Comments on: DNC Releases New Ad - John McCain wants to stay in Iraq for 100 years http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/04/28/dnc-releases-new-ad-john-mccain-wants-to-stay-in-iraq-for-100-years/ There is nothing wrong with being "edgy". Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mark Towner http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/04/28/dnc-releases-new-ad-john-mccain-wants-to-stay-in-iraq-for-100-years/#comment-34007 Mark Towner Thu, 01 May 2008 19:52:53 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1371#comment-34007 OK President Bell, it's your call, you the man, what would you do exactly? Be specific please Mark PS Take a look at my Air Force Tanker Op-ed today on Spyglass. I'd like your opinion OK President Bell, it’s your call, you the man, what would you do exactly?

Be specific please

Mark

PS Take a look at my Air Force Tanker Op-ed today on Spyglass. I’d like your opinion

]]> By: JM Bell http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/04/28/dnc-releases-new-ad-john-mccain-wants-to-stay-in-iraq-for-100-years/#comment-33585 JM Bell Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:34:01 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1371#comment-33585 Golly, Mark, you're right. Just think about all those suicide bombers and IEDs in Germany, Japan and ... Oh, yeah. That didn't happen. Oh, well, how about how we preemptively invaded Germany and Japan before they declared war on anyone or invaded another country ... wait, you mean Japan declared war on us and attacked our country and Germany was already at was with Europe ... The Balkans? Really? Go ahead and compare that to Iraq. Afghanistan? Um ... we pretty much abandoned an under supported and under strength US military force using far too few NATO troops as filler. So, yeah, that's like Iraq, too, right? Cause that's where all our troops are (now that we've left Afghanistan). Iraq is a singular and unique cock-up and planning a 100+ year occupation is not only ignorant, it's dangerously lazy and it should be criminal. Golly, Mark, you’re right. Just think about all those suicide bombers and IEDs in Germany, Japan and … Oh, yeah. That didn’t happen.

Oh, well, how about how we preemptively invaded Germany and Japan before they declared war on anyone or invaded another country … wait, you mean Japan declared war on us and attacked our country and Germany was already at was with Europe …

The Balkans? Really? Go ahead and compare that to Iraq.

Afghanistan? Um … we pretty much abandoned an under supported and under strength US military force using far too few NATO troops as filler. So, yeah, that’s like Iraq, too, right? Cause that’s where all our troops are (now that we’ve left Afghanistan).

Iraq is a singular and unique cock-up and planning a 100+ year occupation is not only ignorant, it’s dangerously lazy and it should be criminal.

]]> By: Mark Towner http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/04/28/dnc-releases-new-ad-john-mccain-wants-to-stay-in-iraq-for-100-years/#comment-33496 Mark Towner Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:51:06 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1371#comment-33496 JM, Lets see, we are still in Japan 63 years later and going. We are still in Germany 64 years later. We are still in Italy 66 years later. Still in the Balkens 15 years. Afghanistan 6 years. Iraq 5 years. WE only have 95 years to go!!!! Seriously, you know better what McCain was really talking about.... NONE of the above is looking better and better The Captain JM,

Lets see, we are still in Japan 63 years later and going. We are still in Germany 64 years later. We are still in Italy 66 years later. Still in the Balkens 15 years. Afghanistan 6 years. Iraq 5 years. WE only have 95 years to go!!!!

Seriously, you know better what McCain was really talking about….

NONE of the above is looking better and better

The Captain

]]> By: rmwarnick http://jmbell.org/blog/2008/04/28/dnc-releases-new-ad-john-mccain-wants-to-stay-in-iraq-for-100-years/#comment-33431 rmwarnick Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:13:50 +0000 http://jmbell.org/blog/?p=1371#comment-33431 <a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174921/12_reasons_to_get_out_of_iraq" rel="nofollow">Tom Engelhardt</a> explains what's up with this: "No, there was never an exit strategy from Iraq because the Bush administration never intended to leave -- and still doesn't." Tom Engelhardt explains what’s up with this: “No, there was never an exit strategy from Iraq because the Bush administration never intended to leave — and still doesn’t.”

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