Posted on 09/27/2006 2:00:46 AM PDT by John Carey
But with a few notable exceptions, the Democrats are mostly ducking the hard question of what to do next. They act as if all those America-hating terrorists will evaporate back into the sands of Anbar province if the United States pulls out its troops. Alas, that is not the case. That is the problem with Iraq -- it is not an easy mistake to fix.
An example of the Democrats' fudge on Iraq was highlighted yesterday by Post columnist Dana Milbank in his description of retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste's appearance before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. Senators cheered Batiste's evisceration of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but tuned out Batiste's call for more troops and more patience in Iraq, and his admonition: "We must mobilize our country for a protracted challenge."
Here's a reality check for the Democrats: There is not a single government in the Middle East, with the possible exceptions of Iran and Syria, that favors a rapid U.S. pullout from Iraq. Why? The consensus in the region is that a retreat now would have disastrous consequences for America and its allies. Yet withdrawal is the Iraq strategy you hear from most congressional Democrats, whether they call it "strategic redeployment" or something else.
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Cut and run will not work, ever.
Skewed polls will not put Dems into office. They will just wonder why once again they lost and will come to the conclusion that it was Diebold and not their Marxist ideology.
the lib/dems great plan:
1. raise taxes
2. impeach Bush
3. cut & run
Don't forget "Duck and Cover"!
They have created the premise that Iraq was a mistake. Thats how they operate. Say something long enough and it becomes fact, to them.
David Ignatius should have been partof the FR discussion the last few days! He says that the three senior officers have one main agenda:
New SecDef
Bigger Army
Mobilize the nation
The Dems have no idea how to deal with that....
Exactly! And from the article...
If the Democrats could lead that kind of debate about security, they would become the nation's governing party. But what you hear from most Democrats these days is: Gotcha
Unfortunately, the Democrats don't care about security, all they want is to be back in power-at any price.
The problem democrats are facing is, America isn't creating terrorists, the entire culture of islam is creating terrorists.
"Unfortunately, the Democrats don't care about security, all they want is to be back in power-at any price."
Worth repeathing my friend. That's the WHOLE thing in a nutshell.
Iraq was not a mistake. All the people who want Saddam back in, please stand up. No takers? I thought not.
Yes, and ONLY to them has it been a mistake. After 5 years they still don't have a clue!
I really wonder if one day they are going to move on from their loser and failure of a "hate Bush" agenda?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Here are our talking points. Speak them to everyone you know:
1. There have been no demonstrably successful attacks on the US homeland since the invasion of Iraq.
2. The Iraq and Afghanistan incursions have provided fronts on which to fight the terrorists.
Its real simple,democraps are pussies and want to let the terrorist win in the war on terror. redeployment term will be the demorats downfall in 06 and 08.
No, they never will because they are evil and Bush is good. Evil hates good with a bottomless rage.
And the scary thing is that people who don't pay attention to politics believe the constant mantra and they vote, totally uninformed of the truth.
Ever since Democrats realized they could attack Bush on the war on terror, they have been comparing Iraq to Vietnam.
Let us pull out before the Iraqi government is stable, and we will see the same wholesale slaughter in Iraq, that took place after our pullout in Vietnam.
Yes and if they ever do, we will have to pay for our years in power, be it tax increases or whatever we stood up for.
Who will the dems blame this time when they lose?
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