On February 13th, 2008 at 4:36 pm, SpeakEasy said:

On February 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, Alphonse said:
What a phony baloney Bush is. He let bin Laden off the hook by concentrating all our resources on Saddam

As Fessic would say, “You have fallen for one of the classic blunders…”
Invading Afghanistan to catch a Saudi national, since Afghanistan did not declare war on the US, would have caused us more trouble than Iraq ever has. There seems to be a misconception (I’m being rather kind since I don’t believe the Lefties would actually rely on any facts) that all we had to do to get Bin Laden was to go full-bore into Afghanistan. Read a little history and you will discover that even Alexander the Great had to compromise with the tribal chieftains (and marry into the family) to bring them to heel. Utter nonsense that becomes “Well all they had to do was….” type Monday morning quarterbacking.

I believe there is some confusion on both sides here. Going full-bore into Afghanistan would not ensure that we got binLadin, but would ensure that we destabilized Iraq and Iran. A more-democratic, stable Afghanistan would be a true challenge to any Saddam regime, and to Iran. At the time, Iran was close to a revolution – and that was ended by our war with Iraq. Iran cracked down on dissent, and nationalism helped the hard-liners there rather than the moderates looking for change. Afghanistan has always been a tough place historically, but our approach has reaped dividends, and full-attention to that problem would have paid off.
All that said, it was too late when Bush-Cheney laid down ultimatums to Iraq they ignored. At that point, we had to go to war, and did.
In my last stint in Iraq I saw very real progress. Let us not forget that the MSM and Dhimmos want us to forget that despite the recent uptick in violence, things are much, much better there.
We have to stay the course. Our soldiers contribute their own money at times to bring school supplies, volleyballs, etc to communities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although tired of deployments, reenlistment rates remain high. What does this tell you? Those Americans on the ground think that it is a worthwhile, doable cause.

On February 13th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, Alphonse said:
What a phony baloney Bush is. He let bin Laden off the hook by concentrating all our resources on Saddam

As Fessic would say, “You have fallen for one of the classic blunders…”

Invading Afghanistan to catch a Saudi national, since Afghanistan did not declare war on the US, would have caused us more trouble than Iraq ever has. There seems to be a misconception (I’m being rather kind since I don’t believe the Lefties would actually rely on any facts) that all we had to do to get Bin Laden was to go full-bore into Afghanistan. Read a little history and you will discover that even Alexander the Great had to compromise with the tribal chieftains (and marry into the family) to bring them to heel. Utter nonsense that becomes “Well all they had to do was….” type Monday morning quarterbacking.

I do agree that the President is wrong on his failure to stop illegal immigration, but the idea that we should violate any nation’s sovereignty because there is a criminal within their borders does not make sense. We use diplomatic channels. Otherwise we have no room to complain if another nation does the same. In my heart I would like to go into Mexico and get the murderer of Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach and her baby, but my head knows it has to be handled differently.

Your credibility gap is showing.

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Too little to late? Or in time and with enough noise to influence the next election?

Are we going to let the people see the difference in how each party will handle the greatest threat to our freedom since Hitler, or are we going to let the Dhimmicrats keep the focus on subprime lending?

Time will tell.

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Well said.

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After: We should have been listening in!!!

The liberal mindset is that every wiretap is “unwarranted”.

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