Posted on 05/18/2004 7:48:04 PM PDT by neverdem
What did Rall do? Since his disrespect for Pat Tillman I have no respect for Rall.
The problem is, nobody has ever written an operations manual for freeing a country of 25 million people who have lived under a dictator for 35 years. Had there been one, I'm sure we wouldn't have made mistakes. However, I think we're actually doing quite well. Remember, Japan wasn't ready for it's new government until 4 years after we got there.
It's from "Heartbreak Ridge" he said:. "They improvised ,they adapted, they overcame."
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Thank you. I will try it myself.
Amazing!
yep, just think how long you would of had to research that in a library without computers!
They may have written it, but rest assured if they did, it's a piece of crap. If you listen to NPR, you'll hear minor Clinton administration ex-functionaries or random liberal intellectuals talk about studies that were done on nation-building. Always, always, whining about George W. Bush not consulting them. I observe that W. and Rummy did it their own way. That's essential. If they had consulted all these weenies, it would have been disaster-by-committee.
I see little evidence of good will from leading Democrats, e.g. Kennedy and Kerry, but rather an overwhelming desire to see Bush lose rather than to see America win.
HAHAHA The NT Times editorial page ought to be renamed the "Comedy" section. Either that or put up a big graphic of Ricardo Montalban saying, "Welcome to Fantasy Island..."
Brilliant analogy. I know the stock market. When fear is at a maximum, buy. Now is the time to buy stock in the success of Iraq - it will rise from here.
Brooks' brilliance is that he lives in the NYTimes soup. He has to respond to it. But he turns it on its head so that the illogic of the NYTimes and their despair is exposed as needless pessimism.
Of *course* we make mistakes, get over-optimistic, lose our way... that is the way of any great and difficult enterprise.... Brooks is pounding into the Liberal Class the point you make.... we "muddled" mightily in WWII as well, did we not? our first engagement in North Africa was horrible. and you mention ...
"Can you imagine the carping after Bataan and Corregidor, after the fall of Wake Island, after losing the Lexington in the Coral Sea, after the heavy losses in Ironbottom Sound, after the sinking of the destroyer that claimed the lives of the 5 Sullivan brothers."
Yup!!! We've been through much worse.
" The character of this country has unquestionably changed for the worse." Nah, just the character of the media.
Somewhere, probably here, I came across a recent editorial by Rall, where he outlined how many conservatives had changed their minds on the war, how Bush was isolated, etc. It sounded persuasive, but here Brooks directly contradicts what Rall said about him. Rall had used a direct Brooks quote, so I can only conclude he took it out of context.
Thank you.
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