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Submitted by Steve, Jul 9, 2007 21:50

I just don't understand. Why is it when a group wants to fight back against us some people in our ranks want to cut and run? Why is it that our representatives don't listen to their constituents? It is a joke how bad this tactic has gotten. But other tactics that have gone wrong is the fact that the dems want to play partisan politics and the republicans don't want to stand up to it. I mean I see more republican jumping ship then I can believe.I never thought it could get to be this bad. It makes me wonder if a change or two needs to be made within our own party. But this isn't about politics. It is about our Military completing a task that was given to them by the Commander in Chief.
If you give someone a job to do and you really believe that he can get it done you let him complete the task. But if you want him to fail you work against him and this is a terrible mistake that will bite us in the end.
Why do you see more coordinated attacks in Iraq? It is because Al Qaida is getting scared that they might not be as effective at pushing sectarian violence as they first thought. The only way to make that country stable is the way that Gen. Petraeus laid it out from the start. He has had some of the best on the ground intelligence in the war. And he is changing the way we are fighting it. Why not give him a chance not tuck tail and run from the problem.
You don't solve problems by running from them you stand up, make a difference and finish the job.

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