The argument isn’t this, it is whether or not Swopa has the qualification to evaluate this,

Could be wrong Swopa could be a strategic geniuis, a junior Von Clauswitz.Brilliant thinking, out of a choice of enemies hit the one with the N-U-C-L-E-A-R W-E-A-P-O-N-S.

Don’t the surrounding countries have a stake in it? Why can’t we be “multilateral?” After all, since we’re the big kid on the block, we need to build up their self-esteem. And since a lot of them are so much older and wiser than we are…..

Besides, now that NorK has run whining to Corrupt Kofi to MAKE US STOP and pull out!!! what’s the problem?

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Now this:

–Our current ineffectualness in the face of the Iranian–???

Our current ineffectualness? All we did was let our “allies” handle it, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do, be “multilateral?” Aren’t we only one of many nations and we must learn our place? No better or no worse than any other country? So why must “we handle” Iran? Seems to me the IAEA (?) is doing a bang-up job.

Oh, wait, we’re trying to avoid a bang.

I have DISH. Channel 9410 has a program roundup of news programs from the ME, usually after midnight, if anyone else is interested.

And guess what – the mullahs got it long before you, like over a year ago. Before the war last year they had a map showing where the US is, will be and where Iran was in relation to our armed forces. Care to take a guess? And I didn’t need a translation of that news blurb to tell me that.

And everything you want us to to in Iraq to gain “street cred” we’re doing. And we’re doing it in Afghanistan and the people are hopeful.

You can’t have it both ways. Kerry wants it both ways and will do almost anything to get the “allies” on board. However, W already let them handle Iran.

Swopa is picking up the mantle of content-free Leftist blogging that Tano set aside so he could spend this week reminiscing about the glory of the Carter years.

Charming.

The war was fought under false pretenses.

(Evidence of pretenses provided by Senate Intelligence Committee Report.)

Okay, but there was no planning.

(Evidence of extensive planning provided by the DoD.)

Okay, but it was incompetently fought.

You calling the U.S. military incompetent, Bud?

Okay, George Bush is incompetent.

I thought he was a puppet who relied on his advisers for everything.

He is a puppet–in an evil-genius-moron sort of way. Besides, it was the wrong war. We should have invaded Iran first.

You didn’t like it when we invaded Afghanistan. Are you telling me you would have supported attacking a country with an army many times larger and more powerful than the Taliban?

Er, er…..

It’s the new “Bush lied”.

Say “Kyoto” to him and he will tremble with angst.

It seems to me that swopa is pursuing his own interests here.

What’s needed is for him to give up his attempts to impose his views on others (i.e. us)

Only by doing this can he demonstrate his goodwill. Only then can he defuse some of the hatred

that’s built up against him.

I can’t understand why he cannot see this.

“Dubya is already running around promising to be the “peace president” and saying that “the next four years will be peaceful years.” So I guess he’s thrown in the towel on your War on TerrorÔøΩ, too.”

The only one here who is mired in fantasy is you. Bush is no more likely to abandon the war than Condi Rice is to stuff secret documents into her foundation garments.

When you get around to it one of these days take a look at a map of the ME and note that Iran is bordered by Pakistan, Afghanistan, and, um, Iraq. Sometimes smart people know to first take the king’s rook in order to take the king (it’s called military strategy, something that the Donks will never grasp) …rest assured that Bush will be able to deal with Iran in a second term without worrying about reelection. In other words doing the right thing strategically regardless of how unpopular it may become due to the influence of the quisling MSM and the lefty lunatics screaming from the sidelines.

As for the Norks you’re a fool if you don’t think the administration is applying pressure to the Chinese to bring Kim into line. This is the only approach that makes sense, since he already has nukes…THANKS TO THE VERY SAME IDIOTS YOU WANT TO PUT BACK IN POWER. But just keep telling yourself that Bush is cluelessly ignoring the rest of the geo-political equation and is only focusing on Iraq.

I suppose you think we should have invaded N. Korea and Iran? For some reason I think you would have wet yourself had we done either of those things as well. In fact, I’d bet no matter what Bush chose to do it would elicit the same Pavlovian response because you are a textbook example of a party hack.

As another American once said, “The devil is in the details”

Don’t expect details.