From: "George Sherwood" 

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:50:44 +0100, Adam wrote:

> http://polstate.com/?p=4925
>
> "My name is John Batiste. I left the military on principle on November
> 1, 2005, after more than 31 years of service. I walked away from
> promotion and a promising future serving our country. I hung up my
> uniform because I came to the gut-wrenching realization that I could do
> more good for my soldiers and their families out of uniform. I am a West
> Point graduate, the son and son-in-law of veteran career soldiers, a
> two-time combat veteran with extensive service in Bosnia, Kosovo, and
> Iraq, and a life-long Republican. Bottom line, our nation is in peril,
> our Department of Defenseƒ ™s leadership is extraordinarily bad, and our
> Congress is only today, more than five years into this war, beginning to
> exercise its oversight responsibilities. This is all about
> accountability and setting our nation on the path to victory. There is
> no substitute for victory and I believe we must complete what we started
> in Iraq and Afghanistan."
>
>
>
> Only a few minor quibbles such as:
>
> "Secretary Rumsfeldƒ ™s dismal strategic decisions resulted in the
> unnecessary deaths of American servicemen and women, our allies, and the
> good people of Iraq. He was responsible for America and her allies going
> to war with the wrong plan and a strategy that did not address the
> realities of fighting an insurgency."
>
>
> Ummmm no......George Bush was responsible. That's his job....he is "the
> decider" not Rummie.
>
> I do agree though that the Republican dominated Congress has been
> derelict in it's duty by actively avoiding asking questions.
>
> What they want to do it to get the Generals up before them, swear them
> in & then ask some serious questions whereupon the Generals will be
> legally bound to tell the truth.
>

I really don't understand why if 99.9% stay and .1% leave,  the .1% is
automatically thought to be correct.  Why is this very small number given
voice when the much larger number is not?  It is easy to say, they are the
only ones to speak out and must be right, but to me many I see do this
crave the attention and know what play these remarks will get.


George

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