Comments on: Waiting For 5,000 http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Slamfu http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148169 Slamfu Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:44:42 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148169 Doesn't matter, its $100/barrel now no matter where you pump it out of the ground.. They are rich beyond their wildest dreams, Bush is their patron saint, and we are footing the bill. Doesn't matter, its $100/barrel now no matter where you pump it out of the ground.. They are rich beyond their wildest dreams, Bush is their patron saint, and we are footing the bill.

]]> By: Ron Beasley http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148168 Ron Beasley Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:58:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148168 But we haven't won - ExxonMobile still doesn't control the oil. But we haven't won – ExxonMobile still doesn't control the oil.

]]> By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148167 StockBoySF Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:18:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148167 As Bush said, those 4,000 lost lives have "laid the foundations for peace." As Bush said, those 4,000 lost lives have “laid the foundations for peace.”

]]> By: Davebo http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148166 Davebo Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:11:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148166 Look on the bright side folks.<br><br>We've only got 95 more years of occupation to finish up. And then Americans won't be getting killed in Iraq! Look on the bright side folks.

We've only got 95 more years of occupation to finish up. And then Americans won't be getting killed in Iraq!

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148165 JSpencer Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:38:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148165 See? I'm so mad about this idiotic war, the fools who went along with it, and the fools who allow it to continue, that I can't even spell conscience right. See? I'm so mad about this idiotic war, the fools who went along with it, and the fools who allow it to continue, that I can't even spell conscience right.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148164 JSpencer Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:35:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148164 Can any rational, thinking person imagine that Jefferson and Madison and Co. would have been anything but appalled by the abusive and incompetent governing that's taken place under Bush and Cheney? I have to say, people these days are cut of a different cloth than those guys were - and that's as far from a compliment as our executive branch is from having a consience. Can any rational, thinking person imagine that Jefferson and Madison and Co. would have been anything but appalled by the abusive and incompetent governing that's taken place under Bush and Cheney? I have to say, people these days are cut of a different cloth than those guys were – and that's as far from a compliment as our executive branch is from having a consience.

]]> By: ChrisWWW http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148163 ChrisWWW Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:42:47 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148163 Excellent post.<br><br>It hardly seems worth it to have killed as many or more Iraqis in 5 years as Saddam did in over 20. Excellent post.

It hardly seems worth it to have killed as many or more Iraqis in 5 years as Saddam did in over 20.

]]> By: Slamfu http://themoderatevoice.com/18573/waiting-for-5000/comment-page-1/#comment-148162 Slamfu Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:38:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/911/18573/waiting-for-5000/#comment-148162 Some really good points there, and I couldn't agree more. 5 years into things and Baghdad is still without reliable water and electricity. Lets get the hell outta there and let the Iraqi's settle things. Sure, we are likely to get an anti-American theocracy after a bloodbath, but at least Iraq will be a nation again instead of dozens of factions. We can get to work on repairing things at that point and hopefully working to stabilize things diplomatically at that point. <br><br>And no, I don't think it was worth it. Some really good points there, and I couldn't agree more. 5 years into things and Baghdad is still without reliable water and electricity. Lets get the hell outta there and let the Iraqi's settle things. Sure, we are likely to get an anti-American theocracy after a bloodbath, but at least Iraq will be a nation again instead of dozens of factions. We can get to work on repairing things at that point and hopefully working to stabilize things diplomatically at that point.

And no, I don't think it was worth it.

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