Comments on: Playing To Win In Iraq http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:27:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-302452 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:18:57 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/#comment-302452 <strong>Somali official: Top al-Qaeda suspect killed in U.S. airstrike...</strong> The suspected al-Qaeda militant who planned the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in east Africa was killed... Somali official: Top al-Qaeda suspect killed in U.S. airstrike…

The suspected al-Qaeda militant who planned the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in east Africa was killed…

]]> By: Michael Ejercito http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-302371 Michael Ejercito Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:56:19 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/#comment-302371 Have any of you considered, for a moment, that the reason support for continued occupation of Iraq is dwindling is <i> because </i> of our success. Saddam Hussein is as dead as Rachel Corrie; he will not be coming back. Mayn Americans do not see the point of staying there after Hussein had been dealt with for all time. Have any of you considered, for a moment, that the reason support for continued occupation of Iraq is dwindling is because of our success.

Saddam Hussein is as dead as Rachel Corrie; he will not be coming back. Mayn Americans do not see the point of staying there after Hussein had been dealt with for all time.

]]> By: California Conservative http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-302266 California Conservative Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:53:12 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/#comment-302266 What if George Washington had thought that? What if Abe Lincoln agreed with you? America might still be a land with slavery and living under the British flag. What if George Washington had thought that?

What if Abe Lincoln agreed with you?

America might still be a land with slavery and living under the British flag.

]]> By: KnightErrant http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-302265 KnightErrant Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:47:08 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/playing-to-win-in-iraq/#comment-302265 Imagine a football game where the players die at a rate of two or three per quarter. Imagine a football game where two tackles, one outside linebacker, and the free safety are actually members of the <b>opposing</b> team, performing sneak attacks on their teammates at random moments; meanwhile, on the offense, both guards and the tight end don't want to play, so they just stand around and watch. Imagine a football game where the fans throw IEDs on the field. Iraq is a game where our allies are rife with opponents of the American presence as well as people who just want a job and don't want to die doing it. Half the team, the Iraqi Security Forces half, are at best unreliable and at worst the enemy. And we don't know which half is which. The vast majority of the fans, the Iraqi people, want us to leave...or lose...or just die. War is not a game but, in games and war, there are times when the best strategy is to cut you losses and the worst strategy is to leave the first string in there to get beaten to death. Imagine a football game where the players die at a rate of two or three per quarter. Imagine a football game where two tackles, one outside linebacker, and the free safety are actually members of the opposing team, performing sneak attacks on their teammates at random moments; meanwhile, on the offense, both guards and the tight end don’t want to play, so they just stand around and watch. Imagine a football game where the fans throw IEDs on the field.

Iraq is a game where our allies are rife with opponents of the American presence as well as people who just want a job and don’t want to die doing it. Half the team, the Iraqi Security Forces half, are at best unreliable and at worst the enemy. And we don’t know which half is which. The vast majority of the fans, the Iraqi people, want us to leave…or lose…or just die.

War is not a game but, in games and war, there are times when the best strategy is to cut you losses and the worst strategy is to leave the first string in there to get beaten to death.

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