Jim Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 What is this guy smoking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 stay the course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 heck of a job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 stay the course. Â Obviously you haven't received the memo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 stay the course. Â Obviously you haven't received the memo. Â There is no deviation from the previous course. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 no, obviously he's not drinking the cool-aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 nitpickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 nitpickers  buttlickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 traitors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I'm going to name my kid "Patriot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I named mine "Geedubbahya" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Its better than "Syphilis" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 stay the course. Â Obviously you haven't received the memo. Â There is no deviation from the previous course. Â Â Attention! Your attention please! A newsflash has this moment arrived from the Iraqi front! Our forces in South Baghdad have won a glorious victory! I am authorized to say that the action we are now reporting may well bring the war within measurable distance of its end. Here is the newsflash...: Â plusgood doubleplusgood plusgood doubleplusgood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Its better than "Syphilis" Â His older sister goes by "Philis" nowadays. She has a pet spyrochete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 stay the course. Â Obviously you haven't received the memo. Â yeah for some reason they removed my name from their distribution list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 The administration's new security strategy is to fight the militias. It's as flawed as previous (non)strategies. Iraqis are more loyal to their clans than to the nation of Iraq. The militias provide security for those clans, which justifiably have no confidence in the state police or army. Fighting them will escalate an already violent situation, and any Iraqi help will be lackluster at best. Â Our only success in Iraq has been with the Kurds, whose clans have agreed to a truce. We'd do well to mimmick that strategy further south, which would probably mean partitioning the country and dividing up the oil. That means bringing the militias to the bargaining table...not something this administration has been particularly adept at. Â We'll probably lose the Shiite region to Iran's influence, but at least it wouldn't be the entire county. Â Unfortunately, Iraq is a problem this administration is apparently not capable of solving. We can all expect more bad news for some time to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 "You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."— GWB Interview with CBS News, Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 your broad brush strokes, remind of bad Bush stokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 your broad brush strokes, remind of bad Bush stokes. I think of him more as a pointilist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 with a little jackson pollock thrown in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) I have drawn "Spunky". Â Gotta start somewhere. Paint me a better picture. The one I'm looking at sucks. Edited October 25, 2006 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Paint me a better picture. The one I'm looking at sucks. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Does he woo with a carrot or a stick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 The administration's new security strategy is to fight the militias. It's as flawed as previous (non)strategies. Iraqis are more loyal to their clans than to the nation of Iraq. The militias provide security for those clans, which justifiably have no confidence in the state police or army. Fighting them will escalate an already violent situation, and any Iraqi help will be lackluster at best. Â If you want to curb the sectarian violence, I think that getting rid of the militias is the first thing you need to do. Yes, it will be violent, but it seems like the only hope for the government to be able to take control and provide security for all. Â So, I actually think they are going in a smart direction here. It's either that or withdraw and cede the streets to the warlords, which is not working so well now at a clip of 100 executions/day. Â Bringing the militia leaders in for talks would seem to be a good first step, but capturing their leaders by force needs to be on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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