Posted on 12/06/2006 8:02:58 AM PST by Howlin
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bttt
Perhaps some of you are more in the know and will be able to correct me. But just how is it that we are fighting to win this war. It seems we are more worried about collateral damage within Iraq and lack the will to go after those who are supplying the insurgents in Iraq, that being Iran and Syria.
Perhaps it is not too early to ask Bush to either resign or fight the war to win.
Thank God for people like you and your son. You have brightened my day.
I think you are basically right. In other words, it could have been much worse. It certainly does not support any cut and run 6 month plan. Frankly, I do think it does take the wind out of the sails of the Murtha types. Yet, the tone of it is not particularly helpful with little (if any) mention of winning, success, victory etc. It is just another thing that could be used by the enemy to encourage their "troops" and demoralize ours. I guess it is up to the President now to make sure that we find a way to win and not surrender. Our troops deserve no less.
OK..let's break this down..
"Russert says the Committee is bold and commanding, that the Presidency is over, the WOT is over, the Committee is saving the ME from anarchy, the Dems will run the country now."
"...the Committee is bold and commanding.."
Tehehehe :-)
"...that the Presidency is over...."
hahahehe :^)
"...the Committee is saving the ME from anarchy" hahahahehehe :>)
"...the Dems will run the country now........." LOBO!!! ;)
"Russert says.................................." Bawahahahahahahahahahahahahah!! <(:-)!!!
OK, that about covers it.
Amen to that.
Nephew. College educated. Green Zone.
We are not going anywhere until the job is done.
Give it to them straight for us tonight.
In many cases, the Libs are the ones with the Tinfoil turbans, and limp wrists, along with sporting "Bush Lied" bumper stickers on their Yugo's and Hybrid vehicles.
That's the sorriest bait line I have ever seen.
They dragged this out as long as they could. Nice paychecks, nice perks, no pressure, no expectations that they would actually accomplish anything other than blather for their media buddies.
Russert sharing the same mind altering drugs that the commission ingested.
One point: Iraq is not a military disaster, but our involvement there has been a PR disaster. While the left has been trumpeting "Bush Lied! People Died!" for 3 and a half years, the White House has never really put together an effective communications strategy for making sure that we do not lose the War on Terror through a loss of will at home. While his Iraq policy has been blasted on every media organ in the country, the White House's response has been tepid to nonexistent. We won the "war," it's the peace that isn't being secured fast enough, and winning the peace has really been on the shoulders of the Iraqis and their popularly elected government. But the Administration has been uninspired and uninspiring in terms of framing the "winning the peace" effort; either that, or the American people have become tone-deaf, and just want to get back to "American Idol."
If only the victims were the nitwits...That would be poetic justice.
Second: whether they admit it in public or not, both Iran and Syria know for a fact that we CAN nuke them and we CAN turn them to slag without needing nukes. Diplomacy isn't just for appeasement any more (or shouldn't be).
Third: announce very clearly that Palestine and the WOT are not linked in US eyes. That we will deal with all terrorists forcefully and regardless of their stated intent. That Israel / palestine / Lebanon are issues that will not be manipulated to justify any overlap. I believe that the power elites in the area, as well as Baker, know this and use 'the Palestinian issue' as a means to their own ends. The morons on the street might be another matter because I hear 'palestine' from otherwise rational immigrants daily.
Finally, it is absolutely imperative that Iraq enjoys some level of success that does not involve voting for terrorism rather than having it imposed from the top.
Regardless of how 'bad' some of us might believe Iraq to be today (& I think it's improved) someone IS fighting against the islamists, on or near their own soil, and entirely unlike what went before 9/11. They can posture and plot, and they can make hits outside the ME; but they are not free today to do it without losses. Arafat is dead and his heirs are fighting each other. Iran just might be showing signs of a coup or some pull back from Nutjob's ranting. Syria has shown its hand in Lebanon, for better or for worse?
Further afield, Castro is dead or in transit, Chavez knows his big ticket AKs and MIGs would be good for two or three hours. This is not the time to either go ballistic (literally) or to back off and out - and that might be precisely why the Dems are on a rant to do one or the other.
Footnote: partition of Iraq is not an option. The Kurds have been screwed once already and without federation they'd be Turkish toast very shortly.
Unfortunately, they'll be screeching it longer than that. FWI - I was talking about this today to a guy who only watches MSM and is a liberal (but pro American and Jewish) -he knew exactly what James Baker is. I was amazed. He doesn't know a lot about politics, but he knew Baker would screw Israel.
Just like the 911 Commission. They are setting policy - for the Dems.
Out of disrespect, I call her Sandi. Make sure there's an "i," like in a ditsy stripper.
They both did glamour poses for Men's Vogue. I'm not kidding.
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