OPFOR: Fairweather Friends

IN OUR RECENT HISTORY we have abandoned the Kurds, Shiites and Afghanis, not to mention our shameless withdrawal of support of the Mountainyards and our friends and allies in Saigon. Lord help the Somalis that befriended America in the 90s, for we deserted them, too. The World knows that we will turn tail and walk away from what was a noble cause in Iraq because the American people are weak and are so self-centered that we withdraw when the situation gets complicated.

After twelve generations, I am ashamed at what America has become. Most Americans are so self-centered in their daily lives that they can’t take the time to learn about what is really happening in the Middle East. They can’t tell you who Muqtada al-Sadr is, or even if he is Shia or Sunni. They are more interested in learning who is the father of Anna Nichole’s baby rather than finding a way to win in Iraq.

We are at WAR and it is time for the American people (including the members of Congress) to back our troops. It is time to drop the political mumbo-jumbo of “I support the troops, but I don’t support the war.” What the hell does that mean anyway? Does that mean that you have a yellow magnetic bumper sticker, but you don’t want to give our brave men and women the reinforcements they badly need to succeed?

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