tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post116374704478255008..comments2023-12-24T15:36:16.969-05:00Comments on Chuck for ...: Wishful Thinking Is A Hell Of A Way To Run A WarChuck Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1164175852937042692006-11-22T01:10:00.000-05:002006-11-22T01:10:00.000-05:00Anybody can play, but they need a name.Anybody can play, but they need a name.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1164119978555242512006-11-21T09:39:00.000-05:002006-11-21T09:39:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1164000038046210222006-11-20T00:20:00.000-05:002006-11-20T00:20:00.000-05:00Your guess is as good as mine. I give up trying t...Your guess is as good as mine. I give up trying to make sense of GeorgeII.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163998579694889262006-11-19T23:56:00.000-05:002006-11-19T23:56:00.000-05:00Bush will be looking for "peace with honor" now......Bush will be looking for "peace with honor" now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163995217382249412006-11-19T23:00:00.000-05:002006-11-19T23:00:00.000-05:00Um, RM Nixon & who???Um, RM Nixon & who???Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163987051739980372006-11-19T20:44:00.000-05:002006-11-19T20:44:00.000-05:00And what's the idea with Baker going to Henry Kiss...And what's the idea with Baker going to Henry Kissinger for advice? Certainly no brand new ideas in that dinosaur's head; to wit:<BR/><BR/><I>I think we have to redefine the course, but I don't think that the alternative is between military victory, as defined previously, or total withdrawal.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163986527257894512006-11-19T20:35:00.000-05:002006-11-19T20:35:00.000-05:00Yeah, those Divinely inspired gut-feelings are a ...Yeah, those Divinely inspired gut-feelings are a real time-saver, and leave lots of time to spend at his Dude Ranch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163982855947541892006-11-19T19:34:00.000-05:002006-11-19T19:34:00.000-05:00I'm not exactly in awe of James Baker. I agree wi...I'm not exactly in awe of James Baker. I agree with Kinsley that brand new ideas are unlikely. Besides, GWB seems to have made up his mind, not that heavy lifting was involved.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163978770996503642006-11-19T18:26:00.000-05:002006-11-19T18:26:00.000-05:00Oh boy, Poppy sends James Baker in to pull GW's ch...Oh boy, Poppy sends James Baker in to pull GW's chestnuts out of the fire again; as Michael Kinsley of the WaPo wrote in <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/13/AR2006111301058.html" REL="nofollow">"Get Jim in Here, Pronto!"</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>Although he has held a variety of government posts, from undersecretary of commerce under Gerald Ford to secretary of state under Bush the Elder, and has all the trappings of enormous consequence and wisdom, such as a Presidential Medal of Freedom and his own James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, Baker is essentially a political operative. His place in history is Florida 2000, where he secured the presidency for George W. Bush. Reporters were awed by his brilliance and ruthlessness. History may be less admiring of his willingness to make inconsistent arguments and to lie with a straight face.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22183958.post-1163946759220330082006-11-19T09:32:00.000-05:002006-11-19T09:32:00.000-05:00If Islamic militancy is not stopped today, “we’ll ...If Islamic militancy is not stopped today, “we’ll go through World War Three tomorrow,” US Middle East chief warns<BR/><BR/>November 18, 2006, 1:59 PM (GMT+02:00)<BR/><BR/>Addressing a Harvard University audience Saturday, Army Gen. John Abizaid compared the rise of militant ideologies such as the force driving al Qaeda to the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s and said: “If we don’t have guts enough to confront this ideology today, we’ll go through World War Three tomorrow. <BR/><BR/>If not stopped, said the general, “extremists would gain an advantage to gain a safe haven, to develop weapons of mass destruction, to develop a national place from which to operate. And I think that the dangers associated with that are just too great to comprehend.”<BR/><BR/> WAR..something that is not as fun as a low ET!<BR/><BR/> I think there Chuck, perhaps you write too much about RUNNING from it, you see as much as you want to ignore it in remote Baker City, it really is on your door step.<BR/><BR/> The General is right about one thing though.."it does take guts!"<BR/><BR/> You and your kind do not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com