tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post5825156645489175326..comments2024-01-01T19:49:13.788-08:00Comments on The Vigil: Right Message - Wrong Messenger!Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-29374178838457833052006-09-06T21:27:00.000-07:002006-09-06T21:27:00.000-07:00Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is correct — ...Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is correct — we should not appease terrorists. Unfortunately, he is fighting the wrong war. What we are doing in Iraq does nothing to stem terrorism — never has and never will. But it is surely killing a lot of people, destroying an entire nation's infrastructure and actually giving our enemies more reasons to attack us.<br><br>The British and Germans have done more in the fight against terrorism than we have in Iraq when they recently broke up terrorist cells in their countries. In the end that is how we too will have to do it: one cell at a time.Karl F. Schmidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-46196525554131314452006-09-01T21:35:00.000-07:002006-09-01T21:35:00.000-07:00As I have posted elsewhere, the militarization of ...As I have posted elsewhere, the militarization of the GWOT has multiplied the hazards of international politics.<br><br>I would argue what was once merely an nihilistic rebellion by interests vested in antiquity against in inexorable march of technology and modernity was instantly supplanted by the clash of civilizations.Vigilantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07640246609540057997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-27780377573601847012006-08-19T08:02:00.000-07:002006-08-19T08:02:00.000-07:00NoTreason has a diary, Defense Wins Chamionships w...NoTreason has a diary, <br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/17/191112/195" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Defense Wins Chamionships</a> which, using a sports analogy, supports the Kerry strategy.Malfrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011433504243655172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-2703446414882647392006-08-18T18:14:00.000-07:002006-08-18T18:14:00.000-07:00Terrorists are civilization's cancer. Presiden...<i>Terrorists are civilization's cancer. President Bush's Iraq fiasco has metastasized this cancer.</i><br><br>C. Martin Vincent (Rancho Palos Verdes)LTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06148915527782653412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-49390839324809248552006-08-18T18:10:00.000-07:002006-08-18T18:10:00.000-07:00So the Democrats are going on offense in the war o...<i>So the Democrats are going on offense in the war on terror. It's about time. Consider this:<br><br>Are we safer from a preemptive war based on false premises still putting American troops in harm's way?<br><br>Are we safer as an occupying power in the Middle East, trapped in an Iraq on the verge of civil war?<br><br>Are we safer by sitting out the Israeli-Arab conflict until it reached a crisis threatening world peace?<br><br>Are we safer spending more than $250 billion to date to "rebuild" Iraq, unsuccessfully, while our ports are porous and our airlines at risk?<br><br>Are we safer with [Osama] Bin Laden still on the loose five years after 9/11?<br><br>The questions answer themselves.</i><br><br>Al Meyerhoff (Studio City)LTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06148915527782653412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-54073485611657885632006-08-18T10:42:00.000-07:002006-08-18T10:42:00.000-07:00Yeah, Messenger it would seem so.Yeah, Messenger it would seem so.Beach Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03111975008573423515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-2322416832520080432006-08-18T06:45:00.000-07:002006-08-18T06:45:00.000-07:00Pramatic people in government. That would be refre...Pramatic people in government. That would be refreshing. <br><br>I hope people get sick of the ideologues and their ratcheted-up rhetoric soon. <br><br>The "War on Terror" makes no sense anymore.No. 44noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-42843978119427617782006-08-18T06:36:00.000-07:002006-08-18T06:36:00.000-07:00Beach Bum, in some (many?) demographics across the...Beach Bum, in some (many?) demographics across the U.S.A., winning a debate disqualifies one for (high) public office.Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717447585401926179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-4834997219992705002006-08-15T20:44:00.000-07:002006-08-15T20:44:00.000-07:00The funny thing for me is that while Bush and Chen...The funny thing for me is that while Bush and Cheney were able to shape the overall campaign to their ends. Kerry ran circles around a dumbfounded and confused Bush in all three of their debates.Beach Bumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03111975008573423515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8356601405469434111.post-15310029964507206952006-08-15T17:38:00.000-07:002006-08-15T17:38:00.000-07:00No more has-beens. Fresh faces, please!No more has-beens. Fresh faces, please!No. 44noreply@blogger.com