--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 8/1/07 8:50:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Whether the surge "works" or not, I
> just
> > want this damned war to be over soon, and for us as a country
to
> > recognize that it has solved nothing.:-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you really want it to be for nothing?:) Why don't you want
it
> to be a
> > success?
> >
> I don't want it to be for nothing, so I can blah, blah,
blah...The
>
>
>
> Well, I really don't blame you for contradicting yourself here. It
is
> embarrassing to admit you want our country to fail in it's
efforts to bring a
> functioning Democracy to a troubled part of the world. Your only
concern is for
> us to get out and say we accomplished nothing. Perhaps you think
a full scale
> retreat and defeat along with feeling of guilt would be of more
benefit to
> the United States and the world than a full scale victory of
leaving Iraq with
> a reconciled functioning democratic government that is capable of
> maintaining it's own security.
>
if democracy results there tomorrow, I am all for it and I will laud
your praises as the prescient one among us. However, if it doesn't
occur tomorrow, I will feel sadness for those who continue to die
for this "grand experiment". Won't you??:-)