After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police, Scott
Ferrin confessed the following:

In this I am in total agreement...

As Dan Patrick used to say on ESPN Sports Center, "That deserves a
'Wow.'"...WOW!

Never said MaS is al-qaeda. It was pretty obvious from the first time
he opened his mouth and praised 9/11 that he was bad news though.

Ummm, I'm pretty sure I've been trying to state that MaS was NOT a
terrorist, and you'e been arguing the opposite. But hey, again we're
apparently in agreement.

So the choice is to leave and leave the Iraq people at the mercy of
those trying to grab power or stay to finish the job. Which would you
choose?

First...I would NEVER have invaded. Containment was working. But that
is no longer an option. Second, I would not have taken down the
despotic SH regime without international consensus, including "old
europe."

WRT to the current situation? Tough call, I find no compelling reason
that Iraq should not be broken up into several ethnic states. But that
has a host of problems too. I'd try damn hard to get our friends in
europe in on the problem (stability and reconstruction) and knock off
the purely BS situation of Halliburton et al (KB&R) running the
contracting. I'd have gwb admit publically, "Hey, I ****ed
up...sorry."

Again you presume to think Iraqis must think like you, and perceive
the occupation of their country by friggin INFIDELS as a good thing.


And you do the same by presuming that since those grabbing for power
are ****ed that there is opposition the entire population of Iraq
would prefer we leave.

No, I do think those fighting us want us out...I suspect every Iraqi
wants stability, and many embrace the security our troops offer. My
whole issue with your statements has to do with "lumping" all
opposition as terrorists, which clearly you've backed away from.

I've stated that they aren't all terrorists. HOWEVER, fighting on the
side of the terrorists, even if not FOR them. . .well when it gets
down to it WTF does it matter what their motivation is?

To a grunt it makes no difference, to commander? Big difference.

Well the ACLU would be holding protests I'm sure but they'd probably
**** their pants at the thought of even touching a gun.

No, I'm pretty sure I'd be shooting.