there were plenty of people predicting it in foresight. Starting with Colin Powell.
On 11/6/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How so? > > We saw their forces collapse the first time, that was again the expected, > and eventual result. > > The following turmoil, initially generated by outside sources (Iran, Al > Queda....) couldn't have been accurately predicted. You can dig up an > intelligence report from the same time frame with the directly opposing > prediction, especially in the wake of the early big successes in > Afghanistan. > > I'd hate to say it people but it's a lot easier to put stuff down in > hindsight. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 5:44 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Republicans Looking Strong > > > > > > They had a foriegn policy based on pixie dust and hope. > > > > I disagree it was operational incompetence, but an unrealistic plan to > > start with. > > > > On 11/6/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They had a foreign policy, it just ran into opposition in Iraq (and to a > > > lesser extent in Afghanistan). If Iraq had gone like Bush, > > Cheney, Rumsfeld, > > > et. al. had hoped, they would be riding a wave to victory, but > > operational > > > incompetence in the Pentagon has left them vulnerable. And yet, > > Dems can't > > > totally take advantage. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
