> Dana wrote: > eh. The beating will continue until morale improves. >
It would appear that there are many Americans who feel that there is no irresponsible use of the American military given the remotest connection to something "in America's interest" or even just something that seems moral like "freeing the people". Mr. Bush's Marketing Campaign #1: When Iraq stands up, we stand down. Failed. The Iraqi military in the 6 years since that policy started hasn't stood up. Bush Ad #2: Surge to give room for the Iraqi politicians to hammer this out. Failed. The politicians went on vacation. Bush Ad #3: Return on success. This is the best yet from a marketing perspective: it has the words "return" and "success" in it. Unfortunately it's simply good marketing wrapped around #2. Which failed. Patreaus' report was complete crap - statistics that were wrapped in the in best light possible. Basically he said, "we went on a diet, gained 30 pounds, "surged", and now we've lost 10. But we have to stop surging now due to all of our success." Uhhh ... but you gained 20 pounds ... So when does it become irresponsible to send willing troops into a meat grinder? Of course Boehner said yesterday that their death was, "a small price to pay". BTW -- anybody hear that Patreaus' boss is putting together the REAL assessment? I heard it will be none to pretty, but I need more info .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:242393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
