We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:00:30 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification OK, maybe I'm being a little harsh, but one of John Podhoretz's Corner entries yesterday made me sort of throw up my hands in frustration... "FALLOUT FROM WHAT IF... [John Podhoretz] Make no mistake, Rich [Lowery]. The failure to agree to a constitution, if the Iraqis do fail to agree on a constitution, will be a grievous blow. It will be seen as an invalidation of the triumphant January elections, since their purpose was the creation of a body to write the constitution. It will depress the Iraqis, be seen as a major policy defeat for Bush and cause panic... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:03:23 -0600 I stopped reading Derbyshire long ago, when I found he was as much of a Chicken Little as John LeBoutillier. Apparently he thinks we should have bombed the hell out of the place to kill Hussein and send a message and left it at that. Guess he doesn't know we tried to bomb Saddam personally, but it didn't quite take. Thank the Lord for our steadfast President. He'll see us through. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30873 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30873 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:09:53 -0600 DUH...PIMF. "glad to know I'm not the only one NOT griping..." You get the idea. ;-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30830 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30830 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:34:18 -0600 Now that I've breathed a huge sigh of relief... I'm glad to know I'm not the only one griping and moaning with pessimism. I'm all for people speaking their minds, but sometimes, I wish they'd just STFU. They seem to forget that such commentary can be self-fulfilling when THEY say it too (as opposed to the leftards who spout negativity constantly). They need to learn to just sometimes suck it up, shut up, whatever, for the sake of the troops AND the Iraqis. The last thing they need over there is Bush's allies going sour. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30829 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30829 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:30:53 -0600 Pundits pontificating pessimistically. In this case, I wish they might remember that to have an opinion is not necessarily reason to publish it, especially when the "opinion" is not prefaced by "informed". JPod has been backsliding all week, and needs the Mrs Thatcher remedy. Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30825 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30825 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:55:32 -0600 So ... why don't they mention the Kurdish North, which looks like a suburb in California according to Michael Yon's pictures (and where US soldiers can wander about without armor). They seem to be handling democracy and self-government just fine. Maybe it will take ten years, but the Iraqis know how good it is up North -- they vacation there -- and want it for themselves. (and I recall it took us People of Pallor ten years from the end of our Revolution to get to our Constitution, so they are way ahead of the curve) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30824 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/08/jpod_running_around_screaming_like_a_girl.html#comment-30824 Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:01:16 -0600