Comments on: Why the U.S. Cannot Timetable Iraq http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Sat, 26 May 2012 16:36:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: » Blog Archive » But without associating myself with George Bush @Ys http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-285420 » Blog Archive » But without associating myself with George Bush @Ys Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:30:33 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-285420 [...] California Conservative ” Why the U.S. Cannot Timetable Iraq … North Korea, 2/3s of the axis of evil , have acquired nuclear capability, … and the Middle East appeals to pro-west or moderate Muslims, like those … [...] [...] California Conservative ” Why the U.S. Cannot Timetable Iraq … North Korea, 2/3s of the axis of evil , have acquired nuclear capability, … and the Middle East appeals to pro-west or moderate Muslims, like those … [...]

]]> By: ajacksonian http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-282579 ajacksonian Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:13:49 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-282579 One of the interesting things about those who complain about Iraqi's not 'being able to get the job done' is that they don't like to address the brass tacks of what it takes to get a competent Army up and running. I have yet to hear one of them address <a href="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/11/creating-army.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>, particularly getting a capable NCO Corps in place. The US took a minimum of 5 years after Viet Nam to do that and definitively had done it in 17 years. So, why are we expecting *more* from a brand NEW Army than we did from ours? And as folks come to criticize the current strategy, not a one of them offers a way forward that actually addresses those things <a href="http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/10/plan-to-stabilize-iraq.html" rel="nofollow">to make a plan for stability in Iraq</a>. To do that requires recognizing where to sources of instability lay and that the pieces to a solution are in easy reach from Iraq. One of the interesting things about those who complain about Iraqi’s not ‘being able to get the job done’ is that they don’t like to address the brass tacks of what it takes to get a competent Army up and running. I have yet to hear one of them address this, particularly getting a capable NCO Corps in place. The US took a minimum of 5 years after Viet Nam to do that and definitively had done it in 17 years. So, why are we expecting *more* from a brand NEW Army than we did from ours?

And as folks come to criticize the current strategy, not a one of them offers a way forward that actually addresses those things to make a plan for stability in Iraq. To do that requires recognizing where to sources of instability lay and that the pieces to a solution are in easy reach from Iraq.

]]> By: Amy Proctor http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-282221 Amy Proctor Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:39:42 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-282221 Holy Cow! Thanks for pointing that out. I had Iran on my mind, between Iraq and Afghanistan. Now I know someone reads the entire article! Holy Cow! Thanks for pointing that out. I had Iran on my mind, between Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now I know someone reads the entire article!

]]> By: Ron http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-282184 Ron Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:13:54 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-282184 Great post! One small quibble: Iraq is sandwiched between Iran and Syria, not Iran and Afghanistan. Great post! One small quibble: Iraq is sandwiched between Iran and Syria, not Iran and Afghanistan.

]]> By: Tattered Bits of Brain http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-282153 Tattered Bits of Brain Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:16:49 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-282153 <strong>Timeline for withdrawal = timeline for defeat...</strong> Lemme lay it out for you all simple-like and barney-style: Setting a timeline for withdrawl from Iraq simply lets the insurgents know how much longer they have to hold out!... Timeline for withdrawal = timeline for defeat…

Lemme lay it out for you all simple-like and barney-style:

Setting a timeline for withdrawl from Iraq simply lets the insurgents know how much longer they have to hold out!…

]]> By: Amy Proctor http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-281943 Amy Proctor Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:19:07 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-281943 Stay and Pray is better than Cut and Run. This war is 75% won. The only thing giving the terrorists, mostly backed by Iran or al-Qaeda, hope is the continual undeserved criticism by the Murthas of America. This war would have been under control a year or more ago if the Dems had stopped giving our enemies hope. Before al-Zarqawi was killed, al-Qaeda claimed they were losing in confiscated documents/letters from al-Qaeda leaders, including al-Zarqawi. Now they claim they are winning, although they aren't and they know it, because they received a shot in the arm on election night to continue their path of destruction. Targeting soldiers and Iraqi civilians is the way to win because limp wristed America will only take so much. The stupid thing is that soldiers are willing to win the war for us but the ignoramous Dems keep interferring. It's really a shame. By the way, how do YOU justify the tragic repurcussions of a withdrawl? How do YOU justify the Democratic position? How do YOU justify a Middle East that will fall apart if we leave? How is that the answer? Stay and Pray is better than Cut and Run.

This war is 75% won. The only thing giving the terrorists, mostly backed by Iran or al-Qaeda, hope is the continual undeserved criticism by the Murthas of America. This war would have been under control a year or more ago if the Dems had stopped giving our enemies hope.

Before al-Zarqawi was killed, al-Qaeda claimed they were losing in confiscated documents/letters from al-Qaeda leaders, including al-Zarqawi. Now they claim they are winning, although they aren’t and they know it, because they received a shot in the arm on election night to continue their path of destruction. Targeting soldiers and Iraqi civilians is the way to win because limp wristed America will only take so much.

The stupid thing is that soldiers are willing to win the war for us but the ignoramous Dems keep interferring. It’s really a shame.

By the way, how do YOU justify the tragic repurcussions of a withdrawl? How do YOU justify the Democratic position? How do YOU justify a Middle East that will fall apart if we leave? How is that the answer?

]]> By: KnightErrant http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-281937 KnightErrant Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:51:47 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-281937 Not knowing what to do when surprised by a bright light, the deer stood motionless in the middle of the road until run over by a truck. The <i>Stay-and-Pray</i> strategy you so doggedly support offers no hope for a successful conclusion. Indeed, in your long treatise you offer no vision of the future following your strategy. The best we can hope for with <i>Stay-and-Pray</i> is that things won't get worse, but that is highly unlikely. It is instinctive when faced with a conundrum to stand transfixed, unable to decide what to do next. It is instinct; it is also foolish. Not knowing what to do when surprised by a bright light, the deer stood motionless in the middle of the road until run over by a truck.

The Stay-and-Pray strategy you so doggedly support offers no hope for a successful conclusion. Indeed, in your long treatise you offer no vision of the future following your strategy. The best we can hope for with Stay-and-Pray is that things won’t get worse, but that is highly unlikely.

It is instinctive when faced with a conundrum to stand transfixed, unable to decide what to do next. It is instinct; it is also foolish.

]]> By: Stix Blog http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-281897 Stix Blog Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:17:08 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-281897 <strong>I just want to thank all of those people that voted for the"Cut and Run" party....</strong> ***Update California Conservative has a great post today about why a withdrawl from Iraq would be a catsrophy for the Us and the civilized world Just when you thought that it coudn't get any worse, the Democrats are actually telling... I just want to thank all of those people that voted for the”Cut and Run” party….

***Update California Conservative has a great post today about why a withdrawl from Iraq would be a catsrophy for the Us and the civilized world Just when you thought that it coudn’t get any worse, the Democrats are actually telling…

]]> By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-281895 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:10:58 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/liberals/why-the-us-cannot-timetable-iraq/#comment-281895 <strong>Group Wants War Crime Charges Against Rumsfeld...</strong> Civil rights activists in Germany are suing to have prosecutors to open a war crimes probe of former... Group Wants War Crime Charges Against Rumsfeld…

Civil rights activists in Germany are suing to have prosecutors to open a war crimes probe of former…

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