Soldiers Killed for Poll Numbers.

This is an article that has made me very angry. During the April seige of Fallujah we had a great loss of life and one of our toughest battles of the 'peace' in iraq. The White House demanded the seige of the city and its militants to retaliate for the killing and mutilation of 4 US contractors. This was against the wishes of the US Marine leadership in the area, but who cares? the President was going down in the polls when Americans were being savaged in the streets.

Well, it turns out (as they told 'em) the little excursion into Fallujah was a bad idea. we started getting ourself into a quagmire where our troops were hamstrung and getting killed. But now we were in it and the Troops needed to complete their mission as they were now committed with no backing out. leaving then would just solidify the view of our soldiers as attacking without direction.

Well, you see...that didn't poll well either. so AGAIN against the troop's advice, Bush told to troops to leave immediately...job half done. We turned the job over to the Iraqi's to show how Bush had set up a strong government that could fend for itself.

Unfortunately that Iraqi force disbanded and gave the weapons we gave them to the militants!

Lesson here? don't think a Marine's life is worth more than a poll number to this president, because it isn't.