Romney: ‘Mike Huckabee Owes The President An Apology’
Romney: ‘Mike Huckabee Owes The President An Apology’
In a Foreign Affairs article, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee sharply criticizes the Bush administration’s foreign policy, calling it indicative of an “arrogant bunker mentality“:
American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out. The Bush administration’s arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. My administration will recognize that the United States’ main fight today does not pit us against the world but pits the world against the terrorists.
This criticism was too much for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who has been vociferously defending President Bush all weekend. Yesterday, he told an Iowa crowd that Huckabee sounded like a Democrat and instead suggested that “we ought to be saying thank you to the president for keeping us safe these last six years.”
Today on NBC’s Meet the Press, Romney went even further, saying that Huckabee “went over the line” and “owes the President an apology.” “That’s an insult to the President and Mike Huckabee should apologize to the President,” he said. Watch it:
In the face of Romney’s attacks, Huckabee backed down from his criticisms. On CNN’s Late Edition, he instead defended Bush and attempted to demonstrate his alliance with the President:
I didn’t say the President was arrogant. … I’ve said that the policies have been arrogant. … I’m the one who actually supported the President’s surge. I supported the Bush tax cuts, when Mr. Romney didn’t. I was with President Bush on gun control, when Mitt Romney wasn’t. I was with the President on the President’s pro-life position, when Mitt Romney wasn’t.
Transcript:
RUSSERT: Mike Huckabee said that the George Bush presidency’s foreign policy is arrogant and a bunker mentality.
ROMNEY: That’s an insult to the President and Mike Huckabee should apologize to the President.
RUSSERT: This is what Mitt Romney said about Iraq, however, earlier this year: “Ok, well first of all, it is a mess.”
ROMNEY: Well, it is a mess. There’s no question.
RUSSERT: That’s no a reflection on George Bush?
ROMNEY: If you’re suggesting that it’s equivalent to say we made a number of errors and we have a very difficult situation in Iraq, that’s the same as saying the President is arrogant and has a bunker mentality — that’s where he went over the line.
I’ve been saying for months — and I think all the Republican candidates, in fact, have been saying for months, if not years — that following the collapse of Saddam Hussein, our policy was unprepared, unplanned, understaffed, undermanaged, and that we made a number of errors and much of the difficulty we face today is due to those errors.
But it’s very different to point out the mistakes that were made. The President’s pointed out the mistakes as well. And then to say the Bush administration, our President, is arrogant with a bunker mentality — that’s a completely different statement, for which Mike Huckabee owes the President an apology.
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IT IS HIS PHUCKING JOB
December 16th, 2007 at 12:29 pmHuckabee is a wuss. When I read what he said, which is very true, I thought, wow, he has some courage there. But then he backs down, and will undoubtedly apologize to Bush. Don’t you love it when the Republiscums eat their own. The 70% of the people out there who think Iraq was a mistake must all be shaking their heads right now. The Republiscums in that 70% will have to sell their souls down the river to vote for any of the Republiscum candidates.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:30 pmAnd who the hell you think let 911 happen on purpose….uh, the arrogant sociopath Bush the Impaler that’s who.
Bush/Cheney/Mitt/Huckleberry
Hague Trails ‘09
Buck Fush
December 16th, 2007 at 12:31 pmThey are like a snake eating it’s own tail.
I’m finding this Republican race for the nomination to be a great fill-in for new episodes of 30 Rock and The Office.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:33 pmTypical presidential candidate. Speak your mind and then back down and apologize. Doesn’t anyone have the balls to say what’s on their mind then actually stand behind it?
http://13martyrs.blogspot.com/
December 16th, 2007 at 12:37 pmThese two dip$hits seem to be worshiping the hollow IDOL that is what passes for out President. Each one competing with the other to see which can bow down the lowest. Funny, except this is what passes for the opposition party to the upcoming domination of Neoliberal Dems. This country is so $crewed.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pmMitt? What’s up with that? Pitcher? Catcher? Left Field? No matter he still seems way too much like those weird Stepford kids we used to beatup in grade school
December 16th, 2007 at 12:39 pmToo much religion is like too much dope. It fries the brain. Mitt and Huck seem to be trying to prove this.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:42 pmThis is where Romney shouldn’t want to be; defending Busch.
No fan of Hucklebeery here, but someone needs to stop the phony cultist Romney.
Besides, Huckabee is right and just stating the obvious.
∞
December 16th, 2007 at 12:44 pmMike can apologize to the goofball, and the goofball can apologize to the rest of America! Forclosures bad, cheap real estate good. Islamofascists bad, never ending war good. Dollar sinking, loonie rising. Thousand points of stupidity.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:47 pmThat’s known as a Hucka-buckle under pressure.
-GSD
December 16th, 2007 at 12:49 pmTypical presidential candidate. Speak your mind and then back down and apologize. Doesn’t anyone have the balls to say what’s on their mind then actually stand behind it?
Yes, Dennis Kucinich does. He has a message and he doesn’t stray from it if people don’t like it. I heard an interview with his wife Elizabeth yesterday on Air America. She is NOT just another empty headed beautiful woman. She is bright, articulate and very compassionate and caring. When I heard her talk about her and Dennis’ desires for this country I found that there were tears in my eyes. If the “libural” press didn’t choose to ignore Kucinich, I firmly believe that he would be in the top tier of candidates.
If you don’t know anything about Kucinich, I urge you to go to his website and read about him. If you do that and don’t come away saying “wow, this is the man who should be our President”, then you truly are not a progressive.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:50 pmThousand points of stupidity.
Comment by evil_framers_of_the_constitution — December 16, 2007 @ 12:47 pm
The new GOP. Praise Jeebus!
December 16th, 2007 at 12:50 pmI didn’t say the President was arrogant. … I’ve said that the policies have been arrogant. … I’m the one who actually supported the President’s surge. I supported the Bush tax cuts, when Mr. Romney didn’t. I was with President Bush on gun control, when Mitt Romney wasn’t. I was with the President on the President’s pro-life position, when Mitt Romney wasn’t.
This is a definitive statement. Not that anyone here would vote for him, but there are 5 reasons in this paragraph to vote against him, the first one being his spinelessness.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:50 pm#3: And just what evidence do you have to support this outlandish, outrageous, tinfoil clad claim? Please cite peer reviewed papers and not some 911truth site.
Comment by Frank M — December 16, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Never thought I’d agree with a reich-wing, small minded, hateful person such as you Frank M, but in this case I agree.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:53 pmIf you don’t know anything about Kucinich, I urge you to go to his website and read about him. If you do that and don’t come away saying “wow, this is the man who should be our Presidentâ€, then you truly are not a progressive.
Comment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 12:50 pm
He’s got my vote…if that counts for anything. The powers that be….corporate….will NEVER let this man or anybody like him be pres. without a fight.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:53 pmAnd just what evidence do you have to support this outlandish, outrageous, tinfoil clad claim? Please cite peer reviewed papers and not some 911truth site.
Comment by Frank M
There’s more evidence to support this charge than there is evidence of any of your loony rantings.
And since you NEVER back up any of your rantings with proof, you have no right to come here and ask any of us to prove what we say.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:54 pmHuckabible lowered the tone of his criticism.Suppose Jesus and his conscience told him not to criticise “leaders” who illegally invade other countries.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:54 pmNever thought I’d agree with a reich-wing, small minded, hateful person such as you Frank M, but in this case I agree.
Comment by Namtillaku
As with anything that involves the Bush Crime Family, there is no “proof” because everything is either a national secret that no one can see except for his cabal or they have shredded any proof.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:56 pmAnd just what evidence do you have to support this outlandish, outrageous, tinfoil clad claim? Please cite peer reviewed papers and not some 911truth site.
Comment by Frank M
There is proof Francine. Just google “Bush warned about attack”. You’ll find all the proof you need. He was warned that AQ wanted to attack the US with airplanes more than a month before 911 and he did absolutely nothing to increase security at our airports. He ignored the warning. Now one has to wonder why that was.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:00 pmComment by Mimo — December 16, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
“Huckabible..” Heh–I like that! :)
December 16th, 2007 at 1:01 pmThe facts are on the table. Bush dismissed the PDB letting him know that 9/11 was going to happen, and dismissed the agent that brought it. Condi likewise ignored it, even to the point of lying to Congress and ther American public about her foreknowledge of commercial airliners being used to attack. Those lies are out there, Frank, well publicized, and ignored only by the cultist traitors like you. Namtillaku just doesn’t bother to do any research.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:04 pmThe massive failure of national security known as 9/11 will be Bush’s legacy.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:05 pm“That’s an insult to the President and Mike Huckabee should apologize to the President,â€
The “president” should apologize to the nation and take his band of thieves and skip town.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:07 pmThe Republican’s 2008 Dilemma:
Criticize Bush and Lose the Primaries.
Endorse Bush and lose the General Election.
That’s why Reagan gets mentioned a lot more than President Bush by the Republican candidates
December 16th, 2007 at 1:10 pmAs with anything that involves the Bush Crime Family, there is no “proof†because everything is either a national secret that no one can see except for his cabal or they have shredded any proof.
Comment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
Conspiracy theories, such as your 9/11 one, are unnecessary.
Let’s just say for example that you’re right, BushCo perpetrated 9/11. It doesn’t matter, there are a myriad things that should have Bush in jail at best, and hung as a traitor at worst.
But the problem with proposing a conspiracy theory is, they make you look like a nut job, AND they distract people from real, factual things that could and should take BushCo down.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:11 pmWrong again, Mr. Romney. Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney need to both apologize to the American people for all the lies and evil they have perpetrated on the American people for the last seven years and then they both need to resign from their Offices immediately and unconditionally.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:11 pmThis is AWESOME! There could be no better development for Democratic prospects in ‘08 than for the Republican candidates to battle over who is actually more allied with Bush.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:12 pmI’m waiting to see the Mittster squirm in his magic panties.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:13 pm9/11 is no conspiracy theory, it was a massive failure from before it started until this very day. The fact noting was done afte the warning of August 8 is itself proof of a conspiracy.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:14 pmThank you Mr. President for nearly 4000 dead american soldiers. Thank you Mr. President for the destruction of a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 but has a huge oli reserve. Thank you Mr. President for Katrina, you really showed us how much you care… Thank you Mr. President for two million dead iraqui civilians. Thank you Mr. President for transforming Iraq into a magnet for Al-queida. Thank you Mr. President for approving TORTURE. Thank you Mr. President for eroding civil liberties and the rule of law. Thank you Mr. President for lying about WMD and than lying againg about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Thank you Mr. President for pardomning ‘Scooter Libby’, criminals deserve compasion specially if they are hiding your own crimes! On that topic, Thank you Mr. President for allowing CIA to destroy evidence that would lead you staright to Hague. Thank you Mr. President for destroying America’s image around the globe, Ossama couldn’t do it any better! Thank you Mr. President for not letting any rich children left behind. Thank you Mr. President for your messages of ‘mission acomplished’ and ‘we are making progress’, they make us feel much better even if the news we are getting from Bagdad are not compatible with your words. Thank you Mr. President for Abu Graib and the rendition flights!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:15 pm#3: And just what evidence do you have to support this outlandish, outrageous, tinfoil clad claim? Please cite peer reviewed papers and not some 911truth site.
Comment by Frank M —
I would think a WMD bedwetter would be a little leary of calling others’ fears “outlandish.”
Apparently, discerning irony isn’t Frank’s strong suit…
December 16th, 2007 at 1:17 pmMirror, mirror, on the White House wall, who is the most insane of them all? Uh, could be you, your Royal High-ass.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:17 pmMitt sure did stammer a lot during the whole interview. Nervously lying to the world like all the other scumbag neocon jerkwads.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:18 pm…and yes, Thank you for 9/11. We all know that you had something to do with it. Thank you Mr. President for trying to distort phisics! But I just want to remind you that 10 secs is free fall without resistance, and that two planes hit two towers but three came down in very similar fashion. PS. Mr. President, I’m still wainting for a footage of a 757 hitting the Pentagon…
December 16th, 2007 at 1:18 pmFrank M - mister idiot, it is obvious that he let is happen, he was warned many times over about it, you’re a idiot for not noticing that, but you are a Bush ass pimple anyway and you constantly talk out your butt, so who cares what you think anyway.
Bush/Cheney/Frank M
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
December 16th, 2007 at 1:18 pmI’m waiting to see the Mittster squirm in his magic panties.
Comment by Roket — December 16, 2007 @ 1:13 pm
Weren’t the magic panties lost along with those golden rascist, pedophilia embracing tablets.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:20 pmWATERBOPARD FRANK M!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:22 pmThat’s known as a Hucka-buckle under pressure.
-GSD
Comment by GSD —
Thank you. Very good, GSD. You have found the perfect phrase to describe how the corporate Demos (Nancy, Harry, DiFi, Mrs. Bill Clinton) have been kowtowing to the Royal Bush for years.
Do the Demo Huckle-buckle or better yet, do the GOP Huckle-buckle. Two versions of the same old kowtowing to the Idiot-in-Chief.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:22 pmBush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Is it trademarked yet? I smell an election-year winner. T-shirts, beer coolers, baseball hats, you name it.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:22 pmMISSTYPED… WATERBOARD FRANK M!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:22 pmAnd since you NEVER back up any of your rantings with proof, you have no right to come here and ask any of us to prove what we say.
Comment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 12:54 pm
never thought i’d agree with you on anything bilbo but in this case i do.
frankie, i think you owe bilbo an apology.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:26 pmfrankie, we’re waiting.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:29 pmfrankie would you like to upstairs to your room and think about it for awhile?
December 16th, 2007 at 1:31 pmThe two WTC towers had total collapse in less than 10 seconds. Also WTC7 had total collapse in less than 10 seconds. Concrete was transformed into powder/dust. What force did this? Jet fuel? Pankake theory that ignores resistance and 47 massive steel columns certainly does not!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:32 pmmmmmmmm backbiting righties for sunday brunch - my favorite!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:33 pmWhere is the footage of a 757 hitting the Pentagon? There isn’t one because it was hit by a military missil.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:34 pmFrank M think he need the ‘Mustang his dad gave him’ to get to the girl!!!!! He need the Mustang!!!!!!
December 16th, 2007 at 1:35 pmBush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Is it trademarked yet? I smell an election-year winner. T-shirts, beer coolers, baseball hats, you name it.
Comment by barfly — December 16, 2007
December 16th, 2007 at 1:37 pmNo, but the entire World community is asking for it!
But the problem with proposing a conspiracy theory is, they make you look like a nut job, AND they distract people from real, factual things that could and should take BushCo down.
Comment by Namtillaku
So, by your logic, I am a nutjob because I question why Bush ignored an obvious warning about AQ wanting to attack us with planes? Or questioning why NORAD was told to stand down? Or questioning why the film of the plane hitting the Pentagon went missing? Or questioning why a third building that was not hit by a plane fell the same way the two buildings that were hit fell?
Well, I’m happy to be a nut job in your opinion, such as it is.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:37 pmnever thought i’d agree with you on anything bilbo but in this case i do.
frankie, i think you owe bilbo an apology.
Comment by joe cantwell
So Joe, what is it that I say that you disagree with?
December 16th, 2007 at 1:39 pmar·ro·gant
–adjective 1. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming;
bunker mentality
n. An attitude of extreme defensiveness and self-justification based on an often exaggerated sense of being under persistent attack from others.
Sounds about right to me.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:43 pmRomney is just pandering to the base.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:53 pmTopics raised by Tim Russert to Romney: Religion, Abortion, Stem Cell, Gun Control, Immigration, Personally hiring illegal immigrants, Record as Governor, Umbrella of flip-flopping, Huckabee comments about Bush.
Where are the questions about Iraq, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, National Security, the Middle East, China, Musharraf, Axis of Evil, the Department of Justice, Katrina, Global Warming, Trade, Economy, Health Care, Iran, the Veterans Administration, Torture, Domestic Spying, the Poor, the Middle Class, Taxes, etc., etc., etc.?
December 16th, 2007 at 1:54 pmWhy doesn’t the WAR CRIMINAL WC. Bush explain to everybody What a 747 E4B military plane was doing flying over Washington on 9/11????!!!!! There is plenty of footage of it flying over the White House! Google “white plane over WH 9/11″.
December 16th, 2007 at 1:57 pmIn the Meet the Press interview with Romney, more than 1/4 of the time was spent on topic of religion.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:02 pmWhere are the questions about Iraq, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, National Security, the Middle East, China, Musharraf, Axis of Evil, the Department of Justice, Katrina, Global Warming, Trade, Economy, Health Care, Iran, the Veterans Administration, Torture, Domestic Spying, the Poor, the Middle Class, Taxes, etc., etc., etc.?
Comment by Kane — December 16, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
—————
They only ask the Democrats those questions.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:06 pmWhere are the questions about Iraq, Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden, National Security, the Middle East, China, Musharraf, Axis of Evil, the Department of Justice, Katrina, Global Warming, Trade, Economy, Health Care, Iran, the Veterans Administration, Torture, Domestic Spying, the Poor, the Middle Class, Taxes, etc., etc., etc.?
Comment by Kane
December 16th, 2007 at 2:14 pmGET THE UNSWERS FOR 9/11 AND THE OTHER UNSEWRS WILL FOLLOW!
“Back in line!” screamed one lemming to another…
December 16th, 2007 at 2:23 pmWatch out for the rise of the “Born-Again Redneck’s!” Huckleberry is one of their rising stars! These Born-Again Rednecks, are scarier than the Born-Agains, who whorship at the feet of Bush!
December 16th, 2007 at 2:42 pmThe desperate and pathetic Romney, who has changed his mind on everything significant, now feels he has the right to criticize someone who claims Bush is arrogant?
December 16th, 2007 at 2:44 pmI am sure no Huckabee fan, but slick Romney turns my stomach.
#13 bilbobaggins,
December 16th, 2007 at 2:46 pmKucinich is indeed worthy of the presidency, but unfortunately the party and the powers of the media have determined that the election will not be his.
An overhaul of our election system is certainly in order, but I don’t expect to see it in my lifetime. The powers that be are too content with the status quo.
Is it just me, or does Huckabee remind anyone else of Gomer Pyle ?
∞
December 16th, 2007 at 2:49 pmHistorians of the future, assuming we have a future, will rightly place the blame for the 9/11 attack on George Bush; his dismissal of the 8/6/01 pdb, his failure to pursue the (same) attackers of the USS Cole who became known in the days before he assumed the office, and for his failure to adequately pursue the mastermind of the 9/11 attack, instead changing his focus to pursuing his own self interests in Iraq.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:50 pmalphainfinityomega — you are not alone.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:50 pmGomer Pyle, without question.
22 - I’m proposing “Reverend Governor Biblebee”.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:55 pmNo, what really happened was that Huckabee made Mother Bush cry when he criticized Dubya, so now he’s having to back down.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:02 pmWhat I find interesting is that the foreign policy of both Romney and Huckabee is stay the course. So what is this word fight all about? What would either Romney or Huckabee done different than what George W. Bush did? While they don’t mention Bush by name they don’t distance themselves from any of the Bush policies either. The war in Afghanistan has been going on for 6 years and the war in Iraq for nearly 5 years yet both have been funded off-book as emergency spending measures. They haven’t even said that they would discontinue this shameful practice. With this as a model, is there any wonder we have the sub-prime mess today. Romney and Huckabee are status quo candidates in a change election. No thanks.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:02 pmSo Joe, what is it that I say that you disagree with?
Comment by bilbobaggins — December 16, 2007 @ 1:39 pm
nothing bilb, just trying to get frankie’s goat. and then i read this at drudge’s blog:
“frank m dead! shoots self with gun!”
senseless. sure he was a dopey little troll but still i’m gonna miss the guy.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:08 pmSorry to be off topic, but this made me laugh and I want to share…
Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli says he has agreed to become an image consultant to Pope Benedict XVI.
December 16th, 2007 at 3:20 pmThe pope does not have a “happy image”, Zeffirelli tells Italian daily La Stampa in an interview published today.
Marie: “Queer Eye for the Holy Guy”?
December 16th, 2007 at 3:30 pmMarie: “Queer Eye for the Holy Guy�
Comment by tombaker
I’m sure glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this. If I was, it would be all over my monitor right now. That’s a good one!
December 16th, 2007 at 4:06 pmMaybe they can give the pope a face transplant so he doesn’t look so much like emperor palpatine? Maybe more friendly, like …say….
December 16th, 2007 at 4:37 pmJAR JAR BINKS!
Please cite peer reviewed papers and not some 911truth site.
Comment by Frank M — December 16, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
This applies to everything Frank says…..
December 16th, 2007 at 4:57 pmI know Gomer Pyle. Huckabee is no Gomer Pyle.
Huckabee is Deputy Dawg, no doubt.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:05 pmPlease cite peer reviewed papers and not some 911truth site.
Comment by Frank M — December 16, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
This applies to everything Frank says…..
please see comment #70
sad. so sad.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:57 pmEveryone is missing the fun here. Now the Republicans are campaigning on the “I like Bush more than you do.” platform. With approval rating in the 20’s this is a real winning formula! Go Team!
December 16th, 2007 at 6:00 pmI’m thinking “arrogant bunker mentality” is unfair in describing Bush’s foreign policy - it leaves out incompetence and mendacity which are two major defining features.
December 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pm#1 - surely you’re not agreeing that Shrub has kept us safe, are you ???? ;-0 /gentle jab.
But seriously, first the dems couldn’t criticise the prez. Now the repubs can’t . Who’s left ?
December 16th, 2007 at 6:24 pmMarie: “Queer Eye for the Holy Guy�
Comment by tombaker
Hahahahahaaaahahahahaaaaah! Mile grazie !!!!!!!!!!!!
December 16th, 2007 at 8:34 pmWait a minute. Romney owes me an apology. I am a Catholic and he claims that Jesus is his personal Savior. That is a bold face lie. Just look in to Mormon doctrine. Fundamental Christians are the biggest hypocrits to support a Mormon.
December 16th, 2007 at 11:32 pmRomney is an idiot; he always has been.
December 17th, 2007 at 9:09 amI am an active duty Soldier supporting Governor Huckabee who read this article on USA Today’s front page with great chagrin:
http://www.usatoday.com/ news/ military/ 2007-12-18-iraqstrategy_N.htm
The article is entitled “Strategy That’s Making Iraq Safer Was Snubbed For Years” - something I can attest to after over 150 combat patrols in Baghdad in 2003-2004. Far be it from a mere enlisted man to judge DoD policy, but this article makes the case that it was the administration’s stubborness rather than a lack of good advice that lead to a misguided focus on killing insurgents and spending on technology from 2004-2006. The current counterinsurgency strategy is working well, but there is nothing new about it. We were using the same tactics in 2003 until we were mysteriously ordered off the streets and into super bases, which the counterinsurgency manual condemns. Bottom line: Governor Huckabee’s criticism of the administration’s policy, not the president himself, resonate with this noncommissioned officer and OIF vet.
December 19th, 2007 at 8:29 pm