Are most of our military ignorant by choice or is legitimate?

Question

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.
"Laurence J. Peter"
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance; for it requires knowledge to perceive it and therefore he that can perceive it hath it not.
Jeremy Taylor

I am a GOP just like a lot of you. The war may be a necessary thing. I am not ignorant to argue something I cannot intelligently form an opinion on. To do that you must know what the true Agenda is. If you think we publicize are political goals on TV please refer to line 1. What I do know is what we are not in Iraq for. We are not in Iraq because of terrorism and we are not in Iraq to free the Iraqi people.

Answer 1

The military have a vital job to do and they're committed to it. It's life or death for them, and they see the advantages of killing or otherwise stopping violent individuals and groups. Their views are NOT from ignorance, but rather come from the specific job they have to do, and the things they see on the ground every day. And, they cannot let their morale go down by pondering the futility of their overall mission.

The real ignorance is with the policy makers in Washington, headed by the commander in chief George W. Bush. His only job in this war is to educate himself, see the big picture, and then make well considered choices. Obviously he fails at all of this, even though he's been given the best of educations at the finest of schools, some good advice behind the scenes,and the best military in the world to command.

Answer 2

I don't think the military is ignorant, far from it. The National Command Authority, I.e. the President and his advisors ahve shown a propensity for ignoring their military advisors. In spite of that interference, the military waged a brilliant campaign, AND WON IT!

The military is not, nor has it ever been, a police force. They are trained to kill, and to survive. To put them in the position they are in now, between countless sectarian groups fighting each other , and our military, is asking them to do a job they are not trained for.

There are rules for warfare, believe it or not, set out in the Geneva Conventions. Insurgent groups, however, don't abide by those rules. Principle among them is the concept of uniformed combatants. When everyone in the population looks the same, but belongs to different sides, it kind of makes it impossible to fight any kind of war.

I recently spoke with a friend who returned from Iraq. He told me about a man he had met on many occasions and he became his friend. One day on patrol (they were protecting an oil pipeline) they came under fire from a group of insurgents. They were pinned down, and gunships were called in to attack the insurgents, many of whom were killed. When they examined the insurgent position he found the man he had known, AK in hand, dead.

It's not black and white over there. Everything is the same shade of grey.

Answer 3

Our military isn't ignorant. They know what is going on and many don't agree with idiot Bush. Typical GOP you draw broad conclusions over things you know nothing about. I will say most Bush apologists though don't view the war as you.

So right now your post looks like a quote bot out of control.

Answer 4

Saddam Hussein is out of power. The people there can vote, watch news, entertainment, politics, debate, art, theatre, and not the State run "Saddam Channels" which are totally about him only.

Medical care has improved considerably. So has the construction of schools.

Power now reaches most everyone in the country, and they no longer experience blackouts nightly, due to Saddam Hussein.

The list goes on of the freedoms these people have, that they did not have for 35 years under Saddam Hussein. So how do you figure they haven't been freed?

And don't say we're there for oil. We have exported one drop! Fuel prices are higher here than ever.

Answer 5

You negate yourself by painting our military with such a broad swatch. May I remind you of your own citation:

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

You, sir, fit well in that category.

I do not, for a moment, support our Idiot King's bogus war in Iraq, but blame for this fiasco should not be fixed on the military. The men and women who serve deserve more respect -- much more than you have given them.

Answer 6

All you need to know, Mr. GOP, is that the terrorists would much rather we had any of the democrat candidates in the white house than another G.W. Bush.

I have never seen someone so proud of his lack of knowledge about a subject.

Answer 7

sure we are able to, however the subject is who's the government of Afghanistan. We as a civilized usa can no longer leave there until eventually there's a central authority to take administration. they additionally prefer a militia to maintain them risk-free from exterior forces.

Answer 8

Propaganda robs you of intelligent thought process.

Answer 9

yeah...you're GOP. you can put on a suit and say you are GOP, but you will still smell like marijuana and BO like the liberal you are. Also, you idiotic comments clearly give away your leftist leanings.

Answer 10

We are in Iraq because Israel manipulated US ... the biggest FARCE and the deadliest of them all.