tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post116380688001239165..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Enemy Won't Defeat Us But Despair WillDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69992567589072356352009-12-11T03:42:21.872-05:002009-12-11T03:42:21.872-05:00Hello!!! 2164th.blogspot.com is one of the best re...Hello!!! 2164th.blogspot.com is one of the best resourceful websites of its kind. I take advantage of reading it every day. I will be back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163848268649833482006-11-18T06:11:00.000-05:002006-11-18T06:11:00.000-05:00Gotta Stay the Course."Prove" you can win a war wi...Gotta Stay the Course.<BR/>"Prove" you can win a war without hurting anybody.<BR/>A First.<BR/>...In W's mind and those poor schleps that will forever believe in the coming fruition of the Master Plan.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163832831064629752006-11-18T01:53:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:53:00.000-05:00another little shot of 'big picture' optimism.<A HREF="http://futurist.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/11/new_un_human_de_1.html" REL="nofollow">another little shot</A> of 'big picture' optimism.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163831881733205652006-11-18T01:38:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:38:00.000-05:00Rufus, i think the problem is that we have been tr...Rufus, i think the problem is that we have been trying to be impartial and going for a win that brings Iraq to some balance democracy. We need to pick a side and crushing the Sunni insurgency is about as good an idea as I have read. <BR/><BR/>I am very sympathetic to your earlier comments about the idiocy of the conduct of the strategy in Viet Nam.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163831657889109472006-11-18T01:34:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:34:00.000-05:00I was going to do a post on him Buddy, but passed ...I was going to do a post on him Buddy, but passed on it for other events. He was an inspiration for Reagan but even more so for maggie Thatcher and that has had a monumental impact in making Britain a very wealthy country.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163831393793234252006-11-18T01:29:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:29:00.000-05:00This is great, for sometime reading.This is <A HREF="http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/3972-A-few-quotes-from-the-quotable-Milton-Friedman.html" REL="nofollow">great</A>, for sometime reading.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163831007264871022006-11-18T01:23:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:23:00.000-05:00well, do, if they rotate it again. chills.well, do, if they rotate it again. chills.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163830838635909592006-11-18T01:20:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:20:00.000-05:00anybody see that Fox show "Obsession" ?anybody see that Fox show "Obsession" ?buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163830057023333652006-11-18T01:07:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:07:00.000-05:00We could ask our Sunni friends to put up or shut u...We could ask our Sunni friends to put up or shut up. I love triangulation.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163829749278670182006-11-18T01:02:00.000-05:002006-11-18T01:02:00.000-05:00Our Sunni friends in Jordan and the KSA still will...Our Sunni friends in Jordan and the KSA still will pressure US not to step to hard on the Insurgent Sunni Iraqi.<BR/>Mr Kissinger has a vested interest in promoting the Saudi point of view.<BR/><BR/>Four to six months of super op tempo in Anbar? We'll see, the gauntlet's been thrown.<BR/><BR/>The flying none dun flown the coop<BR/>Ms T is back in full facial frontagedesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163828740239603982006-11-18T00:45:00.000-05:002006-11-18T00:45:00.000-05:00No, I got into Bobby Kennedy & Jimmy Hoffa, and no...No, I got into Bobby Kennedy & Jimmy Hoffa, and now the assassination itself, on channel 285. dunno why--morbid self-flagellation, going back into that era.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163828151912715342006-11-18T00:35:00.002-05:002006-11-18T00:35:00.002-05:00I am coming in late to this post. The last article...I am coming in late to this post. The last article, which discusses both a strategy and the tactics, is a long but worthwhile read. It is based on the premise that The US must choose a side. Now that is about as basic an idea as you can get. <BR/><BR/>The only conceivable goal must be to stabilize Iraq. That is more important than achieving other higher idealistic goals that were never in our power to achieve in the first place. Kagan recommends coming down firmly on the side of braking and eliminating the Sunni resistance. That is fine with me. It does put us on the same side as Iran and that may have some interesting consequences, but it does seem realistic and achievable.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163828126715285412006-11-18T00:35:00.000-05:002006-11-18T00:35:00.000-05:00worried about it, from which end, incoming or outg...worried about it, from which end, incoming or outgoing--and too little or too much?<BR/><BR/>Have to construct a matrix.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163827584964883352006-11-18T00:26:00.000-05:002006-11-18T00:26:00.000-05:00Now you become worried about Federal spending, ruf...Now you become worried about Federal spending, rufus?desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163827012752096262006-11-18T00:16:00.000-05:002006-11-18T00:16:00.000-05:00rufus said:I saw the most amazing number for the 0...<B>rufus</B> said:<BR/><BR/><I>I saw the most amazing number for the 07' War Budget (Iraq, and Afghanistan) while ago. It seems to come out to $230 Billion.</I><BR/><BR/>In negotiations you always start by asking for the moon. Bush knows that this Congress will try to whittle him down.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163823788942705652006-11-17T23:23:00.000-05:002006-11-17T23:23:00.000-05:00desert rat wrote:Seems lookin' down the barrel of ...<B>desert rat</B> wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>Seems lookin' down the barrel of 12,000 or so 155mm tubes has got 10.3 million people in Seoul feelin' a little less aggresive than Mr Bush feels in DC.</I><BR/><BR/>Point well taken, DR. There may be chicken flu in Korea, but there ain't no chicken hawks.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163823412689208332006-11-17T23:16:00.000-05:002006-11-17T23:16:00.000-05:00especially since there's more than just HE stacked...especially since there's more than just HE stacked next to those guns.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163823133965024242006-11-17T23:12:00.000-05:002006-11-17T23:12:00.000-05:00Seems lookin' down the barrel of 12,000 or so 155m...Seems lookin' down the barrel of 12,000 or so 155mm tubes has got 10.3 million people in Seoul feelin' a little less aggresive than Mr Bush feels in DC.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163822921640099852006-11-17T23:08:00.000-05:002006-11-17T23:08:00.000-05:00Speaking of despair, S. Korea Won't Back Bush on I...Speaking of despair, <A HREF="http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/11/17/523521.html" REL="nofollow">S. Korea Won't Back Bush on Inspections</A>. Seems that those nasty old inspections aren't sufficiently sunny for the Sunshine Policy.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163822338357940172006-11-17T22:58:00.000-05:002006-11-17T22:58:00.000-05:00Remember the p-38 can opener? small very effective...Remember the p-38 can opener? small very effectiveHabuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163822176136030392006-11-17T22:56:00.000-05:002006-11-17T22:56:00.000-05:00Just more of the same, rufus.habu says it's the li...Just more of the same, rufus.<BR/>habu says it's the little pork sausages that set him back, not the Chivas.<BR/><BR/>Be Army Strong,<BR/>Sausages all around!desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163822126304434652006-11-17T22:55:00.000-05:002006-11-17T22:55:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163820193532195142006-11-17T22:23:00.000-05:002006-11-17T22:23:00.000-05:00Aristides If they reentered the cave would they fa...Aristides <BR/>If they reentered the cave would they face the wall and see only the shadows?Habuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883037170077821624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163820047114328682006-11-17T22:20:00.000-05:002006-11-17T22:20:00.000-05:00My tv only has these fellars that zip up their eye...My tv only has these fellars that zip up their eyes and mouths and just hang themselves<BR/><BR/>They tryin to get back inside Plato's cave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1163819828652906012006-11-17T22:17:00.000-05:002006-11-17T22:17:00.000-05:00MRS. REDINGER! TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!<B>MRS. REDINGER! <BR/><BR/>TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com