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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (759569)	2/19/2007 6:24:15 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Cut the crap... yes or now..." No 'crap'. I said that I'd answer your demand for a 'yes or no' answer, and I'm here to do so. (Just got back....) I merely used my first post to point out to you the unreasonableness of demanding a 'yes or no' answer to a staged, rhetorical question. I illustrated this point by giving you the exact same kind of staged, rhetorical question that you had given me... (and demanded a 'yes or no' answer also. :-) "... your avoidance is taken as a no...." That would be illogical. Below is your question, and my answer, as promised: Q --- "Do you want everyone to leave this weekend and let the young democracy collapse? Yes or no..." A --- That depends on what the choices are. If the choice is between 'every US troop' leaving 'over-night' versus being pinned-down fighting in Iraq FOREVER... then my choice would be: Yes. Leave 'over-night'. If the choice is 'leave over-night' versus being pinned-down fighting in Iraq for another twenty years, then my answer would ALSO be 'Yes'. Of course, LITERALLY 'leaving over-night' (within a 24 hour period) is a logistic IMPOSSIBILITY, and I suspect that you know this. So, IMO, that contributes to the air of rhetorical unreality that hovers over the question that you posed. (THAT, and demanding a 'yes or no' to a very complex series of difficulties....) IMO, a much more likely time frame for a fairly expeditious US extrication from the Iraqi civil war (pulling some forces totally out, redeploying others - to Kurdistan or Kuwait or Turkey, for example) would likely take the better part of six months or so.... And, a rushed removal of forces would still likely involve at least three months or so. Furthermore... your rhetorical question 'pull out 'overnight' fails to specify: do you mean from every inch of what is currently mostly regarded as 'Iraqi soil', or not? Do you INTEND TO INCLUDE Kurdistan in that question? A --- For, IF YOU DO INTEND that Kurdistan be included in your question, demanding a 'yes or no' answer about whether I want us to 'pull-out' 'over-night'... that that would force my previous 'Yes' reply to change to a 'No' answer. For, I do not see any reason or need for the US to not be engaged on the ground in the --- relatively very peaceful (not one single American soldier has died there yet) --- newly forming nation of Kurdistan. (Still, I heard on the TV just last night that we currently only have about '60 guys' based in Kurdistan... so it is not a very big deployment!) "... now, how difficult was that?" Not difficult at all.... (I told you I would answer your question! As always....) "Kindly confirm and I will then answer your question with a yes or no." Great!. Your turn now, GZ.