Surprise! There was no war

The Bangor Daily Snooze ^ | 8/15/03 | Melvin Burke

[metesky]

Another scumball dug in at a public university.

From the tone, it seems he wishes we had a tougher fight in Iraq, wanted more of our troops killed and is disappointed it was "too easy".

[Lazamataz]

All liberals must be rounded up and convinced to die.

[mystery-ak]

Yeah, I was barely able to finish this article....belch.

[ChadGore]

This cuss is payed with my tax dollars ?!?!

University of Maine . . hmmm

[metesky]

Oh, we don't have to convince them, we just have to...
Never mind, I don't want to step into banning territory.

[FreedomPoster]

You finished it? I read about 2 lines with serious spew content, sized this one up, and came down to the comments.

[Steel Wolf]

No victory in Iraq? Interesting concept.

So, if a foriegn army invaded the U.S., occupied the entire country, hunted down our leaders, arrested whoever they wanted, set up a new government according to their wishes, and stayed as long as they wanted because our own military decided to abandon their units, run home and hide, it wouldn't be a defeat for us? Not even a little?

What a fascinating point of view.

[HighWheeler]

"All liberals must be rounded up and convinced to die."

That's not a bad idea. Liberals have all been talked into voting for people who steal their money and restrict their freedoms, just how hard would it be to talk them into jumping off a bridge?

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

You forgot the "barf" and "tin-foil hat" alerts. 8^)

[mystery-ak]

I was hoping Melvin would redeem himself by mentioning the battles in Um Qasr, Basrah and Nasiriyah to name just a few....but, I was mistaken....you'd think I'd learn!

[metesky]

This "man" strings together all the cliches he can think of, "illegal" immoral", etc.

When asked how long this occupation/colonization of Iraq will last, the administration’s answer is “We will stay as long as it takes and not a day longer. ... Bring them on.”

Plus he has "Dowdized" his screed by linking two seperate quotes as if they were one.

I wonder if this Veteran For Peace ever heard a shot fired in anger?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

In liberal-speak, the writer unwittingly said, "Da$$ Bush did a great job! Two major occupations in suicide-bomber countries, and it seemed so easy! The enemies seemed to just melt away! I hate him! I hate him! I hate him! It was so easy it should be a crime! It's wrong to win so easilly! Immoral! If I believed in sin, it would be sinful! Dam# him! How will we ever win? I know! Hey everybody, pretend this was all just a hoax, ok?"

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"This "man" strings together all the cliches he can think of, "illegal" immoral", etc."

Moral relativists simply don't understand the meaning of the word, do they?

[Flyer]

There was no war in Iraq

Seems as though he took lessons from Baghdad Bob.

[bogeybob]

I am sorry to say that I had to suffer through this guy's lectures in 1967 and 1968 while I was at the University of Maine. He was railing against the Vietnam war then.

I am trying to figure out which war he is a veteran of. He was teaching at Maine during Vietnam and looked too young for WWII.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

This clown is a professor. Imagine that. He suffers from reality issues.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Maybe he was a veteran of the Great McCarthy War against American Utopia. This guy is such a loon, I bet mhking would love to read this.

[Steel Wolf]

The U.S., by this act, bought off the Iraqi army, which it did not defeat, and made them our mercenaries. <\i>

So this 'liberal' professor's point is that since we didn't slaughter the Iraqi military to the last man, we didn't win? I don't know how much 'military theory' they teach in college, prof, but an opponent whose soldiers all desert rather than fight automatically 'loses'. Same goes for if they join the other team.

[Free Vulcan]

A virtual frenzy of authoritarian self proclamation.

I wish I could live in this guy's world, I could be Jesus, James Bond, Bill Gates, Superman, Michael Jordan, and Einstein all at the same time. A virtual legend in my own mind, simply by proclaiming it to be so.

[Jeff F]

The author seems to think that it is a terrible thing to win a war with out suffering massive casualties. Well as Sun Tsu wrote in "Art of War" in 450 B.C.:

"For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence."