Stay the course.

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My own liberal stance on Bush and 'Stay the Course':

In order to win we need more troops.

So, Mr. Command-in-Chief, lets make a concerted effort to get more men on the ground or lets get the frick out.

It feels like we're standing in quicksand and Bush is telling us to "Stay the Course."

 

[Trajan12]

Originally Posted by blackheart
Nice try at doublethinking even though it's been thoroughly explained in this thread countless times. I applaud you for overlooking every single argument made and instead choosing to go by your own rhetoric.

Originally Posted by blackheart
North King is saying we need more troops to do anything, BUT it's going to cost us more than its worth. Honestly Red Stranger, how do you expect to go to "Harvard" if you can't comprehend simple grammar?

Originall Posted by Myself
I think what is meant is that in order to win we need more troops, but they don't want to see that happen. If we are going to be stuck in this war then we might as well increase our chances.

You said that liberals know we need more troops to win, but they don't support the war and they don't think it is worth it. That is basically the same thing I said in trying to explain my interpretation of what you all think. So kindly explain what on Earth you are saying.

 

[JollyRoger]

You said that liberals know we need more troops to win, but they don't support the war and they don't think it is worth it. That is basically the same thing I said in trying to explain my interpretation of what you all think. So kindly explain what on Earth you are saying.

We have already won the war. Now we are in an occupation. An occupation has only two possible outcomes - annex or withdraw. If you want to accomplish anything positive in Iraq before withdrawal, it will realistically take more blood and treasure than even Conservatives are willing to sacrifice - the average American has lost patience with the "just give us 6 more months" tease that the NeoCons have been spouting since the beginning.

Since we allegedly don't want to annex and nothing positive can be achieved without sacrificing more than we are willing, withdrawal now is the least bad option. Anything else is just losing blood and treasure for no gain.

 

[bhsup]

For what it's worth, if you want the opinion of someone stationed over there right now, my brother sent this link to me, stating the article is pretty much bang on correct.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2006/12/the_iraq_study_group_flunks.html

 

[brennan]

Nice article.

The recipe for victory in Iraq is simple. Establish that we are in charge there by killing a great many more people.

'Scuse me while I vomit.

 

[bhsup]

Yeah, I'm not exactly keen on some parts of the article either. Like I said, just passing on what my brother endorsed. That particular sentence you quoted wouldn't have been too bad if they'd made clear they were talking about the enemy. After all, the job of the military is to destroy the enemy. However, that entire paragraph was a bit jaded.

 

[brennan]

I'm not particularly interested in who they plan to kill. The idea that the solution is just to kill more people is quite bad enough thanks.

 

[blackheart]

Yeah, I'm not exactly keen on some parts of the article either. Like I said, just passing on what my brother endorsed. That particular sentence you quoted wouldn't have been too bad if they'd made clear they were talking about the enemy. After all, the job of the military is to destroy the enemy. However, that entire paragraph was a bit jaded.

I'm laughing my ass off at the entire article. Good thing we don't let soldiers decide policy otherwise all we would do is kill kill kill. Advocating killing more "enemies" is decently ok if you know who the enemy is, but the author even suggests ignoring collateral damage. Despicable.

 

[blackheart]

You said that liberals know we need more troops to win, but they don't support the war and they don't think it is worth it. That is basically the same thing I said in trying to explain my interpretation of what you all think. So kindly explain what on Earth you are saying.

I agree with what JollyRoger says. I'm also going to add that as an occupation force, we don't have the patience to last it. Neither do we have the brutality to suppress it.