The following excerpt about the treatment of our troops by politicians is by retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters in this morning’s New York Post:
I’m just damned angry. The right won’t admit any mistakes in Iraq, while the left seeks to undercut progress there. Honorable, valiant and tenacious, our troops deserve better leaders. Never in our history have we seen so profound a contrast between those who serve and those who decide how they should be employed. We also face, for the first time, national-level leaders who would rather lose a war than lose an election.
Wars are fought ‘come as you are’ and these are the times we live in.
Our troops and this President are now the ones in the arena; both have demonstrated moral and physical courage far beyond the expectations of the critics of America’s youth and the man America elected to lead them. I strongly suspect that President Bush has had few restful nights since 9/11 and is a better man than LTC Peters believes him to be.