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Kristol on Iraq: Do Dems Want This To Succeed or Not? [Video]
NewsBusters | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 01/21/2007 8:20:27 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Kristol: "People are being too complacent or forgiving to the Democrats: 'Oh, it's politics; one of them has a non-binding resolution and another one has a cap.' It's all totally irresponsible. It's just unbelievable. The president is sending over a new commander, he's sending over troops, and the Democratic congress, either in a pseudo-binding way or a non-binding way is saying: 'it won't work -- forget it! You troops, you're going over there on a pointless missions. You Iraqis who might side with us, forget it, we're going to pull the plug." It's so irresponsible . . . You really wonder: do they want it to work or not? I really wonder that. . . Do they want this to succeed or not?"

Bill, what's there to wonder about? Take them at their word: THEY DON'T!!!!

They have fought the President just about every step of the way since 9/11, on Afghanistan, on Guantanamo, on actions taken domestically to stop further attacks, and on Iraq. I no longer pay attention to their constant carping. It's just a shame that many Americans still do. To hell with them and to hell with any patriot or Republican that stands with these treasonous poisonous politicians who see their own political future as over-riding any other concern.

21 posted on 01/21/2007 9:15:56 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
There has been tremendous support for this president and for this war effort, and it has come to naught and it has come to a bad place."

WHAT????!!! Juan is an ass! Way to go Britt in responding to his nonsense.

22 posted on 01/21/2007 9:18:03 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
You really wonder: do they want it to work or not? I really wonder that. . . Do they want this to succeed or not?"

The Democrats don't exist in a vacuum. Far from it. They understand that a large percentage of American voters don't particularly care if we win or lose, just so long as we leave. The only reason the Democrats are moving to capitalize on this is that the base sentiment exists in large quantity. Blaming them is easy. They're opportunistic politicians. It's what they do.

The real point of concern should be the vast number of Americans whos' support of a complete withdrawl makes the Democratic positions politically viable. If the war was still popular, the Democrats wouldn't utter a peep against it, like in 2003. So, blame the Democrats all you want, but it's our fellow Americans that allow their mentality to thrive.

23 posted on 01/21/2007 9:19:02 AM PST by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: Steel Wolf

I agree 100%. It's easy to despise Dem leaders, but it's sobering to realize they reflect the sentiments of half our population.


24 posted on 01/21/2007 9:22:59 AM PST by Royal Wulff
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To: ikez78
I agree!

The president needs to go public and name names, to oultine in clear and convincing terms,point by point the things that are being said every day that lead to the deaths of American fighting forces. He is letting the critics of this war, and of his very existence for that matter, set the rules of engagement.

It's time for him, or someone for God's sake, to stand up and speak out with force. I mean cut out all pretenses of being kinder and gentler, just go for the carotid.

I fear we are closer to losing this war, and the foundation of what our country was built on, than any of us realize.

The enemy within (credit to Michael Savage) has pulled out all the stops. They sense blood in the water, and as the sharks they are they will do whatever it takes to finish this off.

We have either got to rise to the occasion or get ready to watch a steady spiral into a world out forefathers could never have dreamed we would end up in.

And don't give me this WWJD line either. Jesus told us there would be a time to sell our coats and buy swords. That time is here! His commands to us to treat others as we would have them treat us, to turn the other cheek, to go the extra mile, etc. were commands to individual followers for conducting day-to-day business with other individuals. Take a look in the Old Testament to see how God had His people deal with nations and peoples who behave like Iran and the Islamofascists!
25 posted on 01/21/2007 9:23:15 AM PST by jwparkerjr
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To: Rummyfan

You are correct. The Iraq war did not start this Bush hatred. It existed all along. The Ds did not really want the Afghanistan war either but knew it was overwhelmingly supported at home so they switched their tactics to trying to get Bush on Enron and Harkin. This was happening by December, 2001. The Ds are who they have always been. They cannot support military action in any serious way, especially if it becomes difficult and certainly not if it becomes unpopular. When we vote them into power, we have to live with that as the result. It is very dangerous in today's world.


26 posted on 01/21/2007 9:30:25 AM PST by fschmieg
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The Ds are who they have always been. They cannot support military action in any serious way, especially if it becomes difficult and certainly not if it becomes unpopular.

The only time they support use of the military is in peace-keeping or policing operations. They'll tout Clinton's intervention in the Balkans as a success and an example of how the military should be used.

It's just a damn shame that such idiots have political power. If I voiced my treue sentiments about what we shoud do with them I'd be banned!

27 posted on 01/21/2007 9:34:02 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Pharmboy

Good On Brit... Got to love the way he bitch slapped Juan Williams...


28 posted on 01/21/2007 9:45:17 AM PST by ARA
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Daggone you gotta like Brit Hume. Smart fella.


29 posted on 01/21/2007 9:46:57 AM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
And their answer is retreat. You call it redeployment. It's a euphemism, Juan! It's retreat."

Brit Nailed It!!

The Dems want Retreat and Defeat of OUR military

30 posted on 01/21/2007 9:56:27 AM PST by Mo1 (Mrs. Bill Clinton - "We're going to take what you have and give it to others for the common good.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
That was a great exchange I saw this morning and it was obvious Juan was lying about the Rats wanting success. All he could go back to was the old it's been wrong before junkola.
31 posted on 01/21/2007 10:13:57 AM PST by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Krystol and Brit havd this thing exactly right and it's high time people start saying it...over and over and over and over!!!!


32 posted on 01/21/2007 1:39:52 PM PST by jackv (just shakin' my head)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It's about time someone said it out loud.


33 posted on 01/21/2007 1:57:17 PM PST by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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To: grobdriver

In Juan Williams defence

Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It (Hardcover)
by Juan Williams
http://www.amazon.com/Enough-Dead-End-Movements-Undermining-America/dp/0307338231/sr=8-1/qid=1169416764/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5338916-4189726?ie=UTF8&s=books

From Publishers Weekly
When Bill Cosby addressed a 50th-anniversary celebration of Brown v. Board of Education, he created a major controversy with seemingly inoffensive counsel ("begin with getting a high school education, not having children until one is twenty-one and married, working hard at any job, and being good parents"). Building from Cosby's speech, NPR/Fox journalist Williams offers his ballast to Cosby's position. Williams starts with the question, "Why are so many black Americans, people born inside the gates of American opportunity, still living as if they were locked out from all America has to offer?" His answers include the debacle of big-city politics under self-serving black politicians; reparations as "a divisive dead-end idea"; the parlous state of city schools "under the alliance between the civil rights leaders and the teachers' unions"; and the transformation of rap from "its willingness to confront establishment and stereotypes" to "America's late-night masturbatory fantasy." A sense of the erosion of "the high moral standing of civil rights" underlies Cosby's anguish and Williams's anger. Politically interested readers of a mildly conservative bent will find this book sheer dynamite.


34 posted on 01/21/2007 2:03:00 PM PST by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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To: Valin

Thanks for posting this. I do think Juan is a very decent person, even though I obviously disagree with most of his political positions.


35 posted on 01/21/2007 2:31:45 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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