How to win the war!

[ted]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3755012.html

The best part is the quote by Chuck Schumer about half-way down the page.

t.

[nebula]

I know that the government isn't allowed to release information on the plots that have been foiled for security reasons (can't let the enemy know what you know about them and stuff) -

But if the public was able to know, I think this "We're going to take back security" claim would seem very silly.

[Guest yod]

The platform also lacks specific details of how Democrats plan to capture bin Laden, the al-Qaida mastermind who has evaded U.S. forces in the more than four years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

If they have such "power" to do this...what have they been waiting on? No Republican is preventing them from taking out binny boy.

I know...let's send the Democratic war hero, John Kerry, to do it singlehandedly.

Or maybe we can get bin laden to go drinking with Kennedy?

[ted]

Or maybe we can get bin laden to go drinking with Kennedy?

t.

[Marnie]

The Deomocrat's strategy is to talk them to death.

[nebula]

Hey - it worked for Capt. Jean Luc Piccard!

[RGR]

The platform also lacks specific details of how Democrats plan to capture bin Laden, the al-Qaida mastermind who has evaded U.S. forces in the more than four years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

If they have such "power" to do this...what have they been waiting on? No Republican is preventing them from taking out binny boy.

I know...let's send the Democratic war hero, John Kerry, to do it singlehandedly.

Or maybe we can get bin laden to go drinking with Kennedy?

Just send Bin Laden on a ride with Kennedy!

[ted]

Actually, the Abramoff one was...

Tora Bora was a huge mistake, that's for sure- but in timing, more than anything else.

The truth is, we bombed the hell out of the mountains to soften them up, and then sent in the Afghans in to get what was left. This was done to give them some feeling of accomplishment and to boost their morale (Actually, we do the same thing with the French troops that are over there. Yup, the French have troops there too. Don't believe the hype- I worked with them myself. Their Gov't denies this fact, but they are there. Anyway, we used to send them on simple little missions to make them feel like they were helping too, so using other nation's troops to do these things is no strange tactic for us).

The trouble was, Bin Laden and his motorcade had already abandoned the mountains and crossed the Pakistani border before the first bomb was ever dropped that day.

So, the fact that Afghans were used to storm the mountains was really a moot point, because Bin laden was already gone before the bombing even began, hours before the ground troops were sent up the hills. We simply got there too late. It had nothing to do with the Afghans "letting" Bin Laden go free- he wasn't there anymore in the first place!

Personally, sending them in in the first place was a mistake either way. I never would have used them as the main assault force that day. I would have, however, used them as guides and scouts to augment our forces.

But, the main thrust of this thread was to bring to the surface the Democratic plan to win the war. Now, 4 1/2 years after it began, the Dems finally want to join the war.

They bring some fresh ideas to the table, huh?

Let's see....

"We will eliminate Bin Laden".

Well, there's an idea! The sad part is, they forgot to mention how.

"We'll bring the troops home".

Great.

When? They forgot that part, too.

"We'll make more guys go to Special Forces School"

Oh Yeah, now we're talkin'.

And my personal favorite:

"We'll spend more money on defence!"

Isn't that the very thing they have been whining about for the past 25 years: too much money spent on Defence??

What's going to be truly funny is how when they win in the next election and pretty much carry on the same exact policies concerning the war that have been set over the past few years, and watching them justify what they have been against when Bush was doing it.

Put on your dancin' shoes, Hillary. Just make sure your husband knows what position you are taking on any given day so he can be on the same sheet of music.

I just had another strange thought: When President Hillary takes office, and King Bill takes over the UN, who will outrank who under a Democratic Utopian World?

t.

[Scarletprayers]

The platform also lacks specific details of how Democrats plan to capture bin Laden, the al-Qaida mastermind who has evaded U.S. forces in the more than four years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

If they have such "power" to do this...what have they been waiting on? No Republican is preventing them from taking out binny boy.

I know...let's send the Democratic war hero, John Kerry, to do it singlehandedly.

Or maybe we can get bin laden to go drinking with Kennedy?

Oh yod, thats so bad!

[ted]

The real irony is that at least one side is trying, no matter how badly it's going.

People forget that there is one thing preventing us from reaching our goal: Bin Laden doesn't want to get caught!

It makes for things to go badly at times, but we're trying. Personally, I'm glad the Dems are coming out from under their rocks and at least attempting to join in.

Maybe they actually can help out, instead of pouting about the lost elections over and over again.

If they do help, and what they try works, I'll be the first to shake their hands and give them a salute.

I look at this from an American standpoint, and I could care less who actually formulates and implements the plan that works.

We should be jopining together on this one and seriously trying to end it with victory, not jabbing each other to worthlessness while Bin Laden laughs.

We can settle our own arguments later, but for now, we need to work together. And that, is what the Democratic Party just can't seem to get through their heads right now.

t.