Time to rethink

March 21, 2008
Iraq: The Real Story
By Oliver North FOX News
In this article North outlines Operation Iraqi Freedom. He raises many points that should be considered. One directing attention back to the accomplishments.
Many have forgotten that Operation Iraqi Freedom started off as a success. Within three weeks U.S. troops liberated Baghdad. This was something no military force in history had done.
From the accomplishments North went into the problems. The initial problems occurred when the shift of the war went from Iraq to D.C. This is when the political hands got involved and started messing things up.
He then returned to a list of accomplishments. His bottom line was that the americans fighting the war deserve better than what they are getting from the media and politicians alike.
I agree one hundred percent with his article. Even at BYU all I hear now in all of my political science classes is that failure that this war has been. How it is time for us to get out. Don't get me wrong, I hate war more then anybody. But putting that aside, we do have the greatest fighting force in the world. We have the most educated fighting force in the world. And we have the men and women that continue to keep our nation and other nations that desire it, free. It's disappointing that we have let politics and media taint the war. Many great accomplishments have occurred in Iraq, why won't they bring those up? I think it is time that we give the more then 1.6 million that are and have been over sea's a little bit of a thank you for fighting a war they didn't ask for.