I'm hearing stories like this coming out of my son's unit, too. Futility and hopelessness ... except from the chickenhawks in Congress, like Lieberman. They should have handed him an gun and sent him down a street in Diyala riding in one of the Humvees so he can see just how much "better" things are getting in Iraq.

Debra Morgan Pardee

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." -- George Bernard Shaw

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Well I just wish this puppet of independence and the American way would get Cheney and Rove's hands out of his a$$ and try framing the issues in his own words...

Earlier, Lieberman had met briefly with Iraqi soldiers and Iraqi police at a Joint Security Station; there are 31 throughout the city now. The senator, who's steadfastly supported the Iraq war along with the current surge of more than 28,000 additional American troops, said things were better.

"I think it's important we don't lose our will," he said. "To pull out would be a disaster."

The soldiers smiled and greeted him, stood with him for pictures and sat down to a lunch of roast beef and turkey sandwiches. It was unclear if they ever asked their questions.

As Lieberman walked out, he said that congressionally mandated withdrawal would be a "victory for al-Qaida and a victory for Iran."

Month of April and Month of May

~OGD~

That McLatchey article, along with the one from the Times this past weekend (where the troops were saying they are tiring of training Iraqis who turn around and kill them) definitely mark a shift.

I don't think we've heard this kind of dissent in the ranks so overtly in the press since the war started.

Not a good sign...

And Lieberman...truly an asshole. I don't see how he can stand of front of those soldiers and say We're Winning!, when they all know what it's like on the ground.

He does have nerve, I guess... 

"Thank God George Bush is our president." -Rudy Giuliani

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