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Sitting on his bayonet
National Post ^
| 2007-09-08
| George Jonas
Posted on 09/08/2007 4:35:18 PM PDT by Clive
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:35:19 PM PDT
by
Clive
To: SandRat
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:35:38 PM PDT
by
Clive
To: Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; Cannoneer No. 4; ...
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:36:04 PM PDT
by
Clive
To: Clive
I think they should have been withdrawn long ago. Withdrawing them today is doing the right thing at the wrong time -- and doing the right thing at the wrong time is doing the wrong thing. You just can't win with liberals. If Bush were to go ahead and withdraw the troops now, it will be "doing the wrong thing".
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:39:22 PM PDT
by
Sender
(There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams)
To: Clive
Two comments:
1) This isn't a game.
2) The columnist is sitting on his own brain.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:40:15 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: Clive
Bush never said “Mission Accomplished”. The aircraft carrier had accomplished its mission and was steaming back to home port. sheesh, and these people all know better too
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:40:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Clive
'Bush ought to have offered the first "tantalizing prospect" of gradual troop reduction in May, 2003, when he landed on an aircraft carrier to announce -- talk about famous last words -- "mission accomplished."'
You might say that Mr. Jonas is a lying sack of sh|t.
To: Clive
The story as I recall it was that Napoleon asked Marshall Ney why the French weren’t doing better against the guerillas in Spain, and Marshall Ney replied something like, “Sire, you can do many things with a bayonet, except sit on it.”
That would be a closer parallel with the US situation in Iraq.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:44:50 PM PDT
by
FFranco
To: FFranco
“Sitting on his bayonet”
Whew!
I thought this was another Larry Craig article...
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:46:32 PM PDT
by
Checkers
(Enforce the law & build the wall. So easy, a caveman could do it.)
To: Checkers
What garbage. Obviously this author likes to read his own words and listen to himself talk. Absolute rubbish. What an as*h*ole.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:53:40 PM PDT
by
ripnbang
("the difference between a welfare state and totalitarianism is a matter of time")
To: Clive
He is being criticized now. Except, had he pulled out at the end of 2003, he would have been criticized as a victorious commander-in-chief. As it is, he is being criticized as a beaten adventurer, whose choice is between fleeing or reenacting Custer's Last Stand.Try as I may, I can't help but agree with this premise.
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posted on
09/08/2007 4:58:43 PM PDT
by
varon
(Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
To: Clive; GMMAC; exg; kanawa; conniew; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:04:40 PM PDT
by
fanfan
("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
To: Sender
Jonas is not a liberal.
Read the article again.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:10:02 PM PDT
by
Clive
To: Clive
Bush does not need to do ANYTHING regarding Iraq. Leave it to the military. Let the military decide what they need to do. Micromanaging the the war is what created the Viet Nam Quagmire.
A good manager (President) surrounds themselves with people capable of taking care of what they are in charge of. We have military minds that are more capable of deciding what they need. Not GWB. And Yes I voted for GWB yet he is not in Iraq, does not know the situation, and does not need to micromanage the war. Let the Military minds who are over there decide what they need.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:12:00 PM PDT
by
Dov in Houston
(The word Amnesty invokes a passion in me. Illegal immigrants are criminals. Supporters Aid & Abet)
To: Clive
Yes, after I read further I can see that. I assumed it was yet another liberal who would complain if Bush did A or B.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:13:33 PM PDT
by
Sender
(There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams)
To: Clive
Geeze,... George Jonas is a dork!
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:20:13 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Dov in Houston
That is precisely my take on the situation, too. The President has enough to do with that snake pit Congress threatening our troops every single day. General Praetreus can handle the mission in Iraq.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:48:19 PM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: SERKIT
Just his head, Liberals don’t have brains.
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:54:31 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
To: Clive
Many voices in the media worry that the President doesn't mean it. I worry that he does. I worry, not because I think there should be U.S. troops stationed in Iraq today, but because I think they should have been withdrawn long ago.
No, you worry because you're affraid it will help the GOP's election prospects.
To: Clive
Would there have been a civil war if Bush had pulled out after capturing Saddam?
And what would have Iran done
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posted on
09/08/2007 5:57:59 PM PDT
by
uncbob
(m first)
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