Posted on 05/21/2006 12:53:53 AM PDT by FairOpinion
Thank you for the post on #376....:)
You know how I feel about your brave husband, mystery..........and you know how my brave boy feels about him too. :)
It's dangerous to use someone's what amounts to guesswork and draw conclusions from it, and that's what you're doing there.
I remember well as a child and a teenager, how evangelicals were saying how the Soviet Union fit into the end times........and look. It doesn't exist any more. The 'prophesy experts' were completely wrong.
But more importantly, what happened in the past, what's happening in the present, and what will happen in the future are all in God's will. There is nothing that any human being can do to thwart God's plan. It is a misunderstanding of God's word and God's nature to think that we have to do x, y, and z for God to be able to His will.
The only thing we can do is be obedient. We can't change God's will.............even the President. That's why he so desperately needs our prayers..........and that's why he has asked us to pray for wisdom for him. And that's why I do it.
"Wow. Powerful description"
Which one? The description of Bush as a President history will treat well, or my description of the effects of the 1965 law.
No wonder at all; just irony.
I would also predict that the folks screaming loudest about the "betrayal" of the Republicans will be the loudest screamers about how awful the 'Rats are if they get back in office.
We should have official Free Republic paper bags for some of the hyperventilators to breathe into. For some, though, we might need tranquilizer guns. Too many people are channeling Howard Dean, and that's a bit scary. (I refer to Howie's antics, not his politics).
"You misread it, it's Prodi that we don't know where he stands -- or rather we do, right with the terrorists. One of his first acts was to declare withdrawal of Italy's troops from Iraq immediately."
Believe me, I didn't miss.The article paints Silvio Berlusconi as committed to the rule of law, and casts doubts over Prodi's same commitment. And I do have trouble imagining someone LESS commited to the rule of law as Il Cavaliere.
As for troops, aren't you mistaking Italy and Spain ? I didn't hear anything from the newly formed Italian government about troop withdrawal.
"The first act of a Democratic American Government [will be] to enact laws that will keep Democrats in power."
Magnificent! I rarely have time for FR and this is the first protracted Bush thread I've actually read in some years. I must beg license to repost these comments in their entirety, with credit given naturally, when I happen upon these threads.
Never fails to bewilder, listening to talk radio while commuting, the narrow-minded and smug indignance raging among the conservative movement by those unwittingly bent on political suicide. The one-hundred percenters who always know better than the most informed people in the world are about as irrational as conspiracy nuts.
Have admired your posts for years but here you distilled the issues down to bare truth and reality maybe better than anything I've read on this topic. Most people on FR really care about the country and I believe your very persuasive and compelling comments need to be reposted from time to time. America and the world are in trouble and too many of our should-be allies are focusing on phantom dangers rather than what needs to be done to save our country.
Warm Regards,
Sean.
Italy's Prodi says to propose withdrawal of Iraq troops
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-18T111829Z_01_RAT002161_RTRUKOC_0_UK-ITALY-IRAQ-WITHDRAWAL.xml
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Thursday his new government believed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had been a "grave error" and that he would propose withdrawing Italy's troops in consultation with allies.
"We consider the war in Iraq and the occupation of the country a grave error," Prodi told the upper house of parliament as he outlined the programme of his new government which was sworn in on Wednesday.
"It has not resolved, but complicated the situation of security," he said, prompting loud jeering from centre-right senators.
Italy's centre-left parties opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq three years ago, but the government of then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi backed it and then sent in peacekeepers.
Italy has about 3,000 troops in Iraq in peacekeeping roles. They are already due to be withdrawn in groups before the end of the year.
"It is the intention of this government to propose to parliament the return of our troops from Iraq," Prodi said, adding that his government intended to continue Italy's historically good relations with Washington.
The latter (to which I'd replied).
It's still all about the WOT.
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Who ever wins the next Presidency is going to have a very hard time. I believe the same result will happen after Reagan. America loved him so much that George did not even have a chance to have the same respect. I would not want to follow in George W's footsteps that is for sure.
From your lips to God's ears. I do wish there was a stipulation in the constitution that states that a President can continue until the war ends and then there must be reelection. It would do our country good to have "W" around for a while. He seems so genuine to me. I was lucky enough to meet him (briefly - only hello and hand-shake) and it was a very honored feeling for me. I also had the same experience with President Clinton and honestly it felt fake to me. I am not saying that just because I am conservative and Republican, but just that is exactly how I felt at the time. Of course all this is moot unfortunately because our Senators are not bold enough to get this constitution amended. Heck they can't even sanctify marriage and the entire country wants that even a good majority of homosexuals. It is just a crazy world we live in.
It’s a fair piece, fairopinion. My main disatisfaction with the president is his stubborn backing (I call it misplaced loyalty) of incompetent Cabinet officers and other administrators. In particular, it is my opinion that Donald Rumsfeld should have been dumped as soon as 9-11 came into being. Now I’m certain that Rummy is a decent man and he was a fairly decent SECDEF before the global war on terrorism began in that he did somewhat of a good job in restoring the military handed to him by the Clintons.
But as a wartime SECDEF he was beyond abysmal. It was his insistance of fighting two fronts on the cheap, with total disregard of appeals for overwhelming force, that got the GOP whipped in the mid-terms. He compounded his incompetence by autopenning condolence letters to the grieving parents of dead, brave men and women.
There are others too. Brownie didn’t do a “heck of a job,” and, quite frankly, neither did John Ashcroft, Gale Norton or Don Evans. The jury is still out on Michael Chertoff but, thus far, he’s been a disappointment as well.
Admittedly, Condi Rice has been magnificent and so is Robert Gates.
I didn’t much care for some of the shenanagins that Rove and his crew pulled in the 2000 election against McCain but have chalked it up to politics. Still, I wonder how Rove will be viewed by historians writing about this era.
In the president’s case, I believe he will recover a lot of ill will in the future and will be regarded as, at least, in the top 50 percent as presidents go—certainly above Clinton and Carter but probably below his father and far below that of Ronald Reagan.
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