Did the enemy declare victory in Afghanistan again?
I didn't hear the latest from them!
Is this the same group that predicted we'd be destroyed in Iraq during the initial invasion?
I don't remember that we conceded defeat. You'll have a difficult time convincing the US veterans of this war that they lost anything.
They haven't!
While some of you have been busy forecasting defeat for the past several years another group of people have been busy racking up success step by step in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
It was stated that it would be difficult and it is.
It will be frustrating from time to time.
There will be steps forward and backwards.
We can not guarantee permanent victory after we leave.
But we can finish what we set out to do - true leaders will continue to stress that and build confidence.
We can do it well no thanks to all the naysayers along the way.
I'll ask you the same question I asked on another thread.
Do you seriously believe we'd be in Afghanistan or Iraq right now if your hero, the worst president in history, hadn't invaded those countries for no justifiable reason?
The FBI said that they have no hard evidence linking bim Laden to 9/11.
I don't know why the reward was increased.
maybe Bush did that to make it look like they had something on him.
This board is so heavily conservative Republican / pro Bush that I think I tend to assume that everyone outside a few that I'm familiar with think that way.
it's not a question of intellectual honesty.
When you're outnumbered about 9 to 1 if someone continually harasses you on most things its hard to remember that they agreed with you a few times in the past.
If you want want to continue to call me names I'll do one of two things, put you on ignore or respond in kind.
I'm tired of responding in kind so ignore is probably the best bet.
This post is a classic to illustrate your lack of understanding of the issues of the day, history, or government.
As has been pointed out many times ad nauseum, the terms pro Bush, Republican, and conservative have no connection.
The term pro Bush would mean a moderately liberal, inept form of governing.
Republican means creating a false difference with Democrats then governing like them once elected.
Conservative is the term you cited that comes closest to meaning governing by the Constitution.
Since you choose to lump all catagories together outside being a Democrat apologist, the ratio may be 9 to 1.
Since Democrat apologists and Republican apologists (which you are a part) are basically the same stripe, the ratio is more like 50-50.
You talk of intellectual honesty.
There is none in your posts for two reasons.
1.
Democrat apologists are in fact, aiding a abetting abortion and gay rights.
2.
Everyone knows down deep inside both parties are stealing from the American people, and your promoting of the myth of a difference is intellectually dishonest.
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Totally unnecessary to "QUOTE" , 'cept it needed to be seen/said again.
I'm in total agreement with these "instructions", since I have responded several times in good faith, only to see either a total ignoring OR , worse, a total maligning of what I said by inferences, misquoting, and flat out lying.
Therefore, I'm gonna attempt to follow this advice; the same that Rev Mitchell has repeatedly advised!!!!!
Lumping a large group of people together and assuming that they all believe the same thing is not only discriminatory but unChristian.
saying all Democrats believe this or that is exactly that.
"Everyone knows down deep" is not a valid rational argument.
No, I don't know down deep that the parties are the same.
for one thing, the republicans have duped the Christian Right into thinking that all democrats are not Christians.
This has gone a long ways towards destroying the effectiveness of Christ's church in the last 25 years.
Most of the younger generations (Busters and the Mosaic generation) think of Christians as being:
1. Too political (I wonder which party.)
2. Hypocritical
3. Uncaring about their problems (e.g. health care)
4. Supportive of every war the U.S. might get itself into
5. Discriminatory
6. Not "walking the walk" but merely mouthing platitudes which they themselves don't follow.
By failing to recognize the terrible damage this unholy alliance between the Christian Right and the Republican Party has done to the church you become a part of the problem.