From: "Mark" 

I was tempted to reply earlier, but held off, as John had directed his
query at you personally George. I read Ledeen's column when it was
originally published and re-read it upon reading John's post.

I cannot ascertain why John thinks Ledeen is "blaming" the troops
for failure in that column. Our troops do what is directed of them, if
they're sitting around here and there, it is not because they choose to do
so, it is because of absence of orders otherwise.

John, you seem to be of the opinion (and obviously, correct me if I'm
wrong) that the Dems regained control of the House and Senate in the last
elections because most Americans want to cut and run from Iraq. I submit --
as witnessed by your own characterization of Ledeen's position -- that the
Reps lost because they (or the perception of "they" via Bush)
were not ruthless enough in their tactics to win in Iraq in a more
expeditious manner; thus losing the support of their base.

I do think the Reps deserved to lose, and I was heartened by the lack of
hysterics by the Dems in the immediate aftermath of the elections, but feel
darkness descending upon the Iraqi people (and our major cities) with the
rhetoric of late by, what I can only describe as clueless in the extreme,
those same Dems.

It is not a game, but they treat it as if it were.



"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:53:55 -0600, John Cuccia wrote:
>
>
>> Where's the outrage over this claim that the troops are to blame for
>> the abject failure of the Administration to achieve any one of the
>> myriad objectives they've been floating for years now?
>>
>> George S, I recall you claiming offense at the Kerry joke.  How do you
>> feel about this, which is no joke at all?
>
> John,
>   If you can't see the difference between the man who would be
> Commander-in-Chief making a degrading statement and some columnist, I
> can't really help you.  If I was to take offense at every columnist who
> made such a statement, I would be in a perpetual state and I don't have
> the energy.  Many on the left make worse statements then this, but you
> would rather cherry pick.
>
> George

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