Comments on: If this is “winning,” then what is “losing”? http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/13/if-this-is-winning-then-what-is-losing/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/13/if-this-is-winning-then-what-is-losing/#comment-13563 Erich Vieth Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:04:22 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1453#comment-13563 Bill Moyers issued this report on the state of Iraq (from Bill Moyers' Journal - July 27, 2007): http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05112007/watch4.html Bill Moyers issued this report on the state of Iraq (from Bill Moyers’ Journal - July 27, 2007): http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05112007/watch4.html

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/13/if-this-is-winning-then-what-is-losing/#comment-13428 Erich Vieth Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:59:19 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1453#comment-13428 Bush is clearly losing the support of members of the military and their families. <blockquote>“I voted for Bush twice,” said Ms. Pyritz, seated with her five children in their home at Fort Eustis near Virginia Beach. “I backed this war from the beginning, but I don’t think I can look my kids in the eyes anymore, if my husband comes home in a wooden box, and tell them he died for a good reason.”</blockquote> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/us/15protest.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Bush is clearly losing the support of members of the military and their families.

“I voted for Bush twice,” said Ms. Pyritz, seated with her five children in their home at Fort Eustis near Virginia Beach. “I backed this war from the beginning, but I don’t think I can look my kids in the eyes anymore, if my husband comes home in a wooden box, and tell them he died for a good reason.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/us/15protest.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

]]> By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/13/if-this-is-winning-then-what-is-losing/#comment-13420 grumpypilgrim Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:38:53 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1453#comment-13420 Further to Erich's comment, what we might be seeing is the Republican right finally realizing a fact that should have been obvious to them from the start, because it has been known to military strategists for centuries: an indigenous people will *always* outlast and outdie an occupying army. The tragic irony is that America won its freedom from Britain with this strategy, but Bush -- poor student that he is -- apparently didn't study his American history. Further to Erich’s comment, what we might be seeing is the Republican right finally realizing a fact that should have been obvious to them from the start, because it has been known to military strategists for centuries: an indigenous people will *always* outlast and outdie an occupying army. The tragic irony is that America won its freedom from Britain with this strategy, but Bush — poor student that he is — apparently didn’t study his American history.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/07/13/if-this-is-winning-then-what-is-losing/#comment-13403 Erich Vieth Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:59:20 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1453#comment-13403 Even Bill O'Reilly is starting to see the light. Not that he's got it perfectly right, but he now knows that Iraq is a big mistake. http://rawstory.com/news/2007/OReilly_takes_on_Tony_Snow_You_0713.html Even Bill O’Reilly is starting to see the light. Not that he’s got it perfectly right, but he now knows that Iraq is a big mistake. http://rawstory.com/news/2007/OReilly_takes_on_Tony_Snow_You_0713.html

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