tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post113267755865388858..comments2024-03-26T05:18:53.709-04:00Comments on Pen and Sword: By Their Own Bootstraps?Jeff Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1132693827596776392005-11-22T16:10:00.000-05:002005-11-22T16:10:00.000-05:00Scott and Sadig:No real way of telling. I strongl...Scott and Sadig:<BR/><BR/>No real way of telling. I strongly suspect much is going on behind closed doors that we don't know about.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1132693633621807052005-11-22T16:07:00.000-05:002005-11-22T16:07:00.000-05:00The administration doesn't want to see it, because...The administration doesn't want to see it, because it doesn't fit in with their plan for the nation. They have said repeatedly that they don't want us to leave until the Iraqis can take care of themselves, to which they have added repeatedly that the Iraqis cannot yet take care of themselves. What will happen if the Iraqis ask us to leave before they are ready? Do you think that the administration wants to deal with that possibility? (and by "possibility" I mean "eventuality")sadiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461904452723439290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1132690168828914342005-11-22T15:09:00.000-05:002005-11-22T15:09:00.000-05:00Monk, That's one of my hypotheses too. But I keep...Monk, <BR/><BR/>That's one of my hypotheses too. But I keep coming back to "Could this really have caught them by surprise?" <BR/><BR/>I'm going to do some surfing and see what else I come up with.Jeff Huberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146644937683409726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12796551.post-1132684352888683332005-11-22T13:32:00.000-05:002005-11-22T13:32:00.000-05:00These guys have pulled an indictment of Padilla ou...These guys have pulled an indictment of Padilla out of the closet where they must have been keeping it until they really needed it.<BR/>This is reality creeping into their illusionary world and they are going to do everything they can to bury this in one news cycle.<BR/>The Iraqi request for a timetable(endorsement of Murtha) was on the CNN website earlier but was missing last time I checked.<BR/>Elephant? What elephant?fallenmonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652766170343957948noreply@blogger.com