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2007-01-24 Home Front: Politix

Guard troops at border to be commended for retreat

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Should have been court-martialed. Or called in close air support (since they were outmanned.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-01-24 07:08|| 2007-01-24 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 They were behaving according to their ROE, and thus their orders. They should be commended for what had to be a superhuman effort not to disobey orders and respond to this flagrant violation of US soil. Our venom and the subject of our fury should be the politicos: to the ones who formulated the ROE, AND to the ones who questioned the Guardsmen's actions INSTEAD of their fellow politicos who created the ROE.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2007-01-24 07:21|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2007-01-24 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 What Ptah said.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-24 07:52|| 2007-01-24 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Amen, Ptah

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-24 08:09|| 2007-01-24 08:09|| Front Page Top

#5 St. Ptah has spoken! And, thusly, it is!

Posted by BA 2007-01-24 10:06|| 2007-01-24 10:06|| Front Page Top

#6 So, did our ~~asshole~~ president mention the border fence last night ?
I didn't listen. But I did find that he missed a great, GREAT chance to belittle the democrats who sat on their hands after mention of victory in Iraq.

My speech....The war on terror is multifaceted. From our borders, to the phone conversations of Islamic radicals, to the war zones, to a variety of locations experiencing terrorism, back to America in the form of comfort and support offered by the media and legal counsels. We must fight and win on all fronts. We must win back the media, the New York Times, CNN, and others. We must win the loyalty of all of our politicians, and all of our citizens to defeat terrorism. We must define the enemy and take the fight to them. We must smash al Qaeda, smash the Taliban, smash Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, even CAIR. And to do so, we must not allow the ACLU or the Washington Post to stand in our way. We must win the war in Afghanistan, and win the war in Iraq.

Then, as no democrat stood and cheered, the potus should have pointed to them, and said, 'This is what I'm talking about. Our enemies are delighted when we show a divided America. We MUST stand united behind our soldiers, or give up being the America we all grew up in. Which is it ? Win or lose ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-01-24 10:14|| 2007-01-24 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Hear, hear, wxjames -- now that's a speech!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-24 13:06|| 2007-01-24 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Gud 'un wxjames!! a succinct compact speech and to the heart of it! YAY! i saved it.

Posted by RD 2007-01-24 17:11|| 2007-01-24 17:11|| Front Page Top

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