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2004-09-13 Europe

Polish opposition says leaving Iraq would be a victory for terrorists

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-13 1:06:41 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We could really use a rational opposition like that here in the US of A.

Posted by Ptah 2004-09-13 6:33:02 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-09-13 6:33:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 It is also pretty impressive statesmanship as the Polish people are not terribly hot on the idea of their troops being there. Could have been a wedge issue. That's leadership.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-13 7:03:42 PM|| 2004-09-13 7:03:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by UFO TROLL 2004-09-13 10:03:25 PM|| 2004-09-13 10:03:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Everyone will have to get out sooner or later. Even us.

Right now, there are wide swathes of Iraq that are no longer under U.S. control. We can't recapture because that would mean heavy casualties, and the American people won't stand for that.

So the current policy is to leave 'em be and make the odd bombing run now and again. Not what I'd call a recipe for victory.

If Mr. Rumsfeld had been right about the Iraqis joyfully embracing American democracy and social ideals, we could have held the country easy. As things stand today, however, the war is already lost. Leave now, leave later, the minute our backs are turned they'll metamorphose into another radical Islamic theocracy.

Posted by Mister Write 2004-09-13 10:29:27 PM|| 2004-09-13 10:29:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 what a wanker. Glass empty! Quagmire! Quagmire! Quack, Quack.

Posted by Feeling Bitchy 2004-09-13 11:00:01 PM|| 2004-09-13 11:00:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 FB - Lol! Purrfection!

Posted by .com 2004-09-13 11:11:59 PM|| 2004-09-13 11:11:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Betcha.

Posted by Mister Write 2004-09-14 12:02:42 AM|| 2004-09-14 12:02:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Mr. Left: Right now, there are wide swathes of Iraq that are no longer under U.S. control. We can't recapture because that would mean heavy casualties, and the American people won't stand for that.

I think when Mr. Left says heavy casualties, he means over 100 KIA a month. Or about 4 a day. Maybe Mr. Left won't stand for it, but most Americans who can remember Vietnam (24 a day) would. I think Mr. Left needs to quit with the purple prose and actually describe the situation with numbers instead of overwrought descriptions. But numbers would detract from the message that sophisticated and literate folks like him want to send when they use words like quagmire, defeat, disaster or incompetence. The only quagmire, defeat, disaster and incompetence is in the overwrought assessments of Iraq written by lazy, incompetent commentators infatuated with their own prose like Mr. Left.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-09-14 12:23:03 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-09-14 12:23:03 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by UFO 2004-09-13 10:03:25 PM|| [http://politicsandcurrentevents.com] 2004-09-13 10:03:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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