Posted on 06/14/2004 8:49:31 AM PDT by oompa-loompa
This weekend I was at a friends party and found myself in a calm debate over the war and PResident Bush. I was speaking with a person who called herself "a screaming left-wing moderate" (as if). She was talking about having been to anti-war demonstrations in Washington DC. I told her that I thought debate and opposition was fine and patriotic up until the first shot is fired but once the war is on- debate is ineffective and can only serve to weaken morale and strengthen the resolve of the enemy.
She went on to ask me a very odd question and as prepared as I was to handle "WMD, no al Queada connection and war for oil" arguments- I must admit I had to stammer when she asked me this-"If Kerry wins in November, and we are still at war in the middle east, will conservatives keep quiet and blindly support him unitl the troops come home?" She smuggly added, "...The way you are asking the left to support Bush just because we are at war." I have to admit it is the first time I have had to think about the possiblity.
My question- "If Kerry wins and we are still at war, are we obliged to give him quiet support until our troops are out of danger?"
Bush will win in a landslide.
Correction: It would will be annoying if when there is another attack some time early in Kerry's admin and we have to do all this again.
Military tenet: Test your opponent to see what he's made of. The al-Katies already know what Bush is capable of, so there's no point in testing him.
A vote for Kerry is a vote for a test attack.
Watch Taiwan. Watch Taiwan become China's 29th province.
I think we should put up a wager thread on how long it will be before the al-Katie test attack in the event of a Kerry election.
They would want to wait until the inauguration. Then sometime in the first 90 days. Not the first day, that would be so obvious it would even tip off Democrats.
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