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gipper

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The Moment of "Defeat"
« on: May 28, 2007, 02:31:19 AM »
After a bloody summer designed to drive us out, the renegades, insurgents and interlopers in Iraq most likely will witness a (quite?) pessimistic forecast by Gen. Petraeus in his long-awaited progress report (in September), followed by perhaps an unprecedented (and irresistible?) pressure by anti-war voices at home, leading, perhaps, to a hastened withdrawal of US troops, and to everybody and their uncle gleefully shooting their weapons in the air in Iraq. Here's the question: at that point, how do we turn the situation to our advantage (as much as we possibly can)?

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Re: The Moment of "Defeat"
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2007, 07:04:46 AM »
 <<Here's the question: at that point, how do we turn the situation to our advantage (as much as we possibly can)?>>

Easy.  You tell everyone it was the fault of the Iranians and invade them.

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Re: The Moment of "Defeat"
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2007, 12:14:40 PM »
I guess we could supply Al-Quida with raw materials for torture and call it a triumph of global trade.


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Re: The Moment of "Defeat"
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2007, 12:38:15 PM »
I had something more substantial and realistic in mind such as reinvading Grenada.

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Re: The Moment of "Defeat"
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2007, 12:45:06 AM »
<<Here's the question: at that point, how do we turn the situation to our advantage (as much as we possibly can)?>>

Easy.  You tell everyone it was the fault of the Iranians and invade them.


Sometims you do come in with a good idea.

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Re: The Moment of "Defeat"
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2007, 07:23:00 AM »
<<I guess we could supply Al-Quida with raw materials for torture and call it a triumph of global trade. >>

No, that would just be a return to the status quo ante.