tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post115378669321564049..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Wobblyambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1153801515872926582006-07-24T22:25:00.000-06:002006-07-24T22:25:00.000-06:00terrye u r exactly right.and the enemy - the jihad...terrye u r exactly right.<BR/><BR/>and the enemy - the jihadist in the battlefield and the "journalist" covering the battlefield KNOWS this.<BR/><BR/>they pulled this csame crap during VIETNAM; they're using the sem playbook.<BR/><BR/>remember, WE ACTUALLY WON TET. but not TV's version.<BR/><BR/>this war will take as long as the cold war. i think bush and rummy said this from the start.<BR/><BR/>heck: it'z been going on for 1000 years!Reliapundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942299527008194753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1153797972606207132006-07-24T21:26:00.000-06:002006-07-24T21:26:00.000-06:00cf:I hope so. No matter what had been done right a...cf:<BR/><BR/>I hope so. <BR/><BR/>No matter what had been done right after the fall of Baghdad things would have been tough. It would just have been a different tough.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1153790369230041782006-07-24T19:19:00.000-06:002006-07-24T19:19:00.000-06:00Bush hasn't lost Barnes one of his greatest admire...Bush hasn't lost Barnes one of his greatest admirers.<BR/><BR/>The biggest mistake the Administration made (and it was Condi's for the most part for all reports) was to give DoS the biggest role in post-war Iraq. DoD had Gen. Garner in place and the plan was to allow the Iraqis to take over civil administration immediately. DoS instead insisted on appointing Bremer to run the place. We lost very valuable time.<BR/><BR/>The inter-sectarian violence we are now seeing is clearly being ratcheted up by Iran. If Hezbollah gets clobbered in Lebanon and Syria breaks away from Iran, the violence in Iraq will abate IMO.cfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415260679597997353noreply@blogger.com