tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post2146665525978803915..comments2023-08-10T18:06:06.024+10:00Comments on Philippines Phil: Out of Iraq and NOW?PhilippinesPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-35173110624314882632007-06-11T13:10:00.000+10:002007-06-11T13:10:00.000+10:00It's true, LBJ's slowly escalating bombing campaig...It's true, LBJ's slowly escalating bombing campaign called Rolling Thunder was a miserable failure. Nixon's Linberbackers I & II did the trick. <BR/><BR/>Ed has a good heart, but I don't really believe he's googled or dogpiled or yahooed or lycosed or searched for any evidence that we won the VN war before losing the peace. Folks interested in losing again aren't really interested in finding out PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-33311477931390942142007-06-11T00:07:00.000+10:002007-06-11T00:07:00.000+10:00Dude-If Ed can't google what he is looking for, I ...Dude-<BR/><BR/>If Ed can't google what he is looking for, I would suggest he stop googling. There are other search engines out there, and more balanced news engines. Google is developing a particularly anti-american bias. <BR/><BR/>Also, I would suggest you flesh out your last reply in the form of a post or a series of posts. Possibly a book. <BR/><BR/>I'm afraid Ed is not alone and there isKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395213867250164505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-35191363102270312942007-06-09T03:38:00.000+10:002007-06-09T03:38:00.000+10:00I know I try your patience at times Phil and I hon...I know I try your patience at times Phil and I honestly try not too. My love of debate just proves too much for me at times.<BR/><BR/>Mango juice it is, my treat. Perhaps in 2008 I will make it back your way.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-17993813967494596002007-06-09T01:47:00.000+10:002007-06-09T01:47:00.000+10:00We achieved a viable government in SVN, which was ...We achieved a viable government in SVN, which was always the goal. However, they still needed our help, just as today the S Koreans do, just as the Israelis do, just as the Afghans do. The Easter Offensive of '72 was fought almost entirely by ARVN troops (only about 10k Americans still there) with LOTS of US air support. The north broke all their previous agreements and came pouring south across PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-29594175741708108212007-06-08T21:49:00.000+10:002007-06-08T21:49:00.000+10:00Oh and as always, I've enjoyed this tremendously. ...Oh and as always, I've enjoyed this tremendously. You are the only person that takes it to me on political issues. One of these days I'm gonna stop by and we are going to settle this once and for all over a beer in some good AC bar.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-10899021650515564662007-06-08T21:46:00.000+10:002007-06-08T21:46:00.000+10:00Phil - I wouldn't say I'm smart by any means. It ...Phil - I wouldn't say I'm smart by any means. It has been too long since college and the constant stimulation of my brain cells to be smart. <BR/><BR/>I just want to clarify a point. I don't believe I have ever said, and I have never meant to imply that if we leave Iraq that the radical Islamists will leave us alone. As I pointed out and the news uncovered just a couple weeks ago, they are Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-31709311700439077962007-06-08T11:23:00.000+10:002007-06-08T11:23:00.000+10:00Okay, the jigs up. I wrote this only half seriousl...Okay, the jigs up. I wrote this only half seriously, or maybe 3/4 so, although I do believe that global warming has become THE priority for much of the left, especially those driving its agenda. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I've ALWAYS been an environmentalist. I've been a tree hugger since the 60s. I'm GLAD for this aspect of the left, as long as they don't get too stupid over it. <BR/><BR/>A side PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-41447364341698581672007-06-08T04:41:00.000+10:002007-06-08T04:41:00.000+10:00Phil:I find the options/premises that you deftly c...Phil:<BR/><BR/>I find the options/premises that you deftly constructed together, albeit with very minimal verbosity, very well-thought of, and to me personally, valid and responsive.<BR/><BR/>However, I do not believe I am ready to accept your conclusion as the core of their opposition of the war efforts. I find the other side, especially the far-off fringe part of it, not as monolithic as Amadeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00040096079637569742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-46530141843115107802007-06-07T23:07:00.000+10:002007-06-07T23:07:00.000+10:00Ed, even Edwards and Obama, once in office (heaven...Ed, even Edwards and Obama, once in office (heaven forbid) would not simply eject us out of there. They'd find out how irresponsible it is and change their minds. At the moment they are catering to voters, like you. <BR/><BR/>YOUR presence on earth foments hatred. You don't even have to be over there. Our very existence drives them nuts with anger. I don't think you're ever going to get that.<BR/PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-89964642522975032912007-06-07T22:26:00.000+10:002007-06-07T22:26:00.000+10:00You know Phil I really want to resist but just can...You know Phil I really want to resist but just can't. Let me add some insight onto why I think troops should be withdrawn from Iraq.<BR/><BR/>1. American casualties has never been a reason for withdrawal for me. I hate to see them and don't want any more to happen but they are doing what they volunteered and were trained to do and that is protect our country. I am grateful for this.<BR/><BR/>Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-61490090785671314012007-06-07T20:50:00.000+10:002007-06-07T20:50:00.000+10:00Hoping it will be over soon is a good thing, but d...Hoping it will be over soon is a good thing, but don't count on it. <BR/><BR/>That part of the world is a troubled place, but its an important place that we have to stay engaged in; unless you want to start riding the bus to work, powered by a fuel cell of course.PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-34166082294828375332007-06-07T12:45:00.000+10:002007-06-07T12:45:00.000+10:00Thanks Kev... being compared to VDH is thrilling. ...Thanks Kev... being compared to VDH is thrilling. I appreciate that. <BR/><BR/>I figured out the weird breaks you describe. My blogger service must have changed its program slightly so that a post written in MS Word inserts the strange scripts if posted using Mozilla Firefox. I went back using IE and cleaned them all up. Thanks for letting me know about that.PhilippinesPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15921214743105919057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18348841.post-66248980921392861032007-06-07T10:37:00.000+10:002007-06-07T10:37:00.000+10:00Outstanding, as your brothers in The Corps would s...Outstanding, as your brothers in The Corps would say.<BR/><BR/>Very well thought out and nicely articulated. Victor Davis Hansen would be impressed. <BR/><BR/>One unrelated comment. Lately, your posts have these weird paragraph breaks.<BR/>Can everyone see these, or is it just my computer?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395213867250164505noreply@blogger.com