What Would Petraeus Advise A New President Who Wanted to Wit

April 9, 2008

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[tokyoscramble]

Wow. Petraeus would make a great politician. He can talk so much without really saying anything at all, let alone answer the question.

[ubuibiok]

Yo Hi, maybe I can answer "jclayton59466 " a little better. He said, "Define my Mission" .

If told to leave now, today, they would plan a withdrawal to extract the Troops. Now do we leave the Equipment there, No, Ok, then I'll provide you a different time line. As to ,"dialoge be opened btwn the ranks" is a way of saying We then Plan a foundation to use Land, Air & Sea assets to safely withdrawal and the Joint Chief of Staff will advise you of what our troop losses will be as

we dide boop out.

[graceman25]

Thats not the mission Rep. the mission is to win.

[PadawanOsswe]

cob, they sign a contract,it can be bent to whatever need. my dad was extended in his time for the corps beacause of the Gulf War.he didnt complain.

We are going to be fighting in the middle east,africa,south east asia,and in a few decades...here for the next few decades at least! so pulling out of Iraq makes no difference,this country would still be at war! and I'm content with that as should every other american!

we didnt start all this. the Mujahids did!

[Bredac]

The General has actually done a good job over there, and if you can't see that you are dumb. He was handed a shit storm by Bush, and has done well.

Yes this war was started on lies, but its our job to stabilize the country. We cannot just leave it in a mess like we've done with other countries in the past, if we do that in Iraq we will create further enemies.

[cobwebhead]

You're right there's been a formal draft. The "back door draft" refers mostly to our stop-loss program, which prevents volunteers who have completed their obligations from leaving the military. In other words, if you only draft people who have already served honorably, you don't have to call it a draft, you can say "stop loss" instead.

The back door draft also probably includes extending tours and abusing the commitments of the Reserves and National Guard.

[cobwebhead]

There has been comprehensive polling in Iraq. A Turkish firm does an annual survey. The latest, March 2008, does show some improvement. Still, 72% of Iraqi's either "somewhat" or "strongly" oppose the presence of coalition forces in their country, 61% think our presence is making their security worse, and 42% think that attacks on coalition forces are acceptable.

If you want to see, it's all online. BBC has the full results (23 pages) and ABC has the methodology (which is pretty meticulous).

[PadawanOsswe]

tokyo,she didnt word her question properly so that why she didnt get a response.

[PadawanOsswe]

theres only ever been polls of iraqi's in cities,never a comprehensive survey,besides not all Iraqis are the same,you have 3 major groups who all differ. and the miltary isnt allowed to talk about their political ideologies,that can get them into serious trouble. there's been no draft of any sort,every man serving there has done so out of their own will to enlist!

[cobwebhead]

The polls are out there, just use the google. I think they reflect frustration among active military over the back door draft, the lack of a clear strategic vision (and mission creep) in Iraq, and the sense that the reinforcements aren't coming anytime soon.

The other interesting numbers are the polls of Iraqi civillians on whether or not they want us there and whether or not they think we're a stabilizing influence in the country.

[PadawanOsswe]

the military doesnt make the policies,they deploy wherever. if there is one thing ive learned in life it is to never trust statistics! ide like to see multiple honest polls before making judgements that the military supported paul or obama. because I highly doubt that.