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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (73834)	2/26/2006 5:16:15 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Your reply to me is either stupid or dishonest. Rumsfeld selected the troop levels. He originally wanted 40,000 troops. CENTCOM wanted 380,000 troops. They settled on the level that Franks wanted...250,000. But 100,000 of those never made it. Do you remember the chaos and looting after the fall of Baghdad? Probably not. How about the insurgency that runs amok? How about Paul Bremmer who said he needed more troops? Franks had it correct. And CENTCOM had it correct...Rumsfeld had it wrong. Logic is something that clearly evades you. Here we are coming up on three years....and the killing has increased. Normalcy is not going to be seen for years in Iraq. The Iraqi Army's only unit that was deemed ready to operate on it's own was degraded to level 2 this week, which means that no unit of the Iraqi army is deemed capable of operating independently of US troops. As for Frank's assessment of Dubai Ports, I respect his opinion, but I remain neutral on the deal. I neither support it or oppose it. But certainly security needs to be thought about. As for your crap about racism, If I remember correctly you advocated that all Arabs be wiped from the face of the earth. Certainly I have never seen you raise the spectre of anti Arab feelings being a bad thing before, when you have been immersed in the words of those that hang out on the rightwing boards here. Many were calling for all Arabs to be nuked. Such a sudden change of heart by you and your pals here! I can only see it as being dishonest and opportunistic. I have always advocated for fair and equal treatment of all peoples, regardless of race. What's more important is track record. The royal family was having a meeting with bin Laden recently and they are the owners of DP World. I recall you saying that Saddam met with bin Laden...and that was enough to suspect terrorism on his part. Why does the UAE royals get a pass for doing the same thing? Yes logic can be swept under foot in that brain of yours. Orca

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (73834)	2/26/2006 8:46:30 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Do you deny that the UAE royals own DP World? Do you deny that the UAE royals went to Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden? Orca

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (73834)	2/26/2006 11:31:55 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

You want an Arab country to own our largest ports? Shame on you. You Bushies are exposed as total spineless hypocrites on national defense and homeland security. You don't really give a damn about it. Just as you lied about the WMD and why we had to invade Iraq, lied about Kerry being soft on defense and lied about Bush being a strong leader, you're lying again now. All you really care about is making money for the Carlyle Group, Halliburton, Exxon and Enron. Shsme, shame, shame. And if terrorists attack again in the US, you think that's great because it will scare people again into supporting Bush, the worst and most dishonest president in US history. Hillary Clinton has a great idea. Pass a new law that NO country can own our strategic entry points. Zero. I'm sure all honest conservatives agree with her. But you're not honest. And neither is anyone following Bush-Cheney.