My wife said to me the other day, "So now we're fighting the war in Iraq to support the troops. That seems kind of... existential."
Posted by Danton at February 15, 2007 05:28 PMHe went back to the scene of the crime, AEI who formulated his policies and put over 30 of its members in the failed admimistration.
Why do criminals always feel the need to do this?
Posted by TIKI AL at February 15, 2007 05:30 PM"He went back to the scene of the crime, AEI who formulated his policies and put over 30 of its members in the failed admimistration."
"Why do criminals always feel the need to do this?"
Great question. It felt like a slap in the face to me. But I decided he must have needed a burst of thunderous applause like he got those first four years to keep his illusions alive.
The Project for the New American Century is in the same building. I wonder if he dropped by, or laid a wreath on the door.
Posted by Mickey at February 15, 2007 06:06 PM“This may become the first time in the history of the United States Congress that it has voted to send a new commander into battle and then voted to oppose his plan that is necessary to succeed in that battle.”
I must have missed the part where Congress voted to send Petraeus into battle. I thought they were just voting on his nomination.
Posted by dj moonbat at February 15, 2007 06:32 PMBush has touched a nerve here. Congress would be giving huzzahs to George if he were winning this illegal war, but since he's losing the war that they have supported and continue to support they're acting all superior. Bush is right: You wanted this war, you supported it and continue to support it, you (like me) want victory, so since I'm the commander leave me alone. Congress has no Constitutional power to manage a war--that is the function of the commander-in-chief. Congress DOES have the constitutional power to end the war BUT THEY WON'T DO IT.
Posted by Don Bacon at February 15, 2007 08:51 PMLawrence Haas: Democrats should beware of the post-Vietnam syndrome.
Steve here isn't that's for sure. Pull the funds Democrats. Retreat back to our shores. Those terrorist will attack us again. As Haas says: "Failure in Iraq, leading to an exodus of U.S. forces, will provide merely the illusion of peace. The terrorists will challenge the United States in more places around the world while plotting to bring more turmoil to our homeland."
Will Democrats once more be on the losing end?
And then there's 2008:
With Arnie moving California's primary into February and New York talking about the same. Rudi will be the next President of the US of A. Thank you Democrats for handing the Presidency back to the Republicans again. Snatching defeat out of the hands of victory. Should have left the primaries alone. Make these people work for our votes. Engage us. Not sweep us off our feet then disappear for another four years. Great job!
Posted by peter at February 15, 2007 09:01 PMWhat vile bullshit.
Post-election loss, Deadeye and a few neo-cons concoct the surg-culation as a new "strategy", fire the existing commander(s) who clearly and openly disagree with it, pick a new general who apparently agrees with surg-culation, then claim that Dems are undercutting the new general's strategy by resolving that they have no confidence whatever in DEADEYE'S plan.
The press asks no questions--just reports every jot and tittle of the executive propaganda. What were the senators supposed to do, reject Nero's new general? Wonder what the Repub noise machine would say then?
Lies, misdirection, cynical manipulation, deception, cowardice, and exploitation of the uniformed military. What scoundrels.
Posted by euzoius at February 16, 2007 06:55 AMAnd anyway, I thought Surg-culation was the IRAQI'S plan---that was the story when Pace n' Gates rolled it out to the Congress, remember?
And at one point The Surge was the AEI plan, pulled from the flabby ass of AEI's Freddie Kagan and some retired generals, remember?
Not it's Petraeus' plan....whose "plan" will it be tomorrow? And remember that failure has few fathers...
Posted by euzoius at February 16, 2007 08:06 AMActually, failure has few HIGHER fathers.
And scoundrels was a tad bit harsh, they're actually fuk'n ass wholes.
Posted by TIKI AL at February 16, 2007 10:01 PM