Comments on: Worst Nightmare http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Divided We Stand United We Fall http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-57194 Divided We Stand United We Fall Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:23:10 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-57194 <strong> Polarized Partisan Debate - An Optical Metaphor...</strong> Find two friends, one Republican and one Democrat. Have them close their eyes, and seat one directly in front of the screen, and place the other looking at the screen from at least fifteen feet (five meters) away. At a safe distance, find a comfortable... Polarized Partisan Debate – An Optical Metaphor…

Find two friends, one Republican and one Democrat. Have them close their eyes, and seat one directly in front of the screen, and place the other looking at the screen from at least fifteen feet (five meters) away. At a safe distance, find a comfortable…

]]> By: verplanck colvin http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-56907 verplanck colvin Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:08:01 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-56907 Why do you say that the Sunnis hate the AQ forces like it's some new development? This has been hinted at in <a href="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5340" rel="nofollow">2005</a> and all the way back in <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28105-2004Oct12.html" rel="nofollow">2004</a>. If anything, we're exacerbating the problem by providing a target for both groups (Sunni insurgents and foreign AQ fighters), instead of letting each other fight it out among themselves. Why do you say that the Sunnis hate the AQ forces like it’s some new development? This has been hinted at in 2005 and all the way back in 2004. If anything, we’re exacerbating the problem by providing a target for both groups (Sunni insurgents and foreign AQ fighters), instead of letting each other fight it out among themselves.

]]> By: Flopping Aces http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-56897 Flopping Aces Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:38:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-56897 <strong>The Democrat Bill To Embolden The Enemy Passes...</strong> Big surprise here....Chuck Hagel, the man who has doomed his Presidency run even before it began....supported the cut n' run strategy today that he opposed two weeks ago: Senate Democrats scored a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force...... The Democrat Bill To Embolden The Enemy Passes…

Big surprise here….Chuck Hagel, the man who has doomed his Presidency run even before it began….supported the cut n’ run strategy today that he opposed two weeks ago: Senate Democrats scored a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force……

]]> By: Hurricane Shirley http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-56885 Hurricane Shirley Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:01:57 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-56885 I've been waiting for news like this. Thank you for finding it, Gaius. I’ve been waiting for news like this. Thank you for finding it, Gaius.

]]> By: syn http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-56883 syn Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:33:58 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-56883 Allow the world's finest military to do the work they are best trained to do and amazing things happen. Why can't the Democrat Party see America as a force for good against evil and not the force of evil? Allow the world’s finest military to do the work they are best trained to do and amazing things happen.

Why can’t the Democrat Party see America as a force for good against evil and not the force of evil?

]]> By: crosspatch http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-56881 crosspatch Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:05:32 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-56881 "If they bet wrong, they are going to have some very tough sledding in the next election." And this is exactly why they *must* pass legislation that forces defeat in Iraq. A victory there is their worst nightmare. They said it was impossible, couldn't be done. Now they are faced with the prospect that it can be done. Their only choice now is to scramble and do whatever they can to force defeat. This must end as a defeat for the US because the Democrats have framed it as George Bush's personal war (notwithstanding that Congress voted with only ONE dissenting vote to start this). To the Democrats, Iraq is pure politics, nothing more. Frankly, the Democrats have become monsters. “If they bet wrong, they are going to have some very tough sledding in the next election.”

And this is exactly why they *must* pass legislation that forces defeat in Iraq. A victory there is their worst nightmare. They said it was impossible, couldn’t be done. Now they are faced with the prospect that it can be done. Their only choice now is to scramble and do whatever they can to force defeat. This must end as a defeat for the US because the Democrats have framed it as George Bush’s personal war (notwithstanding that Congress voted with only ONE dissenting vote to start this). To the Democrats, Iraq is pure politics, nothing more. Frankly, the Democrats have become monsters.

]]> By: M.A. http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-56878 M.A. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:15:38 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/03/27/worst-nightmare/#comment-56878 We've been hearing this "good news from Iraq" nonsense since the day we invaded, and <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq" rel="nofollow">it's always wrong.</a> The main point here is the separation between those who are serious on national security and those who aren't. If you're serious about national security, like Pelosi or Murtha, you accept the fact that we cannot "win" in Iraq and look for a decent way out. If you want America to be humiliated, as Bush does, then you want to stay in Iraq forever, and you make up stories about how we're "winning" and spout idiotic myths about who we're fighting (so conservative posts are full of talk about Al-Qaeda, ignoring the fact that Al-Qaeda is a minor factor in the Iraq violence). So are you with the serious people who want a solution, or with Bush, who just wants more dead Americans and is willing to pretend that we can "win" Iraq's civil war? We’ve been hearing this “good news from Iraq” nonsense since the day we invaded, and it’s always wrong.

The main point here is the separation between those who are serious on national security and those who aren’t. If you’re serious about national security, like Pelosi or Murtha, you accept the fact that we cannot “win” in Iraq and look for a decent way out.

If you want America to be humiliated, as Bush does, then you want to stay in Iraq forever, and you make up stories about how we’re “winning” and spout idiotic myths about who we’re fighting (so conservative posts are full of talk about Al-Qaeda, ignoring the fact that Al-Qaeda is a minor factor in the Iraq violence).

So are you with the serious people who want a solution, or with Bush, who just wants more dead Americans and is willing to pretend that we can “win” Iraq’s civil war?

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