More words of wisdom from the good doctor:
Dean says the Democrat position on the war is ‘coalescing,’ and is likely to include several proposals.
“I think we need a strategic redeployment over a period of two years,” Dean said. “Bring the 80,000 National Guard and Reserve troops home immediately. They don’t belong in a conflict like this anyway.
As Dorkafork at INDC notes:
Dean apparently doesn’t know that the Guard and Reserves contain many of the specialties needed in Iraq:
Civil Affairs soldiers are the field commander’s link to the civil authorities in his area of operation. With specialists in every area of the government, they can assist a host government meet its people’s needs and maintain a stable and viable civil administration.
Civil Affairs soldiers possess unique training, skills and experience. Since the majority of the Civil Affairs forces are in the Reserve component, these soldiers bring to the Army finely honed skills practiced daily in the civilian sector such as judges, physicians, bankers, health inspectors and fire chiefs.
The Democratic National Committee Chairman believes these forces “don’t belong” in this sort of conflict.
My daughter is a Civil Affairs Specialist in the Reserves and has done two deployments to Afghanistan in the past 3 years. These unsung heros are playing a key role in rebuilding infrastructure and establishing civil government in these countries. It sickens me that the leader of the opposition party is so clueless and for purely political purposes advocates a course of action that would almost surely result in unravelling so much of what we have achieved.
I guess I have a low tolerance for ignorance generally. But willful ingnorance to this degree is simply inexcusable. I take solace in the fact that most Americans recognize a fool when they see one. Still, Dr. Dean makes me want to scream “Yeaharrrrrrrrrrrrgh”.
Reminds me of last year when the press was talking about Bush’s reserve service, wondering why he didn’t show for months (if the documentation was right, and knowing the mil at that time, it wasn’t). They were clearly clueless of how the reserves work, that time could be done in advance/worked off later, etc.
A low tolerance for ignorance? Well sir, all I can say is if you can,t see all the harm done to this great nation by the present administration you must find it difficult to live with yourself!Oh heck…I forgot..”ignorance is bliss”.
Well, Anonymous your comment is so special. I note that you don’t even address the issue at hand. So it’s fair to assume that even a Bush hating liberal like yourself cannot defend the ignorance of the mad Dr. Dean.
You talk of the harm to this great nation caused by the administration, but cannot fathom the harm being proposed by the leader of Dems.
Just so you know, even in my ignorance I can see the harm done to America. I’ll never forget the images of the twin towers in flames, and I witnessed the carnage at the Pentagon. The current administration declared war on terrorism. The party you support is calling for surrender.
So if I am the ignorant one, then yeah, ignorance IS bliss.
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