Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "The mission of our armed forces today in Iraq bears no resemblance whatever to the mission authorized by Congress."
Originally Posted By wahooskipper From Texas? But of course, war is fluid and I it is obvious that the best military minds did not forsee the current situation...or chose not to disclose their concerns to the appropriate people. So, the Congress made the best decision they could, 4 years ago.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< But of course, war is fluid and I it is obvious that the best military minds did not forsee the current situation...or chose not to disclose their concerns to the appropriate people. >>> What if the appropriate people made it clear that they only wanted to hear a certain answer, and that anyone who came back with a different answer would find themselves (and perhaps their careers) side-tracked or dead-ended?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder And he said while saying that he thinks any additional troops in Iraq need Congressional approval.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper SuperDry...that might be a fine excuse for Republican leaders...but there were a lot of Democrats who went along for the ride too. Pass...it sounds like something Rep Ron Paul (Repub.) of Texas stated.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/09/democrats.iraq.funding/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITI CS/01/09/democrats.iraq.funding/</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry I just love how this keeps getting brought back to the Democrats. The Republicans had control of both houses of Congress, the entire executive branch, and have been largely left alone by the court system, all during the period 2003-2006. They were 100% in charge of this whole thing, but now that things have turned out poorly, fingers keep getting pointed to the other side of the aisle.
Originally Posted By gadzuux That's what's called "GOP accountability" - create a catastrophic failureand then try and p;in it on the other guy - clinton, the democratic party, anybody. Except it only works with other republicans. Everybody else knows better.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh The sentence is false, as is gadzuux's silly idea that only GOP politicians try to avoid responsibility for failure.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Ah. A twist on the old "the other guy does it too" response. This is used repeatedly when trying to defend bush's actions in the iraq war, with "well some democrats voted for it". Then we see it when they're called out on this statement with "well some democrats dodge responsibility too". Boilerplate GOP. Where would they be without another party to scapegoat for their own failures?
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "The sentence is false, as is gadzuux's silly idea that only GOP politicians try to avoid responsibility for failure.' How is it false?
Originally Posted By disneydad109 false no true no false yes i agree or I disagree i think I am not sure i understand the question could you restate it
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>only GOP politicians try to avoid responsibility for failure<< At least you're getting closer to admitting this mess is a failure. Knew you'd come around eventually.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 ok after thinking I would say the answer is 7. yes I am sure its 7 .why i did not see it before ?it all adds up .look at the numbers, its all in the numbers
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <This is used repeatedly when trying to defend bush's actions in the iraq war, with "well some democrats voted for it". Then we see it when they're called out on this statement with "well some democrats dodge responsibility too".> Like I said, your idea is false.
