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/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:45:06 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I've said before that President Bush leads, and that's what a President is supposed to do. Vice someone in a leadership position who lives by the poll - effectively looking for where the herd is heading, jumping in front, and saying "Follow Me!" That's not leadership. Leadership is having a vision, and convincing people to follow you. President Bush has a vision. He's been mixed (and lately bad) on the getting people to follow part. But give him credit for sticking to his guns, even as he takes his lumps, though I wish he was a little less loyal to... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:58:35 -0600 Hi Ripper. Wondered when you'd show up around here! Okay. Three videos you've found. Three instances. Granted, if there are three, there are certainly more. Out of how many hundreds of thousands of soldiers who have deployed, you've found three videos. And this, then, is Truth. The Real Deal. Okay. So, if I go trolling in Democratic Underground or Daily Kos and find atrocious things being said, I get to say that that is representative of the whole cloth of the Left/Opposition? You'd laugh me out of here. And rightly so. So, are you seriously proposing that out of all the videos on the web from the troops, that these three, however dumb the things being done by 18-Twenty-somethings are, is the True Face Of The American Military? If that's the case - y'all need to clean up DU and some of the wilder Kossacks. Otherwise, this is just a silly game of "gotcha". Just as Haditha and Abu Ghraib are not "hearts and minds" events, neither are they indicative of the whole effort. Just as a few bad cops doesn't mean all cops are bad. Or a few black gang-bangers doing a drive-by means all black teen males are killers. If you're trying to suddenly convulse me with guilt - well, I just remember what we found when we went into Kuwait City in Round 1. That gives me a sense of perspective your video series lacks. Cheers. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54954 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54954 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:19:46 -0600 http://minor-ripper.blogspot.com/2006/12/winning-hearts-and-minds-part-three.html]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54953 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54953 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:06:24 -0600 Snerk. At least my mother taught me how to tie my shoelaces... Tsk, tsk. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54950 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54950 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:36:23 -0600 http://www.dehner.com/dehner/me_boot.htm]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54948 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54948 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:30:58 -0600 I think the last few lines of what you quoted is the key to that poll. I think it's terribly misleading of the AP to present that poll as being representative when it was conducted before the President made his case. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54944 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54944 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:52:43 -0600 I would vote against the Walmart greeter....sometimes people touch them. That's not for you. But the subject reminds me of a funny joke. A very loud unattractive, mean-acting woman walking into Wal-Mart with her two kids in tow, screaming obscenities at them all the way through the entrance. The Wal-Mart Greeter says, "Good morning and welcome to Wal-Mart...Nice children you've got there - are they twins? The ugly woman stops screaming long enough to say, "Hell no they ain't, the oldest one, he's 9 and the younger one, she's 7. Why the hell would you think they're twins?.......Do you really think they look alike?" "No", relies the greeter, "I just couldn't believe you got l*^d twice!" So, no John, no Walmart greeter for you. Also, I don't see Home Depot either. You'd be turning all the tools into weapons. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54932 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54932 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:04:01 -0600 Well, I have other sources of income. I get several thousand a month just for breathing. But I'm willing to be a Wal-Mart greeter, too. Home Depot is an option - except I'd end up with no pay due and a bill every two weeks, I'm sure. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54931 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54931 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:49:55 -0600 John, we seem to all be sharing the same disease: you, Grim, JHD and me. I wouldn't recommend joining our ranks, as it seems rather difficult to leave... ;) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54930 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/bush_on_iraq.html#comment-54930 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:29:28 -0600