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Offline Gunslinger

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« on: November 18, 2006, 07:36:39 PM »
The following is completly satiric but FWIW it's not far off the mark.  A fun light hearted read.

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ALR: Can you share with us what you foresee happening at the confirmation hearings?

Rummy:
Oh its going to be great theater. The back seat drivers will finally
have to go on record for what they think is the best course instead of
always complaining that we just missed a turn.

ALR: It sounds like you are actually looking forward to the hearings?

Rummy: Yes. Very much so. You see most of the complaining from the
Democrats has fallen into two camps. Either they think that I haven't
listened to my generals and that hundreds of thousands of more troops
are needed or they advocate a running away from Iraq except they keep
calling that strategy "redeployment". The hearings will put those
people on the spot to explain exactly where they stand. Do they want to
cut and run or do they plan to budget for hundreds of thousands of new
troops? Can you picture Ted Kennedy stuttering his way out of that?

ALR: I think I'm starting to get it. The hearings are normally about a
candidate's qualifications but nobody will be checking Bob Gates
resume. Instead they will be pumping him for what he thinks about you
and the job you have done in Iraq.

Rummy: Exactly. You know the
President wasn't going to select a successor who was either going to
cut and run or add hundreds of thousands of new troops but by the
Senator's questions we get to see where they stand. When it comes time
to vote on Bob Gates by that time his confirmation will be a referendum
on the war. A vote for Bob Gates will be a vote for staying the course.
A vote against Bob Gates could be spun as a vote that keeps me in
office longer and to many on the left I'm the ultimate bogeyman. Its a
lose-lose for any Democratic Senator who plans to run in 2008. And the
funny thing is as the hearings are going on just remember that the
Democrats practically begged for this to happen.

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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2006, 07:44:14 PM »
As a side note, Gates, along with James Baker and a couple of others, are part of the "Iraq Study Group". It is expected that the "Iraq Study Group" will suggest, of all the stupid things, that Iran and Syria be "engaged" in "dialogue" to help "solve the Iraq problem". Now THAT is really going to help. Let's consult and involve two sponsors of terrorism in the problems they're causing in Iraq.
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2006, 08:08:13 PM »
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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
As a side note, Gates, along with James Baker and a couple of others, are part of the "Iraq Study Group". It is expected that the "Iraq Study Group" will suggest, of all the stupid things, that Iran and Syria be "engaged" in "dialogue" to help "solve the Iraq problem". Now THAT is really going to help. Let's consult and involve two sponsors of terrorism in the problems they're causing in Iraq.


Lol, here are ALL the members of the ISG

Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former U.S. Secretary of State ;
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard, Freres & Co. LLC;
Edwin Meese, III, former U.S. Attorney General;
Sandra Day O’Connor, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice;
Leon E. Panetta, former White House Chief of Staff;
William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense;
Charles S. Robb, former U.S. Senator;
Alan K. Simpson, former U.S. Senator.

WTF are the qualifications of these people to be given this task? Not ONE military guy in there
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2006, 08:34:19 PM »
Not just is there no one with military experience, there are no Middle East experts either.  The list looks like a who's who of people that failed to effectively deal with the Middle East during previous administrations and congresses, with the exception of Sandra Day O'Conner.  Now that I think about it wth is she doing on this board? :huh  I know, maybe they were actually looking for Sarah Conner and mixed the two of them up.
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2006, 08:35:28 PM »
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Originally posted by bj229r

Charles S. Robb, former U.S. Senator;
 


"A Marine Corps veteran who finished first in his class at Quantico, Robb became a White House Honor Guard. It was there that he met and eventually married Lynda Johnson, the daughter of former U.S. President, Lyndon B. Johnson. Robb went on to serve two tours of duty in Vietnam, where he led a rifle company in combat, and was awarded the Bronze Star"
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2006, 08:37:21 PM »
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"A Marine Corps veteran who finished first in his class at Quantico, Robb became a White House Honor Guard. It was there that he met and eventually married Lynda Johnson, the daughter of former U.S. President, Lyndon B. Johnson. Robb went on to serve two tours of duty in Vietnam, where he led a rifle company in combat, and was awarded the Bronze Star"


Lol ok...anyone in the last 30 years?:p
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2006, 08:38:43 PM »
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Lol ok...anyone in the last 30 years?:p


lol, well, it's more than Rummy;)
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2006, 09:28:09 PM »
darn,

Good political humor derailed (hijacked) by politics again  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2006, 09:42:01 PM »
And this surprised you?  You did post it in the O'Club yanno.  :)
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2006, 10:16:53 PM »
A friend of mine, a 7-year veteran of the airforce, predicted what would happen in Iraq.  But then again, so did Dick Cheney- a quagmire.
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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2006, 11:16:53 PM »
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A friend of mine, a 7-year veteran of the airforce, predicted what would happen in Iraq.  But then again, so did Dick Cheney- a quagmire.
So did I, six months before the invasion.
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2006, 11:32:57 PM »
I predicted it back in 1945.
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« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2006, 12:02:04 AM »
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Originally posted by bj229r
Lol, here are ALL the members of the ISG

Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former U.S. Secretary of State ;
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard, Freres & Co. LLC;
Edwin Meese, III, former U.S. Attorney General;
Sandra Day O’Connor, former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice;
Leon E. Panetta, former White House Chief of Staff;
William J. Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense;
Charles S. Robb, former U.S. Senator;
Alan K. Simpson, former U.S. Senator.

WTF are the qualifications of these people to be given this task? Not ONE military guy in there


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