Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) with years of experience from the 4th Infantry Division in Iraq have expressed dismay and surprise about the widening gap between what they see in Iraq and what they hear from home. Here is what several have said for the record:
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“All this time I thought we were winning. Seems folks back home have already run up the white flag.”
“I see progress every time I go outside the wire. Just look at the progress the Iraqi army has made.”
“I have yet to speak to (an American) here who thinks we’re losing. Trust me. (No soldier) wants to be here, but no one wants to cut and run either. Leaving would just send the wrong signal to our enemies.”
Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
Camp Liberty, Iraq
May 10, 2006
This Quote above should be disheartening to all Americans, whereas the organized radical Muslim terrorists were betting on this lack of resolve from the Americans back home. This is a reenactment of what went on in the Vietnam War, we won that war militarily but lost it politically. Our liberal and conservative biased press are not supporting our troops as well as our citizens. We only talk about the terrorist bombing and the lack of strategy. We don’t talk about the stability we’ve brought to Iraq continually and can also do the same in most of the other countries in that region if we only had the resolve.
We’ve become complacent and soft in the under belly. I don’t think this latest Muslim Terrorist Attack on Christmas was a reawakening of our resolve either. Incidentally it was a citizen who jumped this terrorist and helped subdue him (He’s an example of what all of us should be doing, that is, be brave enough to want to save themselves and put their own safety in their own hands)..
Let’s circle back to the quote from a front line soldier and correspondent, give them your regard and say a prayer for their safety because they have the resolve to stay until the jobs over.
If you agree or disagree comment to this blog. Uplift my spirit that we have Americans with resolve to want to be free.
