Re: Murtha Says Army Is 'Broken, Worn Out'-NOT

"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mark Test wrote:
> > OK....Jack, in your opinion, is the morale of U.S. troops hurt
> > by negative comments from their elected political leaders?
> >
> > Comments such as, "We've lost Iraq," "US troops terrorize Iraqi
> > children and women," "The Army is broken," We must leave Iraq now."
> >
> > 70 Percent of americans think these comments do hurt
morale....interesting
> > that they are being said just a week prior to the Iraqi election.
> >
> > By all means I support free speech and encourage the left to keep it
> > up....they are losing more and more voters every day.
> >
> > Mark
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> 70% in a fake poll think they hurt morale. The headlines are all that
> the military "fears" criticism will hurt morale, that is a long way
> from actually having an effect even from an entity that manufactures
> its own news. Read the following, you don't have to agree with it or
> whatever, but you will find no statement in the Vice President's speech
> or other administration statements that says the criticism is hurting
> morale.
>
So you have no opinion IRT MY following question:

...."in your opinion, is the morale of U.S. troops hurt
by negative comments from their elected political leaders?"

I could care less about any poll. Just want to hear your opinion.

> " Now, the problem with the question is blindingly obvious. Why would
> it effect morale at all?

Disagree. It hurts morale, since it makes Iraqi's question our intentions
and gives AQ hope, that all they have to do is wait us out.

Mark


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