once the firing stopped we all began to prepare for our next attack. I wanted to scream like a crazy person while wondering why are behaving like our lives were normal. I knew the answer, it was go to jail, psychiatric treatment or stay and fight this wrongful war. I chose to stay and fight. I had 23 years already served before I deployed to Kuwait then convoy to Iraq. The convoy lasted for days it seemed There are nights when I close my eyes and I see the young Iraqi in a white toyota truck with a bullet in the center of his forehead. What scares me about that day are the words that came out my mouth. I had become immune to seeing dead bodies. The stinched of burned bodies. If you were to ask any soldier to choose between coming home or finishing this war the choice would be to come home. I received a Legion of Merit medal along with a Bronze Star and a post traumatic disorder upon my retirement June 1, 2006. Thank you for letting me share Chief Warrant Officer Three Retired , United States Army I can't believe it is five years from the date we were on the borders of Kuwait waiting for the order from President Bush to invade Iraq. As I sit here today watching CNN showing the pictures of that night it brings chills and horrific reminders of what it was like over there.. I remember when the attack started I saw my life flash before my eyes. I knew I was going to die in Iraq. Once the firing stopped we all began to prepare for our next attack. I wanted to scream like a crazy person while wondering why are behaving like our lives were normal. I knew the answer, it was go to jail, psychiatric treatment or stay and fight this wrongful war. I chose to stay and fight. I had 23 years already served before I deployed to Kuwait then convoy to Iraq. The convoy lasted for days it seemed
There are nights when I close my eyes and I see the young Iraqi in a white toyota truck with a bullet in the center of his forehead. What scares me about that day are the words that came out my mouth. I had become immune to seeing dead bodies. The stinched of burned bodies. If you were to ask any soldier to choose between coming home or finishing this war the choice would be to come home.
I received a Legion of Merit medal along with a Bronze Star and a post traumatic disorder upon my retirement June 1, 2006.
Thank you for letting me share
Chief Warrant Officer Three
Retired , United States Army

]]> By: Barb Neafcy (Pronounced Nayfcy) http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173677 Barb Neafcy (Pronounced Nayfcy) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:52:56 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173677 Ok Jack I'm an avid Obamapendant. I hope that rapid changes do occur in substantial troop withdrawal. I'm not blind to truth however and as I see it, the streets are becoming safer there. Why not solicit the support of Congress and their constituents to downgrade this mess to a peacekeeping assignment with withdrawal of troops beginning immediately, but leaving a number of troops there with shortened assignements for the poor soldiers who have given up family. love and home for too many years at a time. Thei needs to be redone with shortened assigments for all of our guys over there. We started the mess so withdrawal has to be done with some resp[onsoibility for what was begun. Yuk! Wish it never happened. Ok Jack I'm an avid Obamapendant. I hope that rapid changes do occur in substantial troop withdrawal. I'm not blind to truth however and as I see it, the streets are becoming safer there. Why not solicit the support of Congress and their constituents to downgrade this mess to a peacekeeping assignment with withdrawal of troops beginning immediately, but leaving a number of troops there with shortened assignements for the poor soldiers who have given up family. love and home for too many years at a time. Thei needs to be redone with shortened assigments for all of our guys over there.
We started the mess so withdrawal has to be done with some resp[onsoibility for what was begun. Yuk! Wish it never happened.

]]> By: Marvin Mayberry http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173611 Marvin Mayberry Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:48:01 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173611 Unless this weak congress asserts itself and passes a law to stop this, we, and the new President will be locked int the Bush vision of the nation building well into the next Presidents term with no way out and a continued drain on our pockets.. I know this is wishful thinking, but I can HOPE. Unless this weak congress asserts itself and passes a law to stop this, we, and the new President will be locked int the Bush vision of the nation building well into the next Presidents term with no way out and a continued drain on our pockets.. I know this is wishful thinking, but I can HOPE.

]]> By: Angel http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173603 Angel Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:47:33 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173603 Hey Jack, newsflash: The Bush administration has done a lot of things without the consent of the American people. Do you really think he's going to stop now, when he has a chance to go out in a blaze of glory? (joke) Angel, Las Vegas Hey Jack, newsflash: The Bush administration has done a lot of things without the consent of the American people. Do you really think he's going to stop now, when he has a chance to go out in a blaze of glory? (joke)

Angel,
Las Vegas

]]> By: Nick http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173518 Nick Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:41:16 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173518 The war will still go on under the Bush plan if McCain is the next in line for the presidency. We were sold a war that we no longer want to pay for, and the more the politicians are wrong on it, the more expensive it gets. Bush's approval rating is getting as low as Nixon's and Truman's, and it is unlikely he will change within the last 10 months he is in office, because he has a "stay the course" mentality/conviction. The only way out of it is most likely thru an Obama administration. The war will still go on under the Bush plan if McCain is the next in line for the presidency.

We were sold a war that we no longer want to pay for, and the more the politicians are wrong on it, the more expensive it gets.

Bush's approval rating is getting as low as Nixon's and Truman's, and it is unlikely he will change within the last 10 months he is in office, because he has a "stay the course" mentality/conviction.

The only way out of it is most likely thru an Obama administration.

]]> By: John Sligh http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173515 John Sligh Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:41:06 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173515 Citizens! I call on you to stand up against the "America in Iraq forever plan", that George Bush plans to use to keep his war machine companies in the money and away from the recession that is about to slam the American people. STOP GEORGE BUSH NOW! Citizens! I call on you to stand up against the "America in Iraq forever plan", that George Bush plans to use to keep his war machine companies in the money and away from the recession that is about to slam the American people. STOP GEORGE BUSH NOW!

]]> By: Terry Lynn Tatro http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173507 Terry Lynn Tatro Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:40:25 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173507 I'm not sure why you would ask this question. We all know that our elected officials do not care what 'we the people' want. All that matters is what the lobbyists are asking for. Just look at the failure of the 'earmark' legislation. Why bother???? I'm not sure why you would ask this question. We all know that our elected officials do not care what 'we the people' want. All that matters is what the lobbyists are asking for. Just look at the failure of the 'earmark' legislation. Why bother????

]]> By: Michael in Oakfield, Wisconsin http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173493 Michael in Oakfield, Wisconsin Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:39:24 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173493 I absolutely "prohibit" this administration in its continuance to undermine the Check&Balance process in our govermental affairs. To continue making unckecked, unchallenged wanton decisions in President Bush's lame duck year is not only overtly negligent but makes a mockery of a process where foreign backdoor-deals, agreements and policy scrutiny bulldozes the will of the American people. This administration has imposed its will on Americans much like that of terrorism itself. This administration often operates under the guise of a dictatorship yet it selectively chooses to implement procedural protocols in an effort that the enire administration isn't labled as such. With 67% of Americans opposing the tragedy occuring in Iraq, this apparently has emboldened the Bush Administration to CONTINUE circumventing scrutiny over policies they often secretly negotiate...and often times overtly announce. I absolutely "prohibit" this administration in its continuance to undermine the Check&Balance process in our govermental affairs. To continue making unckecked, unchallenged wanton decisions in President Bush's lame duck year is not only overtly negligent but makes a mockery of a process where foreign backdoor-deals, agreements and policy scrutiny bulldozes the will of the American people. This administration has imposed its will on Americans much like that of terrorism itself. This administration often operates under the guise of a dictatorship yet it selectively chooses to implement procedural protocols in an effort that the enire administration isn't labled as such. With 67% of Americans opposing the tragedy occuring in Iraq, this apparently has emboldened the Bush Administration to CONTINUE circumventing scrutiny over policies they often secretly negotiate...and often times overtly announce.

]]> By: Christina http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173492 Christina Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:39:17 +0000 http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/bush-administration-making-long-term-plans-for-iraq/#comment-173492 Tampa, Florida Why give us a voice after all this time, Jack? No, the administration should stick with business as usual. After all, they have had one sucess after another by not paying any attention to what the American public wants or needs! Tampa, Florida

Why give us a voice after all this time, Jack? No, the administration should stick with business as usual. After all, they have had one sucess after another by not paying any attention to what the American public wants or needs!

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