tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post113505792313429575..comments2024-01-05T22:20:39.218-06:00Comments on CHATTER: U.S. BIG LOSER IN IRAQ ELECTIONRon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12099772730874178834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1135091249981889302005-12-20T09:07:00.000-06:002005-12-20T09:07:00.000-06:00Note also that officials keep reminding us "the vo...Note also that officials keep reminding us "the vote could change." You know, like it did in Florida in 2000, and Ohio in 2004, among other places and times.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if Bush and Company don't get the government they want, they can always declare the election to be invalid. Remember, if the president does it, it is legal (to paraphrase R.M. Nixon, R.I.H.).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14818100.post-1135073455248159702005-12-20T04:10:00.000-06:002005-12-20T04:10:00.000-06:00This is our cover for getting the hell out. But th...This is our cover for getting the hell out. But there is a BIG problem. Now the question is: how do we do it. There is only one exit door, to the south. And within 6 months 100 miles of that road will have about 10,000 old artillery shells buried in the potted plants alongside it. <BR/><BR/>It won't look as gruesome as it did in 1991, but it would be awful. A withdrawal is the most dangerous thing military action in the book. And this choice just plain sucks.<BR/><BR/>The only real alternative is to airlift out whoever and whatever you can, put a thermite grenade down the artillery tube, and leave billions of dollars of stuff to rust in the desert. And then be prepared for a few burning C-5's on the runway, a la Khe San, 1968.<BR/><BR/>Iran/Iraq may be nice to us and tell us that we can get out safely during a one week period. Otherwise they turn a blind eye.<BR/><BR/>If you thought Operation Fucking Disaster was bad up until now ... just wait .... I predict you ain't seen nothin' yet. <BR/><BR/>Call me a pessimist.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com