tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post5834257490530998479..comments2023-10-31T09:48:39.703-04:00Comments on Story of the Turtle: Th-th-th-th that's all folks!Daddy Coolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612652523771740505noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post-61168779756314940472006-10-25T12:45:00.000-04:002006-10-25T12:45:00.000-04:00In the early 60's there was a very conservative Re...In the early 60's there was a very conservative Republican from Vermont and his solution to the "conflict" was for the U.S. to declare victory and leave....do you suppose this stratagy might work today?<br /><br />Mark don't you remember the Mission Accomplished banner? We already won!Daddy Coolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612652523771740505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post-14198060176772344342006-10-24T17:43:00.000-04:002006-10-24T17:43:00.000-04:00Mark, I'd forgotten about that tactic. Unfortunate...Mark, I'd forgotten about that tactic. Unfortunately I think any withdrawal, whatever the propaganda gloss, would look like conceding defeat.<br /><br />The complete failure in Iraq and Afganistan is such common knowledge that no-one would believe a declaration of victory - even the hardcore neocons and christian far-right.<br /><br />There is the possibility of America keeping a token force in both countries, and very publically cooperating with neighbouring states (including Iran) in rebuilding them as "progressive Arab-Islamic states". That <i>might</i> be sellable as a compromise that doesn't look like defeat.Kapitanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post-1555056463339941272006-10-24T07:26:00.000-04:002006-10-24T07:26:00.000-04:00Kap, there are prominent republicans who are begin...Kap, there are prominent republicans who are beginning to challenge the Bush strategy. I think this more than anything is why we are hearing about new tactics from Bush and co.Daddy Coolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612652523771740505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post-86327423827344339582006-10-23T17:26:00.000-04:002006-10-23T17:26:00.000-04:00Last week, the general in charge of the British ar...Last week, the general in charge of the British army - that's the man in charge of the <i>whole</i> British army, Richard Dannatt - said publicly that Iraq and Afganistan were never going to calm down while occupied, western style democracy was never going to be stable there, and the best thing we could do was just leave.<br /><br />Tony Blair and his cohorts condemned him, not for being a coward or a liar, but for telling an unpatriotic truth so publicly. No one said what he said was untrue - just that he shouldn't have said it.<br /><br />Are there prominant Republicans in the same position? Shouted down for saying Bush must go, by commentators who don't actually disagree, but just want to keep the Democrats out at any cost?Kapitanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post-67068991031892764282006-10-23T14:31:00.000-04:002006-10-23T14:31:00.000-04:00Saying the opposite of what they're doing is the B...Saying the opposite of what they're doing is the Bush Administrations modus operandi. It's like 1984 except for real...War is Peace!BriteYellowGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257516391701573155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11851176.post-70010428418538649662006-10-23T11:53:00.000-04:002006-10-23T11:53:00.000-04:00Well, Brian, join the club then, I guess... Surrea...Well, Brian, join the club then, I guess... Surrealistic politics has definitely become a «paramount» branch of political philosophy. Around here in Europe examples just pop out of the ground like mushrooms...<br />Politicians these days must be on something, for sure! Otherwise, how to explain such abnormal behaviours?<br />Th-th-th-that's all, Brian! (Lol!)RIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504864950306777236noreply@blogger.com