Why Does the Military Hate America?

Boy, who could have predicted this:

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A growing number of senior American military officers in Iraq say there is no long-term military solution to an insurgency that has killed thousands of Iraqis and more than 1,300 U.S. troops during the past two years.

I'm still waiting for the war supporters, hiding behind their Support the Troops ribbons, to start joining the Army which once again failed to meet it's recruiting goals in May.

Every time I bring this up I'm going to nominate someone for duty. Previously, I asked the unemployed Jenna and Barbara Bush to make their father proud. Today I'd like to nominate WMAY's Andy Lee. A big supporter of George Bush and his war, Andy surely can find a way to really contribute.

UPDATE: Why do Republicans hate America?

A Republican congressman called for a deadline to pull U.S. troops from Iraq, while some other members of President Bush's party urged on Sunday that his administration come to grips with a persistent insurgency and revamp Iraq
policy.

Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina conservative, said on ABC's "This Week" that he would offer legislation next week setting a timetable for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.

"I voted for the resolution to commit the troops, and I feel that we've done about as much as we can do," said Jones, who had coined the phrase "freedom fries" to lash out at the French for opposing the Iraq invasion.

Other Republicans on Sunday talk shows joined Democrats in criticizing the administration for playing down the insurgency, while overestimating the ability of Iraq's fledgling forces to fight without U.S. soldiers in the lead and failing to plan for the post-invasion occupation.

"The insurgency is alive and well. We underestimated the viability of the insurgency," Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on CBS'
Face the Nation. He said the administration has "been slow to adjust when it comes to troop strength and supporting our troops."

Graham said the Army is contending with a serious shortfall in recruiting "because this war is going sour in terms of word of mouth from parents and grandparents." He said "if we don't adjust, public opinion is going to keep slipping away."

Jones, a member of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, said "primarily the neoconservatives" in the administration were to blame for flawed war planning.

NASCAR surrender monkeys!