Letters to the Editor
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If you liked the Gulf of Tonkin......
Our position is "If there's a destabilizing effect, it's Iran's behavior." In other words, it's their fault for getting in our way. Sort of like the fault of the Poles for getting in the way of seizing the Danzig corridor.
Back in the 60s William Fulbright, I believe, wrote a book called "The Arrogance of Power," saying that our military might was turning this republic into an empire. At the other end of teh spectrum, Pat Buchanan has said that we have become an empire instead of a republic. When people that far apart agree on something, it's time to realize there's something to it.
My God, what has happened to the country I love? I served in the military and later in reserve units because I was patriotic and believed in defending our country with something more than hot air. But as I told a congressman's aide before the Iraq invasion, "Look, it's called the Department of Defense for a reason!"
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Amazing...
It's like an eight-year old in the back of a car punching his fists at his sister and stopping just short of hitting her, then, when she complains, whining at his parents that he's not touching her.
I think we need to turn this administration around and go straight back home.
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So...
now "progressives" are against a simulated war.
I love you guys.
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Credibility
And this has the added bonus of being backed by the total credibility of our President, who relishes in his popularity at home.
Please. Iran knows how disliked Bush and his concepts of foreign policy are right now. They will keep up the big talk for just about 2 more years, until there is a new president who actually does have the support of the American people, and the credibility to get things done, and suddenly our problems with Iran will seem much less significant.
If the Bush administration is really too dumb to see that they are being played like fools by Iran, then they are stupider than even I thought (and I didn't think they were very bright).
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Will the Emperor Strike Back? A Worst-case Scenario, Domestic and Foreign
Last night I posted a possible emerging worst-case scenario--domestic and foreign--at Raising Kaine. If anyone is interested, here is the link:
http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7741
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You're getting desperate, joe
This is not just "simulated war," it's saber-rattling designed to bully Iran for not kowtowing to us. If it was maneuvers in, say, the Java Sea or the Coral Sea or the Bight on Benin it would be more innocuous. And given the record of this administration, we're right to be suspicious when they say "we have no plans to attack Iran," as that's what they said about Iraq in 2002.
And if you're so fond of a simulated war, maybe you should consider a hitch in he Navy instead of finally joing the Army! :-) At least the squids get a hot meal every night.
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I bet...
Joe dresses up in cammies and does paintball on the weekend so that he feels more like "one of the troops"
I've been on exercises during my time in the Air Force where the intent was to get Soviets to scramble jets against us so we could judge their response time and later helped coordinate intercepts north of alaska while they did the same to us. There are exercises and then there are "exercises".
I have an idea joe/elephantman. Why don't you not say anything unless you really, really know something about it.
28 year AF vet
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Nothing new here.
It's the same M.O. shrub uses on his own population. Fear mongering with a large smattering of hubris. What a great idea. let's invade another country that we know nothing about for reasons we don't quite understand for outcomes we can't afford to realize. What a bunch of bozos...
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MAV
Well, technically, it WASN'T a lie to say we had no plans to invade Iraq. We didn't have plans, and still don't. We just went in and did it without thinking anything through. That was supposed to demonstrate moral clarity and resolve, because understanding the enemy or the nature of the fight was for sissies, remember?
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Why would Goodling take the 5th to avoid telling the truth?
For the same reason Susan MacDougal did in the White Water case. If Goodling tells the truth, but everyone else from Justice Department lies, then she can be charged with perjury.