Reply #46: yes, but there are over 100,000 mercenaries there

[MissWaverly]

that we are funding, what are THEY doing, who are they accountable to? And who decides what their long term mission
is. I agree with all your points, people need to look at the big picture. After the 2006 election, Bush nominated
Sec. Gates and it was, aw, give him a chance, now we have Gen. Petraeus, another new guy, aw, give him a chance.
Well, we have had many new faces in and out of the Iraq operation since 2003 and it is still the same. We
have to look at the Commander in Chief as responsible and the Iraqi Government that is also reponsible.