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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:44 PM Original message |
"Get out of Iraq Now!" is neither a strategy nor a plan for success. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. doesn't "defensive weakness" |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm all for telling the truth. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I could not disagree more.... |
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johnnybaseball (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. The problem is ... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. A strategy of permanent bases for |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Saves lives, saves money, works for me. Idealism hasn't done either |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. One problem: they're doing it anyway. |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. The republicans will always find some label to throw at us... |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Cannot" label? The Republicans will do whatever they damn well please. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Please define success and tell me what strategic targets a strategy should |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. As usual Chimp is a walking disaster |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 03:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
92. This is what mystified me from the first time I heard of him. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. You are so right |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Jack Murtha is no fool |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh, fuck, Here we go again. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The majority of soldiers do not want to leave immediately, completely, |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And you base your assertion on what? You've interviewed them all? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It could be argued that "out of Iraq now!" is playing politics |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here's my problem with 'strategies'... |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Stay in Iraq Now !" is neither a strategy nor plan for success either |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You are right, it isn't. |
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ptolle (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
80. That and |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Stay the course!! Kill more! So politicians can look good. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Absolutely not! |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:46 PM Original message |
HOW would you stop the killing? |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. I don't profess to have a plan to stop all killing. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. They Did Not Die In Vain, Sir, They Died In Iraq |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
88. What course might that be? |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. Get out now is a plan of action |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Right now, I'm just in a pie throwing mood. n/t |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Get Out Of Iraq? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You think this is all Zarqawi? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. No Need, Ma'am |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
64. Where's Osama? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Continuing to do .. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. The Big Lie that is skewing the Iraq debate (David Sirota) |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. Oh No! Sirota is hurting the party! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. Phased Withdrawal, Sovereign Iraq |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Murtha says withdraw to the periphery, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Phased Withdrawal |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. And if we cloud the issue by not saying |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. That is what everybody means |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Last phased withdrawl I remember, it took 10,000 more soldier's lives |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Let's get the withdrawal started |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 09:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No, I cannot morally support anything short of packing up the troops |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Kucinich's target date is Oct 2006 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Let's start learning from history, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Then shut up |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Now aren't you the nice and polite one, NOT! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Polite? Me? lol, no |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Oh those darn folks that want "out now" Never doing anything |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. October 2006 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Now that is a laugher friend, truly it is |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Then you don't like Kucinich's position either |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Please, read for comprehension, OK |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. So |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. No, I'm saying that our only choice is out now, period |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. In reality |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Gee, here we live in a democracy, yet you discount it so easily |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. That's the entire point |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Wow, and with CIndy at the bottom of your sig! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I probably should |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. that is not what I took, from the flames upthread. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. My guess is |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Problem is phased withdrawal is pretty meaningless |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. That's phased withdrawal |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. I consider success = no more of our troops needlessly killed. |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Says who? What do you think would happen in Iraq if the U.S. announced a |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. This is so obviously to tout Clark's plan |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
42. Theres going to be more elections in 06 and 08? |
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wookie294 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. If exiting the civil war is wrong, why not send troops to other wars? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. Neither Is "Stay The Course" What's Your Point |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. If you're in a hole... |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. Exactly. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. Bring Them Home Now is a campaign to save lives. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. "NOW" being the operative--and relative--word. |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. Using Clark's military rhetoric again? |
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Cults4Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ye Gads! Are you a Clark operative or just a blind faith cheerleader? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. i think all of Clarks swooning fans have gotten to his head... |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. Agreed. n/t |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
65. Define success please. n/t |
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AndyS40 (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
67. Ok but let's not let ourselves or allow the American people |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. RET Army General William Odom begs to differ |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
71. This will sort its self out in the primaries. |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
73. Um...ask the Vietnamese if it works... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 02:51 AM Response to Reply #73 |
91. Only because we stayed and saved them from commieunism. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. Well said. |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
76. How do you define the "success" |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
77. THANK YOU. Glad to see someone's thinking. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
78. its an EXCELLENT STRATEGY FOR |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
86. Out Now is the only sensible and humanitarian response |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
89. your entire argument is based on politics - that's not a plan for success |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
90. Don't get caught up in the specifics of withdrawal |
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