A Surge of Peace (Trees And Things)

ivyafire: Re: Only it's not a timeline.

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:53:37 EST

I consider that one a complete failure. :(

JimmyHavok: Re: Only it's not a timeline.

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:31:22 EST

The Pretzel Incident was your fault?

ivyafire: Re: Only it's not a timeline.

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:32:57 EST

Not to mention,"aspiration" is when you inhale something and it makes you choke.

I, for one, have been praying for that since January of 2001. ;)

JimmyHavok: Re: Only it's not a timeline.

Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:59:56 EST

Not to mention,"aspiration" is when you inhale something and it makes you choke.

MayorBob: Only it's not a timeline.

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:15:58 EST

In the parlance of George Bush and his faithful minions, the operative term is "aspirational time horizon." Now, as Jon Stewart pointed out, a horizon is something you can only approach and never reach. There is no way that Bush is quite that c

thefadd: surge fatigue

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:48:07 EST

who gives a crap? surge talk has been eclipsed in importance in the public's consciousness by the timeline for withdraw. surge is so last year.

JimmyHavok: Re: A Surge of Peace

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:38:24 EST

Bush didn't use the actual words "mission accomplished," it's true, but he did say

The progress in Iraq has allowed us to continue on our policy of return on success.

So, if it's a success, does that mean its mission has been accompl

Lou: Re: Summer Vacation

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:18:25 EST

True, but the Taliban in Afghanistan gave him shelter. But, that's not a link to Bin Laden.

thefadd: Re: Summer Vacation

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:18:31 EST

Actually, the people who started this mess were all citizens of Saudi Arabia. No evidence has yet been presented linking someone in Afghanistan or Pakistan to any of them.

arromdee: Re: A Surge of Peace

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:43:00 EST

Well, on Slashdot, the summary doesn't match the article. Here, it's just the first line of the summary that doesn't match the article. So I suppose it's still better than Slashdot, but Bushdidn't declare it's mission accomplished.

Lou: Summer Vacation

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:38:04 EST

I'm pleased that fewer Americans are dying in Iraq. For now, it seems that Bush's surge may be working. Meanwhile, troop casualties are going up in Afghan

MayorBob: Nice.

Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:01:14 EST

Glad to see the violence has been throttled back to 2004 levels. Damned shame about those 3,000 plus who came back in body bags over the past four years.

Is there any way I can just go to sleep for the next five months so I don't have to hear any m