GOP Senator Say Iraq Is Near Chaos (Lindsey Graham)

AP ^ | October 23, 2006 | DEB RIECHMANN

[SF Republican]

I'm agreeing with him right now,
I too agree, anyone that thinks things over there are under control need help. I feel I am loyal to the President to a fault, but things there are bad and people here need to admit it.

[elcid1970]

Once again, little Flimsey Tinkerbelle pops up to throw sand in the gears. What a creep!

And we thought Chuckie Schumer is the leading media hound?

[brytlea]

Even if he is correct, it would seem to me to be far wiser to work behind the scenes than to say such things in public, so that our enemies believe that if they can just keep killing our guys we will eventually give up because we don't have the will to go on.
susie

[lexington minuteman 1775]

There was a time I thought highly of this guy. Then he went downhill.I sure hope a conservative runs against him next time he is up for re-election because he is a complete waste of space in DC.

[mystery-ak]

You're a POS Lindsey, but I guess you already know that!

[Williams]

Republicans should be demanding Ted Kennedy's resignation from the Senate for selling out this country to the Soviet Union. But republicans can't smell an issue if it is put under their noses. Keep criticizing our president and for the traitor left wing it's free pass all the way.

[DainBramage]

He is staying the course. What idiot would attack Iran? You?

Your showing your ignorance if you answer to the affirmative.

[Soul Seeker]

The RNC will interfere if a primary challenge is mounted, abusing the funds they are given by their donors again.

But I do want one to happen and this time succeed.

Linds is the perfect example of why I despise the party right now. And if he had any courage whatsoever he'd run as a "moderate" Democrat for that is what he is in his heart. He just so happens to be unelectable as a Democrat in South Carolina. So why I should care what a political coward has to say about war, well, I have to confess I don't really know. If you haven't the guts to stand for the party you really belong in because you might not be elected, you certainly don't have a right to be listened to about life and death matters in war. Sue, you have the right to speak, but I have the right not give a damn wha a political coward thinks.

[elcid1970]

"Is Lindsey married to a woman"

Hint: activate gaydar at this time.

[river rat]

"I admired his efforts in the Clinton impeachment."

Clinton was a heterosexual...

Unrequited love?

Semper Fi

[durasell]

Uh oh -- he's on the Armed Services Committee.

[kabar]

US casualties [dead and wounded] declined from 2004 to 2005 and declined again in 2006.

[MPJackal]

Graham is a POS. Do these idiots understand the enemy at all? Bush had moral clarity that terrorism is a crime against humanity and it must be fought wherever and whenever. Terrorist are enemies of mankind. Terrorism is the deliberate attack on innocent civilians, in this case Iraqi civilians. NOTHING JUSTIFIES THAT. Screw the root cause. That is moral clarity.

We had moral clarity in WWII. We did not give credence to Nazis claims of grievance against the treaty of Versailles. NOTHING JUSTIED NAZISISM.

As a nation we have lost that moral clarity. We have the dems and the RINOS like Graham that have weakened our resolve. "Maybe the terrorist have a reason for what they do". "Maybe it is OUR fault". "Maybe we should negotiate". Dems always seem to think there is no moral absolute.

But they are wrong. NOTHING JUSTIFIES TERRORISM. We do not intentionally target civilians, terrorist always do. There is a moral difference. When we lose this war and North Korea wins in that fiasco with the UN, then Lybia will go back to sponsoring terrorism, Pakistan will fall to the Taliban right after Afghanistan. More countries will join the nuke club. Radical islam will spread. But you are right Lindsay, let's leave today.

The dems and Rhinos can't see past the November election. All they care about is power. I really wish there was an alternative.

[demsux]

Why doesn't W just come right out and be honest about Iran's hand in the "insurgency".

I think the American people would listen.

[slowhand520]

Maybe he is on that list of gay republicans that was supposed to be dumped on us before the elections and is a victim of blackmail. So he must say these things? Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm

[brytlea]

You don't have to be a Bushbot to understand that saying things like this in a time of war causes our enemies to believe that they can win if they can just hang on long enough for the tide to turn against the administration. Of course, this may be too complicated for some to understand. BTW, I'm far from a Bushbot.
susie

[brushcop]

Let me remind everyone once again: Everyone, with the exception of a few cowards, signed on to this war, now FINISH THE JOB! Hell, you're not fighting this war anyway but some mighty brave men and women certainly are putting their lives on the line.

Is that so hard to grasp? I plan on making contact personally with some of these RINOs and from a combat infantryman Dad's point of view, tell them exactly what I think of them, face to face, no wiggle room, no dancing around the subject. It will give me great pleasure.

[billhilly]

Thanks asswhole.(Graham) Guess you will be a democrat after the election.

[lawnguy]

I read somewhere recently about the casualties that we were taking in the very last months and weeks of WW2.

The fact is, it was a deadly business right up to the end.

Senator Graham is making statements on the public record that, if necessary, he can refer back to in the 08 vice presidential debate as an example of his "independence". Many are running scared of the "rubber stamp" label that Casey is using on Santorum.

It's really a cynical and calculated political move, and I hope it backfires on him.

[jslade]