tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post7038400482682168206..comments2023-07-08T01:30:57.527-05:00Comments on Blue Girl, Red State: Live Blogging the ChimperorBlue Girl, Red Statehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890972740723070652noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post-11499394850098193002007-03-20T11:18:00.000-05:002007-03-20T11:18:00.000-05:00Whine, whine, whine. We should not have invaded Ir...Whine, whine, whine. We should not have invaded Iraq, period. There is no "winning" for us there. WTF do YOU call winning???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post-27078775228523103032007-03-20T10:05:00.000-05:002007-03-20T10:05:00.000-05:00I left a followup response here yesterday that see...I left a followup response here yesterday that seems not to have arrived. Oh well.....<BR/><BR/>MBG - I disagree about winning in Iraq as you can tell from my post and frankly the thousands of troops running up and down mountainin in Afghanistan would dispute your thught that people have forgtotten UBL. but if it makes you feel better, go ahead and whine.exMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196686726674358393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post-68378751123550890712007-03-19T14:26:00.000-05:002007-03-19T14:26:00.000-05:00You got it right, Blue Girl. We cannot win there n...You got it right, Blue Girl. We cannot win there no matter what, and really, I thought our priority was Osama-anyone remember HIM??? But the criminal admin just keeps on jackin' around in Iraq not worrying about anyone else's kids getting killed. We've been there as long as WW2 and have not accomplished, really, a gdmf thing. ITMFAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post-24983174716871689952007-03-19T14:13:00.000-05:002007-03-19T14:13:00.000-05:00I don't have seizure disorder, but I swear, every ...I don't have seizure disorder, but I swear, every single time I hear Dubya's disgusting voice, I damn near have a seizure.<BR/>What a prick.<BR/><B>ITMFA!</B>Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960542364479215780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post-74132756715164655872007-03-19T12:43:00.000-05:002007-03-19T12:43:00.000-05:00It is a bug hunt. The US military can not secure ...It <EM>is</EM> a bug hunt. <BR/><BR/>The US military can not secure and hold the entire damned country. We didn't go in with enough and we don't have enough. They only way they could surge was to cut short the time between tours.<BR/><BR/>Petraeus is a good guy. I don't know him, but I know people who do, and his head is on straight - but what he is charged with is not what his research pointed toward as strategy. I have actually read his thesis - in the library at Leavenworth, for whatever that is worth.<BR/><BR/>Show me progress that is not more than offset. <A HREF="http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/03/ap_iraqis_poll_031907/" REL="nofollow">This article in the Air Force Times today</A> doesn't indicate much of this progress of which you speak.<BR/><BR/>Invading Iraq did change the dynamic - I'll give that - the CIA estimated approximately 700 dedicated jihadis before we invaded Iraq. Now there are tens of thousands.<BR/><BR/>Mission accomplished.Blue Girl, Red Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890972740723070652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3250422207643426874.post-11712353486207717312007-03-19T12:22:00.000-05:002007-03-19T12:22:00.000-05:00I didn't hear his speach. I'll just comment on yo...I didn't hear his speach. I'll just comment on your comments. :)<BR/>Bug hunt - your comparison to an apartment being bug bombed is cute but not really valid. Roaches don't need bases of operations and support teams. Insurgetns do. If yuo can drive them out of the capital and then secure teh area so they can't come back in it works. Eventually they have no where else to run except another country and we'll see if Iran or Syria really want them operating out of their territory.<BR/><BR/>troop surge - Well you'll never believe it can work. but if you want to fight insurgetns you have to go where they operate. If that is the warrens of Sadr City so be it. Petreaus seems to have his head on straight. I'll give him a chance.<BR/>I have heard varying things about the oil law. I'll have to do some research before I mak up my mind on it's efficacy. I do know one of it's prime functioins was to centralize the oil income witht eh government so it can be distributed to all Iraqi provinces not jsut localized where the oil is. That is needed to keep Anbar.<BR/><BR/>There has been good progres made. You just refuse to admit it.<BR/><BR/>No, they won't stop right away to come after us but Iraq will collapse into a larger version of post soviet Afghanistan. And that will breed hell all over the place. Adn if you think the professional jihadists won't expand their operations from there you are mistaken.<BR/><BR/>Win - A stable functioning Iraq with a stable functioning government. No big mystery there. <BR/><BR/>I got tired of shouting into the wind on this issue for awhil but I'm back now. Hope you still appreciate teh "loyal opposition"exMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196686726674358393noreply@blogger.com