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		<title>By: DaleinAtlanta</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-231554</link>
		<dc:creator>DaleinAtlanta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neither one described the success that President Bushâ€™s invasion of Iraq was meant to deliver. Exactly as I predicted. 

Left by Philadelphia Steve on November 6th, 2007


Ah, WRONG, and ah.. er. WRONG!

But then again, what else do I expect from an Anti-American, Pro-Jihadi Leftist Nutbag Lying Moonbat Traitor, who&#039;s only source of information and &quot;facts&quot; is reading the &quot;Daily Cus-Omac&quot; every day, and regurgitating the so-called &quot;Talking Points&quot; and whose nickname is &quot;Philadelphia Beefsteak&quot;??

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neither one described the success that President Bushâ€™s invasion of Iraq was meant to deliver. Exactly as I predicted. </p>
<p>Left by Philadelphia Steve on November 6th, 2007</p>
<p>Ah, WRONG, and ah.. er. WRONG!</p>
<p>But then again, what else do I expect from an Anti-American, Pro-Jihadi Leftist Nutbag Lying Moonbat Traitor, who&#8217;s only source of information and &#8220;facts&#8221; is reading the &#8220;Daily Cus-Omac&#8221; every day, and regurgitating the so-called &#8220;Talking Points&#8221; and whose nickname is &#8220;Philadelphia Beefsteak&#8221;??</p>
<p>Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm??</p>
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		<title>By: Philadelphia Steve</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-231471</link>
		<dc:creator>Philadelphia Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two responses.

One a gradeschool taunt (but, Darn! the Eagles do suck this year!  And I wish we had kept TO and let Donovan go.)

The other just a declaration that I would not &quot;know&quot; success when I saw it (or had it defined for me by the White House).

Neither one described the success that President Bush&#039;s invasion of Iraq was meant to deliver.  Exactly as I predicted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two responses.</p>
<p>One a gradeschool taunt (but, Darn! the Eagles do suck this year!  And I wish we had kept TO and let Donovan go.)</p>
<p>The other just a declaration that I would not &#8220;know&#8221; success when I saw it (or had it defined for me by the White House).</p>
<p>Neither one described the success that President Bush&#8217;s invasion of Iraq was meant to deliver.  Exactly as I predicted.</p>
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		<title>By: The Macker</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-231183</link>
		<dc:creator>The Macker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Phili Steve,
I doubt that you will recognize &quot;success&quot; when it comes.

You ignore that Iraq was in violation of the terms of the 1st Gulf War and was constantly firing on our planes.

Might the Bush haters have a measure of jealousy because they couldn&#039;t find the courage to take a stand during their eight years and now are forced to watch someone with real courage do the job?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Phili Steve,<br />
I doubt that you will recognize &#8220;success&#8221; when it comes.</p>
<p>You ignore that Iraq was in violation of the terms of the 1st Gulf War and was constantly firing on our planes.</p>
<p>Might the Bush haters have a measure of jealousy because they couldn&#8217;t find the courage to take a stand during their eight years and now are forced to watch someone with real courage do the job?</p>
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		<title>By: DaleinAtlanta</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-231069</link>
		<dc:creator>DaleinAtlanta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RE:  the above...


More Nutbag Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Leftist Traitor Moonbat Crap from &quot;Bootlicker&#039;s&quot; Doppleganger Sock-Puppet!

Nice one, &quot;PhilaBELLphia Cheesesteak&quot;!

Hey, how about that pounding that the Dallas Cowboys put on your team?

Good stuff, huh?

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

PS:  been a Cowboys Fan for 40 years!

Let&#039;s count those Super Bowls, shall we??


Ah, Cowboys....FIVE!


Iggles:....ah......er.......ah............er............CHIRP.........CHIRP....


OH YEAH!


ZERO!!!



BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RE:  the above&#8230;</p>
<p>More Nutbag Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Leftist Traitor Moonbat Crap from &#8220;Bootlicker&#8217;s&#8221; Doppleganger Sock-Puppet!</p>
<p>Nice one, &#8220;PhilaBELLphia Cheesesteak&#8221;!</p>
<p>Hey, how about that pounding that the Dallas Cowboys put on your team?</p>
<p>Good stuff, huh?</p>
<p>BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!</p>
<p>PS:  been a Cowboys Fan for 40 years!</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s count those Super Bowls, shall we??</p>
<p>Ah, Cowboys&#8230;.FIVE!</p>
<p>Iggles:&#8230;.ah&#8230;&#8230;er&#8230;&#8230;.ah&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;er&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;CHIRP&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;CHIRP&#8230;.</p>
<p>OH YEAH!</p>
<p>ZERO!!!</p>
<p>BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!</p>
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		<title>By: Philadelphia Steve</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-230849</link>
		<dc:creator>Philadelphia Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: &quot;Regarding timetables: When will we be out of Germany, Japan, Italy and South Korea?&quot;

Are you declaring that neoConservates WANT the US to spend the next two generations inIraq?

Is that what Donald Rumsfeld promised when he said in 2003 that, if we were in Iraq for six months, that would be &quot;too long&quot;.

Or are Conservatives, asl always, required to forget everything that the Bush Administratin said and did yesterday, and start each day fresh, as though incompetence of he past never happened?

The fact is that President Bush botched the occupatin of Iraq, a country that, unlike Japan never attacked us or, like Germany did not declare war on us.

But, of cousre, as part of 100% loyalty to George W. Bush, not one Conservative is ever permitted to even once admit that The Bush Administratin is anything other than absolute perfection.

I, for one, see no chance that the money and lives wasted by the Bush Administration in Iraq will ever be considered a bargain.  Dick &quot;I had better things to do&quot; Cheney likely belies so, but then he is still collecting payments from his tenure as CEO of Haliburton.

When Iraq descends into three countries:  A Shia south under the thumb of Iran, a Kurdish north at war with Turkey, and a Sunni center, supporting Saudi fundamentalist Islamic schools, recruiting future Osama bin Ladens, is that the &quot;glorious future&quot; that Bush ordered his invasion to create?

If you are a Conservatives, please tell me what the successful Iraq will look like.  Or is that part of the shifting objectives that we will see, as the loyal Conservatives continue to redefine &quot;success&quot; in order to pretect George W. Bush from accountability&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: &#8220;Regarding timetables: When will we be out of Germany, Japan, Italy and South Korea?&#8221;</p>
<p>Are you declaring that neoConservates WANT the US to spend the next two generations inIraq?</p>
<p>Is that what Donald Rumsfeld promised when he said in 2003 that, if we were in Iraq for six months, that would be &#8220;too long&#8221;.</p>
<p>Or are Conservatives, asl always, required to forget everything that the Bush Administratin said and did yesterday, and start each day fresh, as though incompetence of he past never happened?</p>
<p>The fact is that President Bush botched the occupatin of Iraq, a country that, unlike Japan never attacked us or, like Germany did not declare war on us.</p>
<p>But, of cousre, as part of 100% loyalty to George W. Bush, not one Conservative is ever permitted to even once admit that The Bush Administratin is anything other than absolute perfection.</p>
<p>I, for one, see no chance that the money and lives wasted by the Bush Administration in Iraq will ever be considered a bargain.  Dick &#8220;I had better things to do&#8221; Cheney likely belies so, but then he is still collecting payments from his tenure as CEO of Haliburton.</p>
<p>When Iraq descends into three countries:  A Shia south under the thumb of Iran, a Kurdish north at war with Turkey, and a Sunni center, supporting Saudi fundamentalist Islamic schools, recruiting future Osama bin Ladens, is that the &#8220;glorious future&#8221; that Bush ordered his invasion to create?</p>
<p>If you are a Conservatives, please tell me what the successful Iraq will look like.  Or is that part of the shifting objectives that we will see, as the loyal Conservatives continue to redefine &#8220;success&#8221; in order to pretect George W. Bush from accountability&gt;</p>
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		<title>By: The Macker</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-230187</link>
		<dc:creator>The Macker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ss,
A serious study of a &quot;three state&quot; solution in Iraq indicates more problems than answers. Besides, it&#039;s for Iraq to decide.

Regarding timetables: When will we be out of Germany, Japan, Italy and South Korea?

For more on freedom in the ME, see:
http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson021105.html
and:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2005/11/28/democracy-in-the-middle-east.html

Pessimists must rely on the optimists to get things done.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ss,<br />
A serious study of a &#8220;three state&#8221; solution in Iraq indicates more problems than answers. Besides, it&#8217;s for Iraq to decide.</p>
<p>Regarding timetables: When will we be out of Germany, Japan, Italy and South Korea?</p>
<p>For more on freedom in the ME, see:<br />
<a href="http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson021105.html" rel="nofollow">http://victorhanson.com/articles/hanson021105.html</a><br />
and:<br />
<a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2005/11/28/democracy-in-the-middle-east.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2005/11/28/democracy-in-the-middle-east.html</a></p>
<p>Pessimists must rely on the optimists to get things done.</p>
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		<title>By: Soothsayer</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-229993</link>
		<dc:creator>Soothsayer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Keep drinkin&#039; the Kool-Aid, fellows, the more you drink the better it tastes.

Can you give a time table on when you expect he ME to be &quot;free&quot;  Macker, ya moron?

1.  Iraq will devolve into a three-sector state:  Sunni, SHia and Kurd.

2.  Afghanistan will fall to Islamic fundamentalists

3.  Pakistan will either become a total military dictatorship, or more likely, be taken over by Islamic fundamentalists.

4.  Neither Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Emirates, Egypt, or Jordan will become &quot;democracies&quot; and their people will never be freed by the present regimes - what is this imaginary &quot;freeing the ME&quot; you babble so ignorantly about?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keep drinkin&#8217; the Kool-Aid, fellows, the more you drink the better it tastes.</p>
<p>Can you give a time table on when you expect he ME to be &#8220;free&#8221;  Macker, ya moron?</p>
<p>1.  Iraq will devolve into a three-sector state:  Sunni, SHia and Kurd.</p>
<p>2.  Afghanistan will fall to Islamic fundamentalists</p>
<p>3.  Pakistan will either become a total military dictatorship, or more likely, be taken over by Islamic fundamentalists.</p>
<p>4.  Neither Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Emirates, Egypt, or Jordan will become &#8220;democracies&#8221; and their people will never be freed by the present regimes &#8211; what is this imaginary &#8220;freeing the ME&#8221; you babble so ignorantly about?</p>
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		<title>By: crosspatch</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-229860</link>
		<dc:creator>crosspatch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=14997&amp;Itemid=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this is worth reading&lt;/a&gt; too.

&lt;blockquote&gt;
BAGHDAD â€” Coalition forces saw a possible glimpse of the future in Hawr Rajab recently, when they observed Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) at a checkpoint come under attack from insurgents, defend themselves, and then receive reinforcements from Iraqi Army troops, Oct. 31.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It is just good news story after good news story.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And <a href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=14997&amp;Itemid=1" rel="nofollow">this is worth reading</a> too.</p>
<blockquote><p>
BAGHDAD â€” Coalition forces saw a possible glimpse of the future in Hawr Rajab recently, when they observed Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) at a checkpoint come under attack from insurgents, defend themselves, and then receive reinforcements from Iraqi Army troops, Oct. 31.
</p></blockquote>
<p>It is just good news story after good news story.</p>
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		<title>By: crosspatch</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-2#comment-229859</link>
		<dc:creator>crosspatch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Three dead reported in Baghdad yesterday.  My guess is that there are probably more bodies found on an average Friday night in the Metro NYC area.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Three dead reported in Baghdad yesterday.  My guess is that there are probably more bodies found on an average Friday night in the Metro NYC area.</p>
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		<title>By: The Macker</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-1#comment-229786</link>
		<dc:creator>The Macker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SS and Phily Steve,
â€¢No poster on this intelligent site is intellectually constrained at all. It&#039;s just that we can make sense out of the many details that confuse the Left and hence are in general agreement.

â€¢ Rummy had to deal with changing tactics by an enemy with a global reach.

â€¢ No person with half a grasp thinks of Bush as evil. 

â€¢ As for service, both Bush and Cheney are serving right now with great courage in the face of a mindless betrayal by what should be the &quot;loyal opposition.&quot;

â€¢ The money spent freeing the ME will look like a bargain in another generation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SS and Phily Steve,<br />
â€¢No poster on this intelligent site is intellectually constrained at all. It&#8217;s just that we can make sense out of the many details that confuse the Left and hence are in general agreement.</p>
<p>â€¢ Rummy had to deal with changing tactics by an enemy with a global reach.</p>
<p>â€¢ No person with half a grasp thinks of Bush as evil. </p>
<p>â€¢ As for service, both Bush and Cheney are serving right now with great courage in the face of a mindless betrayal by what should be the &#8220;loyal opposition.&#8221;</p>
<p>â€¢ The money spent freeing the ME will look like a bargain in another generation.</p>
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		<title>By: Soothsayer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Soothsayer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, Dale-the-cashier-broken-down-jarhead.  

You must be back on your meds, tho . .  . your ranting was so brief.  Glad to know the Geodon is helping.

WWS . . . that stands for Womanish Wussy Society, don&#039;t it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, Dale-the-cashier-broken-down-jarhead.  </p>
<p>You must be back on your meds, tho . .  . your ranting was so brief.  Glad to know the Geodon is helping.</p>
<p>WWS . . . that stands for Womanish Wussy Society, don&#8217;t it?</p>
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		<title>By: WWS</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-1#comment-229663</link>
		<dc:creator>WWS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Isn&#039;t this cute - bootlicker is posting replies to himself!

cute but sad.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t this cute &#8211; bootlicker is posting replies to himself!</p>
<p>cute but sad.</p>
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		<title>By: DaleinAtlanta</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/4592/comment-page-1#comment-229661</link>
		<dc:creator>DaleinAtlanta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Leftist Lying Nutbag Traitor Cus-Omac, &quot;Bootlicker&quot;, is actually trying to hold a conversation with his rectally-manipulated Sockpuppet Doppleganger &quot;Philadelphia Cheesesteak&quot;!

Talk about surreal, and Nutbagish!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Leftist Lying Nutbag Traitor Cus-Omac, &#8220;Bootlicker&#8221;, is actually trying to hold a conversation with his rectally-manipulated Sockpuppet Doppleganger &#8220;Philadelphia Cheesesteak&#8221;!</p>
<p>Talk about surreal, and Nutbagish!</p>
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		<title>By: Soothsayer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Soothsayer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Philly Steve:

Yer comments . . . like yer namesake cheese steaks . .. are far too real for the clientele here.  

$2.4 trillion poured down a rathole in the desert . . . enough to have covered the Social Security shortfall for 75 years . . . because George and Dick wanted to show 30 years later they really weren&#039;t as  big of hypocritical cowards as they appeared back when they COULD have served their country in &#039;Nam.

Draft-dodgin&#039;, drunk-drivin&#039; criminals . . . there should be a country western song named after these guys.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Philly Steve:</p>
<p>Yer comments . . . like yer namesake cheese steaks . .. are far too real for the clientele here.  </p>
<p>$2.4 trillion poured down a rathole in the desert . . . enough to have covered the Social Security shortfall for 75 years . . . because George and Dick wanted to show 30 years later they really weren&#8217;t as  big of hypocritical cowards as they appeared back when they COULD have served their country in &#8216;Nam.</p>
<p>Draft-dodgin&#8217;, drunk-drivin&#8217; criminals . . . there should be a country western song named after these guys.</p>
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		<title>By: psmarc93</title>
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		<dc:creator>psmarc93</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hope I&#039;m not entering this twice... hate when that happens. 
I&#039;ve read a lot of blogs on the &quot;right&quot; and the &quot;left&quot; and I don&#039;t really see the left as unwilling to say there&#039;s a victory over Al Queda in Iraq. Mostly, they point out that AQI has such a miniscule presence compared to the Shia on Sunni viloence and the 60+ other factions from tribes/neighborhoods that their elimination will do little to quell the civil war. 
After &quot;Mission Accomplished,&quot; everyone I knew in the military -- including wives and husbands -- (I live near a Marine base) was partying like it was V-J day.  They were so betrayed. And I see the same thing happening. I don&#039;t think the people here cheering the end of AQI will be betrayed by liberals, but again by the President. It seems pro forma to me that within a few weeks (if not less) Bush will declare 1) AQI is getting stronger or 2) there&#039;s a new Al Queda group in Iraq.  You&#039;ll AGAIN be stuck in the awkward position of defending Bush when he&#039;s contradicted you AGAIN about &quot;victory.&quot; 
Trust me, no one will be gloating. This is a bloody mess, but we need solutions, not distractions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hope I&#8217;m not entering this twice&#8230; hate when that happens.<br />
I&#8217;ve read a lot of blogs on the &#8220;right&#8221; and the &#8220;left&#8221; and I don&#8217;t really see the left as unwilling to say there&#8217;s a victory over Al Queda in Iraq. Mostly, they point out that AQI has such a miniscule presence compared to the Shia on Sunni viloence and the 60+ other factions from tribes/neighborhoods that their elimination will do little to quell the civil war.<br />
After &#8220;Mission Accomplished,&#8221; everyone I knew in the military &#8212; including wives and husbands &#8212; (I live near a Marine base) was partying like it was V-J day.  They were so betrayed. And I see the same thing happening. I don&#8217;t think the people here cheering the end of AQI will be betrayed by liberals, but again by the President. It seems pro forma to me that within a few weeks (if not less) Bush will declare 1) AQI is getting stronger or 2) there&#8217;s a new Al Queda group in Iraq.  You&#8217;ll AGAIN be stuck in the awkward position of defending Bush when he&#8217;s contradicted you AGAIN about &#8220;victory.&#8221;<br />
Trust me, no one will be gloating. This is a bloody mess, but we need solutions, not distractions.</p>
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