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The Truth About Iraq (by Rep. Blackburn)
Real Clear Politics ^ | 11/12/03 | Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Posted on 11/12/2003 8:38:17 AM PST by Coop

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To: Coop
Excellent!! The 101st does some mighty fine work with so little recognition.
41 posted on 11/12/2003 11:11:48 AM PST by boxerblues (If you can read this.. Thank a Teacher..If you can read this in English ..Thank a US Soldier)
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To: boxerblues
You've got that right! You can be justifiably proud.
42 posted on 11/12/2003 11:14:59 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: alpowolf
How hard did you have to work to become this ignorant? It is obvious to any who have followed this development over the last ten yrs that a showdown with Saddam was unavoidable and, as soon as we had a President, inevitable.

What did you think was happening?

Did the Loons at Dummass Underground send you over?
43 posted on 11/12/2003 11:47:01 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies foreign and domestic agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
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To: Wright is right!
"... Marsha Blackburn is a freshman GOP star from Brentwood, TN outside Nashville. ..."

I live in Memphis, 210 miles from Nashville, and also reside in her district thanks to the last redistricting. According to Emails I have exchanged with her, this lady supports gun rights, home and charter schools, vouchers, and the right side of every other position that I have asked her about, including low taxes and downsizing government.

Republicans in Tennessee, and especially in Memphis and Shelby County, have suffered some severe betrayals recently in the persons of former governor Don Sundquist and former county mayor Jim Rout. Both of these men have been replaced by more-honest democrats, and good riddance. So Marsha Blackburn's move up from the state legislature has been a pleasant change. I am anxious to see how she does, and if she can move onward and upward from here.
44 posted on 11/12/2003 11:57:20 AM PST by MainFrame65
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To: Coop; PhiKapMom; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Thank you!

It's good to see these women are still getting the message out. Their briefing was so positive - Republicans and Democrats recently returned, all saying we need to stay the course.

Their good news was lost that week w/ the hit on the Al Rasheed.
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8 Representatives in DoD Briefing Room Discuss Recent Congressional Delegation to Iraq
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45 posted on 11/12/2003 12:04:03 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ("Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong" ~RReagan)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
46 posted on 11/12/2003 12:08:30 PM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: alpowolf
Your shortsighted arrogance and presuppositions regarding the War on Terror in Iraq would do MoDo proud.

We are "there" to:

1) Remove a brutal dictator with long term aspirations of regional dominance. Part of his plan was to acquire weapons of mass destruction. (Let me guess, you don't think Saddam had this capability.) To coin a phrase, "Mission accomplished".

2) Introduce the HOPE of democracy right in the heart of the Middle East. Please note that Iraq is bordered by Syria (A Baathist dictatorship) and Iran (A Shia Mullocracy.) What sort of influence you think a FREE and DEMOCRATIC Iraq would have on the populations of those countries?

3) Unstated and most importantly, we needed to demonstrate that we can kick the living shit out of any tinhorn at the time and place of our choosing. Someone had to pay for 9/11, and Saddam was as good a candidate as the next evil doer.

Try doing something other than parroting the instant gratification Democrat media line every once in a while.
47 posted on 11/12/2003 12:08:51 PM PST by IGOTMINE (This tagline vacant...like the DNC platform)
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To: alpowolf; Coop
Excellent analysis of the Middle East, alpo.

Completely wrong, but fun.

Hey coop - how long were you in Iraq, again?

48 posted on 11/12/2003 12:40:16 PM PST by patton (I wish we could all look at the evil of abortion with the pure, honest heart of a child.)
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To: alpowolf
To the extent that any nation-state is central, that would be Afghanistan.

I would not disagree, but would say that no one country over there (or here) could be considered CENTRAL anymore. The terrorist organizations are too widespread.

Were we to have gone into Afghanistan first, (which the rest of the world would have rejected) we would be in much worse shape.

In chess, one doesn't go for the Queen on the first move, unless one likes losing.

Iraq is a distraction with no bearing on the problem.

I disagree completely. What I believe you meant is that "NOW" Iraq is a distraction. Had we not gone in and removed Iraq's regime (Saddam's sons, the Saddam lookalikes (Saddam died months before the coalition strikes), the Republican Guard and the anti-air weaponry), and attacked Afghanistan instead, we would have two battles on our hands and many more dead. Things would be totally out of control.

We are being attacked there because we are there.

Fair enough. Organized Crime attacks us anywhere they don't want us. We are confronting worldwide organized crime, in it's face, and yes, it will attack us while we are they, and until we remove it. If you don't yet get it, the AQ is just another Org. Crime outfit hiding under clergy outfits.

So, you really believe Condi's nonsense that Iraq will deal a "mortal blow" to the terrorists?

When you take away the candies, the candystealers go away.

Saddam first supported (money,accomodations,info) the AQ. Then they took over most of his country. He and his Republican Guard had all they could do to protect Baghdad from them. He was being blackmailed, extorted, in a sense, in that he had to support them or they would do to him what they just did to the SAUDI's recently, and have been doing to everyone else.

Giving the source of wealth from oil to the Iraqi people, means the MONEY to AQ dried up. Accomodations are short (tikrit), and won't last long.

We are getting the cooperation of the other countries that the AQ forces fled to. Slowly but surely. Even if we manage to disband the AQ, their minions will join other organizations.

So, you are in a sense, correct. We can never rid the world of evil. Without evil, there can be no good.

BUT, we can't allow EVIL to be dominant. That is what the problem is, and what we are trying to correct, and the heart of the beast was Saddam and his regime.

We still have other beasts, in Africa, South America, not just the middle east.

And, the scariest beast of all is here.

49 posted on 11/12/2003 1:03:03 PM PST by UCANSEE2 ("Duty is ours, Results are God's" --John Quincy Adams)
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To: alpowolf; All
To all those that made personal attacks on ALPOWOLF.

We must calm ourselves. Sure, this is an emotional issue.

Sure, we get ruffled because whenever someone has the guts to take a stand we don't like, or sounds like they are parroting the media libs, we go all kooky.

Please, don't lose your self-respect. I have asked Alpowolf specific questions,and he/she has answered, and we both may profit from this exchange.

All it took was asking this poster what specifically did he think. That allowed me to discuss it properly. See, you never know. He could have had specifics (or may still) that would support his concerns and if true, might change your view too.

"A mind is like a business, it must be open to work"

50 posted on 11/12/2003 1:12:16 PM PST by UCANSEE2 ("Duty is ours, Results are God's" --John Quincy Adams)
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To: alpowolf
HERE you go
51 posted on 11/12/2003 1:14:14 PM PST by paul51
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To: Coop
You're asking dogfood to use logic and provide facts, alternatives, etc. Shame on you!

I gave him/her a chance to provide specifics and debate properly instead of attacking. He/she responded.

We both will certainly, if nothing else, learn from this exchange. Isn't that what this is supposed to be all about?

52 posted on 11/12/2003 1:17:57 PM PST by UCANSEE2 ("Duty is ours, Results are God's" --John Quincy Adams)
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To: UCANSEE2
I think Alpowolf is one of those folks who try to get a reaction out of ya by using shocking analogies. Bored? Misinformed? God bless them anyways.
53 posted on 11/12/2003 1:29:53 PM PST by gorgiboy
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Republicans and Democrats recently returned, all saying we need to stay the course ~ Bump!
54 posted on 11/12/2003 1:41:59 PM PST by blackie
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To: UCANSEE2
I don't agree with all of your points but thanks for the reasoned response.

Your point that AQ controlled most of Iraq is new to me. Is there a source where I can read more about that?

55 posted on 11/12/2003 7:59:19 PM PST by alpowolf
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To: IGOTMINE
Oh...we're going to establish a free and democratic Iraq, are we? Sure...so long as they don't have the audacity to choose leaders not pre-approved by our govt. That may be "free and democratic" to some people but it looks more like a Soviet-style puppet govt to me.
56 posted on 11/12/2003 8:01:30 PM PST by alpowolf
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To: Coop
for your public aid to the enemies of this country.

What incredible nonsense. How does expressing a opinion "aid" the enemy? The fact that our republic permits dissenting opinion is a sign of strength.

By your "logic", anyone who voted Republican in the mid-terms in 1942 was a traitor.

57 posted on 11/12/2003 8:07:38 PM PST by alpowolf
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To: patton
Hey coop - how long were you in Iraq, again?

Never made it there. We stopped outside of Kuwait City spent our next week "camping" in the city dump (no joke).

58 posted on 11/13/2003 4:17:39 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: UCANSEE2
To all those that made personal attacks on ALPOWOLF. We must calm ourselves...

See, you never know. He could have had specifics (or may still) that would support his concerns and if true, might change your view too.

Thanks for the sermon. My experience is that those with alternative views actually express those views, rather than simply mock and insult. Alpo does not fit anywhere into this category.

59 posted on 11/13/2003 4:20:43 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: alpowolf
How does expressing a opinion "aid" the enemy?

By publicly showing signs of weakness, thereby encouraging even further attacks on our troops. You know that as well as I do - because of course you're a veteran, Reverend.

The phrase "politics ends at the water's edge" originated long before your type, and for good reason. It's just a darned shame that Hillary, Dasshole, Howie Dean, arete, and you have forgotten that.

Of course it doesn't matter. It's not your sorry rear end getting shot at while you pound away at your keyboard.

60 posted on 11/13/2003 4:24:21 AM PST by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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