Posted on 03/20/2007 2:25:05 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
Last week, with no fanfare, Mr. Hunter unveiled his own plan that his office says will "set the stage for withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq." In a letter to President Bush, Mr. Hunter calls for rotating Iraqi troops into combat assignments and, once they prove adept at the new role, American forces can leave the country. Mr. Hunter offered his plan after returning from a fact-finding mission to Baghdad, Ramadi and Fallujah. He doesn't give a specific date for withdrawal, but his plan is certainly a sign of waning support among Republicans for the war.
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As his Iraq plan shows, symbolic attempts at micromanagement are becoming the mandatory way even for ambitious GOPers to distance themselves from the war without seeming to be in favor of defeat.
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Do you expect an honest thread from a serial Rudy Rump Rider?
This is a Wall Street Journal hit piece on Hunter - the WSJ is solidly behind unrestricted trade with the entirity of the third world, and a president who wanted fair trade with China would be a disaster for much of their constituency.
Duncan Hunter has absolutely no chance of winning the nomination, let alone the election. None.
Neither does Rudy McRomney. Good luck.
I didn't say he did. So that makes it okay to post lies?
Who's posting lies?
Hunter is strong enough of a candidate to draw hit pieces. If this were baseball, he'd be the wild card but this is still spring training.
It has been the aim of the administration to drawdown troops from Day one. after the fall of Saddam.
You wanna' go back and read post #21. That IS the one you replied to.
It's not baseball. It's Supreme Court vacancies and war management, etc.
Hunter will not win. What's your next choice?
This and others threads show that Hunter Fans are dug in and not moving.
Good luck with that.
The thirteen or fourteen people still supporting Duncan Hunter are definitely going to be angry about this. Now the Hunter platform has surrender plans to go with big government and protectionism.
Color me shocked. They are the angriest posters here. Perpetually.
Did you read this thread?
Hunter's Hypocrites may cause the death of this forum, but nothing else.
Brendan Minater, you are full of sh*t.You must be a blithering Rudy/MCCain rump boy if you think this stupidly.Brenda looks like a San Francisco fudge packer!WSJ's total endorsement of "Open Borders to one and all"I won't say you are crazy, but, go see a licensed professional before you try to fly like a bird.Do you expect an honest thread from a serial Rudy Rump Rider?Neither does Rudy McRomney!
Plus you obviously have no idea what Hunter's positions are since you then REPEAT the lie.
Sorry, but you guys are no better than DUmmies in this instance.
We're talking about the same Duncan Hunter that had glowing words of praise for the Iraq Surrender Group, right?
You seem quite happy promoting something you know is a lie to attack a man who is one of the strongest supporters of the troops there is.
At least my principles are intact.
Mine was a comment on the general emotion of the Hunter supporters here — I have never seen an angrier group. I think the dissection of this article (if one ignores the spittle) has been legit and some fair points made, providing necessary context to Hunter's position that was omitted from the article. Personally, I like Hunter, but many of his vicious FR "supporters" do him no favors and bring in no converts.
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