So you think everyone that serves in the military is a conservative?
Most are.
I disagree. I've been in for over a decade and I'd say most in the military are oblivious to politics. The ones that are politically savvy lean conservative a bit; there are a lot more troops that vote Democrat than you think. Many of the intellectual class among officers are almost all liberals.
There's an enemy to defeat. Just because he doesn't show up on the battlefield in the form of a conventional army, doesn't mean that he can't be defeated. It's that attitude that is the reason these wars aren't over.
First sentence: true. Second sentence: False.
Iraq took so long because our leaders didn't have a plan until JAN 2007.
AFG has never really had a plan (at least not a coherent one)...thus there really hasn't been anything to judge "progress" by.
Military failures in Iraq and AFG are not the fault of dissenting liberals. Get real. The Surge was born out of political dissention to the lack of progress in Iraq. So, actually in that case, we should be thankful...otherwise we might still be "staying the course".
Is that really what you think? You do not stike me as being that stupid. But you do strike me as being insanely partisan...those lines can blur.