When the U.S> is in a war, should the president stick to politics and let the military conrtol and fight the
960446
Yes,just like in the first war with Iraq.The right General is also needed.The General in the first war was one of the  best I have seen.They should have followed his recommnendations.This is only for strategies and winning a war.The President is still the Chief Commander.\nOk. I do not remember how to spell his name.
64563
Not in the event of war ,i.e. (War on terrorism).. The liberals are really trying to get this one to stick, but I'm tellin' ya right now.. This dog ain't gonna hunt.. The lefties need to go find another pseudo-crisis to whine about..
445706
I dont think any one side is winning. I believe that the U.S. should bring the troops home and stay out of other people's business.
458442
I believe it would be a better idea to grab the President, and sit him in a corner until he knows what he's done.  Or do like when a dog makes a mess in the house, rub his nose in it until he knows he was BAD.
894937
It would be political suicide for the dems to defund the war.\n\nThey will have to compromise.  Remember, the new dems tend to be more to the center, not the left.  I think they are already saying they cannot impeach Mr. Bush, and they cannot just "cut n run."\n\nLet's hope they keep their senses about them.
1138528
It's a respectable opinion, but realize that America already has a long history of being reluctant to go to war.  This is not something that we take lightly.  Your mindset seems like a better way to approach the issue, but many of our enemies will continue with their agenda regardless of what becomes of our actions.\n\n9/11 happened for this reason.  Being defensive and passive through the 90s did not work.  Taking the fight to anyone who sponsors or harbors terrorism is proving to be the best deterrent to future attacks.\n\n\nPresident Lincoln was ridiculed to the same extent as Bush in the media.  You can't even begin to imagine the number of casualties that mounted each day.  Though the war was unpopular at home and across the globe, Lincoln persevered. \n\nBush is no Lincoln and this is a different war, but the atmospheres the two presidents had to confront are hauntingly similar.  It shows that even though popular opinion might be dissenting against leadership during wartime, those that endure will succeed.
720684
I have served in the Marine Corps through both afghanistan and iraq. I will tell you honestly, We had to go there. We had to fight. There are two points that the military is instructed to carry out 1)Defend the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic. 2) Defend those who cannot defend themselves. Now if your asking if we should still be there, I believe we should be there as an advisor role only. We should no longer be patroling those roads and streets that I had to when the wars originally started. Its been over 3 years since the start of Iraq and almost 5 since the start of Afghanistan. We should be pulling out faster and letting them decide how they wish to live just as we did after the revolutionary war.
282711
I think that the president should do what Bush is doing.  Be confident and make a decision, even if it is wrong, I think it is better than waffleing & watching poll #'s.
1014060
I think we should let the Military Experts decide as they are now. \nRegular people do not have the Classified Information to make the correct decision, Making the decision because of pure hatred of a political party or President is grossly unfair to our current Military & our Fallen Heroes.
58655
whether you feel going to war is ever right or wrong or even reasonably justificative historically most policies of entering armed conflict were necessary including the current war on terror. Those that have the power to take a nation into war undoubltly realize the horribleness of extending the military to fullfill policy. War drains national resources and most importantly it drains on the citizens. Its obvious that the war currently going on in Iraq and Afghanistan are wars of vindication and weren't jumped into because Soldiers just needed someplace new to go hang out in. There has always been bad blood with Iran and the US. At one time in the 70s US citizens where held violently by the Iranian government. Saying this would the US policy makers run their tanks across the borders? No more than the President would attack China.  A country just having WMD isn't the only reason to go to war. A blockade and diplomatic pressure would be enough to remove a perceived threat in this case.
241981
bush is a dumbass. and jus wants to keep peopl patriotic. if there was no war then all the presure would be on him. so he has to stay in war. but it is a lost cause. and has ben from the begining
912474
Technically and by law, presidents are 5-star generals and allowed to fight the war.\n\nNot necessarily physical, but strategically.
238002
No, we mean that it was a bad decision to go in, and it will go down in history as a political and military humiliation.  It does mean we want to lose the war, but rather that it was obvious from the start that we were going to.  Yes, we did over through the Iraqi government, but now we're stuck there with no indication of any viable way out.  And if you think we lost in Vietnam because people protested you should consider picking up a history book.\n\n_______________\nI believe I did not misspell anything.  Your spelling comment was both ignorant and unnecessary, as is your apparent believe that political ideology is absolute and is the defining characteristic of the individual.  Oh, and it would be "the liberal who," not "the liberal that."
1070240
They joined the Military to do one thing and one thing only.  DEFEND AMERICA FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES.  If you don't want to fight in a war, then don't join the Military.  I spent 8 years in the field of Special Operations, and know the sacrifices that have to be made by service members.  I support whatever the President of The United States calls for concerning the U.S. Military.
1120337
Until the Iraqi government and military can stand on their own and ask the US to leave. You may not agree with the war, but if you listen to the President, he keeps saying it over and over. "When they stand up, we'll stand down." His story hasn't changed yet, and yet people still insist on asking this over and over again.
1000015
I agree with all you have said.\nIf individuals living in the country made a conscious effort to make their country a better place peace would reign.\nIf the president sat back and went along with the wishes of some of the people America would suffer more than 911.\nFor a country to retain their freedom they have to have a good strong military and people who abide by the laws of the country wether they like them or not.
1012496
That is true, the wars should be handled by the military. Congressmen and senators dont know what its like and make all these rules that keep us from doing what the military needs too be able to do, look at vietnam the rules made by the politicians cost alot of american lives and kept us from doing what we needed to do. Politicians do not understand war.