Comments on: THE CRISIS OF THE WAR II http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sims http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-217493 sims Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:06:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-217493 <strong>sims</strong> sims The Least Perceptive Literary Critic The most important critic in our field of study is Lord Halifax. A most individual judge of poetry, he once invited Alexander Pope round to give a public reading of his latest poem. Pope, the leading poet of... sims

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The Least Perceptive Literary Critic
The most important critic in our field of study is Lord Halifax. A
most individual judge of poetry, he once invited Alexander Pope round to
give a public reading of his latest poem.
Pope, the leading poet of…

]]> By: bp http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41845 bp Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:57:29 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41845 Rick, you're generally a solid guy but proposing to sack Rumsfeld is literally insane. And the logic you use to arrive at that proposition makes no sense. In Lincoln's case, he went after his most vocal critics and silenced them--you're proposing Bush take out one of his staunchest supporters. That will silence critics how, exactly? It won't. They'll just smell blood in the water and go on an atavistic feeding frenzy. Like they always do when they sense any weakness in the administration. Write the left off in this war, Rick. They have had their chances to help out and they have consistently taken leave of their senses. There is no way to bring them back to reason. It's best to confront them, defeat them and win the war. Rick, you’re generally a solid guy but proposing to sack Rumsfeld is literally insane. And the logic you use to arrive at that proposition makes no sense. In Lincoln’s case, he went after his most vocal critics and silenced them–you’re proposing Bush take out one of his staunchest supporters. That will silence critics how, exactly?

It won’t. They’ll just smell blood in the water and go on an atavistic feeding frenzy. Like they always do when they sense any weakness in the administration.

Write the left off in this war, Rick. They have had their chances to help out and they have consistently taken leave of their senses. There is no way to bring them back to reason. It’s best to confront them, defeat them and win the war.

]]> By: American Dinosaur http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41826 American Dinosaur Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:03:45 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41826 <strong>Round the Reader Before and After Edition</strong> Since I have to work like normal people today you get some in the morning and some in the evening! First up I link to myself and this post on Project Valor please read it and support it. The... Round the Reader Before and After Edition

Since I have to work like normal people today you get some in the morning and some in the evening! First up I link to myself and this post on Project Valor please read it and support it. The…

]]> By: Fritz http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41824 Fritz Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:18:40 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41824 Rick, Think about this passage from Seabright's The Company of Strangers. I was in discussion with a senior Russian official whose job it was to direct the production of bread in St. Petersburg. "Please understand that we are keen to move towards a market system," he told me. "But we need to understand the fundamental details of how such a system works. Tell me, for example, who is in charge of the supply of bread to the population of London? There is nothing naive about his question, because the answer, nobody is in charge, is astonishingly hard to believe. Only in the industrialized West, have we forgotten just how strange it is. This is what we are dealing with in Iraq. Like free market economies, democracy is really an intangible force. The Iraqi governing authorities recognize the benefits of democracy, yet are still trying to manage it. We witnessed Iraqi women in January, they are the key to our success in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan should be asked why Iraqi women should be denied the freedoms she now exercises. Rick,
Think about this passage from Seabright’s The Company of Strangers. I was in discussion with a senior Russian official whose job it was to direct the production of bread in St. Petersburg. “Please understand that we are keen to move towards a market system,” he told me. “But we need to understand the fundamental details of how such a system works. Tell me, for example, who is in charge of the supply of bread to the population of London? There is nothing naive about his question, because the answer, nobody is in charge, is astonishingly hard to believe. Only in the industrialized West, have we forgotten just how strange it is.
This is what we are dealing with in Iraq. Like free market economies, democracy is really an intangible force. The Iraqi governing authorities recognize the benefits of democracy, yet are still trying to manage it. We witnessed Iraqi women in January, they are the key to our success in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan should be asked why Iraqi women should be denied the freedoms she now exercises.

]]> By: Rick Moran http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41729 Rick Moran Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:48:44 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41729 <em>Oh yeah.let’s blame everything that’s unpopular about Iraq on Rumsfeld and fire him.</em> Huh? Where did I say that? If anything I blame Bush...and you, like Jimmy Carter, blame the American people. BTW...Who recently tried to turn the "War on Terror" into the "Struggle Against Violent Extremism?" Who has been floating trial balloons about bringing home the troops regardless of the situation on the ground (timetable?). Who was the top ranking civilian in charge when torture allegations came to light? No more excuses. Rummy's got to go not because the left says so but because 1)he's not on the same page as the President; and 2)he's a lightening rod. As for confirmation, a war hawk Democrat would checkmate the Dems on Armed Services. As for nuking Arabia...only if we want a quick way to Armageddon. I daresay the Soviets wouldn't stand idly by while a cloud of radioactivity wafted over their territory. Oh yeah.let’s blame everything that’s unpopular about Iraq on Rumsfeld and fire him.

Huh? Where did I say that? If anything I blame Bush…and you, like Jimmy Carter, blame the American people.

BTW…Who recently tried to turn the “War on Terror” into the “Struggle Against Violent Extremism?”

Who has been floating trial balloons about bringing home the troops regardless of the situation on the ground (timetable?).

Who was the top ranking civilian in charge when torture allegations came to light?

No more excuses. Rummy’s got to go not because the left says so but because 1)he’s not on the same page as the President; and 2)he’s a lightening rod.

As for confirmation, a war hawk Democrat would checkmate the Dems on Armed Services.

As for nuking Arabia…only if we want a quick way to Armageddon. I daresay the Soviets wouldn’t stand idly by while a cloud of radioactivity wafted over their territory.

]]> By: See-Dubya http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41728 See-Dubya Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:44:21 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41728 Rumsfeld's doing an excellent job. He's not the problem. And it will only embolden the critics, I fear. Rumsfeld’s doing an excellent job. He’s not the problem. And it will only embolden the critics, I fear.

]]> By: trentk269 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41675 trentk269 Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:03:48 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41675 Oh yeah.let's blame everything that's unpopular about Iraq on Rumsfeld and fire him. That will REALLY galvanize public support for the war- hell, look how effective that tactic was when LBJ fired Westmoreland, Rusk, and McNamara (yeah, I know they "resigned", were "reassigned",etc.) We've got a choice in this country- it's real simple. We can cut and run, stick our head up our collective ass and hope no one notices, or we can stick it out and support Iraq's efforts to become a free independent republic. Firing Rumsfeld solves nothing. I can't believe you're as intellectually lazy as this post sounds. Americans are NOT serious about winning this conflict, which has EVERYTHING to do with problems to date. Giving the unelectable Left a victory in this would be almost as bad as allowing the terrorists in the region to win control of Iraq. It will lead to an eventual nuclear event in a major western city or three AND THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING THE POLITICAL FORCES RELEASED FOR NUCLEAR REVENGE AGAINST THE ENTIRE REGION IF THIS HAPPENS. Oh yeah.let’s blame everything that’s unpopular about Iraq on Rumsfeld and fire him. That will REALLY galvanize public support for the war- hell, look how effective that tactic was when LBJ fired Westmoreland, Rusk, and McNamara (yeah, I know they “resigned”, were “reassigned”,etc.)

We’ve got a choice in this country- it’s real simple. We can cut and run, stick our head up our collective ass and hope no one notices, or we can stick it out and support Iraq’s efforts to become a free independent republic.

Firing Rumsfeld solves nothing. I can’t believe you’re as intellectually lazy as this post sounds. Americans are NOT serious about winning this conflict, which has EVERYTHING to do with problems to date.

Giving the unelectable Left a victory in this would be almost as bad as allowing the terrorists in the region to win control of Iraq. It will lead to an eventual nuclear event in a major western city or three AND THERE WILL BE NO STOPPING THE POLITICAL FORCES RELEASED FOR NUCLEAR REVENGE AGAINST THE ENTIRE REGION IF THIS HAPPENS.

]]> By: Mike on Hilton Head Island http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41663 Mike on Hilton Head Island Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:14:42 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41663 No no no no no no no.... Rumsfeld is one of the most effective, able Defense Secretaries since World War II. Why toss a bone to the Cindy Sheehan crowd? They'll just demand more.. and frankly, the only resignation that would satisfy them would be President Bush. CAN YOU IMAGINE what a confirmation hearing would be like for a Rumsfeld replacement? It would be a three ring circus full fledged left wing freak show. Please, think again! No no no no no no no….

Rumsfeld is one of the most effective, able Defense Secretaries since World War II.

Why toss a bone to the Cindy Sheehan crowd? They’ll just demand more.. and frankly, the only resignation that would satisfy them would be President Bush.

CAN YOU IMAGINE what a confirmation hearing would be like for a Rumsfeld replacement? It would be a three ring circus full fledged left wing freak show.

Please, think again!

]]> By: NIF http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41641 NIF Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:55:23 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41641 <strong>Man-at-arms of Death</strong> Today's dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny ... Stupid Monday edition Man-at-arms of Death

Today’s dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny … Stupid Monday edition

]]> By: JunkYardBlog http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/08/15/the-crisis-of-the-war-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-41637 JunkYardBlog Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:41:38 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=705#comment-41637 <strong>BLOGGING WHILE CIVILIZATION BURNS</strong> Is it just me or has the world gone mad for the hundredth time since 9-11? We have the galling spectacle of a mother who lost a son in a war for which he volunteered blaming not the terrorists who... BLOGGING WHILE CIVILIZATION BURNS

Is it just me or has the world gone mad for the hundredth time since 9-11? We have the galling spectacle of a mother who lost a son in a war for which he volunteered blaming not the terrorists who…

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