Gates is saying what he needs to in order to get confirmed.
Less knee jerking, please.
Yep. That would be helpful.
I guess folks skipped over the part where Gates says the only way we'll lose is if we lose our national will. His duty is to win. Winning is defined as a stable Iraqi government which can provide for its own security.
Do you think so? Is he playing politics, emboldenening our enemies, and demoralizing our troops so he will get confirmed? Very sad and very horrible if this is the case.
Exactly. Why do these people go hysterical so quickly?
Don't they sound like the MSM?
I wonder?
Boy, that would be very helpful!
I noticed a very negative trend here on FR several months before elections: people are taking everything that's thrown to them by the media (particularly headlines) literally and just respond very reflexively, without thought, logic, without reading through the entire piece, without figuring out what's "diplomacy" and what's real.
The tendency on FR from people who are supposed to know better to react immediately and instinctively by bashing your own in response to DBM hit pieces masquerading as "news" is very depressing and self-destructive (as we saw by low conservative turnout), and is not going to get better as DBM figured out what buttons to push to unnerve and disorient and discourage conservatives. This, in turn, will not help Administration and our representatives in Congress to beat the "Barbarians at the Gates"...
It's psy-ops by Dems through DBM, pure and simple. Let's try and get ourselves together and be more reactive and less reflexive, as DBM will continue these psy-ops for as long as they work, i.e. until these tactics will lose them elections in addition to hitting them in the pocket.