tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post7645196097984359340..comments2023-10-19T12:25:15.143+01:00Comments on The Osterley Times: Patrick Cockburn: White House strategy is to help McCain win in NovemberKelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-83553900677887132112008-09-04T19:40:00.000+01:002008-09-04T19:40:00.000+01:00Well well hi Todd! Ingrid pointed me here. Funny b...Well well hi Todd! Ingrid pointed me here. Funny but I talk of this often and was going to post on it the other day but too many other things were happening.<BR/> At this point Bush has set the foundation for so much future war you can only guess which one is going to tip fist!jmsjoinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631105639275375922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-62713685687973548042008-09-04T16:06:00.000+01:002008-09-04T16:06:00.000+01:00Ingrid, are you trying to make me blush?No serious...Ingrid, are you trying to make me blush?<BR/><BR/>No seriously thanks for the kind words, I do appreciate them.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-7990579669114025962008-09-04T14:50:00.000+01:002008-09-04T14:50:00.000+01:00Kel, I copied and pasted this whole post WITH the ...Kel, I copied and pasted this whole post WITH the links of course included.You're just too brilliant a commentator! I hope people will check your site out as you've been brilliant upon brilliant..I cannot stand to watch the RNC..so you must have a strong stomach..<BR/>anyhow, you're so spot on that I almost forget that there are plenty of mindless R voters who'll vote, as you mentioned in another post, for anyone/thing (?) that's (R)..<BR/><BR/>hugs<BR/><BR/>IngridIngridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543677729320023767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-66731604251564033772008-09-02T15:06:00.000+01:002008-09-02T15:06:00.000+01:00I'm pleased to hear you say that Todd. I would hat...I'm pleased to hear you say that Todd. I would hate for people to be fooled by this nonsense.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-43196299940797637832008-09-02T14:51:00.000+01:002008-09-02T14:51:00.000+01:00The Anbar withdrawal is a dangerous gamble. This i...The Anbar withdrawal is a dangerous gamble. This is an overwhelmingly Sunni province with a minority Shia government - the Sunnis boycotted the elections. The Shia government has not been guaranteeing security; rather, it has been the Sunni "Awakening" forces and U.S. troops that have been doing that. And the "Awakening" movement is in the process of being disbanded against their will. All we offered them was a steady paycheck, and soon that will be gone. The Administration is gambling that it won't blow up before the elections.<BR/><BR/>But in the big picture, Iraq is a weak issue for the Republicans. The majority has said in polling that Iraq was a mistake to begin with.<BR/><BR/>If you were to loan me your car and I take a sharp curve too fast and have a wreck, would it prove that I was "right" when I made the decision to take that curve at high speed if the car was repaired six months later? Not really.<BR/><BR/>Iraq is seen as an expensive mistake that the public just wants to end. <B>It was never that they thought we couldn't "win"</B>, which is why this spin that we have "won" will not gain any traction.Todd Dugdale https://www.blogger.com/profile/17584727904734922884noreply@blogger.com