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Stephen Stanley of Aurora writes:

Could your spin be more obvious? Currently two-thirds of Americans oppose the Iraq war in some for or another and you report on two out of two million in the Denver Metro area who support it? Of course I know several people who support the war. I also know about twice as many who oppose it, people not represented in your story. Is this an attempt at balanced journalism, offsetting the two-thirds of us who oppose Bush’s war of conquest with a story of two who support it?
Aside from that, the people you interviewed were dead wrong. Bush did not say he intended to finish the job in Iraq nor apparently does he plan to do so. He essentially said he intends to pass it off to his successor by keeping “pre-surge” levels of troops in the country through next year.
General Petraeus doesn’t even know if the war in Iraq is making America more secure - how much of a justification for risking the lives of family members is that?
In the interests of full disclosure, I’ve been against this war since the first drumbeat five years ago. I’m also a veteran, a former Air Force officer, who wants to support every troop on the ground the best way I know how, by getting them out of a futile war as safely and quickly as possible.
That is support of the troops. Keeping them involved in a war their commander doesn’t even know is keeping America safe is not.

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READER COMMENTS

Funny how you Surrendercrats can't muster enough nads to cut off the funding. If the 2 million in Denver metro area are so against it, that would make your failure to cut off the funding even more conspicuously nadless.

Grow a sac, general, you sound like a feckless and whinny canary.

Hank, why don't you cut out the childish namecalling and reflect on this? It takes 60 votes to end a filibuster, and the Democrats don't have them. Bush's futile war is being enabled by the Republicans. Bush is just playing out the string so that he can hand off the mess he created to his successor and try to blame him or her for the inevitable failure of his policies.

Keep dem troops there to protect us! I dont care how many get killed as long as it aint me

Draft-dodgers aren't supporting our troops. They cut and ran from Vietnam. If they cared about those who served, then they would have joined them 40 years ago. If you really want to support our troops. Then they should join me and Dan Rather in our efforts to imprison Bush.

Bush is a 40+ years AWOLee-deserter (UCMJ-felon). He falsified, perjured, and forged his illegal military draft documents. Bush blew off his military obligation. "W" and GWHB conspired and violated Truman's executive order, which "desegregated" all of our military units. The BUsh Klan "resegregated" all of our military units, when they carved out a NAM sanctuary for "W", in the racially segregated Texas Air National Guard (violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964 too).

USSC Judge Alito is a UCMJ-felon (AWOLee-deserter) too. Alito pimped taxpayers for 7 years of "free" college education (JD and undergraduate degrees) as a cadet in the US Army's ROTC program. Alito incurred an 11 year active military duty obligation of these Ivy League gifts. Alito like "W", blew off his service too. Alito and Bush should both be sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for their felonious UCMJ felonies. Call radio talk show hosts John Andrews, Gunny Bob, Caplis, and Silverman, and get their take.

Hank, grow a sac, get some nads? Stop with the third grade little boy chanting.

Can you criticize something without using male body parts as an example of strength?

If the world made sense, men would ride side saddle. They are always sitting down wrong and ouching themselves, or shifting things around in public because they are uncomfortable.

To equate your most tender parts with courage if too funny.

Sharon B. has penis envy.

Hank sounds like his usual fat drunken impotent self. Stay the course, maggot.

stephen,You know twice as many people who are against the war because most of the people you hang out with are idiots.Fact.

I have noticed a trend in ALL these posting areas: there is one group that is in the habit of resorting to name-calling and making derogatory remarks in response to other people's posts. Posts, I might add, that are challenging to the 'party-line'.

Also, those other people are usually trying to have a civil debate about some topic that the name-callers wish to dismiss as ludicrous. While I would never tell someone how to think, I would like to suggest that the name callers learn a new way of communicating.

I think we all know who is who in this, don't we?

;-)

If you were serious about supporting the troops, you would also defend their mission. As it is, you support neither. Your letter is a case in point.

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