Need for more U. S. troops. SO. Anyone here willing to sacrafice a son or daughter, or YOURSELF even?

Question

The Associated Press
Sat., March 10, 2007
WASHINGTON - Military leaders are struggling to choose Army units to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan longer or go there earlier than planned, but five years of war have made fresh troops harder to find.

Faced with a military buildup in Iraq that could drag into next year, Pentagon officials are trying to identify enough units to keep up to 20 brigade combat teams in Iraq. A brigade usually has about 3,500 troops.

The likely result will be extending the deployments of brigades scheduled to come home at the end of the summer, and sending others earlier than scheduled.

Final decisions — which have not yet been made — would come as Congress is considering ways to force President Bush to wind down the war, despite his vow that he would veto such legislation.

The inevitable scramble. As Bush brags about 'progress' re the "surge", jihadists, militiamen, al Sadr, al quaeda, go into hiding. Thousands of them. Well hidden.

Answer 1

If Iraqi children and other victims of the Iraq war were lost on Mt. Hood, would we attempt to save them? The cost of rescuing them would be far less than what we spend on killing them: two-billion dollars per week. We might then begin making the case that an Iraqi human life is worth just as much as a US human life. Perhaps, even as much as the life Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, or Morgan Stanley's CEO, John Mack. On December 20, 2007, The International Herald Tribune, in its business section ran an article with the headline, “Goldman Sachs breaks Wall Street CEO bonus record, pays Blankfein $53.4M”. It reported that,



John Mack's record for the biggest bonus ever paid to a Wall Street CEO did not last even a week. It was smashed by the $53.4 million (40.45 million Euros) that Goldman Sachs gave its chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein.



George W. Bush, in his press conference of December 20, 2006, stubbornly stated again that he was going to stay the course in Iraq, that winning is the only opinion. Winning in Iraq is the only thing that matters to Bush, whatever winning means. It does not matter how many lives “winning” takes. George W. Bush gives the world his own definition for what human life is worth, and the world rejects it. Despite Congressman John Conyers, Nancy Pelosi and Henry Heid, the people of the United States reject it as well. The people's demand for Congress to impeach George W. Bush, as the US Constitution demands, is growing louder. Meanwhile, unfortunately, as Tom Engelhardt in a piece entitled, “Good Evening, Vietnam”, writes,



...undoubtedly, when we're done, the Iraqis will be forgotten and - as in the Vietnam era - this will be called an "American tragedy," to be followed by an "Iraq Syndrome," and so on into the Möbius strip of history, farce, and catastrophe.

Answer 2

the theory in the back of this tale is the actuality that God asked Abraham to do something and he became prepared to do it, even nevertheless it may reason heartache for him. Abraham's faith in God became extra effective than the bonds he had in the international! each thing in our lives could on no account come first until now the Lord, EVER! think of of it this manner, God is sovereign, he's on top of problems with all issues, actual and spiritual; He can take you out of this international in an instantaneous if he wanted to, the place could you go? What are the flaws that count number to you the main? human beings could bear in mind or comprehend that this existence is non everlasting while in comparison with eternity!!! Eternity is Eternity: continuously! some human beings have self assurance that usually is their existence span here in the international yet they're regrettably flawed. Abraham's love for God overpowered any bond he had in the international, including his son, which confirmed God that Abraham became prepared to do as He commanded of him, in any condition, and He became declared righteous in the eyes of God and could stay eternity in paradise!

Answer 3

The minute the Marines start taking 59 year olds ,I'm signing for 6.

As a rifleman.

My sons( Desertstorm and Somalia) have small kids,they can stay home if they want.

As to Congress,what a bunch of gutless losers.

Answer 4

They are trying to find brigades that haven't been 3 or more times.

I'm already in, but I am non-deployable until Jan 2008 b/c of pregnancy and postpartum

Answer 5

You have no idea of the mind set of our armed forces. They don't volunteer to die, they volunteer to liberate and battle our enemies who seek our destruction. YOu seem to think that enilsting in the Army or Marines is equivalent to committing suicide. This is an example of why you liberals are constantly questioned about your support of the troops.

Answer 6

WELL Rare look at it this way.



The could bring back the draft so that even you could do your duty and be a part of the solution and not the problem.



BUT I am sure you would cry like a little sissy if you had to do your duty and fight for your country.

Answer 7

We need to get out now, and let these countries go on killing each other like they have for thousands of years. Open the oil wells in the Us that are capped and tell them to stick there oil where the sun don't shine. Its time, the buck stops here.

Answer 8

thats alright I've already sacrificed my husband for 3 yrs, several friends for the same and an entire community.

What have you sacrificed?

Besides a whole of time complaining needlessly? Have you sacrificed anything for your country? Have you thought maybe you are too self absorbed to do anything other than complain about your country?

Of course not, as long as you are warm and healthy who the hell cares about anybody else right?

Get off your high horse, or atleast off the computer.

Answer 9

I'd refuse to fight in that war...war is pointless and i do not believe in it....if Bush did veto it then congress needs to grow some....courage...and over ride him...because we really do need to get out of their.....what I'm also wondering though is how the 250,000 troops we already have is not enough to cover what we need to do...



i have no idea what that progress crap the "president" is talking about is....

Answer 10

No one is forced to go in to the army any one who does go in to the army does because they want to because and they do that to help stop terrorism

Answer 11

well,I served my time and will go again if they call me...I have two kids,both will serve with dads input on enlistment if they so choose....any parent can go with their offspring to the recruiters and should if they are real caring parents who have an interest in their childs welfare....I wonder where the motivation for your question comes from?...are you another Cindy Sheehan?..or another draft evading bill clinton?..have you served in the military?...do you speak from experience or from media influenced,party driven rheortic?.....

Answer 12

Yes I would you little flag burning painty waste terriost abbler...

Hope you get sent over there and they make you wear a towel on your head......WE have sons and daughters, Mothers and fathers over there now fighting to keep your sorry a** safe and free...........So support them and pray for their saftey then go get a real job and try to make something of yourself... (then get a haircut)

Answer 13

Not willing to sacrifice a son, daughter, or myself but willing to go along with the increase and GAMBLE that my son, daughter or me will not be killed or wounded. As the commercial says, "pay me now or pay me later" and you KNOW how costly it was to wait until later.

Answer 14

For a worthy cause YES. For this cause NO. The war is based on the very least mistakes and at the most LIES

Answer 15

If I was 10 years younger and it was for a just cause, I would sign up.

Answer 16

I never want to go over to Iraq. They did nothing to me and they weren't even a threat to us when we went in. I agree with the response to them occupying Kuwait, I agree with us attacking the Taliban in Afghanistan, but Iraq was a huge waste of lives and money and we are a worse planet, country, and people because of it.

Answer 17

I'd gladly sacrifice ANY member of the bush family and let them go fight in iraq!



" i'd go if they'd take me."



So, WHY won't they take you?

Answer 18

Look while this goes on, there are going to have to be troops going

into there, until the conflict ends, the only thing that stops this is the

resolve of the Iraqies to stop the terrorism and civil war and rebuild...



Their future rests in their hands...................................................................

Answer 19

Damn Liberal. Im joining the Corps after school, so yeah I will go MYSELF.

Answer 20

i'd go if they'd take me.