Thank you. Back to bed for me. Goodnight. :-) On Nov 15, 5:29�am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > good point ! > > On Nov 15, 6:14�am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > No- we failed with the mapmakers of WWI and the influence of Britain > > and France as colonial powers. We are dealing with consequence. > > > On Nov 15, 5:02 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > we failed the day we started the Iraq invasion ! > > > > On Nov 15, 5:45 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > It might in the long run when we pull troops to Afghanistan. But it > > > > did quell violence and deaths of our military temporarily. McCain was > > > > probably right about 100 years but still guessing about the outcome. > > > > > On Nov 15, 4:35 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > of course the surge failed ! > > > > > > On Nov 15, 5:19 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > So you share the opinion that the Surge didn't work in Iraq along > > > > > > with > > > > > > Obama? Well, let's see what happens under Obama's watch (was he > > > > > > even a > > > > > > Boy Scout?) in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, North > > > > > > Korea, > > > > > > the Congo, Somalia, Venezuela, Columbia, Mexico... > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 4:11 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > a superb job of fucking up ! > > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 5:00 am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Gates has done a superb job. Remember the Bay of Pigs and > > > > > > > > Vietnam? > > > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 3:57 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The Danger of Keeping Robert > > > > > > > > > Gateshttp://www.truthout.org/111408A > > > > > > > > > Robert Parry, Consortium News: "Press reports say Barack > > > > > > > > > Obama may > > > > > > > > > retain George W. Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a > > > > > > > > > gesture > > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the > > > > > > > > > Washington > > > > > > > > > insider community, which has embraced Gates as something of a > > > > > > > > > new > > > > > > > > > Wise > > > > > > > > > Man. However, if Obama does keep Gates on, the new President > > > > > > > > > will be > > > > > > > > > employing someone who embodies many of the worst elements of > > > > > > > > > U.S. > > > > > > > > > national security policy over the past three decades, > > > > > > > > > including > > > > > > > > > responsibility for what Obama himself has fingered as a chief > > > > > > > > > concern, > > > > > > > > > 'politicized intelligence.'"- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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