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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:35 PM Original message |
Can anyone tell me exactly what the hell "WINNING" in Iraq means? |
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flyingfysh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. It means getting their oil |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Is that what it means to the average 30 percenter? |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. More specifically: foreign control of their oil revenues. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Ding ding...we've got a |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. IT means continuing to fight and die until jr is evicted and they can blame the Democratic Admin |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. when we get all those flowers and chocolates we were promised |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. When every last tax dollar is extracted and safely tucked into the |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Okay, but what does that get the average military family? |
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Stanchetalarooni (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Go ask the Apache, the Sioux, the Cherokee, the Erie, the........... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. In a nutshell: |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Ding Ding Ding |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Binka, you have a son in the military, right? |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. From What Ben Says NOBODY Is On Board The BullShit Bus Anymore |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Well, I guess that's sort of refreshing to hear... |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Ben Is Getting Out In A Few Weeks |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. I'm happy to hear that he is safe, Binka! |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That's what a Republican military family is looking to win? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Those would be it. It implies no more bad guys too. |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. They are going to have to bury the Iraq to Israel oil pipeline mighty deep! |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Winning means that the Iraqi Govt. completes the Oil Deal. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. O.I.L Operation Iraqi Liberation. |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Being victorious |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Duh. Killing them all and taking their oil. |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Is that what the soldiers think winning means? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Every Iraqi male between the ages of 14 and 65 are dead. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. war never has a 'winner' no ... |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, from what I hear from rightwinger it is... |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Why? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. They think the World War 2 model of total war is the best solution. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Exactly. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. There is nothing left of the country to win. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. it means junior & comrades leave office before it ends....there is no other win |
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markk (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. 50% of the oil profits for the next 50 years? |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. You can't win an occupation. |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I rarely hear Dems talk about winnng... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That's because the Dems just want to cut and run. |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. That's basically what McCain was saying that set me off... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Uhm, finding the "nukluar weponz?" |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nothing ruins a Republican's day more than being forced to think their policy's impact through |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. My version: |
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eeyore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. How is that winning anything for us? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Stability in the region, security of our oil supply and our ally Israel. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. Winning means awarding no-bid contracts to buddies and being able to |
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AnotherMother4Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
38. I wonder the same thing every time I hear that sound bite. What does it mean? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. Taking over and eliminating the religious enemies. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. For this mercenary his idea of "winning" in Iraq is 160 grand a year tax free |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. Oil Sharing Agreements |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. It means being able to convince the public that Democrats are |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. It means their emperor will board an aircraft carrier and officially surrender. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. The Baghdad Derby? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. I debated this with several RWers and could only conclude that |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
52. Well according to moron* it means... |
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