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Originally posted by skipdup
Well gee Rodeo... I wonder why he was upbeat???
Yes, I read your quotes. And, I can find plenty of one-liners which would say the exact opposite... that would warn us of the tough road ahead. But, you already know that.
Did you read any of my questions? Have you considered what happens if we pull out of Iraq? What happens when Al Qaeda claims victory against America? What happens once a defeated America is realized?
- Skip
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I don't know why he was continually upbeat, other than as a ham-handed way to shield the public from the hard truth. And to hide his administration's continual mistakes.
You know that "ding" when you are sitting in the salesman's office, and you finally say to yourself, "this guy is f**king me over, I can't trust him." You walk out. That's what the American people are doing right now.
You can't expect to promise the people that we will be greeted as liberators, that a small post-invasion force would be adequate, that Iraq money would pay for the reconstruction (ha!), and that (over and over and over) the insurgency was almost dead, and then expect them to have the stomach for a long, hard, dirty, costly war.
Its called leadership ... the President needed to inspire people, to convey the stakes of this conflict and give them the inspiration to do whatever it took to win. And of course, his administration needed to competently manage the war. They fell far short on both counts.
And of course I considered your questions. I told you it made me sick thinking about the consequences. But the reality is what it is. Let's not make the same mistake as the administration, believing what we WANT to believe rather than the truth.