[DISCO]

AMEN BROTHER! We are winning this battle, but many others are on our plates. May Hillary Rodham Bottom and the communists never get a toe hold to destroy the greatest nation on earth. NEVER SURRENDER!

[ari-freedom]

who knows? maybe kibbe will take on here like sushi after we liberated Japan. It's really that good.


and mmm mm mm I love kibbe soup and I think I'll have it this week.

[Names Ash Housewares]

The big picture, the long haul, makes a big difference in perceptions, not just Iraq either. You can’t make someone “get it”. They have to want to.

And I find people on the left suffer from horribly self induced myopia.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Time's Joe Klein, a critic of the administration, admits the gains and advises Democrats not to try to cut off funds. Conservative columnist Tony Blankley claims "a very real expectation that next year the world may see a genuine, old-fashioned victory in the Iraq war."

Why is Klein just a "critic of the administration", yet Blankley is pegged as a "Conservative columnist"?

What's the point? Is anybody really being fooled anymore? I doubt it.

As for Iraq, we been down this road before. It may be hard to believe now but eventually in the future Iraq will be comparable to Germany and Japan. Most probably with a robust tourist industry centered on Baghdad (Mesopotamia) and of course oil wealth to get it kick started.

And how is that possible? Because in the end people are still people and they will gravitate towards a successful prosperous life for themselves and their children. Just look at what the attitude towards the Japanese was during WWII (rightfully so) and how they are today.

So we been there, done that, we know what to expect. Actually for Iraq to turnout differently would be the surprise, not the other way around.

[Darkwolf377]

What we may be seeing is a lesson no amount of money could buy--namely, we are seeing that the much-attacked (from left AND right) George W. Bush, who has stuck to his guns since 9/11, is proving that simply being honest and doing what you see is right, is being vindicated. The dems will have no choice but to soften their Iraq criticisms--aka LIE.

The American people, even the densest of them, will look around and think, "OK, Bush told us all along this would be a long fight but we WOULD prevail, and the Dems were screaming 'retreat' from say one, attempting to cut funds, attacking our troops. Which side do I trust?"

If the economy tanks next year forget it, the dems will win. But something no one has really talked about--indisputable victory in Iraq--could very well be the October Surprise that defeats the dems in a year when trends say they SHOULD win. (Also, they may be regretting taking congress last year, as a Republican congress to run against would appeal to the "Let's change SOMEthing" voter sentiment.)