Posted on 06/26/2005 5:54:23 AM PDT by hipaatwo
At the same time, he said, he wants President Bush to win, and he believes that the United States cannot pull out anytime soon.
Hagel for President!
Right now!
You should be ashamed of yourself.
War wound score card:
limp wristed POS ... 2
The 3 caballeros ..... 0
Au contraire!
I heard Vice President (last throes) Cheney say it just this morning! It was pre-war video tape of his his famous "we'll be welcomed as liberators interview".
You Bots and your mindless denial kill me.
But its our troops getting killed that matter.
YES! By God!
And without a draft and with more tax cuts and domestic Pork! What a great country! (/sarcasm)
McCain/Hagel in 2008 as an independent party would hurt the democrats more than the republicans.They will never get the republican party nod.
No I'm not ashamed of myself, since he appears to be in
campaign mode, he is open to criticism. He has been a contrary
figure for some time. In my opinion he is on a par with McLame.
Those are just my personal opinions of Hagel and McCain.
I'm sorry if they disagree with yours, this isn't a Durbinesque apology
This morning, Rumsfeld said the troop level was 139,000 as per the general's request. Three months ago it was 160,000 as per the general's request. He said those 21,000 extra troops were there if they needed them again. He said they didn't want them. If troops are now available that are not being requested, then the commanders don't feel we need more troops.
And did that happen? . . . It didn't happen because they gave Van Riper an important weapon in his arsenal that Saddam Hussein didn't have -- Chinese-made Silkworm missiles.
This doesn't make sense. Someone who makes a prediction that doesn't pan out should not have his credibility enhanced because of the bad prediction.
I agree that foreigners comprise a significant portion of the enemy forces in Iraq,
As I understand it, it is not just a significant portion but the majority as far as the terrorism goes. Anyway, we apparently have the support of the vast majority of the Iraqis.
It sounds like he lost an argument, got mad and quit. Sort of what happened to Patton and MacArthur, right?
No, Patton & MacArthur were both fired from commands. Neither ever quit.
Because he's a vet whose served under enemy fire?
Passes, no. Respect, yes.
What they should do is run two independent-independent campaigns.
Then we can have an independents view of an independents view.
Why stop at two, we can have that other gentleman who was also reluctantly in Vietnam, we all know him fondly as "rice in the bum", and his crazy rich bimbo wife.
From: http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/19/news/war.html
I much appreciate the reply and the link!
If you have a little time (about two hours) . . . and of course, the interest . . . compare the Times 20 October 2004 article with Rumsfeld's and Franks' testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee (Lessons Learned from the war in Iraq) on 9 July 2004.
Nothing in Franks' testimony affirms or denies that he made the drawing room remarks concerning early drawdown of most troops, but going back to watch the hearing via C-SPAN was extremely interesting and useful. For some reason, only the first session was either recorded or archived by C-SPAN. (Gawd bless C-SPAN!)
Franks gives his opening statement about 30 minutes into the hearing and answers his first question at about 56 minutes. Here's the link: http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=Senate%20Armed%20Services%20Committee%20Hearing%20on%20%22Lessons%20Learned%20from%20Operation%20Iraqi%20Freedom%22&link=rtsp%3A%2F%2Fcspanrm.fplive.net%2Fcspan%2Fgdrive%2Firaq070903%5Firaqlessons.rm
If you do take a look and stumble on the afternoon session, please give me a shout.
Hagel can rot in hell, as far as I'm concerned. The man is a liar, a backstabber, and just a more subtle, sly version of Jane Fonda. Sorry, I've seen and heard enough from him to conclude that he has ulterior motives and is dishonest.
I will never forget what he said.
Much, much thanks!
I'm searching through our library database servers for the exercise's formal critique. Should I find something, I'll send the url or the title your way.
At the same time he made that statement he was predicting an occupation force about 30,000.
You defend the indefensible.
From the time we turned from the pursuit of al Quaeda our policy has been one misguided, wishful thinking decision after another.
As it turned out he had MORE than he needed for the invasion.
As Paul Harvey would say, "Now for the REST of the story"!
Attaboy Marty, you'll be an Admiral in no time.
There's nothing George loves more than a yes man.
Scat.
Shoo fly, don't bother me.
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