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iamthewalrus109 · 09-13-2004, 10:25 AM

Pat Buchanan: "If U.S. commanders in Iraq tell you we need 50,000 more troops to win the war and prevent the loss of Iraq, would you send them?"

"Is this is a winnable war, if our objective remains a pro-Western democratic Iraq? And how long will that take and what will be the price?"

Nothing could get things going in the proceedings then these types of questions.

Buchanan in his WND article today makes an apt point,

"Should Kerry be elected, he will find himself in an LBJ-1968 situation, commander in chief of an army fighting a war his own party no longer wishes to fight and wants to end. For Kerry to soldier on, he would have to go to Congress and recruit Speaker Hastert, Tom Delay and Bill Frist to defeat an anti-war coalition led by Charlie Rangel, Nancy Pelosi and Teddy Kennedy, backed by Howard Dean and Jesse Jackson.

As for President Bush, given the solid support he has from inside his party, he would have more time to fight the war and exit with honor. But support for present levels of fighting will not long endure without signs of either imminent victory or early withdrawal."

He's almost right here, if people want to see an winable end to this conflict, I think GWB has the upper hand here. Iraq will have to be handled properly in the debates by John Kerry, or he is ultimately doomed.

-Walrus

09-13-2004, 10:25 AM	#1
iamthewalrus109 High Propagandist Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 111	Buchanan's suggestions for debate questions Pat Buchanan: "If U.S. commanders in Iraq tell you we need 50,000 more troops to win the war and prevent the loss of Iraq, would you send them?" "Is this is a winnable war, if our objective remains a pro-Western democratic Iraq? And how long will that take and what will be the price?" Nothing could get things going in the proceedings then these types of questions. Buchanan in his WND article today makes an apt point, "Should Kerry be elected, he will find himself in an LBJ-1968 situation, commander in chief of an army fighting a war his own party no longer wishes to fight and wants to end. For Kerry to soldier on, he would have to go to Congress and recruit Speaker Hastert, Tom Delay and Bill Frist to defeat an anti-war coalition led by Charlie Rangel, Nancy Pelosi and Teddy Kennedy, backed by Howard Dean and Jesse Jackson. As for President Bush, given the solid support he has from inside his party, he would have more time to fight the war and exit with honor. But support for present levels of fighting will not long endure without signs of either imminent victory or early withdrawal." He's almost right here, if people want to see an winable end to this conflict, I think GWB has the upper hand here. Iraq will have to be handled properly in the debates by John Kerry, or he is ultimately doomed. -Walrus