Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wake Me Up When It's Over
Oh, I wish it were only that easy.
Dubya has a new speech tonight where he's going to tell us he's pulling back on some troops. Well, he just had a surge! To pull back some troops now is just bringing us back to the same troop level. Whatever the troop level, it's a crazy war and it has to come to an end. The Bushies really don't give a flying fig what you think. All we can, and should be doing, is demading action from Congress every single day until Bush backs down. Aside from that, vote Democrat.
Funny how just a day after Rove, "Bush's Brain," made it out the door, Bush gives that speech comparing leaving Iraq too soon to the "tragedy," as his new brain sees it, of America leaving Veitnam. How much longer would Bush have had us in Vietnam?! That was a dumbass war just like Iraq! Yes, we always salute the people that wear the uniform and go fight these wars. It's the powers that be that are crimminal. Look it up, it was Henry Kissinger who said the enlisted were just cannon fodder. What do you think the Bushies really think of our armed forces? The real tragedy is how the Bush administration has abused the military!
JUST A NOTE AFTER SEEING THE BUSH SPEECH: It wasn't anything productive. Bush just said a small number of troops would come home. And later he said that the generals need to have all the flexibility they need which can mean anything. Troops going back to Iraq that already served. More troops in the future, etc. So, unfortunately, it was just a lackluster sales job. What Bush & Co. want next is a permanent role in Iraq, like in Korea, I guess. That sounds screwy.
THIS JUST IN FROM OUR FRIEND DICK CHENEY: The day after the Bush speech, Big Dick came out fighting and touting out the rhetoric against pulling out too early. This from Reuters:
If U.S. and coalition forces left Iraq before Iraqis could defend themselves, moderates would be "crushed," extremists would push the country into "chaos," and competing factions including groups backed by Iran "would unloose an all-out war, with the violence unlikely to be contained within Iraq," Cheney said.
"The ensuing carnage would further destabilize the Middle East and magnify the threat to our friends throughout the region," he said.
OK, so that's classic Cheney. Nothing new there. Just a lot of hot air. What people like him are neglecting to say is that this is really an issue for the Iraqi people to sort out. If they want a civil war, they are going to have one. What they really should be doing, and here's where the US could help, is sitting down and talking peace. It sounds nuts but it can happen. Also, this will not mean the end of the world if the US pulls out. Iran and Iraq were at war with each other through most of the '80s and the rest of the world didn't care. It finally resolved itself. An Iraqi civil war, if it came to that, would have to resolve itself too.
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Hey flipflopgirl...I enjoy reading your comments on foot fetishism.
However, your political rants have become tiresome.
If you are the good "open minded" liberal you claim to be (ah yes...it isn't just leftist Democrats that have foot fetishes my dear)you will read this article and respond with well thought out comments, not the typical bumper sticker crap that we hear ad nauseum from the Democrat leftwing.
Here is a link to the article.
http://article.nationalreview.com/
?q=NTNmNmY3YmEwMjA3MjQyMzhi
OTQyNjM
5YzVkMDFlNTk=
(no gap between the http part and the rest of the link)
I do enjoy your writing when it is about sexuality and understanding, coping with, enjoying, even flaunting your foot fetishism. It is so refreshing to know that a young woman, not associated with the porn industry, truly has a desire to have her feet "fetished" fondled and played with!
The lefty political blogs are all over the place...why clutter your blog up with it?
I noticed that since your bf found out about your blog it isn't nearly titalating (footalating!?) as it used to be...
Sincerely,
Spankfoot
However, your political rants have become tiresome.
If you are the good "open minded" liberal you claim to be (ah yes...it isn't just leftist Democrats that have foot fetishes my dear)you will read this article and respond with well thought out comments, not the typical bumper sticker crap that we hear ad nauseum from the Democrat leftwing.
Here is a link to the article.
http://article.nationalreview.com/
?q=NTNmNmY3YmEwMjA3MjQyMzhi
OTQyNjM
5YzVkMDFlNTk=
(no gap between the http part and the rest of the link)
I do enjoy your writing when it is about sexuality and understanding, coping with, enjoying, even flaunting your foot fetishism. It is so refreshing to know that a young woman, not associated with the porn industry, truly has a desire to have her feet "fetished" fondled and played with!
The lefty political blogs are all over the place...why clutter your blog up with it?
I noticed that since your bf found out about your blog it isn't nearly titalating (footalating!?) as it used to be...
Sincerely,
Spankfoot
# posted by 
: 8:58 AM
: 8:58 AM
Let me know the name of the article and author when you can, babe. I do appreciate what you're saying. I know that you don't have to be liberal to have a wild side. Just ask Larry Craig! Seriously, though, I do want to read what you are referring to and I'll give it its due.
I was asking if you could describe the article so that I could just do a search, if I wasn't too clear. For some reason, your link didn't work out for me. Thanks.
I just left a long message to you that I don't think went through...
Sorry...I don't have time to try to type it out again..
The article can be found at
www.nationalreview.com
On the Home Page, look for an article called the "MoveOn Choice" by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Spankfoot
Sorry...I don't have time to try to type it out again..
The article can be found at
www.nationalreview.com
On the Home Page, look for an article called the "MoveOn Choice" by W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Spankfoot
# posted by : 11:11 AM
: 11:11 AM
I look it up, sweetie!
I hope you can look past my political views and just know I'm a girl with a good heart. I don't for a minute believe the Democrats are the greatest thing in the world. If they really believed what they said, they would have fought against this President when he went into this wrong war. I don't know how you feel about it all, but I just couldn't see a justifiable reason to invade Iraq way back then. It just didn't add up and it still doesn't. I can feel it right down to my pretty toes!! You have to believe me!
I hope you can look past my political views and just know I'm a girl with a good heart. I don't for a minute believe the Democrats are the greatest thing in the world. If they really believed what they said, they would have fought against this President when he went into this wrong war. I don't know how you feel about it all, but I just couldn't see a justifiable reason to invade Iraq way back then. It just didn't add up and it still doesn't. I can feel it right down to my pretty toes!! You have to believe me!
Of course I can respect your political views without aggeeing with them.
That is what makes the US the most amazingly wonderful Country it is! People with differing political views can still be friends, aquaintences, team mates, fellow foot fetish freaks...you name it! We meet at the ballot box, vote, then live with the consequences....good or bad...then we get to vote again. We also have the greatest religious freedom the world has ever known.
Some of your opinions do tend to "run down" the USA. We are not a perfect country, but don't confuse not being perfect with what is truly evil.
The people of Afghanistan have been liberated from the truly evil regime, the Taliban. Our fellow Country men and women did that. We should be proud of that. The UN will sit and dither and diddle while people all over the world are killed by evil tyrants and regimes.
Getting rid of Saddam Hussein was good for the people of Iraq as well as US and World Security. The aftermath of the initial defeat of Hussein is what hasn't been handled properly. I think now they are making strides in the right direction. We now have both Sunnis and Shias allied with us against Al Qaeda.
Check this quote out: "Having poisoned one country and been expelled from it (Afghanistan), al Qaeda seized upon post-Saddam instability to establish itself in the very heart of the Arab Middle East — Sunni Iraq. Yet now, in front of all the world, Iraq’s Sunnis are, to use the biblical phrase, vomiting out al Qaeda. This is a defeat and humiliation in the extreme — an Arab Muslim population rejecting al Qaeda so violently that it allies itself in battle with the infidel, the foreigner, the occupier."
Sounds like things just might be turning in a more positive direction. I hope that you think that is a good thing!
I believe we are in a war against very evil people who would like nothing more than to destroy us because of our freedom and liberty. Do you think you could have your foot fetish blog....as a woman no doubt, in a world run by Al Qaeda? Women have absolutely no rights in many of those countries. In Iraq now they can vote! How is that a bad thing? Is it a Democratic Republic exactly like ours? Nope...does it have to be? The fact is they can choose their leaders now.
You ask me how I feel about it. I think that freedom is always preferable to tyrany of any kind. That is why the rhetoric of the extreme Left is so amazingly irresponsible. The US is not "bad" or "evil", although it does make mistakes.
When I was young and the Berlin Wall was still erect, an elder friend of mine said...."Don't run down the US and think it is some terrible place. We have never needed a wall to keep our law abiding citizens from fleeing..."
That has stuck with me ever since.
Get the German move that was just released on DVD called "The Lives of Others" if you want to know what true political oppression and lack of Liberty is like. It is an excellent depiction of what life must have been like behind the iron curtain.
I say all of this because to me, the fight against the Islamo-fascists is the same as the fight against the Communists was before 1989 and fall of the Berlin Wall and Eruo-Russian Communism.
You may not like VP Cheney, but he is right...what do you think would happen to the Iraqi citizens who have been helping the US....fighting in the trenches with our brave soldiers if we just pulled out of there? They would have all manner of evil torture and death inflicted upon them. Then ask yourself, why would ANY country want to be allied with the US. We would just embolden our enemies.
We are in a struggle for our freedom. It is too bad that one of our major Political Parties is actually invested in our defeat in Iraq. If we are actually victorious in Iraq, the Democrats are doomed. WOW...think of it....they need us to lose....so they can achieve political gain!
Spankfoot
That is what makes the US the most amazingly wonderful Country it is! People with differing political views can still be friends, aquaintences, team mates, fellow foot fetish freaks...you name it! We meet at the ballot box, vote, then live with the consequences....good or bad...then we get to vote again. We also have the greatest religious freedom the world has ever known.
Some of your opinions do tend to "run down" the USA. We are not a perfect country, but don't confuse not being perfect with what is truly evil.
The people of Afghanistan have been liberated from the truly evil regime, the Taliban. Our fellow Country men and women did that. We should be proud of that. The UN will sit and dither and diddle while people all over the world are killed by evil tyrants and regimes.
Getting rid of Saddam Hussein was good for the people of Iraq as well as US and World Security. The aftermath of the initial defeat of Hussein is what hasn't been handled properly. I think now they are making strides in the right direction. We now have both Sunnis and Shias allied with us against Al Qaeda.
Check this quote out: "Having poisoned one country and been expelled from it (Afghanistan), al Qaeda seized upon post-Saddam instability to establish itself in the very heart of the Arab Middle East — Sunni Iraq. Yet now, in front of all the world, Iraq’s Sunnis are, to use the biblical phrase, vomiting out al Qaeda. This is a defeat and humiliation in the extreme — an Arab Muslim population rejecting al Qaeda so violently that it allies itself in battle with the infidel, the foreigner, the occupier."
Sounds like things just might be turning in a more positive direction. I hope that you think that is a good thing!
I believe we are in a war against very evil people who would like nothing more than to destroy us because of our freedom and liberty. Do you think you could have your foot fetish blog....as a woman no doubt, in a world run by Al Qaeda? Women have absolutely no rights in many of those countries. In Iraq now they can vote! How is that a bad thing? Is it a Democratic Republic exactly like ours? Nope...does it have to be? The fact is they can choose their leaders now.
You ask me how I feel about it. I think that freedom is always preferable to tyrany of any kind. That is why the rhetoric of the extreme Left is so amazingly irresponsible. The US is not "bad" or "evil", although it does make mistakes.
When I was young and the Berlin Wall was still erect, an elder friend of mine said...."Don't run down the US and think it is some terrible place. We have never needed a wall to keep our law abiding citizens from fleeing..."
That has stuck with me ever since.
Get the German move that was just released on DVD called "The Lives of Others" if you want to know what true political oppression and lack of Liberty is like. It is an excellent depiction of what life must have been like behind the iron curtain.
I say all of this because to me, the fight against the Islamo-fascists is the same as the fight against the Communists was before 1989 and fall of the Berlin Wall and Eruo-Russian Communism.
You may not like VP Cheney, but he is right...what do you think would happen to the Iraqi citizens who have been helping the US....fighting in the trenches with our brave soldiers if we just pulled out of there? They would have all manner of evil torture and death inflicted upon them. Then ask yourself, why would ANY country want to be allied with the US. We would just embolden our enemies.
We are in a struggle for our freedom. It is too bad that one of our major Political Parties is actually invested in our defeat in Iraq. If we are actually victorious in Iraq, the Democrats are doomed. WOW...think of it....they need us to lose....so they can achieve political gain!
Spankfoot
# posted by : 12:13 PM
: 12:13 PM
Spankfoot, you naughty boy. The Democrats need to be shown some understanding too. Maybe that's a good point to make in all this. We get so impassioned by our point of view that we think the other side can't possibly have a decent bone in their bodies.
I have been a bad girl myself and am running late on some work. But I did want to post your thoughts, Spankfoot.
I don't actually hate anyone. I guess I hate the actions of some of people. And I know I don't hate our country. Just imagine me in flips flops and cut-offs, a tank top, cowboy hat, and waving a big American flag with a big smile on my face! We'll get through this, my friend. Let's see what happens when the dust settles on all this. Oh, now I'm getting emotional. Let's say we always need balance, right? The checks and balances in government and the political parties--it all adds up to balance. There's a lot of patriotic people out there, both Democrat and Repulbican. And, of course, our military are heroes. I just want this war to be over.
I have been a bad girl myself and am running late on some work. But I did want to post your thoughts, Spankfoot.
I don't actually hate anyone. I guess I hate the actions of some of people. And I know I don't hate our country. Just imagine me in flips flops and cut-offs, a tank top, cowboy hat, and waving a big American flag with a big smile on my face! We'll get through this, my friend. Let's see what happens when the dust settles on all this. Oh, now I'm getting emotional. Let's say we always need balance, right? The checks and balances in government and the political parties--it all adds up to balance. There's a lot of patriotic people out there, both Democrat and Repulbican. And, of course, our military are heroes. I just want this war to be over.
I am enjoying imagining you barefoot in flip flops, cut offs, tank top, cowboy hat, waving a big American flag. I can imagine your cute toesies painted red,white, & blue!
I am having trouble understanding the Democrat Party. I don't understand how a Major Political Party, the Democrat Party, can basically call General Petreus a liar and "shill" for President Bush. They didn't even wait to hear what was in his report. They began impugning him with their opening comments. Why? Because they absolutely can't afford good news from the front in the war against terrorism. Good news in the war against Al Qaeda in Iraq is bad news politically for them. Tsk Tsk...
Imagine, either the Republican or Democrat Parties NOT wanting good news from the Pacific theater during WW II, or good news from Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. We were United during WW II. We understood the consequences of defeat to Hitler and Imperial Japan. Pulling out, cutting and running just wasn't an option.
We must understand what defeat to Al Qaeda would mean. Don't think for a second, that if we pull out of Iraq and "make nice" towards our enemies, that they wouldn't regroup and attack us again...not in a month, or year or even five years. They would bide their time and get us when our guard has been let down.
Think of it this way, with Al Qaeda in a war against the US Military & the Sunni and Shia Arabs in Iraq, it makes it that much more difficult for them to plan another attack on us here.
That is why it is unconscionable to treat General Petreus so terribly. He is truly doing a very difficult job, and beginning to show success and progress. What do the Democrats do? They play politics...rather than compliment him on his success.
The Democrats are unfortunately invested in defeat. Do you ever here any of them mention the idea of being victorious against our enemies?
I want this war over too....but I want it over when we can claim victory for ourselves and the good people of Iraq, fighting with us against our common enemy.
Don't be ashamed of being victorious over these despicible people. Do you feel ashamed of the "Greatest Generation" my Grandparents (maybe your Great Grandparents) for being victorious over Hitler and Imperial Japan?
I heard someone say "I suppose we will have to defeat the terrorists without the help of Democrats" That is too bad, actually. Maybe we could win this war quicker if the Democrats would spend their energy on fighting the enemy that wants to defeat us, rather than fighting their political foes here at home. They don't express ideas for victory...only ideas for defeat.
Don't think for a second that if a Democrat wins the White House in '08 he/she will "bring the troops home." right away. They are playing that up for votes. They know the consequences of cutting and running. They aren't being honest. They are being duplicitous. So, if we can assume that the Democrat Party won't bring the troops home and put a stop to the war, then what actually would they do about the situation in Iraq? That doesn't give me a very good feeling since it means they really don't have a coherent plan.
Come to think of it, I understand the Democrats now. They just want to get elected so they are saying what a lot of people want to hear...stop the war...rather than lay out an alternative plan for victory against our enemies.
Spankfoot
I am having trouble understanding the Democrat Party. I don't understand how a Major Political Party, the Democrat Party, can basically call General Petreus a liar and "shill" for President Bush. They didn't even wait to hear what was in his report. They began impugning him with their opening comments. Why? Because they absolutely can't afford good news from the front in the war against terrorism. Good news in the war against Al Qaeda in Iraq is bad news politically for them. Tsk Tsk...
Imagine, either the Republican or Democrat Parties NOT wanting good news from the Pacific theater during WW II, or good news from Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. We were United during WW II. We understood the consequences of defeat to Hitler and Imperial Japan. Pulling out, cutting and running just wasn't an option.
We must understand what defeat to Al Qaeda would mean. Don't think for a second, that if we pull out of Iraq and "make nice" towards our enemies, that they wouldn't regroup and attack us again...not in a month, or year or even five years. They would bide their time and get us when our guard has been let down.
Think of it this way, with Al Qaeda in a war against the US Military & the Sunni and Shia Arabs in Iraq, it makes it that much more difficult for them to plan another attack on us here.
That is why it is unconscionable to treat General Petreus so terribly. He is truly doing a very difficult job, and beginning to show success and progress. What do the Democrats do? They play politics...rather than compliment him on his success.
The Democrats are unfortunately invested in defeat. Do you ever here any of them mention the idea of being victorious against our enemies?
I want this war over too....but I want it over when we can claim victory for ourselves and the good people of Iraq, fighting with us against our common enemy.
Don't be ashamed of being victorious over these despicible people. Do you feel ashamed of the "Greatest Generation" my Grandparents (maybe your Great Grandparents) for being victorious over Hitler and Imperial Japan?
I heard someone say "I suppose we will have to defeat the terrorists without the help of Democrats" That is too bad, actually. Maybe we could win this war quicker if the Democrats would spend their energy on fighting the enemy that wants to defeat us, rather than fighting their political foes here at home. They don't express ideas for victory...only ideas for defeat.
Don't think for a second that if a Democrat wins the White House in '08 he/she will "bring the troops home." right away. They are playing that up for votes. They know the consequences of cutting and running. They aren't being honest. They are being duplicitous. So, if we can assume that the Democrat Party won't bring the troops home and put a stop to the war, then what actually would they do about the situation in Iraq? That doesn't give me a very good feeling since it means they really don't have a coherent plan.
Come to think of it, I understand the Democrats now. They just want to get elected so they are saying what a lot of people want to hear...stop the war...rather than lay out an alternative plan for victory against our enemies.
Spankfoot
# posted by : 8:59 PM
: 8:59 PM
Democrats and Republicans can be patriotic and can be prone to politics. The Move-On ad has not been embraced by Democrats. In fact, they have said they aren't questioning the general's integrity. This is one of those political dramas that is fun to watch on Fox News or CNN. Will this leading Democrat speak against Move-On, etc. That's all a big distraction.
Sure, I agree that there's way too much politics that gets thrown into this. In the heat of the moment, it can be unclear what the right solution is which becomes more clear once it is part of history. I'm sure you would say the Iraq war will prove to have been a just war. Well, the whole reason we went in is unjust. I know it's hard, and it can cloud the mind and the heart, but to let the Bush administration and Fox News, etc. paint the invasion of Iraq as being up there with World War II is not right and really is an insult to our military. Our fighting men and women today are no less honorable. It's this war that is not honorable. So, now you're forced to say, "Well, now we're in it, too late to discuss how we got in it, let's just stay and see it out until we have victory." That is not a good arguement. I say we should leave as soon as we can.
Sure, I agree that there's way too much politics that gets thrown into this. In the heat of the moment, it can be unclear what the right solution is which becomes more clear once it is part of history. I'm sure you would say the Iraq war will prove to have been a just war. Well, the whole reason we went in is unjust. I know it's hard, and it can cloud the mind and the heart, but to let the Bush administration and Fox News, etc. paint the invasion of Iraq as being up there with World War II is not right and really is an insult to our military. Our fighting men and women today are no less honorable. It's this war that is not honorable. So, now you're forced to say, "Well, now we're in it, too late to discuss how we got in it, let's just stay and see it out until we have victory." That is not a good arguement. I say we should leave as soon as we can.
Ok, lets leave as soon as we can.
Then sit back and watch the wholesale slaughter of the Iraqis that were trying to establish a free and open Democratic system of Government. You don't think those evil doers over there know who voted in the elections that were held in '05 and '06? They bravely went to the polls then. Now we should just leave them to the wolves?
That wouldn't bother you? To see those people who were assisting the US Military get whiped out?
Don't forget that the Democrat Party did vote to approve the use of force against Saddam Hussein. It isn't just Bush and "Fox News" (geez what a lame lefty talking point!) Hussein was flaunting the multiple UN Resolutions that required him to own up to his development of weapons of mass destruction.
If he was bluffing about the extent of his weapons development, well, President Bush called his bluff, now didn't he?
Hussein obviously had chemical weapons, he used them against the Kurds in the early '90's
There have also been multiple reports of chemical and biological weapons having been found, warheads, missles, etc. However, it doesn't fit the liberal-left wing agenda so they don't give it top shelf reporting.
Bill and Hill both repeatedly said that Hussein was a danger and threat to the Security of the US as well as the World. It is just convenient for us to all "MoveOn" so to speak....from what they and other leading Democrats were saying when Bill was Pres. As soon as the going got tough, the Democrats wanted to cut and run. Pretend they never voted for authorization....hence the famous J. Kerry comment, "I voted for the war, before I voted against it." That sums up in a nutshell the Democrats' duplicity in all of this.
Of course it isn't an exact comparison to WWII. The comparison is a struggle against forces that want to end our life as we know it.
When will the Democrats begin to talk of victory? When? What is wrong about wanting military victory against those who want to kill us?
The attacks against the US and Free Democratic world have been going on since 1979, when the Iranians took the US Embassy Hostage. There have been countless terrorist attacks, culminating with the attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11. Now we are taking the fight to them, rather than sit around and wait to keep getting hit again and again and again. Not responding only emboldens them.
Don't buy all of the Left wing rhetoric on this. They always conveniently forget what has lead us to this point.
If you want me to address my criticisms of Bush, I will be happy to do so. He played up the initial quick victory against Hussein for his political gain. It was shameful, looking back on it. He left Rumsfeld in way too long, and stuck with inefective military leaders and strategists. He didn't understand the changes that were occuring. And when he did, it was too late. So yeah, I wasn't at all pleased when our brave soldiers were over there as sitting ducks to keep getting picked off. It sickened me.
That is why I am heartened by the recent developments coming from the surge of General Petreus. I think that now, victory may be achievable, hopefully as soon as is possible. Defeat, as in WWII is not an option, unless you are a Democrat candidate pandering to the radical leftwing base and taking money from MoveOn.org.
I am hoping that the hard left will not vote for mainstream Democrats because they haven't done much to really pull us out of Iraq. The Democrats have the votes to defund the war. Why don't they? Force Bush to veto it, then go for a 2/3 overide. They don't pass it, because the issue makes a good club to beat Bush and many Republicans over the head with!
Spankfoot
PS. Did you ever read that article on www.nationalreview.com that I recommended to you?
Then sit back and watch the wholesale slaughter of the Iraqis that were trying to establish a free and open Democratic system of Government. You don't think those evil doers over there know who voted in the elections that were held in '05 and '06? They bravely went to the polls then. Now we should just leave them to the wolves?
That wouldn't bother you? To see those people who were assisting the US Military get whiped out?
Don't forget that the Democrat Party did vote to approve the use of force against Saddam Hussein. It isn't just Bush and "Fox News" (geez what a lame lefty talking point!) Hussein was flaunting the multiple UN Resolutions that required him to own up to his development of weapons of mass destruction.
If he was bluffing about the extent of his weapons development, well, President Bush called his bluff, now didn't he?
Hussein obviously had chemical weapons, he used them against the Kurds in the early '90's
There have also been multiple reports of chemical and biological weapons having been found, warheads, missles, etc. However, it doesn't fit the liberal-left wing agenda so they don't give it top shelf reporting.
Bill and Hill both repeatedly said that Hussein was a danger and threat to the Security of the US as well as the World. It is just convenient for us to all "MoveOn" so to speak....from what they and other leading Democrats were saying when Bill was Pres. As soon as the going got tough, the Democrats wanted to cut and run. Pretend they never voted for authorization....hence the famous J. Kerry comment, "I voted for the war, before I voted against it." That sums up in a nutshell the Democrats' duplicity in all of this.
Of course it isn't an exact comparison to WWII. The comparison is a struggle against forces that want to end our life as we know it.
When will the Democrats begin to talk of victory? When? What is wrong about wanting military victory against those who want to kill us?
The attacks against the US and Free Democratic world have been going on since 1979, when the Iranians took the US Embassy Hostage. There have been countless terrorist attacks, culminating with the attacks on the Twin Towers on 9/11. Now we are taking the fight to them, rather than sit around and wait to keep getting hit again and again and again. Not responding only emboldens them.
Don't buy all of the Left wing rhetoric on this. They always conveniently forget what has lead us to this point.
If you want me to address my criticisms of Bush, I will be happy to do so. He played up the initial quick victory against Hussein for his political gain. It was shameful, looking back on it. He left Rumsfeld in way too long, and stuck with inefective military leaders and strategists. He didn't understand the changes that were occuring. And when he did, it was too late. So yeah, I wasn't at all pleased when our brave soldiers were over there as sitting ducks to keep getting picked off. It sickened me.
That is why I am heartened by the recent developments coming from the surge of General Petreus. I think that now, victory may be achievable, hopefully as soon as is possible. Defeat, as in WWII is not an option, unless you are a Democrat candidate pandering to the radical leftwing base and taking money from MoveOn.org.
I am hoping that the hard left will not vote for mainstream Democrats because they haven't done much to really pull us out of Iraq. The Democrats have the votes to defund the war. Why don't they? Force Bush to veto it, then go for a 2/3 overide. They don't pass it, because the issue makes a good club to beat Bush and many Republicans over the head with!
Spankfoot
PS. Did you ever read that article on www.nationalreview.com that I recommended to you?
# posted by : 10:13 AM
: 10:13 AM
Maybe I shouldn't have said we should leave Iraq "as soon as we can" because that can be interpretted in too many different ways. We really need to pull out NOW. And even "NOW" is not totally clear. We need to make it a priority to leave and seriously hasten the process, say within months, not years.
I did the read the article in The National Review about Move On's ad frustrated with the war in Iraq and its new spokesman, Gen Petraeus. It was a below the belt punch. I think we all can agree that the general has impeccable credentials. And that's the problem! The man is perfect, just like Colin Powell. Don't you see? Bush is using the general's integrity to further sell us on the war. Colin Powell certainly got tired of being abused and left as soon as he could honarbly make an exit!
I did the read the article in The National Review about Move On's ad frustrated with the war in Iraq and its new spokesman, Gen Petraeus. It was a below the belt punch. I think we all can agree that the general has impeccable credentials. And that's the problem! The man is perfect, just like Colin Powell. Don't you see? Bush is using the general's integrity to further sell us on the war. Colin Powell certainly got tired of being abused and left as soon as he could honarbly make an exit!
General Petreus is not a "spokesman" as you say. He is the TOP FIELD GENERAL in the US Military, leading our troops against Al Qaeda in Iraq. Where did you get the idea that he was a "spokesman"? He delivered a report that was required by the Democrat controlled Congress, which I think was a good idea!
I suppose that Petreus is just some dupe in your eyes...being "used" by President Bush to "sell" us on the war, like some kind of vacuum cleaner salesman selling door to door. It doesn't sound like you respect him all that much.
That is an insult to a man who is doing very well under incredibly difficult circumstances.
Too bad you didin't stick to blogging about your foot fetish.
You aren't going to change my mind, and it is obvious I am not going to change yours either.
I will leave you with this one thought. You still don't seem to want victory in this war. You need to think deeply about that fact, why don't you want the US to be victorious? If you feel ashamed of wanting victory, that is too bad, because that is what our enemies are counting on. They are counting on Americans being afraid to fight through to victory. Our enemies can only win if we cut and run, pull out, leave...they can't defeat us on the battlefield. They can only defeat us if enough people decide that we need to pull out of Iraq while ignoring the consequences.
I wish you would at least address the substance of my comments. The fact that pulling out now would cause a wholesale slaughter of the good people who voted in Iraq and have been assisting our brave soldiers there. You have never even once acknowledged that fact.
We can hope and push for victory, or at least a stabilization of the violence there. Then of course we will all want the troops to come home. I want that too, but not until the situation is stabilized. Maybe we can agree on that point...
Lets end the political banter and talk about our mutual interest in feet and our foot fetishism...I adore pretty female feet....mmmm mmmm mmmm!
I love that you desire your feet to be "fetished"...fondled, played with. what about tickled? Do you like them to be tickled? Are they ticklish?
FTMaster
I suppose that Petreus is just some dupe in your eyes...being "used" by President Bush to "sell" us on the war, like some kind of vacuum cleaner salesman selling door to door. It doesn't sound like you respect him all that much.
That is an insult to a man who is doing very well under incredibly difficult circumstances.
Too bad you didin't stick to blogging about your foot fetish.
You aren't going to change my mind, and it is obvious I am not going to change yours either.
I will leave you with this one thought. You still don't seem to want victory in this war. You need to think deeply about that fact, why don't you want the US to be victorious? If you feel ashamed of wanting victory, that is too bad, because that is what our enemies are counting on. They are counting on Americans being afraid to fight through to victory. Our enemies can only win if we cut and run, pull out, leave...they can't defeat us on the battlefield. They can only defeat us if enough people decide that we need to pull out of Iraq while ignoring the consequences.
I wish you would at least address the substance of my comments. The fact that pulling out now would cause a wholesale slaughter of the good people who voted in Iraq and have been assisting our brave soldiers there. You have never even once acknowledged that fact.
We can hope and push for victory, or at least a stabilization of the violence there. Then of course we will all want the troops to come home. I want that too, but not until the situation is stabilized. Maybe we can agree on that point...
Lets end the political banter and talk about our mutual interest in feet and our foot fetishism...I adore pretty female feet....mmmm mmmm mmmm!
I love that you desire your feet to be "fetished"...fondled, played with. what about tickled? Do you like them to be tickled? Are they ticklish?
FTMaster
# posted by : 5:28 PM
: 5:28 PM
The general serves his president and may end up a spokesman even if he'd rather not. How many times did Dubya invoke his name in his little pep talk speech? As often as possible! To say, "Petraeus," was to imply credibility. Well, Americans are smarter than that. I can understand that partisan politics can get in the way and that people can be blinded by their patriotism. It's happened before. Remember Joe McCarthy? Or remember this: both Dubya and Cheney are draft dodgers! Doesn't that pain you at all?
Now, about the great people of Iraq. Well, it goes without saying that they are the pawns in all this. I'm sure plenty of them would be just too happy to see the US finally leave and be left to deal with their struggles as best they can. I don't think the US is ever going to completely pull out anyway. I do think there's going to become a Korea type of peacekeeping US base in Iraq. Not sure that's a good idea. Sometimes, the best thing to do is let the region deal with it on its own. The world did not end when we finally pulled out of Vietnam. Oh, but there's oil involved. Hmm, that's a very good reason for the US to stick around.
I wish the good people of Iraq well. They've suffered enough. But what about Darfur? Spankfoot, do you worry about the good people of the Sudan or are you just concerned with the good people of Iraq? I wonder if you even have any Middle Eastern friends.
I'd really have to wonder if the good people at The National Review would even give you the time of day. Do you think William F. Buckley would enjoy your company? Always keep in mind that wars are a rich man's game. Us little people don't matter. Don't get me wrong, the US in World War II is one of the most outstanding events in history. As for the US in Iraq, that is going down as one of the worst avoidable and stupid mistakes for the US. Sorry but true.
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Now, about the great people of Iraq. Well, it goes without saying that they are the pawns in all this. I'm sure plenty of them would be just too happy to see the US finally leave and be left to deal with their struggles as best they can. I don't think the US is ever going to completely pull out anyway. I do think there's going to become a Korea type of peacekeeping US base in Iraq. Not sure that's a good idea. Sometimes, the best thing to do is let the region deal with it on its own. The world did not end when we finally pulled out of Vietnam. Oh, but there's oil involved. Hmm, that's a very good reason for the US to stick around.
I wish the good people of Iraq well. They've suffered enough. But what about Darfur? Spankfoot, do you worry about the good people of the Sudan or are you just concerned with the good people of Iraq? I wonder if you even have any Middle Eastern friends.
I'd really have to wonder if the good people at The National Review would even give you the time of day. Do you think William F. Buckley would enjoy your company? Always keep in mind that wars are a rich man's game. Us little people don't matter. Don't get me wrong, the US in World War II is one of the most outstanding events in history. As for the US in Iraq, that is going down as one of the worst avoidable and stupid mistakes for the US. Sorry but true.
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