A Perspective from some troops in Baghdad
Here’s what has happened because of restraints placed on our troops. I always wonder how the situation would be if our troops had been or were allowed to take out the cleric al Sadr. Would the lawlessness and violence still be at the level it is today? Let our troops do what they need to do without worrying about political correctness and get the politics out of them doing their job.
“At this point, it seems like the war on drugs in America,” added Spec. David Fulcher, 22, a medic from Lynchburg, Va., who sat alongside Steffey. “It’s like this never-ending battle, like, we find one IED, if we do find it before it hits us, so what? You know it’s just like if the cops make a big bust, next week the next higher-up puts more back out there.”
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“At this point, it’s getting a little difficult to tell which groups are responsible,” said Capt. Eric Haas of Williamsburg, Va., an intelligence officer for the 2nd Battalion. “Our biggest fear is this turning into a Bosnia-Kosovo situation” where the police are allowing the slaughter to take place.
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Comment by Spc. Patrick Ziegler — July 27, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
al Sadr should have been dealt with appropriately when we had the chance. Allowing him to roam around with his merry band of losers was a missed opportunity. We have paid for that a thousand times over as he’s continued to be a thorn in the side of the MNF and the Iraqi people since he was allowed to walk away unscathed.
Comment by Andi — July 28, 2006 @ 7:45 pm