LA Times: GIs' morale dips as Iraq war drags on

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YOUSIFIYA, IRAQ -- In the dining hall of a U.S. Army post south of Baghdad, President Bush was on the wide-screen TV, giving a speech about the war in Iraq. The soldiers didn't look up from their chicken and mashed potatoes.

As military and political leaders prepare to deliver a progress report on the conflict to Congress next month, many soldiers are increasingly disdainful of the happy talk that they say commanders on the ground and White House officials are using in their discussions about the war.

And they're becoming vocal about their frustration over longer deployments and a taxing mission that keeps many living in dangerous and uncomfortably austere conditions. Some say two wars are being fought here: the one the enlisted men see, and the one that senior officers and politicians want the world to see.

"I don't see any progress. Just us getting killed," said Spc. Yvenson Tertulien, one of those in the dining hall in Yousifiya, 10 miles south of Baghdad, as Bush's speech aired last month. "I don't want to be here anymore."

Morale problems come as the Bush administration faces increasing pressure to begin a drawdown of troops.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-morale25aug25,0,3144924.story?coll=la-home-center

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1. We ALL need to remember who and what got 'US' and our beleaguered troops.......

in this mess and make certain it is NOT allowed to continue. We can't afford to have ANY rethugs elected or reelected into congress or the WH in 2008; it is the very least we can do to support our troops. Enough happy talk; it is time to move forward with impeachment of this heinous administration.

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2. Impeachment would be a nice cure. But then again look at all

the war hawks on both sides running for the presidency. The only two men worth voting for have absolutely no chance in hell of leading this country.

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3. YOU said it!! The ONLY two men worth voting for have absolutely no chance in hell of .........

leading this country. REALLY SAD statement about the voting public.