tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post116727025255079646..comments2023-10-24T08:33:10.354-04:00Comments on Reformed Leftist (& Friends): Merry Christmas, Middle East! More US Troops Headed Your Way?Paul Huehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1167674565492536112007-01-01T13:02:00.000-05:002007-01-01T13:02:00.000-05:00I agree with Nadir's charactorization of Bush and ...I agree with Nadir's charactorization of Bush and Cheney as chickenhawks. They did dodge the draft, Bush most repulsively. And their regard for the war that they orchestrated is shameful compared to the example set by Lincoln. <BR/><BR/>But I believe that they may have been right to instigate this war, and history may well applaud the golden chance that they have given the Iraqi people.<BR/><BR/>Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1167612082640857682006-12-31T19:41:00.000-05:002006-12-31T19:41:00.000-05:00I appreciate Vassar's concern for his well-being, ...I appreciate Vassar's concern for his well-being, and I share it, though I am more concerned about the troops who, for the most part, are not there voluntarily.<BR/><BR/>I don't see how anyone can be upset with Iranians or Brazillians selling weapons to the Iraqi insurgents. US weapons manufacturers often sell munitions to both sides in a conflict, and the US is the world's most prolific Nadirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00674871983955369648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1167460628964315972006-12-30T01:37:00.000-05:002006-12-30T01:37:00.000-05:00Vassar today informed me from Iraq that although t...Vassar today informed me from Iraq that although the US troops near Sadr City are "fighting back", the tyrants are giving as good as they're getting. "It's going to get worse before it gets better", he assures me. He says that the Iranian missles now include a more potent and reliable one manufactured in Brazil. Prior to these Brazillian missles, the Iranian missles used by the Sadr tyrants wouldPaul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691733.post-1167403396017728202006-12-29T09:43:00.000-05:002006-12-29T09:43:00.000-05:00Our friend Vassar, working for KBR in a US militar...Our friend Vassar, working for KBR in a US military base a few hundred yards from Sadr City, may have the answer (to wit): <BR/><BR/>For about two years now the US military as been operating on a "no shoot back" policy, trying its damnest to pacify US political critics who portray them as marauding baby killers and destroyers of Iraqi infrastructure. Vassar and his fellow workers can see the Paul Huehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276182482853030605noreply@blogger.com