Second, when our SF forces had OBL trapped in Afghanistan, they were ordered to turn over the capture to Afghani forces. Then, the SF operatives who had been mission-essential were sent to Iraq, to be replaced by “green” SF operatives. Makes no sense.

Third, listen to, and I mean REALLY LISTEN to the military commanders, such as Shinsheki, who provided reasoned and knowledgeable rationale for requesting 500,000 troops to accomplish the mission.

Fourth, have the patience to allow the UN inspectors to finish their inspections — but no, George wouldn’t have that. Funny he didn’t have the patience to forestall a “war” but now he demands we have patience for an illegal occupation of a country that did NOT attack us and HAD NOTHING to do with 9-11.

I’m sure if you would have just thought about this, you could have come up with your own solutions. How’s that kool-aid?

How about this: CHANGE COURSE. Or better yet, CHANGE “DECIDERS.”

Bush isn’t that stupid. He knows that “stay the course” is the only way he can save his legacy. If he changes course now, he will be blamed for everything–the failure of his policies, the bad decisions and all their consequences. He will be forced to admit his mistakes.

BUT, if he waits it out, he can always blame the inevitable change in policy (redeployment, etc.) for all of the subsequent problems. Redeployment will necessarily be a messy business, and you can bet that everyone on the right won’t hesitate to say, “See! It’s the liberals lack of will to continue the fight that has cause this mess!” If a Democrat administration comes to power, the left will be blamed for every messy situation that occurs during the post-Bush cleanup.

We need to find ways to clearly hold the current administration accountable NOW so that, in the future, we don’t forget whose policies ultimately caused this mess. Articles of impeachment may be one way, but there needs to be some sort of clear and undeniable case laid before the nation about this administration’s lies and deceit before Bush leaves office. All the piece-meal news stories about this administration’s malfeasance have an effect, but in isolation they are too weak to convince those who haven’t yet seen the truth, and still follow Bush because they don’t know what else to do, or are swayed by his stubborn ‘resolve’ (sic).

Comment by Patrick1 — April 27, 2007 @ 5:29 pm

How come nobody listed as step one defining a non-HYPOCRITICAL definition of terrorism?

If Osama Bin Ladin had a part in 9-11 and the government has some evidence other than that fake video they tried to pass off, then he should be hunted down by the POLICE of the world and brought to trial for that crime.

But we KNOW George W Bush had a part in 3-20, therefore why has he not been hunted down by the POLICE of the world and brought to trial for that crime?

No people, the first step in stopping terrorism is to stop being HYPOCRITES and acting like OUR warriors should be given an excuse for their crimes against humanity, while THEIR warriors are not to be given that same “only following orders” lame ass excuse!

HYPOCRISY is the worse sin because it means you can never be wrong, because you always “imagine” that you are right.

If you are gonna have a “war on terror”, then United States has to be the first place to be attacked.

Haha!!!!

It’s 6pm. Time to go home! Now I have to get in that death trap called a car and drive next to a bunch of cell phone talking crazies on the highway! I’ll take the possible chances of dying in a terror attack over an everyday ride home from work in a car ANYDAY!!

Comment by kelso — April 27, 2007 @ 6:59 pm

You can say that again. I have to drive through Irvine, CA to get to my home in Lake Forest and that is nothing but giant SUV driving republican cell phone yappers. If not, it is all of the dumb a$$es in their BMWs or Mercedes who can’t drive worth a fu*k. Too busy plotting the destruction of the United States to learn how to drive.

Terror is all about fear, and on that note, Bush and his administration are the worst terrorists that our nation has ever seen.

It’s 6pm. Time to go home! Now I have to get in that death trap called a car and drive next to a bunch of cell phone talking crazies on the highway! I’ll take the possible chances of dying in a terror attack over an everyday ride home from work in a car ANYDAY!!

Comment by Patrick1 — April 27, 2007 @ 5:29 pm

Imbeach Bush and Cheney. Give Pelosi the job. Maybe SHE would be willing to listen to experts instead of following her own agenda.

So how would the left solve this difficult problem?

Comment by Patrick1 — April 27, 2007 @ 5:29 pm

Step one make sure republicans never run all three branches of government ever again.

Step two have the president apologize to the world for screwing the hell out of everything.

Step three stop making more terrorists by attacking countries that have nothing to do with terrorism.

Step four go after the terrorists themselves, where they are. The fly paper method doesn’t work. Al Qaeda is in Pakistan.

Step five make sure republicans never run all three branches of government ever again.

But maybe it’s just me seeing this painfully obvious sign, because no, there will not be a rise in terrorist attacks 30% or whatever. And that al quaeda commander was probably caught months ago by someone other than the CIA (pakistan police probably) and saved for just such an occaision as this (to boost war morale and fear)..or he actually doesn’t even exist and they just used a photo of some iraqi man they kidnapped and raped and tortured.

Two volumetric simulations (2D) of the initial and remaining reserves in Ghawar, the world’s largest producing oil field, have been determined. The High Case scenario uses somewhat more optimistic assumptions than the Base Case scenario. Background and methodology are described in detail here.

Estimate of initial oil in place = 162 billion barrels (same for High and Base cases)

High Case
Produced oil = 63 billion barrels
2004 reserves = 43 billion barrels
60% depleted

Base Case
Produced oil = 55 billion barrels
2004 reserves = 34 billion barrels
62% depleted

The Base Case production model shows Ghawar on the edge of irreversible production decline that may start around 2010 or it may already have started. The High Case production model is more robust and shows plateau production maintained until around 2013.

You see, Clinton and his penis is like the Doc Brown DeLorean, it defies time and space, and no matter when or where bad things happen, it si the fault of Clinton (and his Johnson).