Football, Warfare, and Public Policy

Special to Free Republic ^ | 12/31/05 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[wi jd]

Auburn will beat Wisconsin, much as it pains me to say it, the cow college is good, and Wisconsin is not of SEC caliber.

What is SEC caliber?

[Mia T]

Excellent bump!

WAR AND TREASON AND THE NEW YORK TIMES

by Mia T, December 29, 2005

 

 

inch Sulzberger scurried to the C-SPAN confessional even as the fires raged under the mammoth heap of ash and twisted steel that was once the Twin Towers and 2801 human beings. He had to make certain no one would blame The New York Times....



COMPLETE ARTICLE WITH FOOTNOTES

[AzaleaCity5691]

I can't say that I'm upset that our rival lost, though I will say a few things. This being Barry Alvarez's last game contributed alot to it, as he clearly had more riding on this game than did Tuberville, and he drilled that into his players. Also, my best guess, Auburn seriously underestimated Wisconsin, they thought they'd be a push over, and as such, didn't prep as hard. A typical cow college mistake.

[I_be_tc]

bump 4 later

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

The SEC isn't a bad football conference, but purty those southern boys have a hard time competing with The Big Ten. On Wisconsin!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Most of the leading Democrats are clamoring for “a plan for victory in Iraq.” Here’s the 2,000-year-old answer: “It is never possible to formulate a fixed plan beforehand.”

Modern American formulation: "No plan survives contact with the enemy."

Have we not yearned for Bush to say something like,

"It is enough for enemies meddling in Iraq to know that we have the personnel, the equipment and the commitment in place, and our help will enable the Iraqi people to win security within their own country. Publishing an overly detailed plan would be futile, and would unnecessarily give the enemy opportunities to win cheap political victories which would only delay, but not change, that outcome. I cannot predict how long it will take for the enemies to decide that further disruption of that process is no longer worth the candle.

But we will adapt to the enemies' tactics as necessary. And together we, and ultimately the purple-fingered Iraqi people, will disillusion all enemies of the Iraqi people of any hope of reestablishing tyranny in Iraq."

America expects a friendly government to emerge in Iraq for the simple reason that America expects to be a valuable ally to the democratic republic which emerges from Iraq's political process. But America has no illusions that a democratic Iraq will be a puppet of the US government any more than, say, Turkey is. We are establishing the conditions for Iraqis to pursue happiness. That is a major undertaking, which has so far cost two thousand treasured American lives. And that - together with the territorial integrity of Iraq which is essential to peace in the region - is the limit of our ambition in Iraq."

[George Smiley]

Here’s the 2,000-year-old answer: “It is never possible to formulate a fixed plan beforehand.”

"A battle plan never survives first contact with the enemy."

Von Moltke