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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (70358)	6/25/2006 12:16:29 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 173976

Ah, no, that would be liberal...again, your question was stupid. It has nothing to do with conservative or liberal.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (70358)	6/25/2006 12:20:05 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

That's not really fair Kenneth. They had a plan. It was to be greeted as "liberators", and to have reduced American troops to 20,000 three months after invading! It was a plan that ignored both history and reality.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (70358)	6/25/2006 1:25:10 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Was it conservative to invade Iraq without a plan for the post invasion occupation of Iraq? Tricky question, but I can answer that. Yes, it is "conservative" to invade Iraq without a plan for the occupation of Iraq. Reason: There isn't any other political group that falls over themselves on the notion that a plan is obsolete once the invasion begins. Since it would be obsolete at day one, why would one bother making a plan? This is fundamental to conservative foreign policy. In practical application it goes this way: One can't predict the future. Let's try this; see what happens; and then go from there. Eventually, we'll get the outcome we want. jttmab