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In article q4Nxb.7819$ZE1.4509@fed1read04,
"R. Hubbell" wrote: No man it's cojones, I can't make the connection why you think flying into Iraq means he has big cojones. Big cojones would have meant announcing to the world that you were spending Thanksgiving with the troops in Iraq. Flying in for 2 hours, unannounced, is not an act of bravery. It's really just a political stunt. Apparently it's working. I seriously doubt that. Flying into Baghdad was a fairly large risk even given the security precautions. If all Bush was after was political points, he could have scored those easily without ever leaving Washington, D.C. JKG |
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"Jay Honeck" writes:
Say what you will about GW Thanks, I guess I will. The whole thing was just Bush II playing boy-soldier again. And, I'm sure he is genuinely concerned about the morale of troops in Iraq, seeing as how many have been picked off after he declared the war over. And how many have been killed after he invited the Iraqi radicals to "bring 'em on". |
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Bob Fry wrote: "Jay Honeck" writes: Say what you will about GW Thanks, I guess I will. The whole thing was just Bush II playing boy-soldier again. And, I'm sure he is genuinely concerned about the morale of troops in Iraq, seeing as how many have been picked off after he declared the war over. And how many have been killed after he invited the Iraqi radicals to "bring 'em on". Iraq would still act as a magnet for Islamic radicals, even if Bush weren't there. It is relatively easy for them to get there, as they have fellow Arabs to aid them. IMHO, it is better to have them in Iraq than in the US. |
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"Orval Fairbairn" wrote:
Iraq would still act as a magnet for Islamic radicals, even if Bush weren't there. It is relatively easy for them to get there, as they have fellow Arabs to aid them. IMHO, it is better to have them in Iraq than in the US. But they won't stay. Before Bush's Folly, Saddam had our real enemies, the radical Islamists, under his thumb. He hated them and the feeling was mutual. Now, Iraq is a wide-open recruitment and operations wonderland for terrorists, awash with weapons for their use. We are immeasurably less secure than we were before Bush and his full-moon gazing, true-believer, neocon advisors launched this stupid war. And the Thanksgiving trip?...a shrewd electioneering stunt. If Bush is master of anything, it is the photo opp. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Dan
I thought Clinton on Omaha Beach took the cake for chutzpah? If your not jewish and don't know the word, just look it up. Big John On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:38:09 -0600, "Dan Luke" wrote: "Orval Fairbairn" wrote: Iraq would still act as a magnet for Islamic radicals, even if Bush weren't there. It is relatively easy for them to get there, as they have fellow Arabs to aid them. IMHO, it is better to have them in Iraq than in the US. But they won't stay. Before Bush's Folly, Saddam had our real enemies, the radical Islamists, under his thumb. He hated them and the feeling was mutual. Now, Iraq is a wide-open recruitment and operations wonderland for terrorists, awash with weapons for their use. We are immeasurably less secure than we were before Bush and his full-moon gazing, true-believer, neocon advisors launched this stupid war. And the Thanksgiving trip?...a shrewd electioneering stunt. If Bush is master of anything, it is the photo opp. |
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In article , Big John
wrote: I thought Clinton on Omaha Beach took the cake for chutzpah? never mind the stuff his entourage "liberated" from the Navy ships they used during the visit. -- Bob Noel |
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"Big John" wrote:
I thought Clinton on Omaha Beach took the cake for chutzpah? Oh, for sure Clinton was a master of the photo opp, too. Both of those draft dodgers, Bush and Clinton, have an awful lot of chutzpah to strike military poses. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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In article , "Dan Luke"
writes: But they won't stay. Before Bush's Folly, Saddam had our real enemies, the radical Islamists, under his thumb. He hated them and the feeling was mutual. This is an oft repeated fallacy. The record indicates otherwise, with solid evidence of cooperation and non-aggression agreements over the last 13 years. See the Weekly Standard article "Case Closed" for details. -- Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS PP-ASEL Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in
: "Orval Fairbairn" wrote: Iraq would still act as a magnet for Islamic radicals, even if Bush weren't there. It is relatively easy for them to get there, as they have fellow Arabs to aid them. IMHO, it is better to have them in Iraq than in the US. But they won't stay. Before Bush's Folly, Saddam had our real enemies, the radical Islamists, under his thumb. He hated them and the feeling was mutual. Now, Iraq is a wide-open recruitment and operations So his televised announcement to financially reward the families of suicide bombers was a message of hatred toward terrorists, then? |
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