Moderate Conservative Here

I agree with much of the content in your article but just not the spin. The conservatives (not "neo cons") are in the driver's seat here despite the elections and the Dems in office are showing now what they knew to be true all along; that Bush's strategy is a more effective approach than turning tail and leaving. It is in our best interest to keep forward operating bases in Iraq until the Middle East has no strategic value and/or poses no threat to our interests. Why don't you libs get that too? The war was to mantain the steady flow of oil. The rebuilding is to help the people of Iraq and maintain these forward bases near those jerks in Iran. So what? Whether the Iraqis help or not we need to be there for our interests. Not necessarily theirs. 
 
What makes me angry is the fact that the media continues to spin the negative vibes on the war and on our president. I read a few articles in the recent Newsweek about us creating the next generation of terrorists and just about threw-up. Intelligent people who believe in this country and self-preservation realize what we are accomplishing is of great value even for the costs; that the fighting is being done on foreign soil. Plus. The fighting fine tunes our army to meet the ever changing battle front that the world presents. Plus. It disrupts enemy tactical operations and draws a magnet to Iraq (where our ARMY is) and AWAY from the U.S. of A. Plus Plus PLUS!!!! 
 
NO, this shouldn't be a popular strategy for our enemies or even our envious allies. They should be ripping us for it. But not our OWN PRESS. 
 
I think that hating a president is easy. Supporting one is harder no matter who it is. 
 
People who love to be haters are hating on Bush so hard that they are losing site of the image we present to the world. And we are presenting an image of self-hate which is working to our own detriment. They are also forgetting that being in the greatest nation on God's green earth is worth fighting for...even if the fighting never ends.

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