Thursday, June 14, 2007
Cafferty: More troops?
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Rudy Giuliani says he'd consider increasing U.S. troops in Iraq. Is that the answer?
No, more troops is not the answer. The correct answer is for the Democrats to do what we elected them to do, get us the heck out of Iraq now. -Phil, Rochester, New York

If Rudy is so anxious to send more Americans into the Iraq quagmire, why doesn't he send Judy and his kids over first? He seems remarkably bellicose for someone who never bothered to put on a uniform. Maybe if we required politicians to send their close relatives into battle first, we'd have fewer wars. -John, Bethel, Connecticut

Rudy needs a math tutor. If there is a soldier store somewhere, why didn't we buy a couple hundred thousand more when this mess started? We don't have enough troops for another "surge" and what we have are worn out. This is a religious civil war that we initiated by ignorance and we are not equipped or capable at this point to bring it to an end. -Karl, San Francisco

What are the chances that Congress ever gets an independent ethics office?
The chances of Congress getting an independent ethics office are as remote as the chance that they will get ethics. -Ken, Elmwood, Nebraska

Like most things, the basis for an independent ethics office sounds perfect... on paper. But its position in our political system would ultimately be ineffectual. If our Congress cannot be legislatively tied to the recommendations of a truly bipartisan group, then the recommendations set forth by this group would most likely fall to the proverbial wastebasket much like the Baker/Hamilton Iraq Study Group recommendations already have. -Jim, Brewster, New York

Not a chance. The new strategy for these shiftless profiteers we call Congress is let's propose legislation and construct bills that they have no intention of getting passed. It's all theatre.
-Patrick, Spruce Pine, North Carolina

Are you kidding? When hell freezes over. The vast majority of our senators are as corrupt as Bush and Cheney. Congress grants itself pay raises! Ethics? What ethics? -Debra, Grass Valley, California

How productive is it for Senator Harry Reid to be belittling the nation's top military men?
Why do you think the Democratic leadership folded like a cheap suit by not pulling the funding? Have you added up all the "pork" they got in return for a "hold 'em" or "fold 'em" deal? Please. Both parties are in the business of "what's in it for me?" What's good for the country is simply a good sound bite for the press. -Jeff, Virginia

Harry Reid is only speaking the truth! -Brian, Slidell, Louisiana

It's inappropriate for a member of Congress to make disparaging comments about anyone in the military. Gen. Pace has over 40 years of honorable military service and deserves respect. Gen. Pace has no power to end the war, he is implementing this president's failed policy. If he wants to waste his time insulting those responsible for this mess, he should be directing it at Bush. -Stephen, Atlanta, Georgia


The top generals are simply following orders and performing their duties as officers. To attack them with belittling comments in the mass media will certainly backfire against Reid and other Democrats. They have not fulfilled their duties to end the war as promised. -Brian, Denver, Colorado

Jack, It's perfectly reasonable and long overdue for someone in the forefront of American politics to finally state the obvious. Four years into this fiasco, and it’s been getting steadily worse day by day, month by month, year by year. If this was any greater indication of incompetence in the military leadership, I don’t know what it is. -Neil

Posted By Jack Cafferty, CNN Commentator: 6/14/2007 05:36:00 PM ET | Permalink
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