For the first time in memory I shall vote straight Republican. I have two reasons for this departure from my standard voting practices
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Are there serious Democrat candidates who want to pull out point blank? From what I've been reading (which admittedly isn't as much as I would be if I were back in the States) most candidates are calling for a change in strategy or, you know, maybe developing a real rebuilding strategy. There are a lot of people polled who want to pull out (I'm not one of them, btw, we're in there so we have to finish what we started) but the candidates seem to be a little smarter than that.
On one side you have Kerry and Pelosi screaming to get them out right away, and on the other you have a number that want an immediate implementation of "phased withdrawal." Now I don't really think we are ever going to "win" this war, mainly because we're entirely too civilized to fight it the way it needs to be fought. The best thing we can do is not lose, and that's only going to happen by kicking the Iraqi forces in the ass enough time to prompt them to get their stuff together and start with the good old oppression of the masses they enjoy so much.
I agree with your points - the invasion went off great - especially considering a lack of a second front and sandstorm-related weather issues fudging up communications and sat pics. We did (and do) really needed more troops and an actual plan for occupation and suppression of radical elemtns instead of wishful thinking and denial (the year plus of "Oh, there's no planned insurgency." "They're dead-enders." "Turnin' a corner now!" really pissed me off and got a lot of brave US soldiers and Iraqi civilians and cops killed needlessly). It was the overall arrogance and denial involved in everything outside of the three-week invasion that made a mess of the damn place, imo
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