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August 29, 2007

Bill Kristol Talks with Military Wife
Posted by Ilan Goldenberg

Via Matt.  This is worth three minutes of your day.

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This is one key element that was missing from Cordesman's Tenuous Call for Ten Years of Strategic Patience. These big thinkers, these think tankers, or whatever they like to be called have no feeling for the people involved in implementing their grand plans, the people who suffer personal injuries, nightmares, divorces and enduring, never-ending stress--and these people are the best of us. The ones that suffer, I mean, not the big thinkers. And just imagine what Iraqi families are going through, a mother and her kids in a tent (if they're lucky) out in the desert. Let's see, where did my toothbrush go--oh, that's right, we don't have any toothpaste. Or water. This calls for Strategic Patience!

The empathy displayed by Kristol is so heartwarming. Except for the part when he giggled while talking about the sacrifices made by members of the military and their families.

Bill Kristol is a zionist phony who is partially responsible for their son's death. Only Israel benefits from these endless Middle East wars. Iraq is the beginning. As we commit war-crimes in Baghdad, the US gov't commits treason at home by opening mail, eliminating habeas corpus, using the judiciary to steal private lands, banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon and Wikipedia, conducting warrantless wiretaps and engaging in illegal wars on behalf of AIPAC's 'money-men'. Soon, another US false-flag operation will occur (sinking of an Aircraft Carrier by Mossad) and the US will invade Iran.. Then we'll invade Syria, then Saudi Arabia, then Lebanon (again) then ....
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America Decevied (book)

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I hear from military people all the time about how noble and effective and successful our efforts in Iraq are. We should listen to them equally if we are going to listen to the naysayers.We simply cannot abandon Iraq. And we won’t, regardless of who is elected President, and regardless of which party controls congress. That much has already been proven.The Democrats may waffle, and spew a lot of hot air, to get (re-)elected, but when the rubber meets the road, we won’t be leaving Iraq any time soon....

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I wonder if they feel the same about people taking notes on paper during a talk?

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