Everyone knows for a fact that the surge is working in iraq, will this change the 08 elections?

Question

it may not be "too little, too late" God bless America..

Answer 1

The surge is working the same way as a guy who smokes two packs a day goes down to smoking 1 and a half. It's still gonna kill ya.

Answer 2

I think if success continues, condemning the war will become unpopular, and that will destroy the candidacies of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, who have built their campaigns on an anti-Iraq foundation.
That's why the Democrat leadership is praying for failure.

Success in Iraq with the troop surge will prove that staying the course and --gasp, choke!-- actually BELIEVING in our military and a military solution in Iraq, despite the clear mistakes along the way, was the right thing to do, and in the long term over the next two decades will make the middle east, and the world, a safer place.


Iraq would have improved sooner, if Bush had fired Rumsfeld a long time ago.
Rumsfeld is representative of what has destroyed Bush's popularity over the last 4 years: Poor planning, and keeping the wrong appointees in place, even when common sense dictates a replacement who brings more forethought and public trust is needed, to make things work and restore public confidence.

Although I see a huge separation between Bush and other Republicans :
1)Bush is pro-amnesty for illegals,
2) Bush has raised our national debt, and actually allowed more frivolous pork spending on domestic programs than was spent on the war on terror,
3)Bush nominated Harriet Miers, but Republicans rejected Harriet Miers and got us two far more qualified Supreme Court justices than Bush would have otherwise selected.

And other divisions of ideology.

But despite the divisions, good news from Iraq is good for both Bush's popularity, and also good for raising Republican chances in the 2008 election.

Read WHERE THE RIGHT WENT WRONG by Patrick Buchanan, to understand why Bush has betrayed Republican principles, and given the Republican party a bad name.

We need a candidate who restores that confidence. The ones I'd choose for that mission would be Romney, Brownback, or Fred Thompson.

Continued progress in Iraq would tear down the lead candidates on both sides. And I'm all for it.

Answer 3

Wow..way good! Don't you wish you were there? The recruiting office is open at 0900...be there. In about 20 weeks you too could be knocking down doors and driving up and down the roads of Iraq, surging ahead to beat the band. Of course there's no real government there, the infastructure is down to the level of snot, all of folks with either bucks, connections or education are getting out of Dodge as fast as their little magic carpets will carry them and the two to three dozen different resistance groups are also surging. Oh, it's a splendid little war for sure. I'll bet the loudest, most vicious warhawk will get elected so we can not only contiunue on killing and being killed, but we can also spend all that borrowed Chinese moola....'ya know...the money we gave them for their Wal-Mart junk. Shazam! Doncha' feel good all over?

Answer 4

Like everyone else on this site, you do not have enough information to make a judgement call about the surge. I can virtually guarantee you are as well advised about the efficacy of the troop surge as I am. Which is to say, not very. You either have the opinion, expressed as fact, from fox noise, or the mainstream media's best guess based on the limited actual info the administration lets slip out amongst it's propaganda.

As for the '08 election, I certainly hope we get a change. Can you not see the president's overarching contempt for the American people? He is a puppet of the people who really need to be removed from power: the neo-cons attempting to extend the control of an aristocratic ruling class. I imagine george is just tired of being the mouthpiece of Cheney, Rove et al., and while he agees with their goals, he would prefer to go back to his life of silver spoon lazy luxury. I say good riddance. I just hope we don't get "business as usual" from the Democrat that replaces him.

Answer 5

I am very thankful That "none" Of you are Running.........
And by the way, We Democrats Know How to get ahold Of God and Bring Heaven Down, So I Would be careful with My Judging, If I were You. Where did the idea come from that "only" Republicans are Christians?
Talk about "Pride"? Or maybe it came from our Wanna-be Bush. I Heard He Prayed One time. That seemed to impress You a Whole Lot....Huh?

Answer 6

I have no doubt what the Bush administration will say, no matter what the reality is. "The surge is working."

And while more of our brave soldiers die because Bush got bad intelligence about Iraq, our border are wide open and al Qaeda is stronger than ever.

The majority of Americans don't want a surge. They want the troops out of Iraq now.

Answer 7

No, it won't change the 08 elections even if one of the candidates showed up in Baghdad to fight.

Answer 8

It sure is changing the democrats plans!!!!
Can all you hard party liners see just how screwed up BOTH parties are??
Time for a change is coming!!!
The people are pulling back the curtain to see the real Oz!!


HA HA HA! Can't wait to get some better people in Washington!!!!

Answer 9

"Everyone knows for a fact"..... Amazing.

Because Patreaus hasn't yet issued his report.
And the incoming Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says it's not working, and that no military solution can work.

And the Iraqi PM has called it a dismal failure.
And the Iraqi PM wants Patreaus gone.
And a large chunk of the Iraqi parliament just quit.

And the terrorists are stronger than ever.
And death tolls are still in the thousands per week.....
And Baghdad has more attacks per week now than 6 months ago....

How is that "working"....? Or are you using a different definition of "working" than the rest of the world?

Answer 10

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