"We have a finite number of troops," said Maj. Chris Kennedy of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment. "But if you pull out of an area and don't leave security forces in it, all you're going to do is leave the door open for them to come back. This is what our lack of combat power has done to us throughout the country."
The latest fantasy out of Washington is that American-trained Iraqi forces will ultimately be able to do what the American forces have not: defeat the insurgency and pacify Iraq.
"We've learned that Iraqis are courageous and that they need additional skills," said Mr. Bush in his television address. "And that is why a major part of our mission is to train them so they can do the fighting, and then our troops can come home."
Don't hold your breath. This is another example of the administration's inability to distinguish between a strategy and a wish.
Exactly.
-The Oklahoma Hippy
Are the 'Thought Police' you wrote about a few posts ago affiliated in any way with the blog comment police that singled out a guy because of his thoughts and tried to get him fired?
ReplyDeleteSee what's interesting is that we didn't attack LogicMonkey because of his thoughts. It was the scary and insane way in which he chose to share those thoughts. Several people have commented that what we did in revealing his identity was wrong because we shouldn't censor people based on their thoughts. The thing is, we really didn't care about the fact that he held conservative opinions.
ReplyDeleteBy all means, think whatever you want, and let me do the same.
LogicMonkey was frightening, not because he believed things that I disagreed with, but because he seemed to have uncontrollable outbursts of rage and hatred.
Also, there was no attempt on our behalf to get him fired. Both my husband and I felt that it was sufficient to try to hold up a mirror for him to see his true self.
Apparently, having his online persona connected to his real identity was just too embarassing for him. Whatever happened beyond that is his own fault.
Moral of the story: Don't post things that you wouldn't stand behind 100 percent.
The Internet is far from an anonymous place.
-The Hippy's Wife