Comments on: From the Heart http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anna http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-657 Anna Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:14:57 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-657 Oh, I hadn't seen the troll yesterday, I'll have to check it out, Mike! What I find amazing is that so many of that type don't even believe the guys are blogging from Iraq! They think it's a ploy! I will and do thank any soldier I see and have even waved to driver's with "veteran" plates...I'm weird that way! ;) Oh, I hadn’t seen the troll yesterday, I’ll have to check it out, Mike! What I find amazing is that so many of that type don’t even believe the guys are blogging from Iraq! They think it’s a ploy!

I will and do thank any soldier I see and have even waved to driver’s with “veteran” plates…I’m weird that way! ;)

]]> By: Mike's America http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-652 Mike's America Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:11:26 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-652 Anna: Thanks for sharing B36's latest. I went over to his page to offer my thanks for his efforts. We owe these brave men and women so much. I hope everyone who reads your page will also go over and say "thank you" to B36. P.S. I see he's got one of the usual garden variety negative trolls pushing the usual crap. Anna: Thanks for sharing B36’s latest. I went over to his page to offer my thanks for his efforts.

We owe these brave men and women so much. I hope everyone who reads your page will also go over and say “thank you” to B36.

P.S. I see he’s got one of the usual garden variety negative trolls pushing the usual crap.

]]> By: Anna http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-649 Anna Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:53:04 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-649 Thanks Angel, I'll do my best! :) Thanks Angel, I’ll do my best! :)

]]> By: Angel http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-648 Angel Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:12:38 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-648 Great read Anna...keep shinin the ole light!:) Great read Anna…keep shinin the ole light!:)

]]> By: Anna http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-647 Anna Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:49:24 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-647 You're probably right, GUY...about the troops being hamstrung (thank you liberal bleeding hearts) and about pulling troops in the next year because of elections in '08. Hopefully by then, the Iraqis will have settled those unstable provinces for the most part or at least have them controllable on their own. There are many Iraqis helping our soldiers by turning in insurgents and other terrorists posing as civilians, pointing out IEDs after they've been buried, etc. As of <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/may2006/d20060530SecurityandStabiltyRptFinalv2.pdf" rel="nofollow"><b>May '06</b></a>, more than 80% of the violence concentrated in 4 provinces (37% of the population) while 12 provinces (containing more then 50% of the country's population) has only 6% of the violence (that's less than many of our own major cities!) I think if the troops are pulled now, even a "stay out or else" will not work with Syria or Iran. As it is right now, I believe Iran is playing some fast and loose games while the rest of the world is focused on Israel and Lebanon. I know it's not what we would like, but from the military sites, CentCom, DoD, it's not as bad as the media would have us believe. You’re probably right, GUY…about the troops being hamstrung (thank you liberal bleeding hearts) and about pulling troops in the next year because of elections in ‘08. Hopefully by then, the Iraqis will have settled those unstable provinces for the most part or at least have them controllable on their own. There are many Iraqis helping our soldiers by turning in insurgents and other terrorists posing as civilians, pointing out IEDs after they’ve been buried, etc. As of May ‘06, more than 80% of the violence concentrated in 4 provinces (37% of the population) while 12 provinces (containing more then 50% of the country’s population) has only 6% of the violence (that’s less than many of our own major cities!)

I think if the troops are pulled now, even a “stay out or else” will not work with Syria or Iran. As it is right now, I believe Iran is playing some fast and loose games while the rest of the world is focused on Israel and Lebanon.

I know it’s not what we would like, but from the military sites, CentCom, DoD, it’s not as bad as the media would have us believe.

]]> By: Anna http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-646 Anna Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:16:55 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-646 That's part of why I blog, so they can get a little bit of recognition for the good they do, beth! Just one voice of many, so let's all spread the word! That’s part of why I blog, so they can get a little bit of recognition for the good they do, beth! Just one voice of many, so let’s all spread the word!

]]> By: GUYK http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-645 GUYK Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:15:23 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-645 Anna, it is a wonderful post and our troops have done a hell of a job. But I am afraid that our government has hamstrung them to the point that they may not be able to continue and the whole damn thing is going to unravel on them. From where I sit we have won. The objective was to unseat Saddam Hussein and instill a new government. My biggest fear was that if we didn't stay long enough to help the Iraqi people form a new government that there would be a political vacuum that would be filled by Iran and we would be worse off than before..and so would the Iraqi people. Freedom is never free. And the Iraqis are going to have to realize that and step out and claim the freedom. Not the Mullah led militias nor the terrorist led militias but the Iraqi people themselves. It doesn't appear that they want to do that..and many of us who have some knowledge of the political history of the area feared just what is happening now...a civil war. The problem is that there are no 'good guys' there for us to support. Yes, there are thousands of individual Iraqis who appear to like us and that want us to stay. But they are not doing much to help us help them. The point is that the Iraqis are going to have to do it themselves. Any government now that we back is going to be seen as a puppet government by the Iraqi people as well as the rest of the world. That is why I say declare victory. Warn the other coutries to stay the hell out of it. And start a withdrawal. Iraq may then wind up with a representive government or it may not..but it up to them now. We have helped about all that we can help. The irony is that with presidential elections coming up in two years I will lay money that by this time next year that is exactlly what is gonna happen..if not before. Anna, it is a wonderful post and our troops have done a hell of a job. But I am afraid that our government has hamstrung them to the point that they may not be able to continue and the whole damn thing is going to unravel on them. From where I sit we have won. The objective was to unseat Saddam Hussein and instill a new government. My biggest fear was that if we didn’t stay long enough to help the Iraqi people form a new government that there would be a political vacuum that would be filled by Iran and we would be worse off than before..and so would the Iraqi people.

Freedom is never free. And the Iraqis are going to have to realize that and step out and claim the freedom. Not the Mullah led militias nor the terrorist led militias but the Iraqi people themselves. It doesn’t appear that they want to do that..and many of us who have some knowledge of the political history of the area feared just what is happening now…a civil war.

The problem is that there are no ‘good guys’ there for us to support. Yes, there are thousands of individual Iraqis who appear to like us and that want us to stay. But they are not doing much to help us help them. The point is that the Iraqis are going to have to do it themselves. Any government now that we back is going to be seen as a puppet government by the Iraqi people as well as the rest of the world. That is why I say declare victory. Warn the other coutries to stay the hell out of it. And start a withdrawal. Iraq may then wind up with a representive government or it may not..but it up to them now. We have helped about all that we can help.

The irony is that with presidential elections coming up in two years I will lay money that by this time next year that is exactlly what is gonna happen..if not before.

]]> By: beth http://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-642 beth Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:00:22 +0000 https://arosebyname.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/from-the-heart/#comment-642 Anna - what a wonderful post! Thanks so much for sharing it. It just breaks my heart what these boys are sacrificing and the little bit of appreciation they get for it. Oh man. This makes me want to cry. Anna – what a wonderful post! Thanks so much for sharing it. It just breaks my heart what these boys are sacrificing and the little bit of appreciation they get for it.

Oh man. This makes me want to cry.

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