tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post113221128719322038..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: What a novel idea!ambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1132262135412414272005-11-17T14:15:00.000-07:002005-11-17T14:15:00.000-07:00exdemocrat:Yes, I read a part of it linked at powe...exdemocrat:<BR/><BR/>Yes, I read a part of it linked at powerline.<BR/><BR/>It was good. I agree that now is not the time to be talking about bringing guys home, but we have to realize that people are nervous about it.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1132261940162024592005-11-17T14:12:00.000-07:002005-11-17T14:12:00.000-07:00mark:Don't be dense. We have been in this thing wi...mark:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Don't be dense. We have been in this thing with NK for more than half a century, if it was that damn simple I doubt if that would be the case.<BR/><BR/>As for Iraq, I think it would be irresponsible and self defeating to run away. <BR/><BR/>And you know what? For years I have been listening to lefties whine and bitch and moan about the US not standing up to fascists, we do and they can't jump ship fast enough.<BR/><BR/>I can remember the same people saying that if we left Viet Nam the killing would stop. <BR/><BR/>wrong. <BR/><BR/>More people died after we left and so far as I know not one prominent leftist has ever even acknowledged the fact that they were full of shit.<BR/><BR/>And now they are hoping for the same end in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>If they had been around during WW2 they would have been making secret trips to Germany and Japan to offer up our surrender.<BR/><BR/>Since the fall of Saddam's nasty little regime there has been a constitution written in Iraq and the Iraqis are taking more and more control over their country.<BR/><BR/>They have a better economy, better schools, and an improving infrastructure.<BR/><BR/>I guess that we could have ignored Saddam's violations of the cease fire and begged his forgiveness for any inconvenience, awarded Kofi an award for most dishonest public official and then just sit back like we did in Rwanda and watch a million people die. That is what the Democrats would have had us do.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, it is hard to tell what they would have us do because they change their positions too often to know what they stand for.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1132247475123371002005-11-17T10:11:00.000-07:002005-11-17T10:11:00.000-07:00MarkWhy not declare victory and go home?Because Ir...Mark<BR/><BR/><I>Why not declare victory and go home?</I><BR/><BR/>Because Iraq is not Vietnam. Because we've promised the Iraqi people we won't abandon them until they ask us to leave.<BR/><BR/>Because in the eyes of the international community, keeping our word is important. If we were to pick up and leave it would be a gigantic PR disaster for America, even worse than the invastion in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Do you want al Qaeda to laugh at us and our international friends to scorn us for our weakness.<BR/><BR/>I didn't think so.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1132245022294042642005-11-17T09:30:00.000-07:002005-11-17T09:30:00.000-07:00terrye - have you read McCain's piece in today's N...terrye - have you read McCain's piece in today's NY Post? http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31358.htmex-democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985594718240980140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1132223201766348002005-11-17T03:26:00.000-07:002005-11-17T03:26:00.000-07:00Pretty soon we will start seeing Vote Demcorat on ...Pretty soon we will start seeing Vote Demcorat on yard signs in front of the homes of former Baathists. Zarqawi will bearing a donkey pin.<BR/><BR/>Pretty soon we might even capture an "inusrgent" who will say, "We were thinking of giving up but our buddies Reid and Kennedy and the rest of their party convinced us that if we just killed a few more Americans the coalition would run away. After all that is what Americans do."terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.com