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2006-08-15 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by ryuge 2006-08-15 07:37|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And buried.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-15 09:18|| 2006-08-15 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 So the tiny numbers of the Buchanan isolationist right are now more noticeably joining with the left.

Surprise, surprise. They wouldn't even want the US to protect Taiwan, Japan or Europe if push came to shove. All we need is right here, no reason to do anything cross out border except keep those foreigners out.

It was all the rage in the 1920s.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-15 10:57|| 2006-08-15 10:57|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't think so, Grom. I think Podhoretz makes a very good argument about Bush's consistency in following his prior statements. The nutballs on the left will always say that he rushed into war but those who examine the record will find that he did a creditable job of exploring alternative choices before making that decision.

Posted by mac 2006-08-15 11:16|| 2006-08-15 11:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Well mac, things are going very well in Afghanistan & Iraq, aren't they?

As to Lebanon.
Maybe it wasn't the most brilliant campaign IDF ever run, nevertheless: if George controlled his impulse to make kissi-kissi with el Jiraq for another week, USA's only ally in the Middle East would've been a lot better off.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-15 12:13|| 2006-08-15 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe it wasn't the most brilliant campaign IDF ever run

The problem with the Lebanon war lies with Olmert, not the IDF. In the last 60 hours Olmert gave to the IDF to launch its massive ground offensive, Tsahal achieved great successes. One can only deeply deplore that Olmert stopped the IDF victorious rush. It was like castrating a bull.

Two lessons of the Lebanon war:
- the good one: the IDF is still the IDF;
- the bad one: Olmert is still Olmert.

Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid 2006-08-15 16:54|| 2006-08-15 16:54|| Front Page Top

#6 President Bush Renames the Enemy "Folks"
Most of us were thrilled when President Bush, responding to the UK Terror in the Sky plot, actually referred to the enemy as, well, what they are--Islamic Fascists.

Well, that made the Saudis, those Freakish Controlling Islamist Dictators, upset as they "warned" against our continuing to call the enemy what they are. After their not-so-veiled threat to stop helping with the WoT, President Bush bowed and obeyed.

At a press conference today, as he was just about to refer to the Islamist Fascists with whom we're at war, he hesitated for a moment, and summarily UnNamed the Enemy by calling them "[A]n extremist group of folks." Folks. Lovely.

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Posted by Clerert Uneamp2772 2006-08-15 18:18|| 2006-08-15 18:18|| Front Page Top

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