Insisting that the troops are supplied with proper training and armament means you don't support

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

the troops, because that demand makes it too hard for the commanders on the ground to do what they need to do to win the war, which I can't guarantee we will win, even with the surge, and yes, I was wrong and so were a lot of us about WMD's which even Saddam believed he had and apparently he didn't and if you're against the surge, you should withhold funds, not insert legislation insisting that the troops are supplied with proper training and armament which means that you don't support the troops... .

At least, that seems to be the latest, greatest RW spin, as articulated, poorly, by Graham on MTP. It's hard to avoid the vertigo after disembarking from this loopy linguistic locomotive. . :crazy: MKJ

[cspanlovr]

1. "They volunteered!" That's what I keep hearing. At that point,

I know I'll never get through to them. Dumb asses.

[dkofos]

2. Black is white, up is down, these Morans don't have a clue.

And the idiots that believe them are more than I can handle.

[Toots]

5. But it is all okay because ...."9-11 changed everything"

But we certainly can't let the terrorists win... We will eliminate our entire Constitution and stay locked in our rooms sealed with duct tape if that is what it will take to "win" our "War On Terror"...

[stellanoir]

3. I love this line. . .

". . .It's hard to avoid the vertigo after disembarking from this loopy linguistic locomotive.. ."

You nailed it beautifully.

[patrice]

4. The blood of American soldiers is the new Bait in the new Bait and Switch

American troops in Iraq are in danger of being used as the new bait in a new “Bait and Switch” by Sunnis in the MidEast.

In last-week’s testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Joint Chief of Staff General Pace indicated that if he followed DoD readiness standards, one third of the forces headed to Iraq would not be deployed. Therefore, it is possible that, in addition to long established shortages, soon, one third of the total military force in Iraq will not be fully manned, fully trained or fully equipped. General Pace did not want Congress to do anything about this weakness in force readiness. Why?

The intent of redirected strategy in the Mideast, documented by Seymour Hersh March 5 in The New Yorker, is to weaken Shia in Iran by strengthening Sunnis in the region. Given that the Iraqi government is predominantly Shia and the Sunni militias are responsible for 80% of American fatalities, strengthening Sunnis further destabilizes a situation in which the blood of American soldiers is being sacrificed for stability.

As Iraqi Sunni militias get stronger with more regional support, they have to decide whether to kill more Americans or more Shia. Shortages in force readiness in this situation create the conditions favorable to a "Bait and Switch", in which American blood attracts Sunnis into what's going on, and then, as Hersh describes, through the use of special Sunni operatives, their efforts are turned on the Shia instead.