tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post116858775329125004..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Curs of the Pundit ClassJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1168670803148629962007-01-13T01:46:00.000-05:002007-01-13T01:46:00.000-05:00The most interesting part of this whole "hang the ...The most interesting part of this whole "hang the albatross around Bush's neck until it molts" is the way it mirrors the neocon cheerleaders' prescription for a passive Iraq. The problem, according to the Spirit Fingered types at the PNAC, is that we didn't follow the Total War precedent of WWII. The Germans and the Japanese were bombed, strafed, and even nuked into submission, and each and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1168660547424360202007-01-12T22:55:00.000-05:002007-01-12T22:55:00.000-05:00It's a CYA move at the expense of how many soldier...It's a CYA move at the expense of how many soldiers and how many Iraqi lives? That expense can be counted not only in lives lost, but quality of life for those remaining. Expense costs may also include any effectiveness in the WOT we might have enjoyed had those 20K been deployed to Afghanistan rather than Iran. But you're right, Doghouse. In order for reason to triumph over gut feelings and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1168652210850633222007-01-12T20:36:00.000-05:002007-01-12T20:36:00.000-05:00Christ these people suck. And let's remember they ...Christ these people suck. And let's remember they are always, <I>always</I> wrong.<BR/><BR/>The Democrats are actually going after the administration* (*certain douchebags from CT notwithstanding) AND they are going after the Idiot's Iraq policy. Every paper -- every single one -- had a headline along the lines of "Parties come out swinging on Bush's new Iraq policy" or something like that. <BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1168636983185926072007-01-12T16:23:00.000-05:002007-01-12T16:23:00.000-05:00Back before the war, my dad and I each made a shor...Back before the war, my dad and I each made a short prediction about how it would turn out.<BR/><BR/>Dad's prediction: That we would find neither weapons of mass destruction nor the facilities to create them.<BR/><BR/>My prediction: No matter how right my dad and those on his side were, they'd never ever get any credit.<BR/><BR/>I now know a bit more about what Cassandra must have felt like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com