Letters to the Editor
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Lack of reality, lack of honesty
I think elected Democrats really should start pointing out that no one should listen to anything Bush or anyone in his administration says. Bush and company have always said whatever they see as beneficial to themselves regardless of the truth. Even when things are obviously and provably not true our elected Democrats are rarely willing to use the L-word.
Our Senators and Representatives need to be willing to call these people liars and state unequivocally that nothing anyone who is part of this administration says should be believed. Republicans were willing to say that about Clinton because he denied having "sexual relations". Surely, today's Democrats have more reason to condemn the statements of this administration.
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the most important reality check
Foreign policy and conduct of war are not the province of public plebiscites. The Constitution gives this power to the president alone, not to the voters. If Congress disagrees, its consitutional duty is to cut off funding. Period.
But here's another reality check the chickenshit Reid needs to consider (as does perpetual whiner and chickenshit Tim Grieve), from someone who's there an knows what's really going on: A Marine on the front lines. I dare Reid and Grieve to go speak to this Marine face to face, man to man (okay, maybe not that last part), and tell him the war is lost.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04242007/news/worldnews/white_flag_harry_furor_worldnews_geoff_earle__post_correspondent.htm
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Anonymous
So, what's the best possible outcome you can see in Iraq from this point forward?
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MAN TO MAN???
You are the MAN...uh, anonymous. You call that Reid a chickenshit from you veil of amminity! What a joke. What a loser.
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Tail/dog
Strictly speaking, I wouldn't let polls govern military strategy except in the broadest terms. We began this war with overwhelming popular support, and while nearly everybody now wishes it had never happened, simply withdrawing is not the same.
I happen to agree that at this point it's time to have the Iraqi parliament declare us unwelcome, which we are, and accede to their demands that we leave it in their hands. And if the Americans no longer want to spend their lives and treasure on the war, the President should seriously consider their opinions.
But not allow them to override all military judgment. Consistency is too important to military strategy to allow shifting public opinion to flutter it about. The American voters get to make a serious change every four years, and two years ago they were dumb enough to "stay the course". As horrible as that course is, changing it as the electorate shifts is not always wise policy, either. On this issue polls should guide, not control, our policy.
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Some random...
Marine on the front lines is, in fact NOT really the best person to ask. Does this marine know what happens in every corner of the country? Is this marine really that well informed about what we spend on the war, what the body count is, how many Iraqis have been killed...Does he see the nightly news...Or is he just a brainwashed scrificial lamb.
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daffydog
Oh, and daffydog is your real name? Get real. Everyone on this site is anonymous.
But I'll go ahead and use my "real" login name just to satisfy you. I, by the way, have served my country in uniform. I was a Marine grunt for many years. I happen to know a little bit about what I'm talking about, too.
I stand by my assertion: Reid is a chickenshit loser who is aiding and comforting the enemy, and Grieve is just a perpetual whiner and complainer. He'd have gotten a severe ass-whooping in my unit just for being such a wuss.
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Oh, Pulleeze
I served my country in uniform too, Titus Dingbatus. Six years, U.S. Army. Big deal. That's not a credential any more than your alleged Marine time is a credential. But from my Army days I do remember your type. All mouth and rampaging ego and no brains. Your type can't hold a candle to Reid.
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the difference, Bukk63 ...
... is that anybody can join the Army, but not just anybody can join the Marines.
And tell me how Reid is not giving aid and comfort to the enemy. They're just laughing and biding their time, knowing that the surrender-crats want to cut and run and hand over Iraq to them. Um, this would be the same surrender-crats who doomed several generations of South Vietnamese to the tender mercies of the communists when a bit of simple air support in spring 1975 would have staved off the NVA invasion.
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Walrus mustache
I am a pompous windbag. I know the answer to everything.
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Plebiscite
I have been advocating since Great Day of Purple Thumbs that simple logics dictates that since we say we are there to instill democracy and we have established that we can hold proper elections, then we should commit to annual plebiscites of the Iraqi people as to whether we should stay or go.
If they vote for us to go, then we withdraw our troops to other areas of the Middle East and do our best to keep the chaos contained in Iraq. People have the right to choose their own path even if it is not the one we would choose for them.
We could even spin it as a victory. We removed a dictator (he never offered a plebiscite on his rule), confirmed that there were no WMD, and left a united country at the request of its sovereign people. This would give us greater credibility in the region as well, since it would show that we are not a colonial power.
As to asking a marine, that's a great idea because 19 year old kids in the middle of a warzone are really likely to provide the sort of long range strategic vision that we want running our country. And in response to Titus's claim that since he served in uniform , he knows best. I wonder if he took that into consideration when deciding whether to vote for the man with military experience or the chickenhawks Bush and Cheney? I also know plenty of former marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen who see this administration as criminal.