'Commander-in-Chief Reminds Americans to Support the "Decisions" of our Military Commanders,

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Bush sees war as first chapter

by Kathleen Parker

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — George W. Bush has accepted that he won't live long enough to witness his legacy, though he still hopes to capture Osama bin Laden before leaving office in just over a year.


"That's why it's very important for me to remind the American people that we've got to support these military commanders, support their decisions," he said ... I think anybody who's president will understand the strategic consequences of failure in Iraq."


He also said that anyone who believes we're not in a war against extremists and radicals will "learn differently when they get in there and hear the intelligence I hear." (Why hasn't he shared any of that 'intelligence' with the Democratic majority?)


"It's real important for the president to not be making moves based upon political calendars," he told me. "I really view this as a first chapter of a long struggle — not the only chapter, not the last chapter, but the first chapter.


report: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/COLUMNISTS28/711230315/1014/OPINION

[Captain Hilts]

1. I support Gen. Shinseki. nt

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3. and Gen. Sanchez . . .

[Canuckistanian]

2. I support Gen. Batiste

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPIi03wSfY

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5. and these folks . . .

Gen. Anthony Zinni told the Senate Armed Forces Committee that the policy of backing the dissidents, which was embraced by President Clinton late last year as a cornerstone of American policy in dealing with Iraq, would be difficult and possibly ''very dangerous.''
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4D91F39F93AA15752C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

Marine Lt. Gen. James T. Conway said the U.S.-led assault on Fallujah served to increase "the level of animosity" in the city.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A16309-2004Sep12?language=printer

Lt. Gen. Riggs was blunt and outspoken on a number of issues and publicly contradicted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld by arguing that the Army was overstretched in Iraq and Afghanistan and needed more troops.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/11476

[Catch22Dem]

4. I support former General Wesley K. Clark USA Ret.

[Captain Hilts]

10. I'd walk a mile for Wesley! nt

[AlertLurker]

6. I think I get the picture...

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13. submit

[Ravy]

7. It is a DIPLOMATIC and POLITICAL problem.

Generals can only get you so far. The troops perform well.

But as in the surge, you can do all of the good work but if no one is there to help on the political and diplomatic end to achieve a compromise and ultimately peace in the region, it is all for naught.

[Octafish]

8. FUCK YOU, BUSH!

AND THE SUPREME COURT FIVE YOU RODE IN ON!

FUCK YOU, BUSH!

[Lord Wortherington]

15. FUCK YOU, BUSH!

Get your ass to Paraguay already you lousy piece of shit! Fuck you in the ass with a 12 inch, purple, double ended dildo, George W. Bush!!!

[kurth]

9. In Other Words, OBEY Our President

[WinkyDink]

11. Bush's Struggle. I won't translate. He always refers to US as if we were FOREIGN to him:

"the American people"; "this part of the world."

And so we are.

[SpiralHawk]

12. I am unable to support amoral AWOL liars

Since our court-appointed Commander in Chief* is an AWOL deserter, and lied to me and my fellow Americans about WMDs in Iraq (for starters), I find the only moral stance is to oppose him and his corrupt cabal of republicon cronies.

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14. Oh I see! you have to be President to see Iraq as anything other than a clusterfuck

My god! its all so clear now!!

[DCKit]

16. Let's hope this shit-com is cancelled faster than "Cop Rock" nt

[zbdent]

17. He means the decisions of the military commanders who kept their jobs

by agreeing with his plan ...

[Rex]

18. Of fuck you shithead, I wouldn't support anything you say or do.

You haven't earned the RIGHT to even talk about the military, fucking weak, cowardly nobody.

Go crawl under a rock, slimebag. Stop wasting our time. Let your 'daddy' run the country. Lord knows you can't.