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2007-02-25 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Bobby 2007-02-25 07:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 George W. Bush's surge

And they called it Mr. Lincoln's War too.

A hundred and forty years later we remember the man, but not his critics. And there were tons of viscous critics.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-02-25 09:11|| 2007-02-25 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 What is it like to be a soldier in an unpopular war?

I don't get the impression the war is unpopular with the soldiers. A more pertinent question might be what is it like to be a soldier protecting the freedom of such ignorant, ungrateful ex-hippies?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-02-25 09:33|| 2007-02-25 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, this article is biased in so many ways from the first sentence right on through.

Let me say, as someone who has visited Ft Riley on more than one occasion, it is not isolated unless one counts the middle of Kansas as isolated. I was able to drive right onto the post, past a barracks complex (where some of the guys were observed coming out of the barracks in their gear for an exercise), and right on up to Custer Hill and the Cavalry Museum (which was closed on the day I arrived, but some friends of mine pulled some strings and got it opened for me to tour for a couple of hours (I got most of the museum on film - it's an absolutely fascinating place).

I then proceeded to catch up on "old times" with some old friends there until well on into the wee hours of the morning.

They made me an honorary member of their unit. I still have the US Cavalry baseball cap (well worn and faded, but now sitting in a place of honor atop one of my book cases).

Ft Riley is one of those places I recommend everyone visit if they have the opportunity.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-02-25 10:16|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-02-25 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 an increasingly unpopular war

I'm starting to wonder whether the war on terror is an 'unpopular war' or whether people are just getting tired of hearing what a mess it is. (Note that I'm excluding chronic BDS sufferers here from the definition of 'people'. They would hate George if he were adopting orphans and frolicking with puppies.) If your only source of info about Iraq is newpaper headlines and tv news, you know that it's a VietNamish quagmire with thousands killed each day in unstoppable sectarian violence. If it wasn't for Rantburg and similar places on the Web, none of us would have any idea what is really happening over there. Can you imagine the media ignoring chemical attacks on civilians if the IRA were the ones doing the bombing? Lefties aside, I think people are starting to realize the Islamists are a danger to the world, even if suicide bombers haven't shown up in their own neighborhoods - yet.

Posted by SteveS 2007-02-25 12:18|| 2007-02-25 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm starting to wonder whether the war on terror is an 'unpopular war' or whether people are just getting tired of hearing what a mess it is.

Damn I hate being in the slow group.

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-25 12:57|| 2007-02-25 12:57|| Front Page Top

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