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1 posted on 10/20/2007 10:09:11 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd

Hunt them, find them, kill them. The terrorists.


2 posted on 10/20/2007 10:12:12 AM PDT by Sword_Svalbardt (Sword Svalbardt)
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To: shrinkermd

Dingy Harry, Pelosi, Murtha and Kucinich are in deep mourning over this turn of events.


3 posted on 10/20/2007 10:12:13 AM PDT by rdl6989
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and the rat-wing will do everything in their power to prevent victory...


4 posted on 10/20/2007 10:13:36 AM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: shrinkermd

Excellent post!


5 posted on 10/20/2007 10:13:44 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: shrinkermd
Even with the success we already have, why don't we have republicans willing to publicly deride the democrats for being wrong? Flat out wrong.

This news isn't surprising to those who deal in reality and logic, rather than hysteria.

6 posted on 10/20/2007 10:13:48 AM PDT by Williams
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Thanks, and AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!


7 posted on 10/20/2007 10:16:56 AM PDT by wizr (A step in Faith will set you free.)
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“Victory Is Within Reach in Iraq”

If so, it’s thanks to a lot of guys who just refused to bend the
knee to thugs like Al Queda.

So, let’s remember one of them that even Mr. Ledeen memorialized
with one of his columns in The National Review a few years ago,
Fabrizio Quattrocchi:

“’I’ll show you how an Italian dies’: hero hostage”
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/16/1081998300849.html


9 posted on 10/20/2007 10:24:33 AM PDT by VOA
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To: shrinkermd; sit-rep; Squantos
In Fallujah, enlisted [M]arines have complained to an officer of my acquaintance: "There's nobody to shoot here, sir. If it's just going to be building schools and hospitals, that's what the Army is for, isn't it?"

LOL! Love the Marines but they can be smart asses.

10 posted on 10/20/2007 10:25:32 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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Even after we have defeated the insurgency, we will need to maintain troops in Iraq to exercise our influence over the Mid-East. With troops based in a democratic Iraq, we can project our power throughout the region, creating democratic, pro-American states in the heart of the Islamic world. This is the way to end Islamo-Fascism and ensure a continuing supply of oil for American industry and consumers.


11 posted on 10/20/2007 10:26:18 AM PDT by FFranco
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Amen for Great Victory.

God bless our brave troops and President Bush.

13 posted on 10/20/2007 10:28:17 AM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: ASA Vet; Grampa Dave; Old Sarge
In Fallujah, enlisted marines have complained to an officer of my acquaintance: "There's nobody to shoot here, sir. If it's just going to be building schools and hospitals, that's what the Army is for, isn't it?"

Good news ping.......
14 posted on 10/20/2007 10:32:52 AM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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Gen. Patraeus and Odierno “fear that the political class in Washington may yet snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They know that Iran and Syria still have a free shot at us across long borders, and Gen. Patraeus told Congress last month that it would not be possible to win in Iraq if our mission were restricted to that country.”


21 posted on 10/20/2007 10:57:12 AM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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The very question would have seemed proof of dementia only a few months ago,

No, it wasn't.

People who actually followed things in Iraq instead of letting the Junk Media do their thinking for them were telling people like Ledeen this for quite a while now.

Like most Establishment "Conservatives" they all were too arrogantly certain of their own intellectual infallibility to listen.

Now Ledeen, like the rest of the Dincons, is in serious damage control mode trying desperately to resurrect their self murdered credulity as pundits.

25 posted on 10/20/2007 11:08:20 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
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The key to victory in Iraq has always been getting the people on our side. That's the case in any and every insurgency or guerrilla war.

At bottom, the "surge" is what did it.

Not because there were more boots on the ground -- though, certainly, that helped.

But the real reason was because mounting the "surge" convinced the people of Iraq that George W. Bush and the U.S. military was in it to the end -- they wouldn't be abandoned (like some other peoples were).

This could've all been over and done with a year or two ago -- were it not for the Democrats and the MSM working overtime to convince Americans (and Iraqis) that the war was not worth fighting, if not already lost.

The impact of liberal propaganda was always identified as a.) endangering our troops and b.) emboldening our enemies. But many overlooked the more profound effect -- it had to disspirit the Iraqi civilians and make them uncertain of our resolve (and, thus, their fate).

Instead, a thousand-or-so more soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen had to die -- along with thousands of innocent Iraqis. Just so the liberals could play their petty little political games...

Disgusting. Just disgusting.

26 posted on 10/20/2007 11:13:03 AM PDT by okie01
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Ironic that I see this post. Just last night at a bar I see one of my former soccer players back from Fallujah. He told me how boring it is there now and glad to be home until March. He hoped they send him elsewhere.

He is in ordnance and supplies all kinds of ground ammunition. He said it is like being a Maytag repair man in his area.

Of course, he is not allowed to buy any drinks.

35 posted on 10/20/2007 11:45:53 AM PDT by AGreatPer
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The Surge Worked and the War is Ending in Victory

Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops


36 posted on 10/20/2007 11:46:43 AM PDT by bray (Think "Betray U.S." Think Democrat)
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I was interested in the article till I realized who the author of it was. Leeden? No thanks. Hitlery has more credibility than this idiot.


39 posted on 10/20/2007 11:55:04 AM PDT by KantianBurke
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Thank God because I am due to go to Iraq sometime soon. (Sorry I can’t give exact time, but it is not tomorrow).


46 posted on 10/20/2007 12:13:51 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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Things seem to be going quite well. However I would wait awhile before declaring victory. To many things can happen. One of the wild cards is countries like Iran stepping up their terrorist activities.


52 posted on 10/20/2007 12:36:54 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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Should we declare victory over al Qaeda in the battle of Iraq?

I hope so. Then we can prepare for the next battle in Iran.

63 posted on 10/20/2007 2:44:17 PM PDT by mjp (Live & let live. I don't want to live in Mexico, Marxico, or Muslimico. Statism & high taxes suck)
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