Letters to the Editor
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Take the battle to the enemy
We are already at war with Iran in Iraq. From today's NYT:
On the night of May 5, as he neared an Iraqi police checkpoint with a convoy of Humvees, Sergeant Griffin spotted what looked like a camouflaged cinderblock and immediately halted the convoy. His vigilance may have saved the lives of several soldiers. Under the camouflage was a massive, six-array, explosively formed penetrator — a deadly roadside bomb that cuts through the Humvees’ armor with ease.
It is an indisputable fact that the surge has achieved its main goals: Sunni militants have been decisively defeated and Shia death squads have been all but eliminated. Unfortunately our efforts have been undermined by Iranian intelligence operatives and their Iraqi surrogates who have dramatically increased their attacks on our armed forces using sophisticated efp explosives. Why should we stand idly by and let them fight us on terrain favorable to them? We should take the fight into their heartland and eliminate the terrorists at their source. We would have overwhelming support from the Iranian people who chafe under the brutal oppression of the mullahcracy.
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We have always been at war with Iran
And Syria, and... who's next?
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@nabalzbbfr
ROTFLMAO
You should go into comedy.
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Why is it that a former General is ignored and Fred Kagan and Bill Kristol get to determine our policy in Iraq?
Because both Kagan and Kristol are less successful sons of much more successful fathers... just like you-know-who. That's why he listens to them, whether he knows it or not. It's something like the way former military brats will sometimes unconsciously recognize each other.
Probably, the former general reminds him too much of his father. The earthly one. Who flew all of those successful missions. And was decorated.
Even more than Clinton, W has been obsessed with avoiding anything that could link him to what he perceives as his father's "failure."
We don't need a War Czar. We need some kind of Social-Worker- or Therapist-in-Chief to mediate W's unfinished business. Something that normal political processes are not equipped to deal with.
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IngSoc
Are you kidding? Do you think the break-up of a state awash with oil will be happy and peaceful? Do you think the two sects will stop murdering each other when there is a total power vacuum?
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@springy
Take some remedial English courses. Your reading comprehension skills are clearly deficient. If you must wank, read Playboy.
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Resident neocon troll continues in his insane delusions
The troll sez: We should take the fight into their heartland and eliminate the terrorists at their source. We would have overwhelming support from the Iranian people who chafe under the brutal oppression of the mullahcracy.
At a farewell reception at Blair House for the retiring chief of protocol, Don Ensenat, who was President Bush’s Yale roommate, the president shook hands with Washington Life Magazine’s Soroush Shehabi. “I’m the grandson of one of the late Shah’s ministers,” said Soroush, “and I simply want to say one U.S. bomb on Iran and the regime we all despise will remain in power for another 20 or 30 years and 70 million Iranians will become radicalized.”
“I know,” President Bush answered.
“But does Vice President Cheney know?” asked Soroush.
President Bush chuckled and walked away.
http://www.upi.com/International_Intelligence/20070208-100038-4021r/
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Take your enema to the battle.
"Take the battle to the enemy"
"We are already at war with Iran in Iraq."
-- nabalzbbfr
Fine. You go fight them. Take a couple of your drinking buddies with you. Bring ammo.
Let us know if you need back-up and we'll get back to you.
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Fox News and Sept.
This weekend, Brit Hume said the September deadline was “not helpful” and “probably unrealistic.” Fox military commentator Bob Maginnis said “after September, there’s a lot to be done. … It’s going to take a while.” And Fred Barnes claimed Petraeus will report “great progress and say [Baghdad] is heavily pacified. And I think that will increase some of the public support.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/28/fox-pundits-september/
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Those Reluctant Withdrawal Opponents...
need to hear from us even more now than before. Responsibility for the war's continuation now rests no less with the Democrats who control Congress than with the president and his party.
Please read what Andrew J. Bacevich writes about this (from the link in my name) in Sunday's Washington Post. His 27-year old son died May 13, 2007, after a suicide bomb explosion in Salah al-Din province.
Frank Quinn Jr
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Why?
"Why is it that a former General is ignored and Fred Kagan and Bill Kristol get to determine our policy in Iraq?"
-- Karen M
Kagan and Kristol's policy involves profiteering, pillage, and plunder.
The general's policy is about economizing on disposables and not at all about profit.
That's why.
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That's My Bush
Glenn writes, "Would George Bush simply ignore de-funding and leave the troops in Iraq? I highly doubt it, not because it transgresses his limits . . . but because it would [be] so politically impossible. Everyone recognizes that Congress has the power to de-fund wars."
WeikuBoy's response (in the voice of the Boss in 'Office Space'): Uhh, yeeeah, I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you there. (And for the first time ever, really, Glenn.)
In the event of defunding, Bush-Cheney would ignore the need for an orderly withdrawal, citing the need to fight The Terrorists there, blah blah blah. Then, as the "surrender date" approached, a Tonkin Gulf-type incident would occur, perhaps against Iran; and Congress would be compelled to choose between ignoring an act of war (revealed much later to be a complete fabrication, of course) and reversing defunding with its collective tail between its legs and giving Bush-Cheney everything they want plus an apology (and a third term too).
Don't forget the Noise Machine would be cranked up to 11 clamoring for war; and the Chris Matthewses of the world would be practically orgasmic over Bush Jr's "resolve."
These people have shown zero respect for the Constitution or Congress thus far; why start now? I'm only amazed they didn't have some faux-WMD flown into Iraq in 2003.
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Today at the Memorial Day parade on Broad Street
It's cloudy and a little drizzly as I stand with my dog and wait for my daughter to march past me. Two companies of kilted pipers are passing by, each company playing the USMC Hymn but only one of the companies has daggers in their stockings. A firetruck passes by, sounding its siren, and a lively little red-haired girl throws candy from the cab. Children dart out into the street to pick up the candy. My daughter, a lively not so little red-haired girl, marches past me, holding her trombone with military precision, stepping in perfect cadence with the rest of her band. Towards the tail end of the parade the clouds are breaking and the sun is coming out. My dog, Bella, tries to dart into the street to pick up a dead bird, but I restrain her. No, wait, the bird is alive. It opens an eye. It's a baby sparrow. It must have fallen out of a nest. A fleeting flutter of immature wings makes a whispery sound on the pavement. Then stillness. The rapidly warming black pavement of Broad Street will soon bake the tiny bird. I walk down toward the high school, keeping Bella on a tight leash.