Petraeus works to halt foreign fighters.

varanook said

I could be reading more than there is but I expected a response like this.

I wasn't discussing the US bad/Iran good thing at all. You sound like the people who throw around the "you hate America" line if you don't agree with the war.

I also can understand that your point of view would be vehemently pro soldier. Mine is too. In , fact, mine is so pro-soldier that I think it is an amazing waste of life to be there and our soldiers have no business there.

We should not look at it from a boots on the ground point of view because a soldier has little choice in the matter. It skews things too much and does not anyone to reason through a crappy situation that has nothing to do with the war on terror or national defense.

It is possible to be pro-soldier but not pro-war.

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I completely agree with your last statement. And I don't buy into the "you hate America if you don't agree with the war". That's not my style. However, if you re-read this thread you'll notice the tone and verbage of many posts are such that one could easily get the impression that Iran=good, US=bad.

Now, where I seriously disagree is where you think the "boots on the ground" POV is skewed. There are too many things that occur and too many pieces of the puzzle that are put together at this level that most folks back home either aren't made aware of or simply don't have a "need to know". I know my own perspective has changed significantly on some matters even though I still don't personally agree with many things that have happened, both leading to and post-invasion.