Originally Posted By TomSawyer How long is it really going to take to train the Iraqi military and police? It's not like they weren't around before the war. It's not like we're trying to teach all of them to be fluent in Mandarin - this is something they already know how to do. We can take a rube off the street and turn him into a soldier in two months. We've been training the Iraqi military and police for two and a half years, but they still aren't ready to take over? How much longer, Mr. President? Are we going to stay until all of the Iraqi military and police have Master's degrees?
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>and were so smug as to assume we'd be welcomed with roses.<< As a few people have already pointed out, they meant exploding roses.
Originally Posted By gadzuux >> Because everyone knows that they would NOT be sharing the "credit" with Democrats if all was going hunky dory. << What's especially galling is that they're not particularly concerned with the fact that iraq is goin' south in a hurry - no, their concern is that the american people are finally turning away from the rhetoric and realizing that we cannot believe what our president is saying. The iraq war could be a quagmire for years, but as long as they were able to hoodwink the public with empty platitudes about "winning" and "victory" they felt that they were winning the PR battle. The polling numbers are in the tank, and so some response on their part is required. No surprise that the response they choose is to lash out and attack the critics rather than actually examine their own actions.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh So we see what the Democrats plan to confront terrorism is: bravely tuck their tail and run.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Well, gosh, Tom, you know they volunteered and all. So that makes it okay.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer "They bought their ticket. I say let them crash." Now we need just one more Airplane quote to hit the trifecta for the day.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <And the GOP plan is to keep spilling American blood without end?> No, it's to win.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>No, it's to win.<< Major combat operations in Iraq are over. Didn't you hear?
Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>"Excuse me, Stewardess. I speak jive."<< *whistle* Kar2oonMan, foul, 10 yard penalty. Out of context quote dumping in attempt to move ball forward.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Out of context quote dumping in attempt to move ball forward.<< I object. Check out the post that preceeded it. It fits perfectly.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In fact, it was such serendipious timing, I think from now on we should just call Post 29... "The Post." Yeah, it was that pretty.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Major combat operations in Iraq are over. Didn't you hear?> What's your point? Major combat operations ended decades ago in Germany, Japan, and Korea, but we still have troops stationed there.
Originally Posted By gadzuux That doesn't even pass for sophistry, let alone an actual valid argument.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I tell you what. You start making valid arguments, and I'll start making valid responses to them.
Originally Posted By gadzuux How many casualties have there been in germany, japan and korea in the past, oh fifty years?
