On 1/29/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's horribly short-sighted analysis. I would offer this (I'm no expert):
It's right on the money and there must be a reason you can't see that. > * Late last year everyone including Gen Petraeus said a surge was stupid. This is Petraeus plan. There are a lot of Generals and they don't all agree. Most of the elected Democrats wanted a surge until Bush mentioned iot. Now suddenly they're against it. > * Now the generals are saying it's not. They said it would only work with a proper plan and they think this one is it. > That's the real contradiction. Why? Not at all. > Because smart people know that winning starts with the first step and > the first step is derived from the art of the possible. Petraeus is > going along with Bush because not because he agrees with Bush, but > because he wants the job and feels that once he's got it he can make > the necessary changes. This is Petraeus' plan. > So, he's willing to play out Bush's stupid plan in order to get into a > position to play out his own. This is Petraeus' plan. > Congress, understanding this, is praising Petraeus so that when he > inevitably breaks ranks with the President they can say they've always > supported him. This is Petraeus' plan. > Bush has failed, it's been known for years, and now the chess pieces > are being put in place to remove him from command. That's too funny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226102 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
