Comments for Iraq: Marines Are Go! at http://pacificfreepress.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://pacificfreepress.com Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:39:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1748/81/#pc_1471 Spin it any way you want, but the Marines are going to where the fighting is. Currently they are stationed in the Anbar province and they are getting bored. The Sunni Awakenings and Concerned Citizens alliances with the Coalition has dramatically reduced the fighting in the Anbar province. Although the Taliban and Al Qaeda are getting their asses kicked in Afghanistan, they still have a safe haven in the Waziristan province in Pakistan. This allows them to regroup in Pakistan and slip back over the border to fight again. The Marines want to be where the fighting is. They can also control their own turf more independently, which is a big plus. - a guest Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:02:10 +0100 http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/1748/81/#pc_1470 Mr. Dave Lindorff, I understand that it is quite popular to criticize President Bush these days for the mis-handling of the war in Iraq, even the ex-commander of all American forces in Iraq has joined in. However, I believe that it is inappropriate of those of us who have not been in Iraq or those of us who have not served with the valiant soldiers in Iraq to citicize them for their role there. The debate on whether or not we should be there, or whether or not we should have ever been there, will rage for years. Those young men and wonen that are there however, do not deserve the comments in this article. I believe that one (of the very many) issues that we currently have when considering the debate over Iraq is the lack of objective reporting from members of the press that have either not been there at all or have not been there long enough to see, hear, and understand all that has gone on there. Rather, the public hears from a journalist that has interviewed one Marine, or one disgruntled general and bashes the efforts of tens of thousands of soldiers that, in intolerable circumstances, have done good things in Iraq, for Iraqis. Your writings have merit. Your attitude towards the Marines and soldiers now serving our country do not. Paul Hodges - a guest Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:14:32 +0100