"When red and blue turn purple"
Correct title should be:
"When red and blue turn YELLOW"
Actually Iraq is starting to sound like Vietnam. The cowardly Democrats and Republicans in Congress are getting read to abandon the poor people of Iraq, just like they did the South Vietnamese and the Cambodians. Many thousands will die thanks to this bunch. I am once again ashamed to be an American.
Then what's up with the whole "purple" metaphor? This yahoo seems to be saying that Red and Blue are becoming Purple, which means that Red has lost and Blue is triumphant, so Purple is really Blue, because ... because ... the wheels have fallen off the Ship of State ... and my metaphor is out of control ... and ..
Putz.
When are we pulling out of Korea? Germany? Bosnia?
In fairness, we shouldn't leave Iraq until it is at least as stable.
Why let the Islamic KKK terrorize Reconstruction Iraq?
The US, in an arms race against the USSR, pushed the Soviets over the edge in spending but that was not the sole factor. The Berlin Wall did not collapse out of poor mainanance. Polish Independence did not come from buying new missiles.
And the left still weeps that the USSR collapsed.
THere ARE enemies of the US (including France and Soros) who seem to be actively opposing the US in partnership with the Axis of Evil. Money transfers and opposinng victory at every turn. Doesn't have to cost what we are spending, but some are against us.
They literally write themselves, folks.
Its been my experience that when something thats RED starts to turn Purple, I should probably loosen my grip.