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2006-09-05 Iraq

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Posted by Sherry 2006-09-05 17:27|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just to give everyone a point of contrast, here's Democratic senatorial candidate Bob Casey being interviewed by Tim Russert, as quoted by James Taranto at Opinion Journal:

Russert: Let's go right to it: the war in Iraq. Mr. Casey, you're the challenger, you told the Philadelphia Inquirer August 2005 the following:

'Casey said he would have voted for the war considering the evidence at the time, and supported the spending bills that funded the effort.' Knowing what you know today, would you still have voted for the war?

Casey:...Tim, on the war in Iraq, if, if, if a lot of Americans knew now--if they knew then what they know now, they would, they would have thought that this war was the war that shouldn't have been fought based upon the misleading of this administration.

Here's what I think has to happen in Iraq today.

Russert: So you would not vote for it today.

Casey: Based upon the information that we have now, I think that, that a lot of Americans would have serious doubts. I'm not sure there would have even been a vote on Iraq that early in the--

Russert: But in '05 you said you'd vote for it. Would you today in '06 vote for it?

Casey: Based upon the evidence that was presented then, yes, which I think has been--was misleading, and I think it was faulty. The intelligence was faulty.

Russert: But today, today is no. Today you would vote no.

Casey: Today--if we knew then what we know now, sure. I think there wouldn't have been a vote and I think people would have changed.

Everyone clear on that?

Posted by Matt 2006-09-05 18:16|| 2006-09-05 18:16|| Front Page Top

#2 profile in courage

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-09-05 20:23|| 2006-09-05 20:23|| Front Page Top

#3 There is going to be a series of speeches over the next few days, culiminating in the Sept. 19 speech to the UN. I suspect that the WOT will be waged more aggressively. Jihad incitement from Afghan and Iraq mosques, continues and with obvious results. That has to stop. Wrapping terror in religious "freedom" is an enemy tactic. We have to put our security interests over Muslim worship, where terror is promoted. Lawmakers must implement the President's new initiatives.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-05 21:09|| 2006-09-05 21:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope your assessment is correct Snease.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-05 21:11|| 2006-09-05 21:11|| Front Page Top

#5 NBC covered it fine. They implied it was all about politics...Bush gearing up for the fall elections.

Posted by KBK 2006-09-05 22:27|| 2006-09-05 22:27|| Front Page Top

#6 NBC covered it fine. They implied it was all about politics...Bush gearing up for the fall elections.
Then NBC missed the point, the point that the families of the 3,000 did not miss, of the 2600 fallen soldiers and their families did not miss, of the thousands of soldiers that have more months CZTE on active duty than months they don't, if you agree this is political posturing you missed the point.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-09-05 22:38|| 2006-09-05 22:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe I should have included the sarcasm flags.

Outside of a couple of sound bites, NBC ignored the President's remarks, and we won't hear any more about it. Bush may have the 'bully pulpit', but the MSM doesn't have to carry his remarks if they don't want to, and they don't. They simply don't get it, and good night and good luck to us all.

Posted by KBK 2006-09-05 22:58|| 2006-09-05 22:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Missed it clean. my bad.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-09-05 23:08|| 2006-09-05 23:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Most in the media wouldn't know what Combat Zone Tax Exclusion meant if your sang it to them Pan.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-09-05 23:11|| 2006-09-05 23:11|| Front Page Top

#10 Got that right. I heard of guys pushing 48 months.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-09-05 23:24|| 2006-09-05 23:24|| Front Page Top

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