I am a veteran and I deplore vets using words like vets for freedom to promote their political view...if the surge was done in the beginning as J.McCain suggested more troops with out training or equipment would have been even more fool hardy. This ill advised war could have ended earlier and more responsibly than J.MC and GW04 did bottom line the oil is secured with the Jun 30 contracts Mission is now Accomplished.

Sent by Ronald Mascenti - USAF Vietnam 67-68 | 9:09 PM ET | 09-02-2008

Intersting that they claim on their site to be non-partisan and NPR has just outed them as having a clearly conservative agenda. VFF isn't fooling anyone. To masquerade as truthful non-partisan veterans and lend their war stories to be used as pawns in political game of chess gain is deplorable. Don't hide behind the uniform if you aren't going to tell the full truth. That is mocking everything that the uniform stands for and an insult to my friends who have fought and died. The surge was 20% of the reason for the decrease in violence. There is a difference between causation and correlation.

Sent by CPT US Army | 10:11 PM ET | 09-16-2008