Evaluation of the policies of George W. Bush and his Republican conservatives on America.
Published on April 25, 2007 By COL Gene In Politics


I served 30 years as a member of first the Regular Army and then the Army Reserve. I met some of the most dedicated people in my life in the military. Almost to a person they accepted the tasks given them even when those tasks caused great hardship to them and their families. From everything I have read and scene on TV today, our military has never been more committed to protecting our great country.

That is what makes what we have done to them so hard to accept. We sent them into combat believing that their sacrifice was to:



Protect us from what they were told was a danger to our homeland from Iraq.



They were told their service in fighting the Iraq War would make America safer.



We told them we would take care of them if they were injured.


The horrible truth is we LIED. Anyone that supports Bush and Cheney has lied to them just like our two top leaders have done. Saddam was no danger to America and Bush had the intelligence and Pentagon estimate that showed he WAS NO DANGER to our country in 2002. The bottom line is that after over four years of fighting the efforts of our military has not made America safer but less safe. That is not because they did not perform admirably but because the mission they were sent on by Bush was one that was WRONG from the beginning and Bush was warned that attacking Iraq would create the horrible situation we see today. Bush failed to listen to the military planners as to the troop levels needed to secure Iraq and most of our dead and wounded are because Bush did not send the required manpower to secure Iraq and prevent the needless bloodshed we see every day in that Hell Hole! When our wounded return we fail to provide decent medical facilities like we say at Walter Reed and a VA system that is NOT capable of providing the long term services needed by our veterans.

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have a lot on nerve appearing before the brave members of our military after the way they LIED to them as to WHY we attacked Iraq. They should be ashamed after the way they BOTH failed to serve their country during Vietnam.

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on Apr 26, 2007
That is not true. Both the Sunni and Shea want to control all but the Northern portion (Kurd area) and the oil wealth.


the only news i have hearing is the sunni or shea are bombing markets and nieberhoods nothing about oil

the simple fact is shea are trying to get revenge on the sunni becouse of sadom

the kurds in the north had all or most of their oil income removed from them by sadom and it hasnt been restored to them

That has not made America safer!



i don't know where your getting your news from but i keep hearing about plot after plot being foiled by our government and the british government

there was a train in india a couple of years ago

some hindu man made a comment to a muslim who took it as an insult
all of the muslims on board stopped the train and killed every man, woman, and child on board becouse of the comment and these were the non radical muslims

one muslim lady was on fox news commenting on how peaceful the muslim faith is
a week later that same lady was calling for the assination of the pope becouse he quoted a bysintine emporer

again tell me who is and isn't radical

the french government has bent over backwards not to offend the muslims before and during this war

quess what al quida has called for the french muslims to over through the french government

iran kidnapped some 50 us citizens when carter was president

that is how long iran has been a direct threat to the usa

hamas and hezbollah send rockets into isreal and the un laughs about it

when isreal counter attacks everybody cries foul

hamas and hezbollah and iran don't want isreal to not excist they want to kill every jew on the planet

i think it was 1925 when the shiek over the area that is now isreal welcomed the jews home with open arms

in 1926 the attacks on the jews began


on Apr 26, 2007
Face it col. America has not lied to it's military. But on the other hand "you" have lied to us, over and over again.
on Apr 26, 2007
drmiler

Bush and Cheney have LIED to our Military.
on Apr 26, 2007
danielost

There are many Moslems that hate America and the west. However, the majority will not engage in acts like 9/11. We have however increased the number that would attack us because of our invasion of a Moslem country. We have NOT made our country safer and that is a fact. If we every get to the day when all or most of the Moslems hate us enough to attack us like on 9/11, we are in BIG TROUBLE!
on Apr 26, 2007
clinton was a coward

the people who strap bombs to kids are cowards
on Apr 26, 2007
danielost

The issue at hand has NOTHING to do with Clinton. This is what Bush and Cheney did to our military. They sent them into combat saying we were in danger when they had intelligence that said the opposite. They turned their back on military planning and the senior military leaders as to the troops needed to accomplish the mission. That is the reason why “Mission Accomplished” as Bush declared four year ago was not true. We did not incur the dead and wounded removing Saddam from power. That took place when we were unable to control Iraq because Bush did not listen to the experts as to what the needed recourses to prevent the sectarian violence from developing into what we see day after day. We landed in Europe June 6, 1944 and in a little over a year the war in Europe was OVER. We have been fighting in Iraq for over 4 years and the fighting and death gets worse every day. Ike did not invade Europe until he had the resources needed to do the job. Bush sent less then 1/3 the troops needed and the results are 3,000 dead and 25,000 injured. Those dead and injured are on his head and no one else. IT HAS NOTHING TO WITH CLINTON!
on Apr 26, 2007
We landed in Europe June 6, 1944 and in a little over a year the war in Europe was OVER.


and we were still fighting nazas 5 years after the war was over and in one day we lost more soilders than the entire war in afghan. we won that battle and that war

you want to put the un in charge tell me where has the un been successful any where in a peace mission

BILL CLINTON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 9/11 ATTACK becouse he is/was a coward and he didn't care about this country he only cared about his legacy

the commanding general said today that he will not know if the surge is working until sept. so tell me if the man in charge doesn't know yet why do you

now who is not listening to the military
on Apr 26, 2007
danielost

Bush was handed a report on 6 August 2001 that warned of the 9/11 attack. HE DID NOTHING to prevent that attack. Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11 so WHY did we invade Iraq? The pentagon said in 2002 that Saddam had no military capability to conduct military operations beyond the central section of Iraq. Then HOW was Saddam a threat to the most powerful country in the world that REQUIRED us to attack Iraq? WHY did Bush tell us about all the WMD that the intelligence DID NOT show existed? The new book by the former CIA Director is likely to blow the lid off what the CIA told Bush and Cheney and how the intelligence was IGNORED by Bush to invade a country that was NOT A DANGER to us. Bush ignored the warnings of Baker, Armitage, Powell and the CIA that invading Iraq would unleash sectarian violence and cause instability in Iraq. That is JUST WHAT HAPPENED. WHO ignored the war plan for Iraq that said we needed 500,000 troops in Iraq when Saddam fell to maintain control over the country? The entire situation which is a NO WIN situation is BUSH and CHENEY! They BOTH avoided Military Service when it was there time to serve but have no problem sending our military into as war that did not need to be fought with insufficient manpower and equipment to accomplish the mission they were given! BUSH and CHENEY are the two BIGGEST LOOSERS we have ever had as President and Vice President!!!
on Apr 26, 2007
The commanding general is just about the ONLY general that believes we can "WIN" with the added 30,000. Bush found a 3 star that was willing to say he would try a plan that other senior generals said would not work and get his 4th star. In the end, the surge will change nothing and when we leave Iraq there will be an upsurge in the Civil war until one faction comes out on top! The government we enabled to be established is not capable of governing Iraq and is moving closer to Iran.

The surge will only kill and injure more of our troops.
on Apr 26, 2007
Bush was handed a report on 6 August 2001 that warned of the 9/11 attack. HE DID NOTHING to prevent that attack.



bush was handed a report on august 6 2001 that warned that al quida was planning something

where do you think iran got their nuke program from

cheney was a war hero and bush did what he was ordered

saddam had to be removed period i knew it then and i know it now

ok now it is time for you to start calling me names
on Apr 26, 2007
The commanding general is just about the ONLY general that believes we can "WIN" with the added 30,000. Bush found a 3 star that was willing to say he would try a plan that other senior generals said would not work and get his 4th star. In the end, the surge will change nothing and when we leave Iraq there will be an upsurge in the Civil war until one faction comes out on top! The government we enabled to be established is not capable of governing Iraq and is moving closer to Iran.
on Apr 26, 2007
ok you win i cant argue with someone who uses the same agruement more than once
on Apr 26, 2007
Bush was handed a report on 6 August 2001 that warned of the 9/11 attack.


As did Clinton. IE: Did nothing. Clinton KNEW the spit was going to hit the fan and there is documented proof of that. And "still" did nothing.



The commanding general is just about the ONLY general that believes we can "WIN" with the added 30,000. Bush found a 3 star that was willing to say he would try a plan that other senior generals said would not work and get his 4th star. In the end, the surge will change nothing and when we leave Iraq there will be an upsurge in the Civil war until one faction comes out on top! The government we enabled to be established is not capable of governing Iraq and is moving closer to Iran.


And someone knows more than the commanding General? You? President Bush? I highly doubt it. And doing a plan to get his 4th star does not make him a genius. It makes him nothing but greedy.

You know something else? You're "really" starting to sound stupid.
on Apr 26, 2007
he stated throughout his stay in office that he wouldn't use the military


This was said by Mr. Carter not Mr. Clinton. 20k dead military personnel during Mr. Carters 4 years in office. I had problems with Mr. Clinton but I will not allow misstatements about the man it is not fair.

he sent troops into combat zones unarmed


Not true, Mr. Bush sent the troops in, Mr. Clinton refused to give the troops what they asked for and needed which lead to the deaths of American troops.

he made sure there wasn't enough flu shoots for this country


Not true, this was done by the Democrat Party, while Mr. Clinton was in office.

his actions led to the 9/11 attack


He contributed to the attacks along with most of the leaders of both paries.

What ever lies Clinton told did not result in the death of our troops like the lies Bush and Cheney told!!!


col, Gene has no sense of time, reason or understanding. As a political hack he does this on a regular basis so I ignore it.

The commanding general is just about the ONLY general that believes we can "WIN" with the added 30,000.


Funny that he has all the information and is willing to say we can win. While the people in the Senate only get briefings that the leadership refuse to listen in on.

You know something else? You're "really" starting to sound stupid.


Starting?   
on Apr 26, 2007
Mr. Clinton refused to give the troops what they asked for and needed which lead to the deaths of American troops.


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