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He committed OUR money and OUR troops in America’s first ever preemptive war– so guess what? Questioning his “reasonings” is exactly what we Americans should be doing– if, for no other reason, than to avoid going down the same horrific path all over again.

And, you’re right, we all make “mistakes”– the difference is when the President of the United States makes mistake after mistake after mistake in wartime, people die. Lot’s of people die. That’s why it is incumbent that a President, any President, consider all of his/her options first and exhaust every other avenue before committing American blood and treasure. It is his solemn duty to listen to all sides before putting our soldiers, our children in harm’s way.

And if the President only listens to one side of the argument– say a group of old men who never went to war, who never volunteered to serve, who were certain that they were right based solely on theories put forth by a couple of neo-con think tanks? Well, you better hope that all these “media whores” are right and this actually is all about oil. Because that is the only thing that doesn’t smell exactly of treason.

I am lucky to live in the USA. You know what else? You’re lucky that me and others like me live here, too.

The truth is, mistakes are made all the time. By you, and me, and everyone. PLEASE!! Move on from the useless complaints about President Bush and the reasonings which may have been inaccurate so far. How can you think he didn’t try his best to do what seemed right based on what he was told???? You are crazy media whore if you think Iraq had anything to do with oil.

It is important to only figure out what the best action is to take NOW. However, nobody can predict with 100% accuracy that a decision made today will be “correct”. There is no way to know “when to leave” unless you only base it on progress and pretend we have a neverending supply of money and people to fight for this. You leave when it is “right” to leave. And all that has to be done is define what is “right”. I believe that is what they are doing with the benchmarks they set.

And remember — you are LUCKY as hell to live in the USA.

“LDA:no one roots for our Country to fail or for our brave troops to die. Unless their idiot trools like you who wish for it so as to accuse others of the same. Sad Little Trool. No brain, even less of a soul or Moral Compass.

“Edit: That would be Troll, not Trool.”

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Jim, I much prefer the term “Trool”. It conjures up an image of a drooling troll. I like it!

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I wonder how much they payed him to write that first one.

I’m sure we can expect Cheney to update Larry King since he pointed to the op-ed as “proof” of his vision — just as he did with the leak he provided to Judy Miller so he could use it a few hours later on the news shows.

The damage has been done. O’Hanlon doesn’t get points now for finally saying what he should have included in the original op-ed only after he’s been outed with his past writings.

“Achieving progress in Iraq and furthering broader U.S. regional interests are inextricably linked,” he added. “Slow progress in Iraq is undermining U.S. credibility and weakening efforts to achieve regional objectives.”

and this:

“Growing coalition successes on the ground in Iraq should mitigate this risk and improve the credibility of our message to create a regional security construct to counter Iranian destabilizing activity,” he added.

don’t forgot about this:

“We had rigorous and thorough discussions and debates,” Mullen said. “The president then made his decision, and I am in support of that decision and working to make it succeed.”

Now, if we could just get progressives on board.

Daily attacks in Iraq hit new high

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attacks in Iraq last month reached their highest daily average since May 2003, showing a surge in violence as President George W. Bush completed a buildup of U.S. troops, Pentagon statistics show.

Yeah, things are getting “better” in Iraq. LOL.

Please read #37 against the backdrop of the Sunnis withdrawing from the government and tell us how Admiral Mullen is a liberal.

Tell us which white-flag waving, Osama Bin Laden-loving, lily-livered, cowering, pussified, liberal Defeatocrat said this the other day:

“no amount of troops and no amount of time will make much of a difference” in the war in Iraq. “Prudence dictates that we plan for an eventual drawdown and the transition of responsibilities to Iraqi security forces,” he said. In questioning later, he conceded, “there does not appear to be much political progress” in Iraq. He also said, “A protracted deployment of U.S. troops to Iraq…risks further emboldening Iranian hegemonic ambitions and encourages their continued support to Shia insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban in Afghanistan.”

Hillary Clinton?
Bill Clinton?
Barack Obama?
John Edwards?
Dennis Kucinich?
Al Gore?
Cindy Sheehan?
Some wacko angry leftist on Daily Kos?

Nope, sorry, you’re wrong.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs nominee Navy Adm. Michael Mullen during his Senate confirmation hearings.

I’m sure you’re appalled that President Bush has nominated such a pessimist to such an important position. Mullen surely must be a secret Islamic sympathizer.