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2007-04-30 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-30 07:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: "It may get so bad that we do not have that option, and (the only) option we have available to us is to withdraw and try to contain the civil war inside Iraq," Biden said.

I think all the lefties (and some conservatives) are expecting al Qaeda to win in Iraq after an American withdrawal. As far as I'm concerned, though, al Qaeda and the Baathists have lost. The only thing still left in the air is who delivers the coup de grace - Uncle Sam or Iraq's Shiites. If Uncle Sam leaves, the big question is what happens if the Shiite majority wins by killing hundreds of thousands of Sunnis (given that they are probably much less squeamish than Uncle Sam). Do the Democrats blame Bush?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-04-30 07:55|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-04-30 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Do the Democrats blame Bush?

Do you need to ask?

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-04-30 08:23|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-04-30 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 "It seems he actually paid attention to the briefings."

More likely Slow Joe is paying attention to polling data.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2007-04-30 08:36|| 2007-04-30 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 [span class=moonbat]

So the neocons got to you, eh, Mr. Biden? How much did Rove pay you to say that?

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Posted by Mike 2007-04-30 09:38|| 2007-04-30 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe he plagiarized the wrong crib sheet.

Posted by ed 2007-04-30 09:43|| 2007-04-30 09:43|| Front Page Top

#6 The Dems have gotta be worrying about the possibility of the tide really turning.

At some point, they have to be prepared to say, "Well, the Democratic pressure for accountability, and the removal of Rumsfeld, and other changes inspired by the Democrats, have finally overcome Bush's sad, mismanaged, ill-conceived war, and our brave fighting lads and lasses just might have a chance to triumph over our enemies.

Just as I predicted."

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-30 12:28|| 2007-04-30 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 withdraw and try to contain the civil war inside Iraq

??? Aren't these two actions mutually exclusive? ???

Posted by gorb 2007-04-30 16:01|| 2007-04-30 16:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Considering that it's as much a proxy war armed and financed by Saudi Arabia and Iran as it is a civil war? The honourable senator isn't the sharpest knife in the block -- I wonder if he hasn't quite gotten as far as scissors, actually -- but at least he's trying to recognize and respond to external reality.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-04-30 22:35|| 2007-04-30 22:35|| Front Page Top

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