Nothing is being "destroyed".  Why do people on the left have to be so dramatic and emotional?

As I said......

Comptroller General....Clinton appointee + Clinton running for President = typical democratic rheotric.

Any person who goes around using the phrase "tax cuts for the rich" is a democrat by nature.  Purely political.

MasonM

If the subject matter were humorous we could all just laugh and move on. The reality is that what the Comptroller General in documenting is reality and will impact all of our lives in the future. The debt and our ability to meet our countries obligations will be in our face every day. If we do not keep the commitments to the 78 Million Baby Boomers there will be a disaster for the country. To keep those promises will require MASSIVE tax increases or cuts in things we simply can not cut and keep our country operating. This is no Comic Book Issue-- I wish it were!

and how often is the "1st explanation" or rationalization of a problem totally wrong with these guys? feel free to take that position, time will tell.



he was also a reagan appointee. (twice)

reply #11...you quoted from my response....if you are gonna lie, at least pay attention so it's not so easily shown, lmfao!

From another "poll".

And contrary to the beliefs of many analysts, most Iraqis do not feel their country is engulfed in civil war, the survey reveals.

Though opinion is divided along sectarian lines, only 27 percent think there is a civil war, compared with 61 percent who don't.

Still, 49 percent said they preferred life under Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to living under Saddam. And only 27 percent said their country is in a civil war.

You gotta love these pollsters. That difficulty concentrating is what tipped the balance for me - I'm DONE supporting this war. As Gene would say, we're DESTROYING their ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE!!!!!!!

As if polling in Iraq is like polling in Palm Beach or something. Extrapolate answers by a little over 2000 Iraqis (or was it 1200?) to a set of loaded questions, as if that is representative of 25mil+, & cherry-pick the ones which advance the agenda. If the world had been ruled by polls in 1940, and people like Gene, we'd be speaking German now.

Like MasonM, I get a kick out of reading your stuff, Gene - keep it up.

as many know, i was against this war since before the invasion. but like most, i kept my mouth shut once "shock and awe" had begun.

and i can understand some early assessments needing "modifications" in a changing theater of battle.

but these guys have been wrong so many times, on so many levels, and so many "early reports" of good things and progress are all too often discredited that i can't understand how anyone can be "for this war" at this point.

al quaeda doesn't need a safe haven. it already has one, afghanastan. and now that haven has extended well into pakistan, where our "ally" has failed to do anything about it.

the domino theory of vietnam was bogus, just as the "theories" about iraquis suddenly swimming the ocean to get here are. iran and syria et al, have a much bigger problem with the 5,000,000 very real refugees that have crossed their borders.

i still think john mccain is a good man, but at this point, in the way he blindly has supported everything about this war and the way he is running his campaign, i am seriously starting to question his intelligence and his judgement. his loyalty for the military seems to have trumped his common sense.

i agree. that loyalty has caused him to be blind to the facts. i can respect his position more than some others because of his experience, but i still think he is digging a hole he should have stopped and climbed out of a long time ago.