Reply #34: It's sad, isn't it Sparkly.

[jen4clark]

I believe because of the 24/7 infotainment television, politicians who specilize in sound bites, and the increasingly fast pace of everything, people just don't get it when someone offers too much information -- answers a question fully.

Anyone who believes General Clark LIKES war has obviously not spent any time reading his articles, op-eds, speeches, etc. He is literally torn up by what this administration has done and is doing to the troops, but as a military strategist also knows that for us to drop the ball and go home after we've torn that country into utter chaos would be way way worse in the long run than trying to patch things up to a point that the entire region doesn't explode once we leave.

I'm so thankful that there are some who understand and go out of their way to try and spell it out for those who use the sound bite method of hearing certain key words that set them off and ignore the rest. It's so obvious to me that General is saying what "could" happen or what "would" happen, and not what he thinks "should" happen. There's a huge difference there.