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2007-03-07 Home Front: WoT

President Cites 'Encouraging Signs' From Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-03-07 06:48|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Although Iraq will never achieve the stable, nonviolent smiley-faced democracy we could hope for (it is an Arabic Muslim country, after all), history will show that we have ALREADY turned the corner on achieving our objective of stabilizing the place to the extent that a civil war will not erupt the moment we leave.

Their government will not have a monopoly on violence but it will remain the strongest force there. The insurgency will be able to inflict harm through bombings for years yet before finally dying out but as a political force it is spent and the Sunni-Shi'ite conflict will lead to nothing worse than self-imposed residential segregation.

Expected cautious Democratic backpedalling from the antiwar Left as it becomes belatedly clear to America through the prism of its defeatist mainstream media that progress has been made.

Posted by Jomomp Hupusotch7840 2007-03-07 08:15|| 2007-03-07 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not sure who hates America more, Al-Q or the Democrat Party. It's certain that both DO hate this country, however. Democrat Party members, for the most part, are criminals and traitors.

Posted by mac 2007-03-07 08:26|| 2007-03-07 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Although Iraq will never achieve the stable, nonviolent smiley-faced democracy we could hope for (it is an Arabic Muslim country, after all)

They will... once they like a number of Algerian Berbers begin to say I don't care about being a Muslim and certainly not an Arab.

They will once they begin to challenge that Arabs and Islam saved them from darkness (one of the myths created by Islam to keep subject nations docile) but that in fact they were a brilliant civilization and that it was Islam and the Arab invaders who plunged them into darkness.

Panarabism and islamism are in fact brothers: you cannot exalt greatness of the Arab nation without exalting what forged it.

And you cannot forge a democracy with people who think this is kaffir and like everything kaffir inferior.

That is why both islamism and arabism. Both for our good and theirs.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-03-07 08:28|| 2007-03-07 08:28|| Front Page Top

#4 "a very respectable group of members would not vote to fund the war unless Democratic leaders take a more aggressive stand to bring troops home much sooner."

Here is a sampling of some of the very respectable folks from the Out of Iraq Caucus.

Rep. Corrine Brown, Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, Rep. William Jefferson, Rep. James Moran

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-03-07 09:35|| 2007-03-07 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 An august and respected group all (sarcasm).

Posted by John 2007-03-07 09:45|| 2007-03-07 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "No Left Turn"?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-03-07 09:51|| 2007-03-07 09:51|| Front Page Top

#7 The most encouraging news I have seen from Iraq was video from Fox yesterday showing 4 AQ terrorists who had been shooting at helicopters who disappeared in a hail of gunship fire from the air--Allan calling them to the virgins.

More and faster please.

Posted by John 2007-03-07 10:16|| 2007-03-07 10:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Allan is out of virgins at the rate his flock is getting killed.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-03-07 10:26|| 2007-03-07 10:26|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't recall anything that says those "Virgins" have to be female, how about any Jihadists who die as Virgins find themselves on the wrong side of the "Virgin's" list, sounds like poetic justice to me.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-07 11:43|| 2007-03-07 11:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), said a deadline of Dec. 31, 2008, is unacceptably distant and promised that "a very respectable group of members" would not vote to fund the war unless Democratic leaders take a more aggressive stand to bring troops home much sooner.

Ah, yes, the "Let's cut and run NOW, so we don't ruin Hillary's chances in 2008" Caucus. I recognize it clearly now.

Posted by BA 2007-03-07 11:52|| 2007-03-07 11:52|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm beginning to really, REALLY hate Democrats. The ones here in Colorado want to formalize "gay" marriages, against the wishes of about 65% of the state population. But because Denver (~4million of the state's ~5million people) is populated by a slight majority of Democrats, they think they can do whatever they please, and the rest of the state just has to grin and bear it. I think the Democrats greatly misread why they were given a majority, and will find it taken away at the next election.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-03-07 12:42|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-03-07 12:42|| Front Page Top

#12 " I think the Democrats greatly misread why they were given a majority, and will find it taken away at the next election."

We can only hope that this is the case .

Posted by MacNails 2007-03-07 13:09|| 2007-03-07 13:09|| Front Page Top

#13 We hung Saddam, who's next?
Don't win another war against the US.

/Lucky

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-07 20:57|| 2007-03-07 20:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Panarabism and islamism are in fact brothers: you cannot exalt greatness of the Arab nation without exalting what forged it.

Hummmm... Ima missed that on first read thru. Hummmm..... Ima ponder hard on that.

Posted by Shipman 2007-03-07 21:34|| 2007-03-07 21:34|| Front Page Top

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