Posted on 09/03/2006 2:40:24 PM PDT by woofie
My fellow members of the American Legion, I have made some serious mistakes and miscalculations in our struggle against Islamic extremism over the past five years. Some of these were made out of anger and impatience in the months after we were so viciously attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Others were made out of my heartfelt belief that our American values—freedom, democracy, market economics—are the surest path away from the fury and despair that have plagued the nations at the heart of the Islamic world. I still believe deeply in those values.
I am still convinced that we are facing a long-term campaign against Islamic extremists who have the means to bring unimaginable horrors to our streets. But events in Lebanon and Iraq this summer have convinced me that our Freedom Agenda must be modified.
I was going to deliver a speech today in which I said, "The war we fight today is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century." But then I thought about a conversation I had recently with a young U.S. military officer, a combat veteran of the Iraq war who remains on active duty, committed to our mission. "Mr. President," he said. "If this struggle is so important, why is this the only war in American history where we haven't increased the size of the Army and raised taxes to pay for it? Why haven't you mobilized the nation?"
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Drivel
The tiny tiny mind of Klein at work on frivolous fantasy.
Well, get a Democrat in that office and you will see all sorts of taxes.
needed a barf alert.
Wow. 'Never let the facts get in the way of a good story' though, right?
And, probably the draft as well!!!
Joe, when you're president, you can write your own d*mn speeches.
I wonder how many DUmmies helped write it?
As to rallying the country to the cause 51% of the Democrats actively do not want the president to succeed.Where does Mr. Klien stand on the cause.
And recent events concerning the UN, Iran and Lebanon put paid to the notion that the UN and the IAEA could have had any good effect on Iraq.
Aside from the correction, which I applied, what's wrong with this sentiment?
"Joe, I liked Primary Colors. You're a heck of a writer. Stick to that."
Well, the Afghan / Iranian border is four hundred miles long. We could probably squeeze through that.
How about:
"One hour ago we launched cruise missiles at Tehran, destroying the Iranian government building while Ahmedinejad was briefing the entire hard-line cleric assembly. There were no survivors. Simultaneously, similar attacks were launched against Syria, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela. The leadership commands of these countries have been terminated with extreme prejudice."
"While we were at it, we took out the New York Times and the Washington Post, CBS News, the ACLU, and the NEA - both of them. Oh, yeah, we took down France, too."
"Further, we now have in custody the Clinton Gang, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Russert, John F'n Kerry, and the Dixie Chicks. They won't be a problem anymore."
"Thank you very much - and may God bless America."
Reason #671,834 why they play the theme song from the 3 Stooges when Joe Klein walks in the room, and not Hail To The Chief.
Why would the President say this, since it's not true. He had them, he had used them earlier, and we found some of the ones he had supposedly destroyed. Did he have a nuclear weapon? No, but the President never said he did. We strongly suspect, and the President probably knows, that many were spirited out of the country in the months and weeks before the invasion, while we gave the sanctions a chance, and then while we gave diplomacy a chance.
The only worthwhile observation I found in the article was:
"why is this the only war in American history where we haven't increased the size of the Army"
A good question, whose answer probably lies in Republican tax cutting and Democrat passed "entitlements" spending.
Dear Joe,
You (and your fellow media traitors)are cordially invited to go F*ck yourself!
You are dismissed.
The American People
"why is this the only war in American history where we haven't increased the size of the Army"
Because the DEMONrats dont believe the War on Terror is really a WAR.
It is a good question. However, unless you're here to kick Joe Klien (granted, he sorely needs kicking) you're not going to get much of a response. No one's going to touch the question you quoted, because there's no good answer for it.
When did they get into power? Or, which Republican bill to increase the size of the Army got shot down?
It would be nice, but there's no blaming the Democrats on this one. Our side didn't even try.
If a spurned lover caught up with Bill Clinton, and shot him in the crotch, Joe Klein would die of a bullet wound to the head.
I guess you missed the fact that the lie from Klein's post about the Army Officer is an act of literary licenses. It never actually happened. It is a stylistic creation used by Leftist propagandists to assign their wacko Leftist political dogma coming out of the mouths of fictional characters. They hope such fraudulent styling will give their propaganda credibility.
And mostly made up of mountains, or where there is are mountains on one side of the border or the other. Not real good territory for mounting an invasion. Especially if those mountains are full of angry Muslims.
Only problem is it a lie. The US Army will expand to field 43 Combat Brigades by the end of 2007. I know the SOF units have also has serious grown in number and size. As usual the Klein style Clintonites just scream the lie over and over knowing MOST people will not know the truth.
And by cutting the other services to pay for the "boots on the ground". Plus cutting training, R&D, purchase of spares for equipment not headed for deployment or already deployed. Some Army bases haven't been able to pay their utility bills. They have let go the contractors that provide services that were once supplied by either civil servants or junior enlisted personnel. So the latrines aren't being cleaned (as often, once a week rather than every day for example), the brush isn't being cut back, and so on and so forth.
Could be the fact the stateemnt is a lie? How about the fact that Joe Kelin and his Democrat masters are doing everything they CAN to DEMOBLILZE the nation? Perhaps Joe can explain the Sedition conduct of his party Leaders? The out right lying about Iraq? The Knowing misreporting on everything from Haditha to Abu Gariabe? The lie about the Iraq "Civil WAR"? About "Bush has no plan for Iraq"? And any of dozens of other factually incorrect statements that people like Klein KNOW are fauldelent but they say them anywhay because that is the DNC spin machines dogma of the day?
And where is the port of entry for Afganistan
But they don't control Congress, although when you add in the RINOs they are able to block alot of needed stuff, and pass a lot of cr@p. That said, Bush hasn't asked for more spending or a larger military. Its cheaper to call up reservists, involuntarily reactivate recently folks who recently left active duty for the IRR, and so forth. It's also faster, and if you didn't anticipate the need for those troops enough in advance to get them trained, faster may indeed be a "Good Thing".
Fellow Americans...I am not an unbiased observer of the USA political landscape. As a journalist, my views are shaped by the other journalists I hang with. We think middle America is a little odd, The second Amendment is wrong, religion is a little quirky and homosexuality is very normal. Still, I feel compelled to write my whackadoo dogma or I won't get paid and the other members of the pundit class won't invite me to their cocktail parties.
As a journalist I belong to a guild along with all the rest of journalism. I don't question the objectivity of any other journalist, and no other journalist questions my objectivity on pain of expulsion from the guild. That prevents flame wars among journalists which would destroy the image of journalism as being not merely important but the one important thing in American political life. So long as we maintain the guild, no journalist ever suffers negative PR. That positions us all as being superior to everyone who is not a journalist.Of course that does not mean that you have to become an actual journalist to get the PR benefit of membership - not at all. Without becoming a journalist you cannot have access to unquestioned status of being considered objective, but you can have assurance that you will never be labeled "extreme" or part of a "wing," either left or right. To have that assurance it is only necessary that you restrict your public speech to topics which are congenial to journalism and to the idea that journalism and its topics are preeminently important, and you will be labeled with any positive label you want, other than "objective."
The label "liberal" is yours if you want it, and it served many such people well over many generations going back so long that the memory of man probably does not run to the contrary. Precisely for that reason, however, the term "liberal" is now associated not with its original meaning of supporting liberty but with the perspective that talk is superior to action which is congenial to the industry of nothing but talk, journalism.
But of course we journalists can never run out of words, and there are plenty of other labels you may like. "Moderate" is an excellent choice; in fact moderation is a classical virtue. And "Progressive" is another favorite since like liberty all Americans favor progress (and any disagreements as to what constitutes progress need not be discussed).
And of course if you are reliably in favor of the primacy of talk over action, nothing prevents you from electing to find a position in journalism and acquire the label "objective" (while shedding your "liberal"/"moderate"/"progressive" positioning for the duration of your journalism gig. No one who refuses the requirements for "liberal"/"moderate"/"progressive" labeling, of course, can ever be anything but a peripheral player in journalism and can never acquire the label "objective."
Dubya needs to immediately begin consulting with Klein on these important matters. Bullshit!
Please sir, would you be so kind as to tell me EXACTLY what YOU would have done beginning on September 12, 2001? Thank you.
My fellow Americans, I'M A LOSER AND AN IDIOT!!! I lied so I oculd get my 401k invested in oil stocks up. That was before I knew that the President gets a yearsly pension. I TOLD YOU I WAS AN IDIOT!!!!
I need to be impeached! The Democraps are soooo much smarter than me and I hear even have a secret plan. A plan that will fix everything and even get hair to grow and male anatomy to get bigger and last longer with outdrugs!
Gosh I wish I could be a Democrap....BUT I'M JUST TOO STOOPID! See? I can even pronounce it the way its supposed to be spelt....OH NO! Anuther graphical error.....DAMN I DID IT AGAIN!!
Therefore I'm quitting immediately an giving the office to John Kerry since I stole it in the first place.
Sorry! I need a drink, cuz I'm a chronic drunk after all.
Amen
LOL! How true.
Why bother posting from Time or CNN?
It is funny how everything with these lefties comes back to taxes. You have a choice America, says Klein. You can either fight the war with out a tax increase or surrender and have one.
The fool should have signed this article, Anonymous.
You probably don't realize this, but the the new Combat Brigades are replacing the old brigades, which were components of a division, and aren't exactly the same size. The U.S. Army is still roughly the same size it was under Clinton, but administratively it's being reformed into different sized units.
Bush should have had Condi accompany him on the piano while he sang my favorite song.
No one likes us
I don't know why.
We may not be perfect,
But heaven knows we try.
But all around
even our old friends put us down
Let's drop the big one
And see what happens.
We give them money,
But are they grateful?
No, they're spiteful, and they're hateful.
They don't respect us, so let's surprise them
We'll drop the big one and pulverize them.
Asia's crowded, Europe's too old,
Africa is far too hot, and Canada's too cold.
And South America stole our name
Let's drop the big one,
There'll be no one left to blame us.
We'll save Australia, don't want to hurt no kangaroos.
We'll build an American amusement park there,
They got surfin' too!
Boom! goes London, Boom! Paree
More room for you and more room for me.
And every city the whole world round,
Will just be another American town.
Oh, how peaceful it'll be!
We'll set everybody free!
You'll wear a Japanese kimono, baby
And there'll be Italian shoes for me!
They all hate us anyhow
So let's drop the big one now,
Let's drop the big one now!
"Political Science", Randy Newman
Joe Klein can shove it. Big Time.
beautiful! I would add the (C)ommie (N)ews (N)etwork to your target list tho.
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