U.S. troops: Fresh faces must be used correctly

[TexasLawyer]

I wonder if troops realize that they themselves are the extra soldiers, since this "surge" is going to be staffed mainly by lengthening stays in Iraq, deploying units more frequently, etc...

U.S. troops: Fresh faces must be used correctly
POSTED: 8:50 p.m. EST, January 11, 2007

By Arwa Damon
CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A few hours after President Bush announced more than 20,000 additional troops would deploy to Iraq, U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Casper was doing inventory with his soldiers.

Like most soldiers here, Casper did not catch Bush's speech, but he knew the basics: More troops are on the way. "It's trying something new, and if it works, it works; and if not, we will have to find something else," he said.

Staff Sgt. Roy Starbeck also didn't hear Bush's remarks, but he did hear some of the dissenting reaction from politicians and others -- and it irked him to no end.

"It's just ... really just aggravating," he said, shrugging his shoulders. "People saying that they don't support the war because they don't like the president or saying they don't support the war because they are Democrats or saying they support the war because they are Republicans. "None of them are taking the time or energy to find out what is actually going on over here."

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/11/damon.baghdad.reaction/index.html

[Tom Joad]

1. What is going on over there, Sgt Starbeck, is an illegal war of aggression.

Hope to see you back here soon.