Comments on: FLASHBACK: One Year Ago, Gen. Casey Told Bush ‘Less Is Better,’ Pushed Reducing Troops In Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:28:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: DBart http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1606760 DBart Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:52:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1606760 Those of you who have never been there should shut up and listen to those of us who have. His change of position on the issue is because the enemy has a vote in this matter. Clueless pundents would not understand. Those of you who have never been there should shut up and listen to those of us who have. His change of position on the issue is because the enemy has a vote in this matter. Clueless pundents would not understand.

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1340198 JPark Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:21:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1340198 I Love Bush is a fake. Nobody could be that stupid. I Love Bush is a fake. Nobody could be that stupid.

]]> By: FLASHBACK: One Year Ago, Gen. Casey Told Bush ‘Less Is Better,’ Pushed Reducing Troops In Iraq | Outlaw News http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1333863 FLASHBACK: One Year Ago, Gen. Casey Told Bush ‘Less Is Better,’ Pushed Reducing Troops In Iraq | Outlaw News Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:38:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1333863 [...] Think Progress / December 24, 2006 [...] [...] Think Progress / December 24, 2006 [...]

]]> By: Vic Anderson http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1331616 Vic Anderson Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:17:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1331616 SOS Military: dig the grave; fill it back in; repeat. SOS Military: dig the grave; fill it back in; repeat.

]]> By: BetterThanNoSn http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1330325 BetterThanNoSn Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:41:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1330325 I could see it from the get-go. Generals Casey and Pace are part of BushCo....which means they will say ANYTHING they are asked/told to do by their superiors. So, General's Casey and Pace, way to think about the safety of your troops in the field. And to bushlover #55, he may plead for bipartisanship but where were those words BEFORE he set on his current ill-advised course. I could see it from the get-go. Generals Casey and Pace are part of BushCo….which means they will say ANYTHING they are asked/told to do by their superiors. So, General’s Casey and Pace, way to think about the safety of your troops in the field.
And to bushlover #55, he may plead for bipartisanship but where were those words BEFORE he set on his current ill-advised course.

]]> By: Kotzabasis http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1323551 Kotzabasis Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:32:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1323551 Icreasing the troops in Iraq will only help if it will lead to increasing ruthlessly the pounding of the insurgents hidden in their civilian shelters which they use as shields. It's this cover behind civilians that has made the task of US forces so difficult in capturing or eliminating the insurgents, as well as so costly in American lives. But before this remorseless tactic is going to be used, the insurgents should be warned that their cover behind civilians will no longer save them. Also, the increase in troops must be accompanied by a new strategy and tactics on the ground, if it's going to lead to the defeat of the insurgents. See," How to Defeat the Insurgency by its Own Lethal Weapon"-<a href="www.con.observationdeck.org" rel="nofollow"></a> Icreasing the troops in Iraq will only help if it will lead to increasing ruthlessly the pounding of the insurgents hidden in their civilian shelters which they use as shields. It’s this cover behind civilians that has made the task of US forces so difficult in capturing or eliminating the insurgents, as well as so costly in American lives. But before this remorseless tactic is going to be used, the insurgents should be warned that their cover behind civilians will no longer save them.

Also, the increase in troops must be accompanied by a new strategy and tactics on the ground, if it’s going to lead to the defeat of the insurgents. See,” How to Defeat the Insurgency by its Own Lethal Weapon”-

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1321417 impeachcheneythenbush Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:14:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1321417 Bush was catching a raft of s...t because he was going to override the commanders recommendations NOT to increase U.S. troops. So of course, he did whatever it took to overcome those objections. Frankly, I believe there were some major threats made...and not just to Casey's retirement and other military perks. Bush was catching a raft of s…t because he was going to override the commanders recommendations NOT to increase U.S. troops. So of course, he did whatever it took to overcome those objections. Frankly, I believe there were some major threats made…and not just to Casey’s retirement and other military perks.

]]> By: Glenn Becker http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1320868 Glenn Becker Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:59:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1320868 Wow, lookit that picture. Is someone trying to channel Il Duce? Wow, lookit that picture. Is someone trying to channel Il Duce?

]]> By: freebird9 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1320786 freebird9 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:18:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1320786 what wonderful hypocritical words from a President who has yet to attend one military funeral, for any of the poor kids he's sent off to die in his war for PNAC/AIPAC. what wonderful hypocritical words from a President who has yet to attend one military funeral, for any of the poor kids he’s sent off to die in his war for PNAC/AIPAC.

]]> By: freebird9 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1320784 freebird9 Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:16:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1320784 I guess <em>"I Love Bush" </em>forgot about all that bipartisan that the last few Congress's engaged in right? Oh I forgot, the Dems put anything, I mean anything up for a vote and it was killed outright, straight party votes, the Repugs killed anything the Dems put out. And now this one thinks Bush is really going to engage in Bipartisanship? hahaha What is in your wheaties this morning, Jack Daniels AND meth? Geez........ I guess “I Love Bush” forgot about all that bipartisan that the last few Congress’s engaged in right?

Oh I forgot, the Dems put anything, I mean anything up for a vote and it was killed outright, straight party votes, the Repugs killed anything the Dems put out.

And now this one thinks Bush is really going to engage in Bipartisanship? hahaha

What is in your wheaties this morning, Jack Daniels AND meth? Geez……..

]]> By: Erroll http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1320780 Erroll Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:14:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1320780 Comment by I Love Bush at 4:46 am "I urge every American to find some way to thank our military this Christmas season."- George W. Bush. The best way our deserter in chief can thank the military is to get them out of that hellhole as quickly and as rapidly as possible. If not, they will receive a New Year's present of a missing limb[s], a severed spine, a badly burned body, a mind which has been severly damaged, both physically and psychologically. Since he did his best to make sure that he would never end up in a field of combat while wearing a military uniform, perhaps that is the reason why he seems to be completely devoid of the fact that those in the military are being killed and blown up for absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever. Empathy has never been his strongest suit. Bring them home now before more of them come back to this country in flag draped coffins. Comment by I Love Bush at 4:46 am

“I urge every American to find some way to thank our military this Christmas season.”- George W. Bush. The best way our deserter in chief can thank the military is to get them out of that hellhole as quickly and as rapidly as possible. If not, they will receive a New Year’s present of a missing limb[s], a severed spine, a badly burned body, a mind which has been severly damaged, both physically and psychologically. Since he did his best to make sure that he would never end up in a field of combat while wearing a military uniform, perhaps that is the reason why he seems to be completely devoid of the fact that those in the military are being killed and blown up for absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever. Empathy has never been his strongest suit. Bring them home now before more of them come back to this country in flag draped coffins.

]]> By: fuzzwald http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1320757 fuzzwald Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:55:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1320757 Im all for more troops in Iraq. That will mean less mindless drones here in our soceity. I have yet to meet an enlisted person who isnt a complete rube. - Comment by sarahT ************************** Are you calling me a rube? I was Navy enlisted from 1969-1974. Fortunately, I didn't kill anyone, but I helped point nuclear warheads at Eastern Europe. By the time I gained enough political consciousness to understand what I was doing, it was either finish out my term or go to prison. What you you have done, sarahT? Are we a bit of a snob, maybe? What about officers? You got a soft spot for them? My experience with officers is that they issue the killing orders and that the system tends to promote psychopaths and assholes. The enlisted guys are often just poor kids trying to get ahead. So you can kiss my ass darlin'. I admit there are plenty of 'rubes' in the military. But last I heard, being a rube is not a capital offense, and I do not wish death and mayhem on someone for being a rube. You, however, appear to be doing so. The military is hard-core authoritarian, and it always has been, and unless we keep it on a short leash, it's a danger to civilized society. But the problem starts at the top and works its way down. Not the other way around. Im all for more troops in Iraq. That will mean less mindless drones here in our soceity. I have yet to meet an enlisted person who isnt a complete rube. – Comment by sarahT
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Are you calling me a rube? I was Navy enlisted from 1969-1974. Fortunately, I didn’t kill anyone, but I helped point nuclear warheads at Eastern Europe. By the time I gained enough political consciousness to understand what I was doing, it was either finish out my term or go to prison. What you you have done, sarahT?

Are we a bit of a snob, maybe? What about officers? You got a soft spot for them? My experience with officers is that they issue the killing orders and that the system tends to promote psychopaths and assholes. The enlisted guys are often just poor kids trying to get ahead. So you can kiss my ass darlin’.

I admit there are plenty of ‘rubes’ in the military. But last I heard, being a rube is not a capital offense, and I do not wish death and mayhem on someone for being a rube. You, however, appear to be doing so.

The military is hard-core authoritarian, and it always has been, and unless we keep it on a short leash, it’s a danger to civilized society. But the problem starts at the top and works its way down. Not the other way around.

]]> By: Vance http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1320028 Vance Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:14:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1320028 There are more GAY connections in this administration than any other in history. I would bet my life on the fact that one day when im 90 it will come out that bush was gay, just like hitler. There are more GAY connections in this administration than any other in history. I would bet my life on the fact that one day when im 90 it will come out that bush was gay, just like hitler.

]]> By: Vance http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1319960 Vance Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:27:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1319960 Maybe Casey had a thing with Gannon like W and Cheney? Just a question....... Maybe Casey had a thing with Gannon like W and Cheney? Just a question…….

]]> By: sarahT http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-2/#comment-1319957 sarahT Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:26:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1319957 Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami........one can only hope someone gives her a non returnable gift of lead. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami……..one can only hope someone gives her a non returnable gift of lead.

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-1319769 JPark Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:22:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1319769 Wow Michael, you really must be from the future if you have so little recollection of the 2004 presidential election. Wow Michael, you really must be from the future if you have so little recollection of the 2004 presidential election.

]]> By: prittfumes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-1318868 prittfumes Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:50:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1318868 Is it a flip-flop or do people have the option for honest changes of mind ? Comment by Michael-From-The-Future ! — December 23, 2006 @ 1:57 pm Yes, indeed, Michael, people do have the option for honest changes of mind. unless they happen to belong to the "wrong" political party and most especially, their name must not be John Kerry. Got it? Good. Is it a flip-flop or do people have the option for honest changes of mind ?
Comment by Michael-From-The-Future ! — December 23, 2006 @ 1:57 pm

Yes, indeed, Michael, people do have the option for honest changes of mind. unless they happen to belong to the “wrong” political party and most especially, their name must not be John Kerry.

Got it? Good.

]]> By: DemandTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-1318851 DemandTruth Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:33:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1318851 This whole issue is a sham. A farce. Why isn't anybody talking about the 100,000 extra troops we <em>already</em> have in Iraq in the form of private contractors??? Add those guys in and what will 40,000 troops accomplish? All that number will do is replenish those who've been killed or maimed and add a few more soldiers to "guard" the private contractors who've taken their safer, support jobs at 10x the pay! More lambs to the slaughter is all this is, more money for the profiteers This whole issue is a sham. A farce.

Why isn’t anybody talking about the 100,000 extra troops we already have in Iraq in the form of private contractors???

Add those guys in and what will 40,000 troops accomplish?

All that number will do is replenish those who’ve been killed or maimed and add a few more soldiers to “guard” the private contractors who’ve taken their safer, support jobs at 10x the pay!

More lambs to the slaughter is all this is, more money for the profiteers

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-1318831 Briseadh na Faire Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:16:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1318831 <em><blockquote>Do we have a media or not? Comment by Samantha — December 23, 2006 @ 8:37 pm</blockquote></em> yes, we do. It's owned by the ruling dynasties.
Do we have a media or not?

Comment by Samantha — December 23, 2006 @ 8:37 pm

yes, we do. It’s owned by the ruling dynasties.

]]> By: Abe Lincoln http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/comment-page-1/#comment-1318823 Abe Lincoln Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:11:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/23/casey-iraq-troops/#comment-1318823 What can one expect from Gen. Casey? A flip-flop ensures a bright post-retirement future with one of the major GOP contributing corporations. From all accounts, it appears Casey was bribed and what a tragedy? Honesty means what is expedient for these top ranking US Military officers. They have shown the world they are no better than military officers from corrupt nations worldwide. Also, Gen. Casey is a man without any testicular fortitude. Flip-flop is more a GOP trait than anyone else's in USA. Even Field Marshal Rommel one of the great military strategists during WW II paid with his life rather than suck upto Adolf Hitler! Alas Casey is not even closer to Field Marshal Rommel, but to Hermann Goering, Chief of the German Luftwaffe during WW II, under Adolf Hitler. Wish the honest and peaceful citizens all over the world Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy and Prosperous New Year. GOD, please save the US and its inebriated GOP members and followers from their ignorance. In this case of the GOP and their followers, ignorance is NOT bliss. Honest Abe Lincoln What can one expect from Gen. Casey? A flip-flop ensures a bright post-retirement future with one of the major GOP contributing corporations. From all accounts, it appears Casey was bribed and what a tragedy? Honesty means what is expedient for these top ranking US Military officers. They have shown the world they are no better than military officers from corrupt nations worldwide. Also, Gen. Casey is a man without any testicular fortitude. Flip-flop is more a GOP trait than anyone else’s in USA.

Even Field Marshal Rommel one of the great military strategists during WW II paid with his life rather than suck upto Adolf Hitler! Alas Casey is not even closer to Field Marshal Rommel, but to Hermann Goering, Chief of the German Luftwaffe during WW II, under Adolf Hitler.

Wish the honest and peaceful citizens all over the world Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy and Prosperous New Year.

GOD, please save the US and its inebriated GOP members and followers from their ignorance. In this case of the GOP and their followers, ignorance is NOT bliss.

Honest Abe Lincoln

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