Kristol believes Bush mulling more than 'short term surge'

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Neoconservative pundit Bill Kristol believes that any increase of U.S. troops in Iraq must be a permanent increase to achieve success.

"There's no point having a short term surge," Kristol said on Fox News Channel. "Especially, if it's proclaimed ahead of time that it's just short term. Then goes into hiding for 3 or 6 months."

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Kristol respects the president for increasing troops against conventional wisdom in D.C. and against the wishes of public sentiment, but mocks the majority of people that have doubts about a troop increase, saying, "This is a remarkable moment, though. I came to Washington 30 years ago. How often does a president go against - what Juan referred to -- the wider consensus in this town, 'the military solution isn't possible?' It's a very broad consensus of the establishment and, I think, that's why there's so much anger among the establishment-types. 'Gee. The Baker-Hamilton Commission pronounced its verdict. And how dare the president make up his own mind and decide that he's not just going to just gracefully except defeat with this nice bi-partisan patina of the Baker-Hamilton Commission. How dare he decide that we might win in Iraq."



http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Kristol_pushes_Neocon_rhetoric_for_permanent_1224.html

Here we go again....

[NJCher]

1. ooops!

Did you not get the memo, Bill? The bush strategy is to ask for the unpalatable under cover of "temporary." Once "temporary" is in place, then it goes to "make it permanent." As in "make tax cuts permanent."

It's a strategy, Bill. Check your inbox.



Cher

[FormerDittoHead]

2. How many mistakes are we supposed to let these guys MAKE?

I won't CATALOG the ERRORS IN JUDGMENT that this bunch have made, but what BOGGLES my mind is they keep stepping up wanting another chance.

This isn't Monday morning quarterbacking - it's the 7th inning and we've given up 20 home runs - it's time to change pitchers. And I nominate Kristol to be the first "pitch man" to be replaced with someone who's capable of making a correct analysis or prediction more often than a broken clock...

[Beelzebud]

3. I wish guys like Kristol would put on a uniform, and go serve in Iraq.

Then we'd be out of there by next fucking week.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. What you nuts? he could get killed doing that!

That is why he didn't go the first time he had a chance either (Nam)

:sarcasm:

This is why neo cons are so fast to send somebody else's kid. They've never been there, done that. Oh and I agree... one week in basix and we woudl be out of there so fast it would break time distance records. Good ol' Bill could not survive a week of basic, let alone a wekk of constant patrols in an occupied city

[dave_p]

5. All their tomorrows

Everything they offer is forever. We've identified an enemy that isn't people, so the war can't be ended. The people who are involved are alleged to have no terms, so there can be no dialogue. The policy pursued is devoid of strategy, so there can be no victory. Withdrawal can only make things worse, so more fresh meat has to be rammed into the mincer just for the sake of ramming it in. This is the BushCo future. They want it to be all out tomorrows, while they laugh all the way to the bank.

And remember that it is for ever. The face will always be there to be stamped upon. The heretic, the enemy of society, will always be there, so that he can be defeated and humiliated over again.... That is the world that we are preparing, Winston. A world of victory after victory, triumph after triumph after triumph: an endless pressing, pressing, pressing upon the nerve of power.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. Welcome to DU!

Thought provoking words and quote.

[caledesi]

6. Ya think? nt