Reply #4: News flash. [View All]

[NYVet]

Iraq and Afghanistan are not

a bullshit war for corporate profits and presidential cronyism.

Afghanistan is a war because they allowed Osama to setup camps to train the bastards who flew planes into buildings here.

Iraq is a war because we had a ceasefire that ended the first Gulf War. A ceasefire that required Saddam follow certain rules. He didn't, we warned him that he had one last chance to comply with those rules, he thought that we were blustering like we had been for many years prior, we invaded, and people screwed the pooch on post invasion planning.

And my perspective doesn't care what you find shocking.
I have been in the military for almost 18 years and I have seen friends injured, wounded, or killed since I first entered the service. While I mourn the loss of every soldier, sailor, airman, and marine, I also recognize that we have been in this war long enough that anyone who was in prior to the Invasion has had their reenlistment window open at least once (some people two or three times) and they believe in the mission that they now have, which is to ensure that the Iraqi military is strong enough and capable enough to take over for us in the internal security mission.