tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post5137789294008333063..comments2024-01-04T07:21:18.243-05:00Comments on John In Carolina: Making sense of Iraq and the WOTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-18720192146914591912008-07-16T21:14:00.000-04:002008-07-16T21:14:00.000-04:00John -It was the summer of 1864, it looked like th...John -<BR/><BR/>It was the summer of 1864, it looked like the Democrat candidate for President, George McClellan, would beat Lincoln. McClellan's program to end the war was not through victory, but to let the Southern sisters go their way (so today, North Carolina would be part of the Confederate States of America). Two great generals (from the Union's perspective) Grant and Sherman, squashed McClellan's hopes.<BR/><BR/>Today we see a somewhat parallel scene. The Democrats, with St. Barack as their standard bearer, would end the war in Iraq not with victory but by walking out of Iraq. Two great generals, one of whom is Petraeus, may have put the kabbosh on the Democrats' hopes, that is if Senator McCain can deliver the message that the war is close to won.<BR/><BR/>Dittos to anon at 4:41 PM and to TH.<BR/><BR/>Jack in Silver SpringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-65739294265558005492008-07-16T20:27:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:27:00.000-04:00The Democrats don’t want the war to be over while ...The Democrats don’t want the war to be over while President Bush is in office. I think they despise any progress being made. <BR/><BR/>The old MSM doesn’t want the war to turn out well either until after the election. They have worked overtime to make President Bush look bad. <BR/><BR/>It is one thing to want to win an election, but it is despicable to bash our troops and President almost daily.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to the media on Iraq, success equals silence. How corrupt have some news outlets become? Totally! That is why watching their demise is reassuring me that justice does prevail in the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-77698903445718186892008-07-16T20:25:00.000-04:002008-07-16T20:25:00.000-04:00The Bush hatred derangement syndrome has driven th...The Bush hatred derangement syndrome has driven the doctrinaire Democrats to the point of destroying whatever accomplishments we have made in Iraq just so they can point at "Bush's failure." The blood of countless Iraquis and thousands of Americans has been shed in the hope of giving the Iraqis a stable and democratic government. It is arguable whether it is the proper role of the <BR/>U.S. military to engage in nation-building; what isn't arguable is the basic truth that we must win in Iraq AND Afghanistan. So long as the Democrats have control of congress, we will never accomplish that goal simply because they would rather lose than allow George Bush to claim victory. Despicable and irresponsible behavior is what I have come to expect from the likes of Harry Reid, Teddy Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and their ilk. To believe that Mr. Obama is any different is to whistle past the graveyard.<BR/>Tarheel HawkeyeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-76565393889062321302008-07-16T19:38:00.000-04:002008-07-16T19:38:00.000-04:00So glad that Totten and Yon can read the writing o...So glad that Totten and Yon can read the writing on the wall - of course "Barring any major and unexpected [ha ha] developments (like an Israeli air strike on Iran and the retaliations that would follow)"<BR/><BR/>I think I just heard a ratchet somewhere - you hear that? Sounds like ratcheting up. . . not down. . . There it goes again!<BR/><BR/>July 08, 2008 10:08 AM <BR/>Iraq demands pullout timetable in US defence pact talks<BR/><BR/>BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday he is negotiating a deal with Washington that will for the first time set a timetable for a withdrawal of foreign forces as part of a framework for a US troop presence into next year.<BR/><BR/>The White House, however, said no "hard date" for the withdrawal of US forces was contemplated and US officials suggested that any timetable would be dependent on conditions on the ground.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, it was the first time that Baghdad's Shiite-led government has made a timetable for a US pullout a condition for a promised new agreement with the United States for a troop presence into 2009.<BR/><BR/>"The direction we are taking is to have a memorandum of understanding either for the departure of the forces or to have a timetable for their withdrawal," a statement from Maliki's office quoted him as telling Arab ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates.<BR/><BR/>"The negotiations are still continuing with the American side, but in any case the basis for the agreement will be respect for the sovereignty of Iraq," he added.<BR/><BR/>US President George W. Bush has repeatedly refused to set a timetable for a US withdrawal, and administration officials linked any change to conditions on the ground.<BR/><BR/>"It is important to understand that these are not talks on a hard date for a withdrawal," said White House spokesman Scott Stanzell.<BR/><BR/>"As Ambassador Crocker has said, we are looking at conditions, and not calendars -- and both sides are in agreement on this point," he added.<BR/><BR/>Asked about Maliki's comments, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters: "With respect to timetables I would say the same thing I would say (with respect) to the security situation -- it is dependent on conditions on the ground."<BR/><BR/>Read the rest:<BR/>http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/<BR/>news_world.php?id=344676Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13073631.post-68279213763694817932008-07-16T16:41:00.000-04:002008-07-16T16:41:00.000-04:00Yesterday, Obama declared that the surge hurt U.S....Yesterday, Obama declared that the surge hurt U.S. interests. Hoo Boy! He also announced he would actually visit Iraq, then proceeded to outline his "Plan for Iraq" in the Times BEFORE the announced visit, BEFORE actually sitting down, face to face with General Petreaus to find out how things actually are on the ground there. Truly Frightening! Steve in New MexicoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com