It must have been Leftismistic hysteria that got us to illegally torture prisoners, in some cases to the point of death.

It must have been Leftismistic hysteria that got us to wiretap American citizens without a warrant.

It must have been Leftismistic hysteria that got us to crap on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

It must have been Leftismistic asus a33-f3 battery,asus 90-nia1b1000 battery hysteria that got us to build chemical weapons plants for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war.

Wolfowitz: But some of the higher-end predictions that we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq, are wildly off the mark. First, it’s hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam’s security forces and his army. Hard to imagine. [2/27/03]

None of which address the huge pink elephant standing next to you which is that all of the above are completely meaningless had we not foolishly invaded and occupied Iraq in the first place.

Barf…

And that talent is a super-human capability for creative visualization.

The Modern Bush Republican’sâ„¢ mental imagery supersedes and overlays ANY intrusion from reality.

Their nightmares and fantasies are as opaque as they are vivid and they project them right onto your face and their tv and the newspaper and anything else that would undermine their indefensible and utterly failed world view.

How else can one explain a tortuted notion such as this:

“If your point is that there is far more debate and diversity of opinion in the Republican camp than in the Democratic camp, then you’re correct.”

That’s right, one of the primary goals of the surge was to give the Iraqi government time to act on those 18 benchmarks. As of right now they have 17 to go and the surge is set to wind down starting in March. Wow, that sure was a resounding success. In sports a manager with a 1-17 record would expect to be fired and replaced.

I think it’s interesting that they register opposition to the use of the CLCs; these groups are responsible for beating back the rise of Sunni extremest groups, particularly in Anbar, and they’ve made great strides in doing so. I understand that counterargument that we could be arming another militia, but I would prefer that outcome to the stranglehold that al Qaeda and others had in the province. Furthermore, we don’t know if they will in fact become a very problematic rebel element in Iraq; they could just as easily be essentially to keeping some balance of power there, while the country proceeds down the road of reconciliation. Ultimately, both the Shi’a and Sunni sides will have to be given a stake in the government, which is more likely with these CLCs than with more nefarious organizations.

Furthermore, it’s been one year since the surge started and we have had political progress at both the local and national level. Things are more tenuous nationally, but I think “some” progress is much better than “none” and a sign that there is some forward progress in Iraq. That, combined with the renewal of al-Sadr’s ceasefire, should be an encouraging sign. Let’s be real here – Podesta and the like were going to say the “surge” failed regardless of what happened. It will be a long time before those benchmarks are met, but we are at least going in the right direction. Plus, I don’t think they account for de facto progress, e.g. that, even without a hydrocarbon law, oil revenues are nevertheless being distributed to Sunni territories, which is the main point of such a law.

Pizzas here. I’ll have more shortly.

not to forget that they try to suppress the black vote also…

Comment by Saint Augustine — February 27, 2008 @ 5:43 pm

And still, you wouldn’t have had to graduate to know Nappy is a Nazi.

Comment by nanlichi — February 27, 2008 @ 5:08 pm

That’s fine I just wanted everybody to have the correct vision of him on his knees with his butt in the air.

Oh, by the way, the prize was a romantic rickshaw ride for two around the Oldest City.

Sorry, UNF for Univ. of North Fla., but most say for U Never Finish.

NFU? Sorry. I know you told me a week or so ago. Had I known it would be prize winning I might have stored it with the better synapses

You have just described Nixon’s southern strategy employed by the GOP nonstop since 1968.

You’re right, Chuckie is a HE. I left my troll program at home and I can’t keep them straight.

GG is Mighty Aphrodite
Chuck is Jake
Gin is Mr. P
Rapture Ready is Daryll
VA_Voter is justed fcked up

They keep shifting names but their arguments are old and stale.

Comment by Keltoi — February 27, 2008 @ 5:02 pm

Bulworth

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