Try A Surge Of Concern For Our Troops

Carl LevinDemocratic Senator Carl Levin from yesterday's Meet The Press:
"Where we need a surge is not in Iraq, we need a surge of concern for our troops, for the veterans, for the injured, for the wounded, for the families of those who lost loved ones. That's the surge of concern, and that's the surge that we need."
Amen Senator.

In a related piece, the lead story on last night's 60 Minutes was on a petition drive started by military personnel. Here is how the petition titled An Appeal for Redress reads:

As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.
1,402 active duty, reserve, or National Guard troops have signed the petition. If you saw the segment last night, it was clear that the soldiers featured on the panel had a difficult time with their decision to go public. In my view, our soldiers have earned the right to publicly communicate their view on the war to their Member of Congress prior to or after their deployment. Part of supporting our troops is listening to them.

On a side note, 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan is dreamy.

23 Comments:

Anonymous Petey said...

Its Time to fold the tents and go home.

Or, in the biblical sense: "There is a time for all things under heaven" =====> its time to redeploy out

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

I have to make this anonymous, but I just received an email from a LT - commanding a company in Iraq.

This is what he said:

"This has gone on way too long"

They all feel like that and wish to go home to their families ASAP

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

I just read the 60 minutes piece.

GI's objecting to their commander's orders is a sign of just how much Bush has De-moralized our military.

GI's by nature do not have this prerogative. They must feel as if they are literally meat at this point.

The Military is very much damaged by recent deployments in Iraq and the Nation is therefore weakened.

Now to talk of prosecuting ANOTHER(Iran) war on top of this......

INSANE

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous tucker said...

yup-once currently serving active duty troops are speaking on the record for a withdrawal means morale has hit the floor, it is time to wrap this up and get out by Jan of '08. It is over, this folly can have no positive outcome. This is going to be an albatross on HRC as well, her refusal to admit a mistake on the authorization is the exact same mentality that Bush has, and I will not support her because of this. It is now btwn Edwards and Obama for me, and whoever better expresses how to extricate ourselves from Iraq will have my campaign dollars and support. NO other issue is of any similar magnitude, and while I can see different sides to issues like health care and education etc. Any support or passive opposition will be an indication of a person who is wrong and my political enemy.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Blogger Kyle said...

Tucker, I agree on Hillary. She is off my list and the war is part of the reason.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Blogger TimFitz said...

Watching Lara Logan makes it hard to concentrate on the story - right on Kyle.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Blogger Russ said...

Petey...they don't all feel like that. Check out last weeks Free Times. And Bush has not demoralized the military...the left has handled that aspect of the war with surgical precision.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Blogger Russ said...

Good piece on "Appeal for Redress" and the shit you all lovingly slobbered over while watching 60 minutes. Started by military personnel??? Hah! Didn't Dan Rather teach you guys anything, or do you still blindly swallow what the MSM crams down your throats (as long as it helps back YOUR argument)?

http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/2006/10/27/

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

military personnel and their families voted overwhelmingly twice for the president you guys think is the devil and they're going to do it again in 2008 for another candidate you hate.

but keep blogging.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

by the way, 1,402 signatures accounts for a fraction of 1 percent of military personnel in this country. a little context?

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

stop pretending you twerps aren't going to vote for hillary clinton when she's nominated.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

Russ - They DO feel just as I said. You are so wary of some left propaganda that you inhale just that from the right.

I will make this as straightforward as possible:
Our GI's are tired of this war and just want to go home.

Sure they do their duty and give their commander his military due- but its only that: their duty.

I will add this: Older Vets are against this war too, Many are not shy about calling the Commander incompetent or even insane.

You can support Bush and his policies, but you are in the minority.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Anonymous Mencken said...

I think some of the pro-Bush folks log in as "anonymous" so the military recruiters don't snatch them up and put them on the gray bus.

Monday, 26 February, 2007  
Blogger Russ said...

You can support Bush and his policies, but you are in the minority.

No I'm not. From Public Opinion Strategies, about two weeks ago:

* 57% believe “The Iraq War is a key part of the global war on terrorism.”

* 57% “support finishing the job in Iraq, that is, keeping the troops there until the Iraqi government can maintain control and provide security for its people.

* 50% want our troops should stay and “do whatever it takes to restore order until the Iraqis can govern and provide security to their country” while only 17% favor immediate withdrawal

* 56% believe “Even if they have concerns about his war policies, Americans should stand behind the President in Iraq because we are at war.”

* 53% believe “The Democrats are going too far, too fast in pressing the President to withdraw the troops from Iraq.”

Read the whole survey here:

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/library/POS_Lundy_Iraq_Survey_20070220.pdf

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

88+% & of regular church goers, heterosexual San Franciscans, Celtic heathens and Neo-Libertarians are against boiling him in oil and riding him out of town on a rail, just after tar and feathering him, of course.

Yeehaa: a VERY popular GUY!

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

Anyone who wants to know that Russ's sources of info are pigshit and therefore he is just another DITTOHEAD:

Check this out

DittoHead Central Exposed!

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

Quouting "Public Opinion Strategies" - a known Righty Boiler Room, is like the Bishop asking the Choir if he dresses like and asshole or not

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007  
Blogger Russ said...

Petey...up your meds, buddy. If you care to actually dispute the numbers, please back it up with something other than rhetoric. And describing your writing style as rhetoric is actually being generous. Rhetoric implies skill.

Wednesday, 28 February, 2007  
Anonymous Petey said...

Here is some "rhetoric" just for you Russ:Please read carefully. quiz 8:00 am Thursday

RussRhetoricReading

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