tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post112322368199211836..comments2023-12-30T23:02:57.931-08:00Comments on Deep Thought: Pick a mission, any mission.Eli Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231145.post-1123302928218060082005-08-05T21:35:00.000-07:002005-08-05T21:35:00.000-07:00Poll: Bush's Iraq rating at low pointWASHINGTON (A...<A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/05/bush.ap.ipsospoll.ap/index.html" REL="nofollow">Poll: Bush's Iraq rating at low point</A><BR/><BR/><I>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also suggests fewer than half now think he is honest.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/04/marines.reax/index.html" REL="nofollow">Marine felt mission 'a bit fruitless'</A><BR/><BR/><I>"Every operation would be a week or two out in the field at some loss of life or at least wounded," said Paul Schroeder, father of 23-year-old Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II, who died Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>"And then they would leave, and then the insurgents would come back. And, obviously, they were back in Haditha, which was supposedly cleared out in Operation Newmarket in early June.</I> <BR/><BR/>This administration has created a national security problem where done existed before. We are making enemies faster than we can kill them and if Iraq becomes a failed state, Al-Quida will roam even more freely there than they do now<BR/><BR/>Over 1800 Americans and 10's of thousands of Iraqis have died because of this administration's incompetence and arrogance. <BR/><BR/>If the invasion of Iraq had been a good idea, Bush would never have had to lie in order to sell it. He has lost almost all credibilty abroad and at home and weakened his office in the process. <BR/><BR/>And I can't think of a greater crime then to send U.S. Marines 1/2 way around the world to fight with something less than truth to sustain them.dorsanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360076073314764844noreply@blogger.com