Posted on 01/11/2007 11:02:47 AM PST by steve-b
Bob Herbert and our own Joe Galloway, you'd expect -- even, by this point, Thomas Friedman -- but Oliver North? But it happened, in the hawkish Fox News contributor's new syndicated column, where he came out against President Bush's reported plan to escalate the number of U.S. troops in Iraq.
North recalls that on his recent return to Iraq, "Not one of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen or Marines I interviewed told me that they wanted more U.S. boots on the ground. In fact, nearly all expressed just the opposite: 'We don't need more American troops, we need more Iraqi troops,' was a common refrain. They are right."...
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See #37.
Apparently Ollie's changed his mind.
Nothing eerie about it. More troops = overwhelming strength which is needed at times.
George Bush is nothing like Lyndon. Lyndon was sidetracked by his "War on Poverty" which was more important to him and he micro-managed from the Oval. Bush is as far from Lyndon as you can get.
Wrong! I say again. North was on "Hannity and Combs" on Tuesday and backed the surge. I heard it byself.
That's fine. The Colonel has obviously rethought his position. He stated that he was for the surge on Hannity & combs on Jan 9th. Regardless, Col. North is, with all due respect, not the be-all-end-all of military strategists. I respect him greatly. But if he disagreed, then I would only disagree with him. I am sure that there have been more than one strategist in every war back to the beginning of time that disagreed with others. The surge only makes sense.
The Dems even know it makes sense but as usual are too wrapped up in their politics to acknowledge the wisdom of the plan. It wasn't long ago that they supported it, but since they are the party of flip flop and weathervanes....
Everybody is a general,,does that irritate others as much as it does me.
Everybody is either a General or a Decorator or God forbid....both.
not nearly as much as it irritates me that people spoke against Bush's plan before he even made the details public. gonna be a long 2 years.
I don't think Bush would give out secrets in what is going to happen...
Here's why it really makes sense: Baathism is dead in Iraq. The Saddamites now have no hope. None. The only hope they have now is an al Qaeda-run anti-state like in Somalia.
This is the time to take control.
The mission is defined as pacifying Baghdad and Anbar. Is there some reason you can't grasp this?
Pacify Baghdad and Anbar. You can't really not know that, can you?
I still believe airpower is the answer in Iran.
I think the troop surge is for what they're saying it's for, but I agree with you that an attack on Iran will be from the air. It will also need to be massive. When we hit their nuke sites we also need to hit their military hard.
I completely agree (of course). You know you're doing the right thing when the Arabs are upset. Wonder what the Kurds think. BTW, the Kurds have been sent down to help out.
My favorite part of the President's speech is the part where he said he sent the battle group to the Persian Gulf. Iran better watch out.
One of the biggest threats is right here at home. The anti-war Left and the Dems. It is important for everyone who sees the wisdom of the President's plan to get out and counter these forces. People have to have patience far longer that the drive-thru at the local burger joint. They have to have the patience and courage to win. Victory might not (probably will not) be immediate as the President stated, but neither was Thomas Jefferson's invention of the light bulb. It took over 3000 attempts. Was it worth it.
I am convinced that if the Democrats and international Left had not made Bush a villain that Iraq would be a peaceful, stable democracy today.
They give the Baathists, al Qaeda and Iranian-backed Shia hope.
"I am convinced that if the Democrats and international Left had not made Bush a villain that Iraq would be a peaceful, stable democracy today."
Iraq wouldn't be a peaceful, stable democracy, but it would be farther ahead to that goal than now. The Democrats and the Left aren't the only players. Credit must be given to the insurgents from Chechneya, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Iran. The Chechneyans are drugged out jihadis that are especially vicious. Afterall, they were the architects of the school hostage massacre. The Democrats and the Left are useful idiots of the radical Muslim agenda, both wittingly and unwittingly.
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