12 Army Captains

There is, I hope, security in numbers.  Because you know that these dozen will be attacked.  Viciously.  For speaking out -

More "phony soldiers" speak out

Let the swiftboating of the twelve Army captains who wrote this op-ed in the Washington Post today begin: "Today marks five years since the authorization of military force in Iraq, setting Operation Iraqi Freedom in motion. Five years on, the Iraq war is as undermanned and under-resourced as it was from the start. And, five years on, Iraq is in shambles.As Army captains who served in Baghdad and beyond, we've seen the corruption and the sectarian division. We understand what it's like to be stretched too thin. And we know when it's time to get out. [...]

Further thoughts from another Vet who served with several of those 12 -

3,828 Troops Killed

I was logging onto my email account when I saw on my screen the news that the number of troop fatalities in Iraq has reached 3,828. I flashed back to conversation I had with a fellow soldier while patrolling a street in Baghdad back in 2004. We speculated on what Iraq would become following our departure. We thought if we ever had to come back it would be for a meager 6 month stay because in time the level of violence would drop significantly. Oh how wrong we were.  We never would have imagined that 3 years later [...]

Of course, it took about 12 minutes for the critics to crawl out of their caves -

Thanks For the History Lesson

I value the writers' service and their opinions as soldiers who have served in Iraq, but wouldn't this editorial have meant more if the Washington Post had managed to find soldiers to write it who had actually been in in [...]

So, let's jump to the bottom line.  Are we safer?

U.S. not ‘tactically’ safer as a result of Iraq war.

The director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Scott Redd, tells NBC News that, “in the short term,” the Iraq war “probably” has created a “giant recruiting tool” for terrorists. In response to a question about whether the US is generally safer after having invaded Iraq, [...]

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