*sigh*

Post #178,657

10/9/04 9:56:17 PM

*sigh*

Wargamed THIS scenario?

No. I doubt it. It might have been better planned, then.

But if you think this is largely a plan dreamed up in some other administration, OK.

I don't buy it.

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As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.

Post #178,668

by bepatient

10/10/04 1:19:33 AM

Not the point

I'm not blaming this on Clinton, if thats what your getting at.

This administration definitely had eyes on Iraq unlike previous administrations...my point is that it wasn't as drastic a shift as many here seem to think it was in our policy...and that 9/11 gave it life that it could never have had otherwise.

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

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Post #178,684

by Ashton

10/10/04 4:06:34 AM

'Life' as in... Frankenstein, perhaps - Mr. Apologist

An artificially-urgent rush via hyped minimal-intel.. not to judgment - but to an agenda; via the pointed ignoring of all surrounding competent sources of 'judgment' re military necessities and all which could be anticipated to follow even a successful penetration.

(We did get average Murican level of knowledge of the ME though: could any group intent upon such a fantasy - have been more ignorant of the warring clans and their history, such as to imagine the Welcoming of an Occupation Army? .. for more than about 3 days?)

Anyone who imagines the events since 3/03; the rampant looting, the firing of the only available force to maintain order (Iraqi Army) etc. etc. -- to have been just "a pattern of normal errors by able people" - surely has a naively channeled imagination.

I know. I Know.

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First - they confuse fantasy with human probabilities. It's their Nature.
Second - they lie, unabashedly because They Know Our Destiny\ufffd -->
Third - like all zealots, they lack (that.. often-salvaging) sense of humor.
Fatal, that last. Look at them speak, up-close: Rove, Wolfie, Rice-y, Perle, Cheney! Ashcroft!!
cha cha cha

Post #178,688

by imric

10/10/04 7:09:42 AM

No, Bill.

I find 'regime change' to 'invade and occupy' to be a drastic shift.

Moving from the support of removal of Saddam from office to taking Iraq by force - bearing the overwhelming cost in lives and dollars ourselves - IS drastic. It is not merely a continuation of policy, as the republicans have billed it.

Imric's Tips for Living

Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.

Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.

Post #178,689

by bepatient

10/10/04 8:53:48 AM

Maybe so.

Drastic or not. I don't think the merry men in the Pentagon had to dig too deep in the files to unearth this "drastic new neocon plan" (if that choice of wording suits you better).

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

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