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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » WaPo poll: 7 in 10 Democrats now say war in Afghanistan wasn’t worth fighting

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:20:19 +0000

[...] terrible mistake in Iraq. It was just over a year ago, as I recall, that Harry Reid was talking up how well things were going to boost The One’s campaign promise to secure the [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Now circulating: Drafts of the 2008 Democratic National Committee platform

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:42:58 +0000

[...] On the upside, the platform does commit to victory in Afghanistan, in part by rebuilding our relationship with Pakistan by ramping up non-military aid and “invest[ing] in the long-term development of the Pashtun border region, so that the extremists’ program of hate is met with an agenda of hope.” Lay aside the foolishness of trying to combat Islamist ideology with anti-poverty measures. Isn’t this just a variation on the Awakening strategy in Iraq that the left is forever deriding? The surge is a hollow victory, the theory goes, because all we’ve done is temporarily bought off the same people who were killing us. Once they’ve decided we’ve done everything for them that we can, they’ll be back to killing us or the Shiites or each other. Now here they are offering essentially the same plan for Talibanistan, except on a grander scale and with the all-important “long-term” qualifier applied to hint that the progress, unlike with the Awakening, will be self-sustaining. Exit question: Is this one of those important lessons Harry Reid’s suddenly learned from Iraq? [...]

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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:55:35 +0000

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By: Steve McCullough

Steve McCullough — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:27:08 +0000

Military genius!!

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Preparing for President Obama « I Think ^(Link) Therefore I Err — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:55:51 +0000

[...] 7, 2008 · No Comments Ed Morrissey (I know, again) notes that Harry Reid see’s things going “pretty good” in Afghanistan. Ed asks [...]

By: TooTall

TooTall — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:50:44 +0000

TheBigOldDog on August 6, 2008 at 10:15 PM

True, but I worry that the American public with their notoriously short memories may lose focus since the price of oil and gas is falling right now.

By: Dr.Cwac.Cwac

Dr.Cwac.Cwac — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:30:55 +0000

Ah....Harry.......A song from Old Blue Eyes, The Chairman himself, seems appropriate here.

Call me irresponsible - call me unreliable, throw in undependable too Do my foolish alibis bore you, well I'm not too clever - I just adore you Call me unpredictable - tell me I'm impractical, rainbows I'm inclined to pursue Call me irresponsible - yes I'm unreliable, But it's undeniably true - I'm "irresponsibly mad" for you

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:19:49 +0000

After 9/11, we spent a little time here and left.

Harry Reid 08/06/08

Maybe Harry should resign.

By: volsense

volsense — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:07:35 +0000

Harry Reid is a : 1) liar 2) thief 3) incompetent fool 4) talking cadaver 5) Peloser lap dog 6) All of the above

By: elifino

elifino — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:49:05 +0000

Wonder why you neocons got handed your asses in 2006.

alphie on August 6, 2008 at 11:39 PM

Because the dems promised to lower gas prices, reach across the aisle to solve all our problems,
and run the most ehtical congress evah!

Which I guess, now that I think of it, has all come to fruition.

Oh yeah, raise the minimum wage which has done more harm than good.

By: cntrlfrk

cntrlfrk — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:38:40 +0000

Call it a preview of what is to come. Harry can’t and won’t call Afghanistan a failure because it is ‘their’ war.

Of course they will blame any thing wrong in Afghanistan on Iraq (Bush).

Nevertheless, they will continue to paint a rosy picture of Afghanistan so the B.O. will not take any heat for it in ‘09.

By: drjohn

drjohn — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:13:13 +0000

alphie on August 6, 2008 at 11:39 PM

Muslim is not a race, dipstick.

By: drjohn

drjohn — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:11:03 +0000

What?

We haven’t “lost” this war too?

By: Terrye

Terrye — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:04:55 +0000

As for Harry Reid, he is thinking the Demcorats will win Novemeber and he wants to be ready to declare victory, the sooner the better. So they can vamoose.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:03:34 +0000

Let’s not alphie hijack another thread. When he gets off his meds, {which is often} he has this compulsion to act out. And so he comes here in the hopes of engaging people in useless and stupid banter. He wants attention. Maybe him Mum didn’t love him or maybe he is stuck in a crappy job and feels the need to take his frustrations out on others.

But he is a pest. Ignore him and maybe he will go find some other place to haunt.

By: pilamaye

pilamaye — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:05:08 +0000

Reid said U.S. commanders in Afghanistan are avoiding mistakes made in Iraq, such as paying more attention to diplomacy and infrastructure needs

So since when did this pompous dried out old blowhard windbag become an authority on how military officers should be conducting operations? I think the closest this clown has ever come to the military is watching his DVD copy of “Platoon”.

By: Seixon

Seixon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:39:06 +0000

I think it’s safe to say that the Democrats are going to flip-flop en masse when Obama’s president, and suddenly Iraq will be won and the sky will open up and…

By: alphie

alphie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:29:19 +0000

Is that all you got? ………………….. pathetic.

Seven Percent Solution on August 7, 2008 at 12:34 AM

You’re not exactly firing depleted uranium rounds tonight, either, seven.

Is the Republican sleepover still going on, btw?

This is the only place reporting on it.

By: viking01

viking01 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:28:05 +0000

Dingy Harry had to speak up sooner or later. He was losing too much ground to Pelosi and Schumer for the Biggest Waste of Space Award.

By: maxine

maxine — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:07:28 +0000

Slightly OT but maybe connected, the MSM have started counting military deaths in Afghanistan like they did in Iraq. They reported 500 as of today. Ghoulish pukes.

By: franksalterego

franksalterego — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:44:39 +0000

And, somewhere deep in the mountains of Pakistan, in a little mud hut, ~~Obama~~ Osama bin Laden takes a sip of camel’s milk, and gives a satisfied chuckle.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:29:57 +0000

The American economy wouldn’t be in the crapper if we’d gotten out od Iraq years ago, jimmy.

Don’t know if we’ll pull out of this one.

alphie on August 6, 2008 at 10:29 PM

Your premise is completely flawed. alphie, you’re so nice to play with.

By: herself

herself — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:26:02 +0000

For somebody who thinks that the United States should automatically lose any war in which we participate Reid may quite logically see Afghanistan as a “good thing.”

{^_^}

By: WisCon

WisCon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:54:22 +0000

Because of Obama, right?

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:48:10 +0000

Is that all you got? – 7

Yup, that’s all he’s got, and yes he is pathetic. Sometimes I think he’s a plant, a Con pretending to be a stupid Lib, trying to make stupid libs look even more “stupider”.