Posted on 06/10/2008 12:27:50 PM PDT by pissant
Yep, great plan. Worked for Chamberlain at Munich.
Name these domestic political problems which would not exist if we went to war with a "formal war declaration."
Cool. With that kind of stand, he’ll take votes from Hussein.
I haven’t made my mind up yet on Barr, but he does have a point here in that we cannot afford another war. The dollar is worthless as it is now, I can’t imagine what things would be like if we had to borrow even more money to fund another front in this war.
I recall a theory that one of the last acts of the Brit forces that burned the WH in 1815 was to put a curse on the entire area that would suck the brains, balls and honor out of anyone lingering there.
Barr just proved the da** theory.
Given their conduct in the past and the current choices for elected officials to carry on for the next however many years, I’ll vote for the least odious, write in if that test results in ties but spend most of my time in keeping my family close to home and inventory of my own resources for self-defense.
If this turkey is anybody’s idea of a faintly qualified candidate for office higher than dog catcher, I’d have to say I’m just going to have to plan on going it alone. Sorry about you.
Who is threatening Iran with war?
To be fair, I might vote for the Barr-Root ticket, but only because Wayne Root is an acquaintance.
That’s part of the problem with our country today... too many people think that other countries are just like that, save with a different language and a different culture.
Leaders of countries like Iran respect only one thing: strength. Dictators only bargain when they fear that they have much to lose in not doing so.
Talk has its time and place, and certainly diplomacy is preferable to war. Unfortunately, diplomacy does not work in countries like Iran unless there are dire consequences to not cooperating in full.
A failure to back our words with strength makes us appear weak in the eyes of Iranian leaders. They will take any concessions we might give them and simply continue with their activities in secret.
There is a name for this if we allow it to happen: appeasement. Diplomacy itself is certainly not appeasement, but making concessions to a vicious enemy from a position of weakness most certainly fits the bill.
I suppose next he'll come out in favor of legalizing heroin and crystal meth to appese his Libertarian masters. Lindsey Graham's "sellouts" since entering the Senate pale to comparision to the "principles" Bob Barr embraced since joining the LP.
I suppose next he'll come out in favor of legalizing heroin and crystal meth to appese his Libertarian masters. Lindsey Graham's "sellouts" since entering the Senate pale to comparision to the "principles" Bob Barr embraced since joining the LP.
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