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What was "the mission", anyway? I've never been very clear on that. I
don't know how to judge whether we have accomplished "the mission",
without knowing what it is. What were the goals that needed
achieving? Where is the list so I can mark them off and see how we are
doing?<br>
<br>
We do have to be very careful how we leave, given that we've created a
situation that is untenable. I, for one, don't feel we need to be
there just to avoid being perceived as not following through. Do we
want yet more to die just to save face? My opinion on that would be
different if I didn't think that this was a ploy to get back at Saddam
and get Iraqi oil all under the guise of "preventing terrorism". <br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
Donovan Arnold wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid3988.99948.qm@web38107.mail.mud.yahoo.com"
type="cite">
<div>Johnny come marching lately. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I think all the people that were originally for this war, placed
our troops in harms way, then later changed their minds after thousands
of troops died, and now don't want to not finish the mission, should be
sent over there. </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I think it immoral to kill all those soldiers, start political
instability in the middle east, murder millions of foreign civilians,
and then say, "Oh well, never mind!"</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Those people that wanted to start and supported the start of
this war need to finish it. If our troops withdraw millions of Iraqis,
mostly Kurds and Sunnies, are going to die. Iraq will be governed from
Iran. Oil will be in the hands of fewer, causing easily $4 to $5 a
gallon. Iran will be a single superpower in the middle east, great
wealth, and nuclear weapons. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>No, we have to stay now. We should have stayed out and went
after UBL. But now we have to suffer like we made others suffer.
The backstabbers that supported the war and troops in the beginning but
now desert them should be the ones to go over there first. Staying is a
bad choice for sure, but leaving is even worse. All the idiots that
believed Bush and wanted war in the first place should be the idiots to
be sacrificed over there.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Donovan</div>
<div><br>
<b><i>Mark Solomon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:msolomon@moscow.com"><msolomon@moscow.com></a></i></b> wrote:</div>
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style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Thanks
Tom. Tom Paxton has always been one of my favorites. I was <br>
absolutley thrilled when he played at WSU oh so many years ago.<br>
<br>
m.<br>
<br>
At 9:08 AM -0700 7/15/07, Tom Hansen wrote:<br>
>GEORGE W. TOLD THE NATION<br>
>By Tom Paxton<br>
><br>
><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/George_W_Told_The_Nation.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/George_W_Told_The_Nation.mp3</a><br>
><br>
>or<br>
><br>
><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/3bjso5">http://tinyurl.com/3bjso5</a><br>
><br>
><br>
>"I got a letter from old George W.,<br>
>It said, "Son, I hate to trouble ya,<br>
>But this war of mine is going bad.<br>
>It's time for me to roll the dice;<br>
>I know you've already been there twice,<br>
>But I am sending you back to Baghdad."<br>
><br>
>Chorus:<br>
>Hey! George W. told the nation,<br>
>"This is not an escalation;<br>
>This is just a surge toward victory.<br>
>Just to win my little war,<br>
>I'm sending 20,000 more,<br>
>To help me save Iraq from Iraqis.<br>
><br>
>And, so, I made it to Iraq<br>
>In time for one more sneak attack,<br>
>And to my old battalion I was sent.<br>
>We drive around in our Humvees,<br>
>Listening to The Black-Eyed Peas<br>
>And speaking fondly of the president. (To Chorus)<br>
><br>
>Celebrities all come to see us,<br>
>Grateful they don't have to be us,<br>
>Politicians show their best face card.<br>
>Where is Bubba? Where's our leader?<br>
>Where's our favorite lip reader?<br>
>AWOL from the Texas National Guard<br>
><br>
>If you're hunkered in Fallujah<br>
>Wondering who it was who screwed ya,<br>
>Wondering what became of "Shock and Awe!"<br>
><br>
>You are feeling semi-certain<br>
>It has to do with Halliburton,<br>
>Dick Cheney's why you drew that fatal straw."<br>
><br>
>-----------------------------------<br>
><br>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
><br>
>Tom Hansen<br>
>Moscow, Idaho<br>
><br>
>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the
tranquil<br>
>and steady dedication of a lifetime."<br>
><br>
>--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.<br>
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