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Subject:McCain (Rudy Says Prepare for Failure in Iraq, More Troops May Mean nothing)
National Review - The Corner ^
| 4-12-07
| Rich Lowry
Posted on 04/12/2007 2:31:24 PM PDT by TitansAFC
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---"speaking of "the danger of focusing on Iraq too much," he said that complete success there would not win the fight against terrorism, and that failure there would not lose it."---
Yeah, Iraq's no big deal, Rudy. And losing in Iraq wouldn't essentially be a loss in the War On Terror.
So more troops won't make a difference, and we should prepare for failure in Iraq, eh? Thanks, Rudy!
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:31:26 PM PDT
by
TitansAFC
To: narses; Spiff; EternalVigilance; Alberta's Child; dirtboy; flashbunny
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:32:10 PM PDT
by
TitansAFC
("My 80% enemy is not my 20% friend" -- Common Sense)
To: TitansAFC
This isn’t going to be good for Rudy, if it is as it appears. I didn’t really like going into Iraq when we did, but I do believe it’s our duty to make sure we don’t leave...only to come back again.
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:35:35 PM PDT
by
Rick_Michael
(Fred Thompson)
To: TitansAFC
General Giuliani???
Sure wouldn't march into battle with someone who is unsure if he could win!
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:36:06 PM PDT
by
FixitGuy
(By their fruits shall ye know them!)
To: TitansAFC
Giuliani's problem is that he has to play up to the silly "tough on terror" nonsense while at the same time distancing himself from a war in Iraq that -- it is becoming increasingly clear -- is going to end badly for the U.S.
If he is the GOP nominee next year, I predict he'll go through the entire campaign with hardly any mention of his party affiliation -- and he'll spend half his time on the campaign trail blasting the Bush administration for the Iraq war failure.
You heard it here first, folks.
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:38:46 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
To: Alberta's Child
I've predicted for some time that Rudy will turn on the Iraq War before this is over. He's starting that movement now.
The only way he can run leftwards to pick up the votes he'd lose from socons is to turn anti-Iraq War.
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:40:46 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08/But Fred would also be great)
To: TitansAFC
---"speaking of "the danger of focusing on Iraq too much," he said that complete success there would not win the fight against terrorism, and that failure there would not lose it."--- Failure would not lose it? Does he have ANY IDEA of the ramifications of failure in Iraq? It means we would fight the Islamists elsewhere when they are a thousand times stronger than the are now.
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:42:06 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08/But Fred would also be great)
To: TitansAFC
Giuliani has a hawkish image which does not seem to be entirely deserved. Understatement of the month.
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:43:13 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08/But Fred would also be great)
To: dirtboy
Sort of Rudy let’s try our luck on the Iran table.
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:46:27 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
("But above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: TitansAFC
Say Ba-Bye Rudy!
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:50:50 PM PDT
by
tobyhill
(only wimps believe in retreat in defeat)
To: Alberta's Child
In other words, Giuliani will campaign with the Austrian Actor and claim to represent a new era of “Post-Partisanship in America.”
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posted on
04/12/2007 2:55:30 PM PDT
by
Kuksool
To: Alberta's Child
"...is becoming increasingly clear -- is going to end badly for the U.S..."
Increasingly clear? To whom? You? CNN? The New York Times?
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posted on
04/12/2007 3:01:00 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
To: TitansAFC; areafiftyone
Oh, Ha Ha!
Old News!
Rudy’s got great positives,
I’m feeling so chipper because Rudy’s number One. LOL. I feel sorry for you because you must be so sad having to see Rudy with such great poll numbers!
Rudy’s the only person who can defeat Hillary!!!
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posted on
04/12/2007 3:06:20 PM PDT
by
CharlesWayneCT
(channelling areafiftyone)
To: CharlesWayneCT
“Rudys the only person who can defeat Hillary!!!”
He just lost my vote. Go Fred!!!!
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posted on
04/12/2007 3:28:40 PM PDT
by
rightazrain
("Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. " -- Ernest Hemingway)
To: TitansAFC
If the Iraqi
'insurgents' were
Squeegee Men, I bet Rudy would talk differently.
He'd prolly call for wholesale carpet bombing of Baghdad!
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posted on
04/12/2007 3:53:50 PM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: CharlesWayneCT
*** Rudys the only person who can defeat Hillary!!! ***
Except in his home state of NY. He continues to trail the carpetbagging beast.
- One poll -10%
- Another -12%,
- And in another -8%
And at no time since the 'election season' started has he led, not once. Yeah, he leads in NJ, whoppee. NJ has 15 EVs, NY 31 EVs.
So without carrying his home state he's ...
Just ask President Gore how important that is.
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posted on
04/12/2007 4:04:13 PM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: Condor51
Rudy is faring no better than Bush in big blue states like CA and IL. Spending money on these states is like flushing your pay check down the toliet. In the general election, if Rudy actually does allocate resources to these states, then Hillary / Obama could sneak away with West Va, AR, OH, or even MO.
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posted on
04/12/2007 4:40:24 PM PDT
by
Kuksool
To: TitansAFC
Leaders don’t contemplate defeat, unless you are a liberal.
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posted on
04/12/2007 4:41:43 PM PDT
by
Tarpon
To: areafiftyone; FairOpinion; KATIE-O; veronica; Cincinatus' Wife; Jake The Goose; aligncare; Peach; ..
My God, is Rudy TRYING to kill off his support?
He’s driving away social conservatives and fiscal conservatives at once with his taxpayer-funded abortion stance. Apparently, he won’t be satisfied until he discredits his “tough on terror” label.
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posted on
04/12/2007 5:10:09 PM PDT
by
Ultra Sonic 007
(Why vote for Duncan Hunter in 2008? Look at my profile.)
To: Liz; pissant; dirtboy; dmw; Vaquero
Hmm...I think Rudy just killed himself.
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posted on
04/12/2007 5:43:20 PM PDT
by
Ultra Sonic 007
(Why vote for Duncan Hunter in 2008? Look at my profile.)
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