Comments on: War With No Mercy http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:42:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: amaravilha http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-725 amaravilha Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:54:49 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/#comment-725 <p>RockRichard: it’s not so easy.</p> <p>I think “winning” in Iraq probably follows the exact same label/tenets. No one disagrees that this should be the goal in each theater.</p> <p>The debate should be over <em>how</em>: how our continued presence and strategy in each country furthers or brings us farther away from this goal.</p> RockRichard: it’s not so easy.

I think “winning” in Iraq probably follows the exact same label/tenets. No one disagrees that this should be the goal in each theater.

The debate should be over how: how our continued presence and strategy in each country furthers or brings us farther away from this goal.

]]> By: Kilo http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Kilo Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:15:19 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/#comment-719 <p>This is why I say primaries are over, hillary is gone, BO gets to have Samantha Power back. Hell, with the amount of sackings for now-inconsequential gaffs in the primaries we could have a full draft.</p> This is why I say primaries are over, hillary is gone, BO gets to have Samantha Power back. Hell, with the amount of sackings for now-inconsequential gaffs in the primaries we could have a full draft.

]]> By: RockRichard http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-717 RockRichard Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:07:16 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/#comment-717 <p>Thats easy. Winning in Afghanistan is ensuring there is a strong national government that does not permit groups that pose a legitimate threat to American national security to operate within its borders.</p> Thats easy. Winning in Afghanistan is ensuring there is a strong national government that does not permit groups that pose a legitimate threat to American national security to operate within its borders.

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Spencer Ackerman Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:53:51 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/#comment-716 <p>OK, now Mitchell is saying “define winning” in Afghanistan when it comes to the phrase “Afghanistan is a war we must win.” I can’t tell if he’s making a meta-point or he’s expressing skepticism over the merits/justice of that war.</p> OK, now Mitchell is saying “define winning” in Afghanistan when it comes to the phrase “Afghanistan is a war we must win.” I can’t tell if he’s making a meta-point or he’s expressing skepticism over the merits/justice of that war.

]]> By: Spencer Ackerman http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Spencer Ackerman Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:04:14 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/#comment-715 <p>Yeah, that line about invading Afghanistan in an outburst of nationalism (not a direct quote) confused me. A lot of his stuff skirts the question of first principles.</p> Yeah, that line about invading Afghanistan in an outburst of nationalism (not a direct quote) confused me. A lot of his stuff skirts the question of first principles.

]]> By: RockRichard http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/comment-page-1/#comment-714 RockRichard Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:56:38 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/07/19/war-with-no-mercy/#comment-714 <p>Hi from across the room. </p> <p>Did anyone else get the impression that Mitchell thought the war in Afghanistan was/is a bad idea?</p> Hi from across the room.

Did anyone else get the impression that Mitchell thought the war in Afghanistan was/is a bad idea?

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