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2005-07-07 Home Front: WoT

Senator Levin calls for plan to empower Iraqi forces

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Posted by Steve White 2005-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Anytime somebody uses the word "empower" all I can think of is that they are starting to believe the doublespeak.

That's one of those flag words that makes me look for the robbery scam. If a CEO says it... dump your stock. If a boss says it ... float your resume...

Its one of those code words....

Posted by 3dc 2005-07-07 00:07|| 2005-07-07 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Levin. Right, let asshole politicians who don't have a clue about war, terrorism, the conditions on the ground, the state of the Iraqi forces or their political progress - ad infinitum ad nauseum - run the show. Yewbetcha Carl. BTW, I love the half-glasses on the nose thingy. Makes you look, um, just like what you are: a poser.

Fuck the fuck off, Levin. Aren't you due for a heart attack or something? Get on with it, already. If not, well, eat Drano. Asshole.

Posted by .com 2005-07-07 00:58|| 2005-07-07 00:58|| Front Page Top

#3 I'll catch hell again for my comments on Levin he is a typical liberal, self hating non religious jew who will do anything he can get away with to the US or say anything he can get away with against the US.
Drano is too good for him and his good pals Teddy and Chuck. Screw the waste of skin.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-07 01:44|| 2005-07-07 01:44|| Front Page Top

#4 I would like to see Levin's hair when facing a stiff Iraqi sand storm.

Good thing the adults are in charge.

Posted by Captain America 2005-07-07 03:34|| 2005-07-07 03:34|| Front Page Top

#5 News flash asshole. The Iraqis are already doing most of the city patroling. They are running the majority of the raids in the city. They just did a raid which captured over 100 terrorists. They ARE empowered and doing quite well despite your obvious lack of understanding or caring about the issues.
Sit down, STFU and let people who do this for a living finish their job. People like you cause more problems than your pitiful, worthless lives are worth. Just. Shut. up.
Or face our squirrly wrath.....

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-07 09:37|| 2005-07-07 09:37|| Front Page Top

#6 "Empower"?
Look out! He's speaking Democrat!

Posted by tu3031 2005-07-07 09:40|| 2005-07-07 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Senator Ted Kennedy, another Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, recently called on US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign over mismanagement of the Iraq military campaign.

"And I call on Sen. Kennedy to resign over his mismanagement of the Chappaquidick swim team!"

Posted by Rummy 2005-07-07 09:55|| 2005-07-07 09:55|| Front Page Top

#8 i think its good that Levin broke with the Kennedy-Byrd line of demanding a timetable. Im not sure about the milestones - you should have milestones, and we need to communicate more details to the public than have been done so far, but I wouldnt want to get into a situation where we say "Ok, when there are 200,000 trained Iraqis, we pull out half our force" and then we train 200,000 Iraqis, and we decide based on, say, the situation on the ratlines, that its a bad idea to pull out at that point, and some idiot starts jumping up and down and pointing to the milestones. So more clarity on the plan, yes, but keep sufficient flexibility - this is war, and no plan survives yadda yadda.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-07-07 12:10|| 2005-07-07 12:10|| Front Page Top

#9 You're damn right about that LH, absolutely NO plan has ever survived yadayadayada.

Posted by General Shiipman 2005-07-07 12:41|| 2005-07-07 12:41|| Front Page Top

#10 milestones? wasn't that the name of sayid qutb's book--been reading islamofascism screeds senator--btw zark's running out of male splodeydopes and generally whining--he's going to declare victory and split for al uds--a real muzzie george aitken

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2005-07-07 13:47|| 2005-07-07 13:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Milestones are appropriate when the remaining tasks in a project are well defined.

We're in an evolving war. I'm pretty sure there are *working* milestones being used by operational planners. I'm also damned sure it would be a mistake to announce either what they are or what our actions will be when they're reached.

And I'm also pretty damned sure some of them will change in response to broader events.

This is a war. It will be long, messy, uncertain, expensive, and painful.

It is also necessary if we, our way of life and our civilization is going to endure.

Posted by too true 2005-07-07 17:14|| 2005-07-07 17:14|| Front Page Top

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