gar1948 -- Profile -- In These Times

Member Profile

gar1948

- 01 Nov 05
- 3:18 pm
To wolf: apparently, you are not a poker player or you would be familiar with the term "throwing good money after bad." That means calling bets even though you are relatively certain you are holding a losing hand. That is what we are doing in Iraq. Of course, we don't use poker chips, we use human beings. To JasonPappas: Your observation that the Dems will add something like “when Iraqis are able” has come to pass. See the "exit strategy" offered by Kerry a few days ago. To jeeni: The longer we stay in Iraq, the more violent the situation will …

Posted to Democrats: It's the War
- 01 Nov 05
- 10:04 pm
"This is, of course, silly. It was known by all sides that Iraq had WMD..." Well wolf, it looks like our little discussion is over. Obviously we don't live in the same universe. In the universe where I live, the reason Joe Q. Public thought there were WMDs in Iraq is because the Bushkavites lied and manufactured evidense. Had they actually thought there were WMDs there, this might be understandable (although not forgiveable.) However, there is ample proof that they knew there were no WMDs. See the Downing Street Memos. This means they deliberately conspired to defraud the people of the …

Posted to Democrats: It's the War