That doesn’t sound like a quagmire to you? At least in the Vietnam quagmire, we WON all of the battles. Over there we are downright losing many and then running like little pink bereted sissies everytime one of those goons fires and RPG at us.

Trust me, I support my brethren in arms over there and thus why I am so angry that they are not being allowed to do what they do best and that is KILL, KILL and KILL again until the enemy either surrenders unconditionally or ceases to exist.

There is ZERO excuse for another soldier dying over there when our tax dollars pay for the:

B-52
F-111B
B-1B
B-2
F-16
F/A-18
F-15
AC-130 Spectre Gunships
GBU Ordnance
MOABs
M-109 Paladins
MLRS
M1A1 Abrams Tanks
“Bunker Busters”
Tactical Nuclear Weapons

It appears that our military may be infected by hippie era peaceniks rather than blood and guts warriors.

If this is a war, the FIGHT IT like one. That is all I am saying. Anything less is indeed a quagmire.

Iraq is NOT a quagmire. It is war.
Difficulty does not equate to “quagmire”. Because you do not see President Bush in day to day planning and action does not mean he and his administration are not effectively engaged.

You appear to be buying into the propaganda poured out from the mainstream media (?)

President Bush is doing the right things. He has competent leaders who are working tirelessly. I know this because I know people involved in this effort.

Take care not to become like the liberal “news media” who concentrate on what is “wrong”. Terrorists love confusion, negativism, fear, “quagmire” reporting.

If you doubt this, ask yourself why murderous terrorists behead Americans on tape and broadcast it? … To foster doubt and fear in their enemy (all of us who love freedom and justice).

Recommend you write directly to your congresspersons! Become more informed. (I suggest all of this respectfully.)

Volunteer to help!

Here are a few links I recommend:
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/podhoretz.htm
carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/04autumn/dowd.htm
http://www.gopconvention.com/cgi-data/speeches/files/50ce78ku5b52jamlw594z3621qj8917b.shtml
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005610
http://www.1id.army.mil/1ID/News/September/Article_23/Article_23.htm
chrenkoff.blogspot.com/2004/08/good-news-from-iraq-part-9.html
http://www.defendamerica.mil/
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
www4.army.mil/ocpa/community/otf/
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=14582
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=15044
http://www.citizensunited-interactive.org/c41.11/
http://www.seattlecatholic.com/article_20040914.html

Apologies to LaShawn for being off topic here. The post needed to be responded to … again.

No hyperlinking within comments allowed. – Admin

Secondly, I am interested in hearing why you think skin color preferences are immoral?

Interesting theory but no facts to support it.

Fact: 85% of Blacks attend colleges/universities for which they are within the standard deviation of the median scores.

Where is the sense of entitlement?

I will without question vote for President Bush. There is no other alternative. We can only hope and pray that a TRUE conservative and TRUE warrior emerges between now and the 2008 election. America needs not just a man (sorry Hillary, image is important here. Maybe later?) at the helm, but a WARRIOR. America needs a man who understands the nature of battle. A man who understands that any undertaking that takes on the moniker of “war” must be prosecuted with only one goal in mind and that is winning.

I regretfully agree with Senator Kerry’s latest “position” on President Bush’s handling of the Iraq Battle. I’m sure it will change sometime in the next 24 hours, but let’s just go with the bit for right now.

John Kerry is right that President Bush is showing abject incompetence in fighting the terrorists. The reasons are simple and have been repeated by me ad nauseum in previous messages in other forums. George W. Bush, contrary to what the talking points have said about him IS indeed afraid of public opinion. He IS indeed being politically correct. He IS indeed answering to polls and the fickle winds that constantly shift the opinions of the American people.

President Bush does not have the stomach for finishing properly what began on 9/11 or he is waiting for some time of his choosing to demonstrate it.

While it is true that President Bush never claimed that Saddam Hussein and Iraq had a hand in the 9/11 attacks, he did have enough common since to understand the threat that muslims from that region of the planet posed to the United States and the world. With that in mind, he took proper action in beginning to destroy that evil, but lo and behold, he punked up and started second guessing himself. He started listening to the 5th column propagandists within our walls. He started listening to the one brain cell sharing Democrats whose only goal is getting their power in the Congress, Senate and White House back.

Somewhere in this war on terror and battle in Iraq, George W. Bush ceased being a war time PRESIDENT and returned to being a politician. He became a loathsome and sad figure who negotiates with terrorists, lets American deaths go unavenged, shows public respect for an enemy cult some mistakenly call a “religion” and the biggest insult, ties the hands of American soldiers who are more than willing to spill blood in a show of loyalty to their Commander-in-Chief and to the nation they so love.

How is this loyalty and honor repaid? It is repaid by letting murderous Sunni clerics negotiate their freedom. It is repaid by letting mosques that housed snipers and arms wielding terrorists who killed our Marines and Soldiers stand in defiance of the basic principles of humanity. It is repaid by not forcefully and angrily rebuking American filth like Nancy Pelosi, Terry McAuliffe, Al Gore, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy for the demoralizing garbage that spews incessantly from the toilets on their faces disguised as mouths.

It appears that no one in this vast land has the will to do what it takes to win the dadgum war. No one. The Capitol Hill GOP “leaders” folded up a long time ago. Forget about the RINO lunatics like McCain, Chafee, Collins, Snowe and Spectre. The so called “real” Republican leaders are afraid to open their mouths and tell the President to let loose on Iraq. Not even Delay and Tancredo have the correct genitalia to tell our president to destroy Iraq.

The fact that there are lights, running water and buildings still standing in Fallujah and Najaf is testimony to FAILURE! Our troops no matter how you slice it didn’t win JACK! They were defeated. Iraq is DEFINITLEY A QUAGMIRE AND WE ARE LOSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh how I hate to say this, but it is. Is the situation correctable? Yes it is, but not until we find a MAN with a steel and concrete encased heart who is willing to do the unthinkable in order to SAVE lives. We need a MAN who is willing to call back the big birds and the big guns and declare all out war on ISLAM ITSELF! Pardon me if there is this “peaceful” brand of izlam out there that is yet to show its face.

America needs a president who can temporarily set aside his humanity and transform into an equally low-crawling animal and negotiate Al-Zarqawi’s lair. We need a leader who will not flinch at the inevitable news stories depicting the aftermath of a month long B-52 attack on Iraq. We need a president who doesn’t draw distinctions between women, children and enemy combatants. We need a LEADER who will NOT RULE OUT THE USE OF WHATEVER IT TAKESTO END THIS THING. While we show weakness, Iran and China are watching.

President Bush, I stand by whatever decisions you make, but I respectfully submit that you are going about this whole thing wrong. I wouldn’t worry about Senator Kerry too much. He is a toothless enemy of the domestic variety. He would of course be more dangerous if he could put a solid message together. Even his followers are confused. With that in mind, you still must understand that your re-election is not what is important. Your legacy will take care of itself. What America needs from you right now is FIRE AND BRIMSTONE REIGNING DOWN ON OUR ENEMIES. Put the bullhorns down and send the negotiators home. No more cutely named operations either. You need to declare this war BACK ON and get to the business of winning. Winning is all that matters. Uncuff the troops and pull the chocks from under the wheels of the hell birds.

AMERICA SCREAMS FOR A VICTORY! Your move.

Ray Coleman

Tampa, FL