Is "changing your mind" the same as "cutting and running"?

Question

Just asking because it looks like the stay the course thang ain't working and we're finding ourselves in the middle of a nasty civil war. Should we leave then?

Answer 1

No, Bush doesn't understand the concept of 'changing positions based on more detailed evidence'

He isn't able to admit a mistake.

Answer 2

in the early 1970s the US military "cut and ran" from Vietnam after 10 years of bloody fighting 58,000 dead Americans and over 2 million dead Vietnamese (north & south) and now Vietnam, although not a democracy is a major US trading partner. Sometimes "cutting and running" is actually a good thing and can have good results like Vietnam today.

Terrorists will never establish a stronghold in Iraq if the US "cuts & runs" because the Iraqi Shia will destroy their long time enemies the Iraqi Sunni insurgents and the Sunni terrrorists/Al Qaeda and because the Iraqi Shia are the majority by far in Iraq and because they actually know who the insurgents/terrorists are they will do a much better job of killing them than the US military.

So if the US military were to leave they wouldn't be "cutting and running" they'd be handing over the job to the Iraqi Shia who already run the country. The problem is that Bush may want the glory of winning the war on terror in Iraq and that's a major problem.

Answer 3

Times when its good to "stay the course" your running a race, and ahead of everyone else, don't slow down now or you might lose!

Times when its bad to "stay the course" when you are driving 100 miles an hour towards a 1,000 foot cliff.

The question becomes: does our progress in Iraq more resemble the first example, or the second?

Answer 4

It appears that Bush and friends doesn't understand the culture of the Middle East. The only thing that would unite them is to wipe out little Israel. This is certainly Not a rallying call for Arabic democracy. Changing your mind on anything is a mature thing to do

Answer 5

I saw a video of a monkey in a tree. This monkey saw two lion's on
the ground. He decided to have some fun with them and came down and pulled there tale and then there ear. Over and over the
monkey teased the two big creatures and got the best of them.
In the end the two beast looked at each other and walked off into
the Bush. I guess they cut and run or they decided enough is enough.

Answer 6

Changing your mind isn't cutting and running. Unless you just pack up and leave so the opposition to your allies, who are supported by known terrorists and a sworn enemy of yours, can claim victory.

If the US just leaves we will be blamed for he results of the civil war; for not backing the fledgling government we created.

Answer 7

What a jerk! i imagine this is definitely more advantageous than you having short hair that he's apprehensive about. perhaps truly some issues are replacing in his life, and between the few issues that he idea might want to not in any respect replace (aka, your hair length) ticked him off. communicate over with him, and ask what's happening. do not in basic terms unload him accurate off the bat! See what he's apprehensive about, and if this is truly in basic terms that he does unlike you with short hair, bye bye boyfriend.

Answer 8

changing the plan with new and changing information is smart.
cutting and running is leaving someone else holding the responsibility for cleaning up or paying for your mistake.

Answer 9

BUSH is insane ,sir you expect such logical reasoning from a crazy sick man like bush,yes leave ,peace be with you brother.

Answer 10

the WMD Georgie the boy president and his uncles were looking for have been located in the DPRK