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To: oceanview
we've already won the part of the war that our forces were designed to win. the administration never updated its message, its just a constant mantra of "stay the course". the public message needs to be much broader then that.

Right. No reason we can't declare victory and leave, except that Bush has painted us into a corner regarding the definition of success being a shining city on a hill in the Middle East. He's allowed the terms of victory to get ridiculously out of hand.

157 posted on 08/23/2005 10:51:46 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative
Right. No reason we can't declare victory and leave, except that Bush has painted us into a corner regarding the definition of success being a shining city on a hill in the Middle East. He's allowed the terms of victory to get ridiculously out of hand

Please leave the strategy to the military. It is nice you have opinions. It does not make them FACTS. The habit of the Cast Iron Conservatives, which they strangely share with the Hysteric Left, of stating their opinions as if they were holy writ is really annoying and tiresome

161 posted on 08/23/2005 10:58:28 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (If you try to be smarter, I will try to be nicer.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

well, we do want a certain degree of stability over there. remember, we are hanging our hat on the accomplishment of a stable country in the middle east - still a noble and important goal.

my main point is, we have to decouple the idea of US victory from meaning that iraq is like some shangri-la. its not going to be. Los Angeles isn't, we can't stop gang violence in LA, these car bombs are going to be part of the iraqi security problem for a very long time to come. so long as its their forces dealing with it; hey, that's life.


174 posted on 08/23/2005 11:16:15 AM PDT by oceanview
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