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Urbane Guerrilla · 10-18-2006, 03:30 AM

The worst outcome, and one more likely than I'd prefer if the national Democratic Party were given its head, would be that the war gets lost by the following May. This would require yet another war-fighting Administration to fight yet another and greater war some time down the line, to rectify what the Dems would screw the pooch on.

The second-worst outcome would be that the Democrats, now saddled with the responsibility of acting in the national interest for once, would continue with the "Republican" plan for prosecuting the war, as they have no plan of their own -- then doing it halfheartedly and incompetently. In the longer term, this means the Republicans back in the majority, charged with fixing the damn mess.

Could they manage it? I don't know, but I have no reason to confide in the foreign-policy competence of the Democrats.

Neither is the likeliest outcome: I pick "Politics as usual," loud and messy and grandstanding. Calls for a case of cream pies, it does -- I time it right, their mouths shall be filled with sweetness.

10-18-2006, 03:30 AM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	The worst outcome, and one more likely than I'd prefer if the national Democratic Party were given its head, would be that the war gets lost by the following May. This would require yet another war-fighting Administration to fight yet another and greater war some time down the line, to rectify what the Dems would screw the pooch on. The second-worst outcome would be that the Democrats, now saddled with the responsibility of acting in the national interest for once, would continue with the "Republican" plan for prosecuting the war, as they have no plan of their own -- then doing it halfheartedly and incompetently. In the longer term, this means the Republicans back in the majority, charged with fixing the damn mess. Could they manage it? I don't know, but I have no reason to confide in the foreign-policy competence of the Democrats. Neither is the likeliest outcome: I pick "Politics as usual," loud and messy and grandstanding. Calls for a case of cream pies, it does -- I time it right, their mouths shall be filled with sweetness. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 10-18-2006 at 03:34 AM.