"...{The shooting by an American soldier that left 16 Afghans dead} makes me more determined to make sure that we're getting our troops home. It's time ...

"But what we don't want to do is to do it in a way that is just a rush for the exits ... We've got to make sure that the Afghans can protect their borders and prevent Al-Qaeda from coming back, and so we're going to have to do it in a responsible way..."

Obama - "No Rush to the Exits"

No Mr. President.  We need to be out now.  We need to be responsible to our Military.

Thie soldier in question was on his THIRD deployment and had recently suffered a traumatic head injury.  He was an eleven year veteran with a wife and two kids, and now he's damaged beyond repair.  If he's not found guilty of murder and sentenced to life inprisonment, he'll probably spend the remainder of his days in a mental institution.

Most of our troops over there have done three-plus deployments.  Morale in the military is low.  Nobody truly believes that their presence is going bring democracy to this backward, tribal, fundamentalist society.  Karzai will fold once we leave and the Taliban will take over.

We're saving nobody, Mr. President.  Please get us the Hell out of that cesspool of a country and save our sioldiers...

It does look like JAG is going ahead with prosecuting SSGT Bales with the murder of sixteen sleeing Afghans.

US SOLDIER TO BE CHARGED WITH AFGHAN KILLINGS

"...Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the Army soldier who is set to be charged in the killings of 16 Afghan civilian men, women and children, spent the weekend in pretrial isolation as military prosecutors prepared a case that may carry the death penalty...

Once again, johndavid23, you display apalling ignorance of military policy.  There is nothing "illegal" about redeploying our troops, and while I think it unwise to keep rotating them back into combat zones it is NOT illegal.  SSGT Bales was not some impresskionable 18-year old.  He was recruit out of collge.  He was an experienced combat veteran and staff NCO.  He was not "bamboozles" into anything.

No.  I've read what Bales' wife posted.  However it is understood by experienced soldiers that the needs of the service outweigh the preferences of the individuals, so NO "illegalities" were committed in sending SSGT Bales back into a combat zone.  Perhaps not wise, perhaps not morally righht even, but certainly NOT illegal  Again, you are clearly not knowledgeable of how military orders are cut.

Apr 1, 2012 -- 10:03PM, fodaoson wrote:

Mar 19, 2012 -- 8:14PM, Mlyons619 wrote:

No.  I've read what Bales' wife posted.  However it is understood by experienced soldiers that the needs of the service outweigh the preferences of the individuals, so NO "illegalities" were committed in sending SSGT Bales back into a combat zone.  Perhaps not wise, perhaps not morally righht even, but certainly NOT illegal  Again, you are clearly not knowledgeable of how military orders are cut.

Not only is he ignorant of The  military, he has actually at times express not giving a fook about soldiers but views them as brainwashed robots and socially useless. I have to respond to you because I no longer answer or address him directly as explained in my signature

Not gonna disagree with you fod.