Posted on 11/24/2006 6:46:08 PM PST by kristinn
Disagreeing with victory first, then peace, does not make a person an enemy. It makes them an idiot.
Being a silly girl? ;-)
Beats me. I went to read his info page because he was so combative and lefty-acting, but it's been pulled.
When and who with, do we sign the peace treaty, after we win?
What was the mission in '03, and what is the mission today?
What objectives besides regime change and removing the threat of WMDs from Iraq have we not accomplished?
This is a different war indeed. I would venture to say that it is so different that it can never be won or lost, the way conventional wars are won and lost, since it has no conventional objectives. It's an ideological (vs. territorial) war against a global death cult. You can cut and run from a conventional objective in a conventional war. "cutting and running" is conventional language which comes from a conventional understanding of what war is. We should talk about diversion, application, prioritization and conservation of our warfighting resources rather than cutting and running. Most Freepers are concerned with applying our limited resources in the most efficient manner for defeating the global death cult (GDC). Most conservatives are not interested in providing welfare.
Victory means exactly what its definition is: victory.
You can do better.
You may want to pass along your "profile page" to the WH, and the rest of our Goobermint. I'm sure all of our Intelligence Agencies would be impressed as well. Blackbird.
Kristinn, thanks.
rlmorel, thank you for post #658.
Everyone, no one has more mixed feelings about this mess than me. I say stay the course, but give the guys on the ground what they need. Running a PC war from an office in D.C. just doesn't cut it.
Now I'm a "sleeper troll"???
Let the cannibalism begin.
And I don't think over time the "cut and run" stance some are engaging in will play well in Peoria, as they say. That is why I am sanguine about the recent mid-term elections. I think it's a two-year Democratic congress, and then the GOP will regain its footing in 2008. Imagine if all this gnashing of teeth had gone on during WWII. Surely we would have lost.
And it's good that FR being utilized to bring this issue to light so that debate may ensue. So many forums are just glorified chartrooms, vanity sites serving no purpose whatsoever, except to give lonely, bitter people a place to gather, with no purpose other than childish self-indulgence.
If we care about our warriors in harms way, we must give them the tools with which to do the job they've been charged.
I think she was talking about the clown that got banned. You were mixing it up with him pretty good there.
"Manage the blowback?" Good Grief!!
I'll admit to going a bit wobbly yesterday for the first time, but I also know, deep down, that the alternatives will embolden our enemies and leave the Iraqi people to a worse fate than what they have at present. We've got to be patient and support our military until the job is done and Victory is declared. Thanks for posting this Kristinn.
Well said.
And socialism didn't fail so much as it was never really tried.
You're posting to the banned.
Hadn't realized. I was waiting for a response. I'm used to being maligned for my past. That's why I never hide it, nor apologize for once being young, ignorant and foolish.
Thanks for setting me straight.
Feel FRee to treat me as dense as you care to. Some here think that's all I'm worthy. Define Victory in Iraq. It shouldn't be that hard. It isn't hard to say, we'll leave when we are victorious, so when is that? I'll guarantee you, we will not win a war of attrition in a PC way. Run the numbers, 1.5 Billion vs. 300 million. Blackbird.
You're insane. I've done no such thing.
Go bug someone else. And NEVER ping me to a thread so that you can advocate bashing the mission of our troops.....EVER!!
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