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Last Copter Out of Baghdad: Bush Flees Iraq Mess On The Campaign Express

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On 01/13/2004 11:11:20 AM PST with 124 comments

Village Voice ^ | January 14 - 20, 2004 | Rick Perlstein
George Bush is selling out Iraq. Gone are his hard-liners' dreams of setting up a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic republic, a light unto the Middle Eastern nations. The decision makers in the administration now realize these goals are unreachable. So they've set a new goal: to end the occupation by July 1, whether that occupation has accomplished anything valuable and lasting or not. Just declare victory and go home. The tyranny of Saddam Hussein will be over. But a new tyranny will likely take its place: the tyranny of civil war, as rival factions rush into the void. Such is...

Attention, Wal-Mart Voters: Lost Jobs and Military Funerals Haunt Bush in the Heartland

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On 12/02/2003 2:40:01 PM PST with 114 comments

Village Voice ^ | December 3 - 9, 2003 | Rick Perlstein
Rock River Valley, Illinois—Piety is easy to find on the highways of Red America. Stop at a cemetery and you may find that the marker towering over all the rest reads, "In Memory of the Unborn Children." Down at the lower frequencies, the ones occupied in more urbane locales by the edgy college stations and NPR affiliates, your radio lectures at you: The music you'll hear during your visit is safe for the whole family. . . . Family friendly 91.5, WCIC, celebrating 20 years of music and ministry. Neighborliness is unavoidable, a saving grace: Pull into a motel and...

We have had long discussions with Mr. Perlstein before.
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Last Copter Out of Baghdad: Bush Flees Iraq Mess On The Campaign Express

Posted by dead
On 01/13/2004 11:11:20 AM PST with 124 comments

Village Voice ^ | January 14 - 20, 2004 | Rick Perlstein
George Bush is selling out Iraq. Gone are his hard-liners' dreams of setting up a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic republic, a light unto the Middle Eastern nations. The decision makers in the administration now realize these goals are unreachable. So they've set a new goal: to end the occupation by July 1, whether that occupation has accomplished anything valuable and lasting or not. Just declare victory and go home. The tyranny of Saddam Hussein will be over. But a new tyranny will likely take its place: the tyranny of civil war, as rival factions rush into the void. Such is...

Attention, Wal-Mart Voters: Lost Jobs and Military Funerals Haunt Bush in the Heartland

Posted by dead
On 12/02/2003 2:40:01 PM PST with 114 comments

Village Voice ^ | December 3 - 9, 2003 | Rick Perlstein
Rock River Valley, Illinois—Piety is easy to find on the highways of Red America. Stop at a cemetery and you may find that the marker towering over all the rest reads, "In Memory of the Unborn Children." Down at the lower frequencies, the ones occupied in more urbane locales by the edgy college stations and NPR affiliates, your radio lectures at you: The music you'll hear during your visit is safe for the whole family. . . . Family friendly 91.5, WCIC, celebrating 20 years of music and ministry. Neighborliness is unavoidable, a saving grace: Pull into a motel and...

Why Ron, thank you for linking the old Perlstein articles, where we can read such gems as this:

George Bush is selling out Iraq. Gone are his hard-liners' dreams of setting up a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic republic, a light unto the Middle Eastern nations. The decision makers in the administration now realize these goals are unreachable. So they've set a new goal: to end the occupation by July 1, whether that occupation has accomplished anything valuable and lasting or not. Just declare victory and go home. The tyranny of Saddam Hussein will be over. But a new tyranny will likely take its place: the tyranny of civil war, as rival factions rush into the void. Such is the mess this president seems willing to leave behind in order to save his campaign.

Correct me if I am wrong, but do we not still have troops in Iraq? And did we not turn over the government to the Iraqi people? And are not elections slated for January? And is Iraq not now conducting its own foreign policy, has free speech, children in schools, and a functioning, democratic government? We have not abandoned the people, and as far as I know the administration is still aiming for a democracy in Iraq as a way to make the Middle East safer.

Now I am wondering who is stupider...Freepers who like President Bush or someone who was completely wrong about the course of affairs in Iraq?