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Gingrich breaks ranks to attack US 'failure'
The Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| 12/08/03
| Alec Russell
Posted on 12/07/2003 5:31:21 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: ExMennoniteKid
I was just curious -- thought you might be from overseas where it is already tomorrow!
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:06:46 PM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- OU Sooners are #1)
To: ExMennoniteKid
Have no idea why sign up date is tommorrow!
It's a gremlin in cyber space that does it only if you sign up late enough in the day...
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:08:35 PM PST
by
deport
To: woofie
He was just talking about pr imo
Well he should keep that primo to himself and let the big dogs run the show..........
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:09:44 PM PST
by
deport
To: PhiKapMom
Sign up dates maybe tied to GMT
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:10:18 PM PST
by
deport
To: Pokey78
Is the Newt going to run against Hillary?
To: mercy
I tend to agree.
If, and that's a big if, the majority of Iraqi people really want liberation and self rule and are willing to die for it there is a chance this will work.
Otherwise they weren't given the proper attitude adjustment...
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:11:46 PM PST
by
DB
(©)
Newt has criticized the State Department bigtime. It's healthy to have Newt out there.
To: PhiKapMom
I'm somewhat mystified by Newt's behavior. If he felt so compelled to discuss the issue, there were avenues available, other then going to the media and whining in public. I trust the Bush administration and believe they have a handle on Iraq. It would defintiely help matters if Saddam Hussein was found and removed from the scene of the crime and from the public debate. But short of that happening anytime soon, Newt should have kept his mouth shut.
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:15:47 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(The few, the proud, the conservatives.)
Comment #29 Removed by Moderator
To: Cicero
JFK ordered the assassination Diem, and things went downhill from there.
Yes, JFK and his "Republican" friend Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., were involved in the tragic assassination of Diem. I don't think the old grandfather Lodge, Cabot, Sr., would have done anything like that.
To: Pokey78
Takes one to know one, right, Newt? Things went great at first when you took back Congress in 1994 and then the great victory went "over a cliff" when you, Dole and other Republicans couldn't figure out how to deal with a government shutdown. So don't start preaching to others about not being able to follow through.
To: DB; mercy
While there may be accuracy in your assessments in principle, pragmatically that sort of heavy-handed tactic would not be accepted nor tolerated these days. Either in America or by the rest of the world.
It would be foolish to attempt to apply the same paint brush to the current situation as was used 55 years ago IMO....no matter how tempting it might be.
Prairie
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:24:28 PM PST
by
prairiebreeze
(President George W. Bush....most assuredly, MY President!)
To: Reagan Man
They have made mistakes. Totally disbanding the Iraqi army was a big one. It was a Pentagon/Bremer decision. All those trained military without a paycheck was a perfect set-up for Saddam and Izzat Ibrahim. They have billions of dollars to hire them and the fired military are mad at us because we fired them. Lots of GOP senators think it was a wrong move.
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:24:56 PM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
("He's got to win in '04. No one else can prosecute this war like he can."- Cpt. J. Morrison, Baghdad)
To: Reagan Man
Newt should have kept his mouth shut.My sentiments exactly!
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:27:22 PM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- OU Sooners are #1)
To: Pokey78
As with most hit pieces in the mainstream press, this article fails to include what Newt might have done instead.
I can't believe that the stupid implication, hand over power, fight the war all over again endless cycle is what Newt is suggesting.
Did anyone think to ask him what practical realistic alternative he might have chosen?
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:27:39 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(40% of Californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
To: deport
Thanks much -- I was trying to figure it out -- made no sense!
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:28:39 PM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- OU Sooners are #1in the BCS)
To: exit82
"What's the matter, Newt? Hillary fan your FBI folder in your face again?"
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That's precisely what I was thinking. I scanned the comments to see if anyone else what thinking the same thing. You are right on. And Hillary was all over the news shows this morning too. The Clintoons must have something on him BIG TIME. He was never the same since the handshake with Billy Jeff Clintoon on stage about some reform they agreed to work on.
To: Pokey78
Lets not form a circular firing squad here. I fully support the war and the reasons for engaging in it. But to quash all opinions critical of some aspects of it is unproductive. I personally feel that we run the risk of politicizing this war and turning it into a pc/un quagmire. I think we should have been more vigorous in including the previous Iraqi military structure in the reconstruction. Military leaders could have been vetted and included more rapidly in the new army. Since were not interested in annexing the country, Lets turn it over to them as quickly as possible.
To: marktwain
MT--when did Dick Morris become a Republican? I thought he was still a Dem. Although he is making the right noises every now and then, he's another one that I don't trust.
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posted on
12/07/2003 6:30:35 PM PST
by
exit82
(Sound off to your elected reps in DC: Capitol switchboard toll free number 1-800-648-3516.)
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