Comments on: Kagan Disagrees With Petraeus: ‘The Situation In Iraq Today Is Not That Fragile’

By: Helen Hussein Rainier

Helen Hussein Rainier — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:38:28 +0000

How can ANYONE give any credence to these pasty-faced cowards who have no idea what military life or service is about? These guys have no idea what military tactics, strategy or operational planning involves, yet they are considered “experts” because they have an Ivy League pedigree but no practical experience?

By: upright left

upright left — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:19:03 +0000

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ralph the wonder llama Says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm

How come when Petraeus said what Chimpy wanted him to say, the neocons were falling all over themselves to praise his first-hand knowledge, but now that his first-hand observations are somewhat, shall we say, inconvenient, the lard-butt on wingnut welfare knows better?
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For the same reason libs trashed Petraeus when they disagreed with him but use him as the authority when they agree with him? ;)

upright hussein left

By: christopher wiwi

christopher wiwi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:32:57 +0000

Who knows more , the general who was over there or some probable draft dodger , I mean deferment. Once again the REICH does not know which side of it`s mouth to speak from.

By: christopher wiwi

christopher wiwi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:55:05 +0000

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right”.

By: bogtrotters

bogtrotters — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:50:40 +0000

I’d like to point out that Mike Myers was hilarious as Kagan in “Austin Powers.”

Oops. I’m being corrected. The character’s name was actually “Fat Bastard.”

My bad.

By: Anacher Forester

Anacher Forester — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:17:57 +0000

Kagan’s entire bullshit reputation rests on whether or not the surge is a success. Like George W. Bush, Freddie is trying to distinguish himself in the eyes of his father and brother. If his “surge” doesn’t pan out, Fred will likely suffer a sort of a demotion by his family and the rest of the PNACers

-AF

Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:50:58 +0000

And Kagan has spent as much, if not more time in the field than Petraeus?

Look, to date:

~ NO WMD’s
~ NO TIES to Al-CIA-duh
~ NO YELLOW CAKE URANIUM from NIGER
~ NO BIO-CHEM MOBIL WEAPONS PLANTS
~ NO SUIT CASE NUKES
~ NO IMMINENT THREAT
~ IRAQ HAS HAD IT’S ELECTIONS, T W I C E!
~ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
~ NO POLITICAL SOLUTION IN PLACE, POST SURGE!

Time for America to clean house!
Kagan and the like HAVE NO MORE CREDIBILITY!

The ONLY thing they have credible about themselves is their accomplishment at committing WAR CRIMES!

By: Winski

Winski — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:17:19 +0000

Once again this fat ass gets to spew his echoes of nonsense for the halls of the “think” tank he works for..

IF he would actually get OFF that fat ass of his and go see for himself MAYBE he would realize what a crook he is professing!!

Again, a paid-for-voice by dubya and his gang to spread the lies cheeeeney’s office makes up…amazing Rose couldn’t see thru this but I guess with that black eye….hum…

By: tarazan

tarazan — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:57:48 +0000

Kagan statmenets indictes a total ignornace about Iraq,the Arab countries and the whole Middle East.
What are his Middle Eastern credentials?
America today produces more ‘Middle Eastern experts’ than any other country on this planet.These so called experts do not speak the language,never read a book written by an Arab author,know little if none about religion and culture of the area.
May be that’s why we are stuck in Arabian sands in the Middle East,listening to these stupid experts like the so called Kagan.
I suggest all of these experts go and take a course in Arabian history,religion and culture with empahsis on Crusaders wars,before televisions list them as experts.

By: DutchHenry

DutchHenry — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:43:00 +0000

kagan is the complete idiot but moreoever Petraeus should have realized that if you jump in the sack with crap you will come out with crap.Won’t be too long before the Repukes start saying Petraeus is not a real general.

By: flavorino

flavorino — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:32:01 +0000

Kagen, another shining example of chickenhawk manhood.
Can’t we get all these guys together and form a Chickenhawk Brigade to send to Iraq?

By: Cal Malenky

Cal Malenky — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:30:58 +0000

His daddy should have pulled out prematurely.

By: Cal Malenky

Cal Malenky — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:28:52 +0000

Experts Agree!
Everything’s Fine!

Even when the experts are totally wrong.
The Bush administration and followers exist on wishful thinking and detachment from reality. Where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy or gray.
Don’t the war supporters say we have to listen to the commanders “on the ground”
Didn’t the war supporters throw a major hissy fit about MoveOn calling the general Betray-Us.
Whattya bet pudgy pundit Fred Kagan never dodged a bullet or an IED.

By: galmud

galmud — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:20:31 +0000

Republicans strategy to every problem seems to be “Think happy thoughts! Think happy thoughts!”

And they accuse Obama of wishfull thinking?

By: jb

jb — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:07:45 +0000

If these neo-cons could fu(k like they war, they wouldn’t have to make war.

By: jb

jb — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:05:41 +0000

Is there anything at all that we can do for the poor abused Iraqi people, other than just leave?

By: jb

jb — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:03:43 +0000

Having failed to complete their own reality, they are only left with willful ignorance. GOP the party of WILLFUL IGNORANCE.

By: Erroll

Erroll — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:01:41 +0000

#17-cavjam

Jeremy Paxman, of BBC’s Newsnight, did exactly that last night on his show, basically posing that same question to one of the architects of the illegal invasion, Richard Perle. As to be expected, Perle would not acknowledge that it was wrong, if not a war crime, for the U.S. to have invaded Iraq under false pretenses, trying to claim, unconvincingly, that things are somehow getting better in Iraq. As one of Paxman’s guests pointed out, the only way things will improve in Iraq is for the U.S. to remove its troops from Iraq as quickly and as rapidly as possible.

By: tballou

tballou — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:55:31 +0000

On what information does Kagan base his opinion on anything having to do with Iraq other than what he reads from the safety of his armchair? And on what basis does Think Progress or Charlie Rose or any other media base their belief that his opinion is worth listening to?

By: Gregor Samsa

Gregor Samsa — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:53:05 +0000

Kagan also conveniently fails to mention that the “surge” was sold as a short-term, temporary measure to “secure” Baghdad, back in Jan 2007.

Why are these people -ie. Kagan & the other warmongers- still given any airtime at all? Even after they’ve been proven wrong about practically everything they babble about.

These people deserve public scorn and ridicule, not being invited to a serious discussion, let alone allowed to pontificate about “premature withdrawal” and the “fragility” of the “surge” in Iraq.