tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post37613159303004698..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Facts on the Ground@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-29264178825998555762007-11-02T20:20:00.000-04:002007-11-02T20:20:00.000-04:00Obloodyhell:I mostly agree (every soldier who serv...Obloodyhell:<BR/><BR/>I mostly agree (every soldier who served there with whom I've spoken says Iraq can be won, though some condition their view on increased aggressiveness by Coalition forces). Lefties discount such views -- including General Petraeus' perspective -- by focusing on <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/20/limbaugh_blasting_letter_sent_by_democrats_sells_for_21m_to_aid_charity/" REL="nofollow">"phony soldiers"</A> and <A HREF="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp#2906" REL="nofollow">fiction</A>. And cramming their fingers in their ears while reading <A HREF="http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.cgi?article=162" REL="nofollow">Frank Rich columns</A> aloud.<BR/><BR/>Still, the Constitution puts civilians in command of our military, so <A HREF="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2007/07/poultry-in-present-tense.html" REL="nofollow">ultimately the issue of what to do in Iraq is one for American voters</A>. (And, in a different sense, <A HREF="http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/iraqi-islamic-party-says-al-qaeda-is-defeated.htm" REL="nofollow">for Iraqis</A>.) Do you foresee, as <A HREF="http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071016/NATION/110160072/1001" REL="nofollow">some evidence suggests</A>, that President Hillary might "do the right thing"?@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-2290314817852258672007-11-01T19:45:00.000-04:002007-11-01T19:45:00.000-04:00> Not intolerable to the men and women who have ch...> Not intolerable to the men and women who have chosen to go to Iraq and want to win there,<BR/><BR/>Even more importantly, have chosen, having seen first hand what was happening, to re-up and keep fighting. Some would claim they are getting paid to stay, but I don't see taking a sub-six figure payout for a losing cause when you have SEEN friends and comrades die right beside you to remind you that you can bite the big one, too. I put it to anyone that it's clear that THEY don't believe Iraq to be a lost cause, and it is only a charlatan who claims to know more but hasn't been there.<BR/><BR/><BR/>---- Obloodyhell<BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com