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		<title>By: steves_59</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#039;s your claim to fame and your curriculum vitae as it pertains to the making of war and the terminating of our enemies?  &quot;HALO?&quot;  Or &quot;Medal of Honor?&quot;
Or just Madden 2013?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s your claim to fame and your curriculum vitae as it pertains to the making of war and the terminating of our enemies?  &#8220;HALO?&#8221;  Or &#8220;Medal of Honor?&#8221;<br />
Or just Madden 2013?</p>
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		<title>By: steves_59</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Drones) killed al Qaeda&#039;s senior leadership, (the US Navy) killed a bunch of Somali pirates, (SEAL Team 6) killed bin Ladin, (failure to successfully negotiate the SOFA) got us out of a go-nowhere war for which we&#039;re in debt
 to the Chinese, and (trashed) the health care system after politicians 
talked about it for 35 years.&quot;
Fixed it for ya.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Drones) killed al Qaeda&#8217;s senior leadership, (the US Navy) killed a bunch of Somali pirates, (SEAL Team 6) killed bin Ladin, (failure to successfully negotiate the SOFA) got us out of a go-nowhere war for which we&#8217;re in debt<br />
 to the Chinese, and (trashed) the health care system after politicians<br />
talked about it for 35 years.&#8221;<br />
Fixed it for ya.</p>
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		<title>By: ImTellinYa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Where Bush was a pragmatist trying to do what worked...&quot;


I agree that Obama is a typical lying, cheating, stealing, traitorous Leftist tyrant who doesn&#039;t care if anything he does works as advertised.


But Bush was no better. Bush created the Housing Bubble by threatening, cajoling and allowing mortgage lenders to drop all ethics and standards for the sole purpose of giving housing loans to third-world savages from Mexico in the insane belief that this would turn these parasites into the brownish equivalent of high-achieving White Republicans. That was politically-correct, Leftist pathology. Bush believed in this. That means Bush was a functional idiot kowtowing to the Leftist narrative.


911 was an example of domestic terrorism enabled by the fact that we allow third world savages into the U.S. and we are not allowed to give them the close scrutiny that they need and deserve. Bush responded in true Leftist fashion by creating Homeland Security; an oppressive, unconstitutional bunch of thugs that is most eager to target law-abiding, patriotic Whites. Once again, Bush panders to the Left by using a crime committed by third-world savages to oppress the very people the government fears the most; Prosperous Whites.


Bush strained every nerve to give amnesty to millions of third-world savages from Mexico and import even more millions legally. Bush once again proved to be in the pocket of a treasonous Left.


If any of these Bush projects &quot;worked&quot; they worked in the sense that they were completely destructive to the U.S. Bush was a Leftist enemy of his own country.


It is true that Obama has been significantly more destructive than Bush, but Obama and Bush have no significant policy differences. Obama has simply been a more proactive destroyer.


The sad fact is that our government is, and has been for the past 50 years, the enemy of its own country. We&#039;ve now reached the end game in which the government has finally destroyed the economy, our shared morality, our schools and has facilitated a hostile invasion of third-world savages that the Left has used as its infantry in the war against Whites.


Our government no longer as any legitimate authority at all. Whites owe the hostile government NO allegiance whatsoever.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Where Bush was a pragmatist trying to do what worked&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>I agree that Obama is a typical lying, cheating, stealing, traitorous Leftist tyrant who doesn&#8217;t care if anything he does works as advertised.</p>
<p>But Bush was no better. Bush created the Housing Bubble by threatening, cajoling and allowing mortgage lenders to drop all ethics and standards for the sole purpose of giving housing loans to third-world savages from Mexico in the insane belief that this would turn these parasites into the brownish equivalent of high-achieving White Republicans. That was politically-correct, Leftist pathology. Bush believed in this. That means Bush was a functional idiot kowtowing to the Leftist narrative.</p>
<p>911 was an example of domestic terrorism enabled by the fact that we allow third world savages into the U.S. and we are not allowed to give them the close scrutiny that they need and deserve. Bush responded in true Leftist fashion by creating Homeland Security; an oppressive, unconstitutional bunch of thugs that is most eager to target law-abiding, patriotic Whites. Once again, Bush panders to the Left by using a crime committed by third-world savages to oppress the very people the government fears the most; Prosperous Whites.</p>
<p>Bush strained every nerve to give amnesty to millions of third-world savages from Mexico and import even more millions legally. Bush once again proved to be in the pocket of a treasonous Left.</p>
<p>If any of these Bush projects &#8220;worked&#8221; they worked in the sense that they were completely destructive to the U.S. Bush was a Leftist enemy of his own country.</p>
<p>It is true that Obama has been significantly more destructive than Bush, but Obama and Bush have no significant policy differences. Obama has simply been a more proactive destroyer.</p>
<p>The sad fact is that our government is, and has been for the past 50 years, the enemy of its own country. We&#8217;ve now reached the end game in which the government has finally destroyed the economy, our shared morality, our schools and has facilitated a hostile invasion of third-world savages that the Left has used as its infantry in the war against Whites.</p>
<p>Our government no longer as any legitimate authority at all. Whites owe the hostile government NO allegiance whatsoever.</p>
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		<title>By: Guest 1811</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perfect definition of a lawyer in power. That same glove fits 99% of the federal prosecutors and AUSA&#039;s.  So no matter what side you are on, NEVER put a lawyer in the whitehouse again!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perfect definition of a lawyer in power. That same glove fits 99% of the federal prosecutors and AUSA&#8217;s.  So no matter what side you are on, NEVER put a lawyer in the whitehouse again!</p>
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		<title>By: Aizino Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aizino Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Qaeda had been in Iraq. There had been talks with Sadam&#039;s government on more than 1 occasion.  As far as we know they were not funded by Iraq ( I do not believe the were) nor were they recruiting or training there.

Besides hosting 2 factions of the PLO &amp; paying the PLO money, Sadam had an airplane carcass in which to train budding terrorists in high jacking at Salman Pak.

I believe the war was winnable in 2007 &amp; 2008.

1st I heard about the German thing.  I would have figured the U.S. was mad at them for going around sanctions on Iran.  But hey we are the U.S. when we mined Haiphong harbor, our NATO allies squealed like stuck pigs and the Russians just put up with it because it was apart of the game.  They were prepared to pay.

Form what I read one of the biggest mistakes was firing the government and army and starting from scratch.  that made a lot of people unemployed with nothing to do.  On the flip side if some of them had remained at their job, they probably would have tried to stick to the Shia.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Al Qaeda had been in Iraq. There had been talks with Sadam&#8217;s government on more than 1 occasion.  As far as we know they were not funded by Iraq ( I do not believe the were) nor were they recruiting or training there.</p>
<p>Besides hosting 2 factions of the PLO &amp; paying the PLO money, Sadam had an airplane carcass in which to train budding terrorists in high jacking at Salman Pak.</p>
<p>I believe the war was winnable in 2007 &amp; 2008.</p>
<p>1st I heard about the German thing.  I would have figured the U.S. was mad at them for going around sanctions on Iran.  But hey we are the U.S. when we mined Haiphong harbor, our NATO allies squealed like stuck pigs and the Russians just put up with it because it was apart of the game.  They were prepared to pay.</p>
<p>Form what I read one of the biggest mistakes was firing the government and army and starting from scratch.  that made a lot of people unemployed with nothing to do.  On the flip side if some of them had remained at their job, they probably would have tried to stick to the Shia.</p>
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		<title>By: hiernonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree that the Sunnis got sick of AQ.  Point is, AQ wasn&#039;t in Iraq before the invasion; their entry was a consequence, not a cause, of our war; that the Sunnis were willing to cooperate against them was incidental to the overall problem, which was the Sunni fear of and resistance to a probable Shi&#039;a-dominated government bent on revenge.  

 
That we botched the Sadr piece is part and parcel with botching pretty much everything that happened after Baghdad fell.  We awarded the contracts to rebuild infrastructure based on political reasons; for example, we shunned German firms who were better positioned to repair the electrical grid because we wanted to punish Germany for its lack of enthusiasm for the war.  So while we were slow to recognize the nature of the war we fought, we simultaneously failed to do what we might have to swiftly restore some semblance of normality and prosperity to Iraq before the influx of jihadis could further destabilize it.


I don&#039;t think that you and I are in basic disagreement here.  My primary objection is to any portrayal of Iraq as any sort of success that was subsequently thrown away; there was no success to throw away.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that the Sunnis got sick of AQ.  Point is, AQ wasn&#8217;t in Iraq before the invasion; their entry was a consequence, not a cause, of our war; that the Sunnis were willing to cooperate against them was incidental to the overall problem, which was the Sunni fear of and resistance to a probable Shi&#8217;a-dominated government bent on revenge.  </p>
<p>That we botched the Sadr piece is part and parcel with botching pretty much everything that happened after Baghdad fell.  We awarded the contracts to rebuild infrastructure based on political reasons; for example, we shunned German firms who were better positioned to repair the electrical grid because we wanted to punish Germany for its lack of enthusiasm for the war.  So while we were slow to recognize the nature of the war we fought, we simultaneously failed to do what we might have to swiftly restore some semblance of normality and prosperity to Iraq before the influx of jihadis could further destabilize it.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think that you and I are in basic disagreement here.  My primary objection is to any portrayal of Iraq as any sort of success that was subsequently thrown away; there was no success to throw away.</p>
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		<title>By: JacksonPearson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community organizers like Baracky are no por ca-ca in running a Constitutional republic like ours. He still hasn&#039;t proven to be worthy of being a legitimate Article II president, let alone being a world leader!  Putin just made a fool of him.  So far, he&#039;s been a disaster in every thing that he&#039;s touched!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Community organizers like Baracky are no por ca-ca in running a Constitutional republic like ours. He still hasn&#8217;t proven to be worthy of being a legitimate Article II president, let alone being a world leader!  Putin just made a fool of him.  So far, he&#8217;s been a disaster in every thing that he&#8217;s touched!</p>
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		<title>By: ziggy zoggy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ziggy zoggy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m sure you wish Brad Pitt were gay. Not that it would matter. Handsome gay guys don&#039;t touch ugly guys.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure you wish Brad Pitt were gay. Not that it would matter. Handsome gay guys don&#8217;t touch ugly guys.</p>
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		<title>By: ziggy zoggy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ziggy zoggy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[911 preceded the overthrow of the less evil Hussein. The financial collapse began with Frank, Dodds, Fannie and Freddie, and spiraled done the bowl with Obunnghole. &quot; &quot;Blood and treasure&quot; is a ridiculous lefty metaphor and has no basis in reality. Obunghole killed nobody, much less anybody in the AQ leadership. Osama was an impotent fugitive who was betrayed by Al Qaeda and SEAL Team 6 killed him against orders. The same thing happened with the scruffy ragamuffin &quot;pirates&quot; from Somalia. Obama refused to allow SEAL snipers to grease them for days, until the commander on sight got fed up and ordered the shooting against Obamorders. Obambi took credit just like with Bin Loser, of course. The humanitarian mission in Iraq was not funded by China. The Obamaconomy is. Healthcare is worse now than in the Dark Ages.


No problemWWfool, happy to help. Cretin.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>911 preceded the overthrow of the less evil Hussein. The financial collapse began with Frank, Dodds, Fannie and Freddie, and spiraled done the bowl with Obunnghole. &#8221; &#8220;Blood and treasure&#8221; is a ridiculous lefty metaphor and has no basis in reality. Obunghole killed nobody, much less anybody in the AQ leadership. Osama was an impotent fugitive who was betrayed by Al Qaeda and SEAL Team 6 killed him against orders. The same thing happened with the scruffy ragamuffin &#8220;pirates&#8221; from Somalia. Obama refused to allow SEAL snipers to grease them for days, until the commander on sight got fed up and ordered the shooting against Obamorders. Obambi took credit just like with Bin Loser, of course. The humanitarian mission in Iraq was not funded by China. The Obamaconomy is. Healthcare is worse now than in the Dark Ages.</p>
<p>No problemWWfool, happy to help. Cretin.</p>
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		<title>By: truebearing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[truebearing]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 02:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your comment comparing Obama to these other presidents is actually pointing out what an idiot he has proven to be. If he so assiduously collects all of the facts, why does he invariably make a stupid decision that hurts America, and usually, the world?
Only someone with your profound lack of understanding could arrive at such a fact-contradicted conclusion.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your comment comparing Obama to these other presidents is actually pointing out what an idiot he has proven to be. If he so assiduously collects all of the facts, why does he invariably make a stupid decision that hurts America, and usually, the world?<br />
Only someone with your profound lack of understanding could arrive at such a fact-contradicted conclusion.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Democracy is not a new concept. It is as old as villages.&quot;



The USA is a constitutional republic utilizing representative democracy. It&#039;s not some organic democracy because it was built after carefully considering lessons from history and as well is ideology from the Judeo Christian Bible.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Democracy is not a new concept. It is as old as villages.&#8221;</p>
<p>The USA is a constitutional republic utilizing representative democracy. It&#8217;s not some organic democracy because it was built after carefully considering lessons from history and as well is ideology from the Judeo Christian Bible.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can impose a constitution that empowers the democratic minded, which gives them power to grow democracy from within their own culture.


Without it, you just have might makes right. The jihadis will always organize around the koran. If we empower the secular-minded individuals and show them how to operate a secure government with their own men, they&#039;ll follow the success we already observed when we followed this recipe in Japan.


Cue clueless denial about the lessons of post-war Japan.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We can impose a constitution that empowers the democratic minded, which gives them power to grow democracy from within their own culture.</p>
<p>Without it, you just have might makes right. The jihadis will always organize around the koran. If we empower the secular-minded individuals and show them how to operate a secure government with their own men, they&#8217;ll follow the success we already observed when we followed this recipe in Japan.</p>
<p>Cue clueless denial about the lessons of post-war Japan.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;How can Democracy grow in England from the Magna Carta/the kings counselors, but it cannot grow from the loya jorga or majlis?&quot;



Because culture and ideology count for a whole lot more than you&#039;ve acknowledged.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;How can Democracy grow in England from the Magna Carta/the kings counselors, but it cannot grow from the loya jorga or majlis?&#8221;</p>
<p>Because culture and ideology count for a whole lot more than you&#8217;ve acknowledged.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;People are people.&quot;

Sure, when they&#039;re born. Ideology and culture count a whole lot in predicting behavior. That&#039;s a forgotten lesson of history, at least in the West.

&quot;English Democracy started out of the right of feudal barons
and spread to lesser nobility/landed gentry. English Democracy was seeded by the Magna Carta. Earlier traditions were dead. they had been killed by years of warfare and the doctrine of divine right.&quot;



You&#039;re missing 2 of the most significant changes in the history of the West, and they&#039;re related. The use of the printing press facilitated replacing the Catholic paradigm with Biblical ideology spread through grass roots growth. Many wars ensued but in the end Biblical ideology won. For the most part, because the authentic Biblical ideology also empowered atheists that wanted revenge against all believers partly because of the legacy of the Catholic Church.


Secondly but also related to the printing press is that education became easier to employ in wider populations. The arguments for maintaining social classes dissipated. The arguments for denying voting rights became less powerful.


The printing press was available to the same populations (the ones we&#039;re talking about that is, but not all populations throughout the globe of course) that today behave no differently than before. Why is that? Education didn&#039;t help them evolve because their cultural dogmas don&#039;t allow for individuals to think for themselves in meaningful constructive ways and don&#039;t allow for the possibility of progress (not leftist progress but any progress at all) until it can be reconciled with their concrete dogmas.


If you want to &quot;test&quot; a culture, one way is to see how it reacts to access to new technology.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;People are people.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sure, when they&#8217;re born. Ideology and culture count a whole lot in predicting behavior. That&#8217;s a forgotten lesson of history, at least in the West.</p>
<p>&#8220;English Democracy started out of the right of feudal barons<br />
and spread to lesser nobility/landed gentry. English Democracy was seeded by the Magna Carta. Earlier traditions were dead. they had been killed by years of warfare and the doctrine of divine right.&#8221;</p>
<p>You&#8217;re missing 2 of the most significant changes in the history of the West, and they&#8217;re related. The use of the printing press facilitated replacing the Catholic paradigm with Biblical ideology spread through grass roots growth. Many wars ensued but in the end Biblical ideology won. For the most part, because the authentic Biblical ideology also empowered atheists that wanted revenge against all believers partly because of the legacy of the Catholic Church.</p>
<p>Secondly but also related to the printing press is that education became easier to employ in wider populations. The arguments for maintaining social classes dissipated. The arguments for denying voting rights became less powerful.</p>
<p>The printing press was available to the same populations (the ones we&#8217;re talking about that is, but not all populations throughout the globe of course) that today behave no differently than before. Why is that? Education didn&#8217;t help them evolve because their cultural dogmas don&#8217;t allow for individuals to think for themselves in meaningful constructive ways and don&#8217;t allow for the possibility of progress (not leftist progress but any progress at all) until it can be reconciled with their concrete dogmas.</p>
<p>If you want to &#8220;test&#8221; a culture, one way is to see how it reacts to access to new technology.</p>
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		<title>By: Aizino Smith</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aizino Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you arguing that a political faction in the U.S. wished for defeat in order to score political points on an opposing U.S. part?

Yes, (in Tet no but in Iraq exactly so)

Mistakes
Bush went in light and the general was right. I am not sure Bush would have been able to get additional troops thru Congress. Well probably, but there was the only budget thing.

Did the North intend to eviscerate the south?  I think so.but I also think that they misjudge their chance of success.

I think the generals in Vietnam were doing some wishful thinking in terms of body count. but then their war was politically constrained and artificially so. we could not invade the North (Spec Ops occasionally yes; full scale no). We couldn&#039;t bomb the bridges within so many miles of the Chinese border.  We could not operate as freely in Cambodia or Laos as the North did without indignant howls of outrage.

Sunni Awakening was opportunistic. Yes. But COIN always wanted to find some way to work with the locals.  So we not blundering along .  Al Qaeda kept blowing up civilians shopping at the Souk in Ramadi for example. They did so at least twice in 2007. So yes the Sunnis were sick of Al Qaeda.

Sadr should have been stripped of rank by Sistani or someone and run out of town back to Iran. Discredited.  The CIA or somebody was not trying near hard enough to discredit Sadr by telling the truth or getting the goods on him.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you arguing that a political faction in the U.S. wished for defeat in order to score political points on an opposing U.S. part?</p>
<p>Yes, (in Tet no but in Iraq exactly so)</p>
<p>Mistakes<br />
Bush went in light and the general was right. I am not sure Bush would have been able to get additional troops thru Congress. Well probably, but there was the only budget thing.</p>
<p>Did the North intend to eviscerate the south?  I think so.but I also think that they misjudge their chance of success.</p>
<p>I think the generals in Vietnam were doing some wishful thinking in terms of body count. but then their war was politically constrained and artificially so. we could not invade the North (Spec Ops occasionally yes; full scale no). We couldn&#8217;t bomb the bridges within so many miles of the Chinese border.  We could not operate as freely in Cambodia or Laos as the North did without indignant howls of outrage.</p>
<p>Sunni Awakening was opportunistic. Yes. But COIN always wanted to find some way to work with the locals.  So we not blundering along .  Al Qaeda kept blowing up civilians shopping at the Souk in Ramadi for example. They did so at least twice in 2007. So yes the Sunnis were sick of Al Qaeda.</p>
<p>Sadr should have been stripped of rank by Sistani or someone and run out of town back to Iran. Discredited.  The CIA or somebody was not trying near hard enough to discredit Sadr by telling the truth or getting the goods on him.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They love death the way we love life. So they say, because of their ideological requirements to say so. Unfortunately too many people are influenced by this satanic rhetoric.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They love death the way we love life. So they say, because of their ideological requirements to say so. Unfortunately too many people are influenced by this satanic rhetoric.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Bush&#039;s entire plan was a quick easy war ending with a pro-American democracy in the heart of the Arab world, from which we could project power to tame the Islamist beast.&quot;

Quick, easy, cheap and relatively low profile. He tried to sell the war to the left.

The part you left it is the most relevant. Per usual.

&quot;How&#039;d that turn out?&quot;



He was stupid to care so much about deranged leftists.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Bush&#8217;s entire plan was a quick easy war ending with a pro-American democracy in the heart of the Arab world, from which we could project power to tame the Islamist beast.&#8221;</p>
<p>Quick, easy, cheap and relatively low profile. He tried to sell the war to the left.</p>
<p>The part you left it is the most relevant. Per usual.</p>
<p>&#8220;How&#8217;d that turn out?&#8221;</p>
<p>He was stupid to care so much about deranged leftists.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;On the other hand, they also showed that bearded illiterates with roadside bombs could make the US unable to stabilize the country, demoralize troops, inflict unacceptable casualties and severely impact its economy with unconventional warfare. This is where the real damage to US prestige and respect was inflicted.&quot;



We showed that by our reactions. We lost the initiative because Bush had to deal with enemies at home and abroad, as every non-leftist president must deal with.


It was not beyond our capabilities at all. Rumsfeld wanted to impress on everyone how cheaply it could be done. Perhaps he did have a vision of rolling through the entire region one by one and creating &quot;democratic sovereigns&quot; in each nation.


But, because Rumsfeld&#039;s &quot;Transformation&quot; plans were part of selling the war, Bush got boxed in by the left.


There are plenty of delusional people outside of the Democratic Party.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;On the other hand, they also showed that bearded illiterates with roadside bombs could make the US unable to stabilize the country, demoralize troops, inflict unacceptable casualties and severely impact its economy with unconventional warfare. This is where the real damage to US prestige and respect was inflicted.&#8221;</p>
<p>We showed that by our reactions. We lost the initiative because Bush had to deal with enemies at home and abroad, as every non-leftist president must deal with.</p>
<p>It was not beyond our capabilities at all. Rumsfeld wanted to impress on everyone how cheaply it could be done. Perhaps he did have a vision of rolling through the entire region one by one and creating &#8220;democratic sovereigns&#8221; in each nation.</p>
<p>But, because Rumsfeld&#8217;s &#8220;Transformation&#8221; plans were part of selling the war, Bush got boxed in by the left.</p>
<p>There are plenty of delusional people outside of the Democratic Party.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you serious? None of those &quot;features&quot; are positive things unless you pull them out of context.


No POTUS has absolute control over anything. The things he&#039;s done have been bungled because of his radical ideology and intentions. If something trivial happens to go our way (seemingly), it&#039;s mere coincidence.


To paraphrase the lunatics, no, he has certainly not cured cancer or any real disease though he gets credit for &quot;vision&quot; in many cases for people who don&#039;t care about facts and objective analysis.


Is al Qaeda stronger now than in 2009? Are Islamists controlling more or less resources that can be used to attack us? Is Islamist rhetoric ratcheting up in anticipation of exploiting their strengths or settling in to a resignation that they don&#039;t have opportunities?


Our enemies are enriched and emboldened all over the world. That&#039;s the bottom line. We&#039;re weaker, they&#039;re stronger.


Now if you can explain how this was beyond the &quot;Bummer&#039;s&quot; control, I&#039;ll listen. You can&#039;t actually claim he accomplished anything positive for anyone who cares about Western civilization or the US constitution.


WRT healthcare, it&#039;s a wonderful idea. It&#039;s like wanting a new car for decades and you finally get one...by driving your old one off the cliff as a promise to get that new car.


Where is that &quot;new car?&quot; It doesn&#039;t exist. Not all &quot;reform&quot; is positive. All radical revolutionaries &quot;reform&quot; something. It&#039;s usually not good.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you serious? None of those &#8220;features&#8221; are positive things unless you pull them out of context.</p>
<p>No POTUS has absolute control over anything. The things he&#8217;s done have been bungled because of his radical ideology and intentions. If something trivial happens to go our way (seemingly), it&#8217;s mere coincidence.</p>
<p>To paraphrase the lunatics, no, he has certainly not cured cancer or any real disease though he gets credit for &#8220;vision&#8221; in many cases for people who don&#8217;t care about facts and objective analysis.</p>
<p>Is al Qaeda stronger now than in 2009? Are Islamists controlling more or less resources that can be used to attack us? Is Islamist rhetoric ratcheting up in anticipation of exploiting their strengths or settling in to a resignation that they don&#8217;t have opportunities?</p>
<p>Our enemies are enriched and emboldened all over the world. That&#8217;s the bottom line. We&#8217;re weaker, they&#8217;re stronger.</p>
<p>Now if you can explain how this was beyond the &#8220;Bummer&#8217;s&#8221; control, I&#8217;ll listen. You can&#8217;t actually claim he accomplished anything positive for anyone who cares about Western civilization or the US constitution.</p>
<p>WRT healthcare, it&#8217;s a wonderful idea. It&#8217;s like wanting a new car for decades and you finally get one&#8230;by driving your old one off the cliff as a promise to get that new car.</p>
<p>Where is that &#8220;new car?&#8221; It doesn&#8217;t exist. Not all &#8220;reform&#8221; is positive. All radical revolutionaries &#8220;reform&#8221; something. It&#8217;s usually not good.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;By your standard, Japan won WWII!&quot;



No, the Soviets won, thanks to the left. Thanks for the reminder.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;By your standard, Japan won WWII!&#8221;</p>
<p>No, the Soviets won, thanks to the left. Thanks for the reminder.</p>
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