Originally Posted by Castle Bravo

Back to the original topic......
This is a difficult mission. Poor planning is a buzz phrase generated by the media. The reason this is a difficult mission is that we are a civilized people fighting barbarians, and overwhelming them as we should (militarily speaking) will do more harm than good in the long run (women, children, etc...)What you don't see on TV is the vast public support we have here, its no secret that bad stuff makes the news, especially when there's a lot of it..... I have heart warming stories that I can't share with you in detail quite yet due to OPSEC but the people at fault here (at least the ones currently MOST at fault) are 10,000 or so members of mr nutball's militia and Al Jazera TV. There wasnt a plan in the world that could have given the american people the bloodless video game war that the media wanted, and I bow to our president for doing what needed to be done. I hate being away from my wife, but that's my job. SOLDIERS FIGHT WARS. A soldier with 20 years of garrison experience is useless, if I'm unhappy about being over here shame on me for re-enlisting 3 times. I raised my right hand as we all did over here, no body put a gun to our heads, and talking smack about my commander in chief will do nothing productive, especially by people who are so many thousands of miles removed from reality. The military is here to fight and win wars, defend the homeland, and the interests of the US. The president acted on the money, and he has my vote.
I realize the original remark was light hearted in nature, but this is a serious subject. No personal attacks intended, but if the shoe fits.....