EvC Forum: Election 2006

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Message 18 of 96 (362640)
11-08-2006 1:19 PM

Reply to: Message 17 by SuperNintendo Chalmers
11-08-2006 1:17 PM

Re: wow... the massacre continues

Plus Bush admits in the news briefing that he lied to the reporters.

Amazing.

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Message 24 of 96 (362651)
11-08-2006 2:02 PM

Good news?

What has to be asked is if Robert Gates will be able to prepare a strategy for Iraq. I personally hope so. He is one of the members of the Baker Commission and the little bit of news that has leaked out of their conclusions has been hopeful. In addition, I look back on another military leader, General George Marshall. At the time General Marshall was the Secretary of State instead of Defense. However, he rightly saw that the battle was actually one of economics and education and the the military role was for logistics more than anything else.

If we can create a Marshall Plan for the Middle East, if we can recognize the ethnic divides that exist there just as there were ethnic divides in Europe at the time, if we can change the emphasis from a war of destruction to a joint effort for construction, perhaps there is great hope for Iraq.

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Message 72 of 96 (363122)
11-10-2006 6:50 PM

Reply to: Message 71 by Chiroptera
11-10-2006 6:41 PM

Re: My side won another election.

*Sigh* But we don't have the luxury of living in the world we would like. We are forced to live in the world as it is.

Or try to change the world a small bit at a time.

Example.

How about an automatic tax credit for voters?

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