What happened to being committed to a cause? To following through if only to preserve the honor of the men we sent to war?
To victory at any cost? Isn't that the commitment you make when you wage war? > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory > > ::nod:: and who says it's the correct decision? > > Just suppose that all of what has happened is one vast error. I don't > have the time to argue whether it was or not. I know you don't think > so. Just suppose. There is after all, still no good reason to be in > Iraq. > > But given that supposition --It isn't even an economic argument, > thought there is one there to be made -- Are we honoring our dead, are > we making America safer, and we doing ANY good. > > We have intervened on one side in a sectarian conflict. We've done > that before. On behalf of the Taliban, for instance. > > My personal opinion is that the US needs a more granular understanding > of other cultures before it attempts to manipulate them. And that is > while leaving all moral and economic considerations to the side. > > > > On 10/6/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That decision was made. > > > > Two elections ago, and in the blood of American soldiers spilled. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:09 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory > > > > > > your argument supposes that we are pursuing the correct strategy in > > > the first place though. > > > > > > On 10/5/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Don't you love it when a plan comes through? > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Loathe > > > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 5:40 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory > > > > > > > > Agreed, and that's why we can't pull out now. > > > > > > > > Thank you for making my argument for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
