American Troops Depressed and Deeply Disillusioned

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'm not surprised morale is in the $hit.

Soldiers like to see the scenery change. When it doesn't, they do get depressed. Waiting for your turn to die is not the way to fight a war.

Not really. The whole thing was a clusterfvck from the beginning - when the last administration decided to open up a second front in Iraq.

Rumsfeld has a lot to answer for.

Too late to blame Rumsfeld. Ten months later, and Obama has yet to take possession of the situation in Afghanistan. Right now, that is the key part of the war on terror, and that is where the Commander in Chief belongs. If he doesn't want to fight the war, then send everybody home.

Obama owns it now undoubtedly - but the reason we're currently in the position we're in is because of a bunch of bad chessplayers who thought they were geniuses.

Happens all the time, in bussiness, and in the military. Whining only gets people killed. Initiative gets things done.

I don't think that's true in this case. Foreign politics requires a degree of subtlety - not charging around like a bull in a china shop.

Politics is fine, when you don't have troops on the battlefield. If you want to negociate a solution, then, pull the tropps out of harm's way while you negociate. War is just politics by other means.

Well I can tell you for nothing - I wouldn't want to be in Obama's shoes with that particular hot potato.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

No one in the executive branch knows what they're doing.

I sure wish Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush were back in the saddle. They'd get it right the first time around.

[Joseph & Ana 0]

No one in the executive branch knows what they're doing.

I sure wish Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush were back in the saddle. They'd get it right the first time around.

More of your BDS

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well the worst thing that could happen is that Obama takes to Afghanistan the attitude that Richard Nixon took to Vietnam - asking Robert S. McNamara to "think outside the box", and why couldn't he use "the bomb"?

[S and S 12]

I've been out of the military for 4 1/2 months now and I can tell you that I am much happier now than earlier this year. As a soldier you want to support your country and do the right thing, but it gets hard when the war seems to have no clear purpose and no end. It just leaves you depressed and frustrated.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

No one in the executive branch knows what they're doing.

I sure wish Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bush were back in the saddle. They'd get it right the first time around.

More of your BDS

As much as it hurts you to reference the past 8 years, closing your eyes and pretending it didn't happen doesn't work for most American voters. But keep that hope alive for a Republican resurgence in 2010...it'll make that booboo not hurt so much.

[Heracles 417]

But if the left stops whining about Bush, they won't have anything else to say! We can't take their only talking point away!

The right started hating on Obama by his third week in office. What do you expect the guy to do? cure world poverty in 9 months. What part of worst recession since the depression does one not comprehend?

####### is congress doing? What are your buds doing? Promoting guns in national parks and guns in bars. I am surprised no one has mentioned tax cuts for the rich yet again.

Edited October 8, 2009 by Booyah!

[luckytxn 2,264]

Don't worry, Obama the Socialist will fix it.

[Joseph & Ana 0]

Keep running against Bush and you'll do well in 2010 - 12... good job.

But if the left stops whining about Bush, they won't have anything else to say! We can't take their only talking point away!

The right started hating on Obama by his third week in office. What do you expect the guy to do? cure world poverty in 9 months. What part of worst recession since the depression does one not comprehend?

####### is congress doing? What are your buds doing? Promoting guns in national parks and guns in bars. I am surprised no one has mentioned tax cuts for the rich yet again.

in 2012 you'll say... What do you expect him to do, cure world poverty in 4 years?

Its not the worst recession since the depression in many many ways. Ask anyone who studied the Carter years.

[Heracles 417]

Don't worry, Obama the Socialist will fix it.

Repubs literally screwed it since Regan.

[SMOKE 1,426]

Well I can tell you for nothing - I wouldn't want to be in Obama's shoes with that particular hot potato.

i wouldn't want to be in obama's shoes facing any of the problems he has on his plate. no matter what he does on any of them-the left or right or both are going to b!tch.

The right started hating on Obama by his third week in office.

no that happened about an hour after he threw his hat in the ring for the dem. nomination.

[Heracles 417]

Keep running against Bush and you'll do well in 2010 - 12... good job.

in 2012 you'll say... What do you expect him to do, cure world poverty in 4 years?

Its not the worst recession since the depression in many many ways. Ask anyone who studied the Carter years.

I hated it when libs pulled this ####### during the Bush years, I hate it when you guys now pull the same shlt against Obama. On a serious note, do you actually think that by lower yourself to their standards, this achieves anything for America? That it improves or propels America in anyway.

America has on a downward spiral for a long time. What's happened now is the perfect storm that has totally screwed up the place.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Well I can tell you for nothing - I wouldn't want to be in Obama's shoes with that particular hot potato.

i wouldn't want to be in obama's shoes facing any of the problems he has on his plate. no matter what he does on any of them-the left or right or both are going to b!tch.

The right started hating on Obama by his third week in office.

no that happened about an hour after he threw his hat in the ring for the dem. nomination.

[luckytxn 2,264]

Keep running against Bush and you'll do well in 2010 - 12... good job.

But if the left stops whining about Bush, they won't have anything else to say! We can't take their only talking point away!

The right started hating on Obama by his third week in office. What do you expect the guy to do? cure world poverty in 9 months. What part of worst recession since the depression does one not comprehend?

####### is congress doing? What are your buds doing? Promoting guns in national parks and guns in bars. I am surprised no one has mentioned tax cuts for the rich yet again.

in 2012 you'll say... What do you expect him to do, cure world poverty in 4 years?

Its not the worst recession since the depression in many many ways. Ask anyone who studied the Carter years.

It was pretty bad and painful under Carter.

[SuperDuper! 230]

The USO needs to send over the Playboy Playmates to cheer up the men like in a movie called Apocalypse Now.

That would reduce the depression levels there. How can anyone be depressed at the sight of a frolicking playboy bunny?