Coward Shepherd critiques the surge

Andre Shepherd, the US deserter who is requesting asylum from persecution in Germany has a blog. In his post from last week, he takes the time to critique the surge from the German refugee detention center where he awaits the decision of the German government;

I don´t know about the rest of you, but since when does sending in more military personnel equate to LESS war? Please do not talk to me about the “success” of the Iraqi surge, because upon closer inspection you will find that is a fantasy perpetuated by the Pentagon and the Lame Stream Media. An increase in the troops in Afghanistan at this stage is going to trigger more battles and more casualties. I also suspect that the bombing campaign that has increased in recent years will continue unabated, thus creating even more civilian casualties for the Afghanis and Pakistanis.

This insightful observation is written from hundreds of miles from Iraq by a depot-level helicopter mechanic who hasn’t set foot in Iraq since the surge started, yet he knows it’s a “fantasy” that it’s been successful. I wonder how he arrived at these conclusions, having neither the technical or tactical expertise to make such a judgment.

He also tells us something we never thought possible;

Soldiers and Marines will be further killed and maimed as well.

I wonder how someone can be “further killed” than they might already be killed. but, hey, Shepherd has the power to see through the walls of that detention facility and conduct BDA from hundreds of miles away, so he must know something we don’t know.

Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Liberals suck, Phony soldiers, Usual Suspects