tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post3367822605281435028..comments2023-11-05T03:20:46.695-05:00Comments on The Ostroy Report: Petraeus Drops Bombshell: Doesn't Know if Iraq War's Making America SaferThe Ostroy Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-84880849544614478422007-10-26T11:42:00.000-04:002007-10-26T11:42:00.000-04:00SEPTEMBER 26, 2004Just prior to elections in2004, ...SEPTEMBER 26, 2004<BR/><BR/>Just prior to elections in<BR/>2004, there was<BR/>"Tangible progress," happy spin<BR/>As writing boldly thus<BR/><BR/>The General--Petraeus--noted<BR/>"Reasons for optimism"<BR/>Aplenty; his own op-ed quoted<BR/>Helped voters spill their jism.<BR/><BR/>Subsequent time, 2004<BR/>Until the present have<BR/>Proven interminable this war,<BR/>Yet knit-brows, somber, grave<BR/><BR/>Petraeus will report (again)<BR/>He is a "realist,"<BR/>"Reasons for optimism" then<BR/>Point out should not be missed!<BR/><BR/>--I.M. SmallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-2972770606945504842007-09-16T02:16:00.000-04:002007-09-16T02:16:00.000-04:00"Responding to the attacks?" I seem to recall that..."Responding to the attacks?" I seem to recall that the perpetrators of the first attack on the World Trade Center are sitting in a prison cell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-52261544106186776442007-09-12T13:13:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:13:00.000-04:00We may not be safer than we were on 9/11/2001, but...We may not be safer than we were on 9/11/2001, but at least we are responding to the attacks, unlike during the Clinton-era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-56451596636743001412007-09-12T09:14:00.000-04:002007-09-12T09:14:00.000-04:00The spin machine will not only be in high gear, An...The spin machine will not only be in high gear, Andy, but will probably be overheating as Bush tries to reassure everyone that the "surge" is working and that we'll be able to pull some 30,000 troops out of Iraq next summer. But as I said in response to your previous post, these troops which are scheduled to leave Iraq next year (provided that everything goes as expected and the creek don't rise) are just the "surge" troops themselves. In effect, after those troops leave, the same number of troops before this misbegotten project began will still be in Iraq. Watch for Bush to ignore this completely in his speech!<BR/><BR/>Sen. Warner was certainly right to ask the questions he did, and the responses he received clearly and unmistakably show that Bush's incursion into Iraq has NOT made us any safer than we were on 9/11/01.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-92213329354811984902007-09-12T09:09:00.000-04:002007-09-12T09:09:00.000-04:00no shit Ostroy, you idiot. How can he say that Am...no shit Ostroy, you idiot. How can he say that America is safer when we are fighting a global enemy that has no country to protect?<BR/><BR/>For the General to state the America is definitely safer by beating the enemy in Iraq, it would be like stating that Iran would be peaceful if we didn't overthrow their government in 1959. Nobody can say it.<BR/><BR/>You can definitely argue that America is less safe with Saddam actively funneling money to suicide bombers while leveraging the criminal UN Oil For Food activity and harboring international terrorists like Abu Nidal, Zarqawi, and others. We do know for a fact that Saddam possessed and obtained the WMD that he used to kill thousands of Iraqi Shiites. We also know for a fact that there was <B>absolutely no proof</B> that Saddam had properly disposed of said WMD. We also know for a fact that Saddam had conventional weapons that he was not supposed to have under the agreements of the Operation Desert Storm ceasefire.<BR/><BR/>The General was being completely honest and non-partisan, unlike <B>YOU</B> when answering that question. You appear to prefer the days of Saddam in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com