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On his 3rd deployment in Iraq, he is no longer a believer in the mission. The pivotal moment came this past February when soldiers killed a man setting a roadside bomb. When they searched the bomber's body, they found ID showing him to be a sergeant in the Iraqi Army. "I thought, 'What are we doing here? Why are we still here?'"

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TechnologyExpert
May 27, 2007, 3:53 p.m.
"In 2003, 2004, 100 percent of the soldiers wanted to be here, to fight this war," said Sergeant First Class David Moore, a self-described "conservative Texas Republican" and platoon sergeant who strongly advocates an American withdrawal. "Now, 95 percent of my platoon agrees with me."
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Charlson
May 28, 2007, 10:17 a.m.
We need to leave now. When you can't trust the Iraqi Armed Forces who can you trust? Sounds alot like Vietnam.
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DoseASpinoza
May 28, 2007, 10:37 a.m.
There is no such thing as a short war, only a short memory. Even Johnson learned to "declare victory and get out."
The scariest, and probably truest, thing quoted here is that no matter how long we stay, the powderkeg will blow when we leave. I think Bush is trying to time withdrawal to drop a giant, Middle Eastern bomb on the next president.