Your turn at the Soapbox

Politicians need to let the generals make the decisions right now.

If we are to come out of Iraq, we need to stabilize it first............our soldiers can and will do it.............we just need to unleash them and provide them with what they need to get the job done.

Side note:

As a Republican, I'm upset that we have let our military become so small, undermanaged, and under-equipped. Clinton assumed, along with many Americans, that after the Cold War, we could close down base after base.................hindsight is always 20/20, but we aren't as powerful as we used to be and our enemies have tried capitalizing on that (we were safe during the cold war simply by having such an amazing military, not necessarily by using it). I am in full support of Romney's promise to increase our armed forces by 100,000, and I hope for our security, we won't downsize again until this world is a different place.