To: Prime Choice
I would like to examine the word "quagmire" and find out what exactly it means. If a quagmire is a situation we feel we are stuck in (and will be for a time to come), then Iraq is a quagmire. If a quagmire is a situation that we are stuck in, and it is going badly, then I don't think Iraq is one. I suppose if people use a twisted definition of the word (not knowing any better) it might seem perfectly obvious to them that no matter how well the situation goes in Iraq, it is a quagmire, merely because we are committed to the country.
4 posted on
01/14/2004 1:04:22 AM PST by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: xm177e2
I would like to examine the word "quagmire" and find out what exactly it means. If a quagmire is a situation we feel we are stuck in (and will be for a time to come), then Iraq is a quagmire. If a quagmire is a situation that we are stuck in, and it is going badly, then I don't think Iraq is one. I suppose if people use a twisted definition of the word (not knowing any better) it might seem perfectly obvious to them that no matter how well the situation goes in Iraq, it is a quagmire, merely because we are committed to the country. Interesting and thoughtful take on the matter. Well, if they consider a long-term commitment to any endeavor to be a "quagmire," I'm left to wonder if they consider marriage, child rearing and seeking to lead a moral life to be "a quagmire."
It would explain a great many things about the Left... ; )
6 posted on
01/14/2004 1:14:21 AM PST by
Prime Choice
(Americans are a spiritual people. We're happy to help members of al Qaeda meet God.)
To: xm177e2
quag·mire ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kwgmr, kwg-)
n.
1.Land with a soft muddy surface.
2.A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
7 posted on
01/14/2004 1:24:05 AM PST by
texasflower
(in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
To: xm177e2
A quagmire is a war that the dims have started, (Vietnam by Kennedy, Korea by Truman). Poorly thought out, no exit strategy, a disaster in the making.
8 posted on
01/14/2004 2:51:11 AM PST by
tkathy
(The islamofascists and the democrats are trying to destroy this country)
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