The surge in Iraq has worked and the nattering nabobs of negativism on the left can't bring themselves to...?

Question

acknowledge even this simple fact.

Why do you suppose that is:

1 - it doesn't conform to their world view so it can't be so?
2 - it would mean saying George Bush was right and they'll never go there?
3 - after all the caterwauling about "We can't win!", "It costs too much!", "It's all about the oil!", and on and on, agreeing even remotely that anything is going right over there will bring up too much (more) bile?
4 - simple lack of maturity regardless of their chronological age?
5 - too many years being brought up in environments where they're never wrong (read: mommy never uttered the word "No", coaches declared that all competitors were "winners", and teachers told all students that their work was created equal)?

Feel free to offer your own suggestions.

Whatever the reason, it's remarkable that these characters expect (yes, expect, not want) to be taken seriously on such a serious matter as war.

You'd think they were children when their principal position is "We don't LIKE it - waaahhhhhhhh!!!" Pathetic.

Answer 1

You are in for it now. They are going to be whining all over the place. I personally feel that if it is not something that they can say the US is bad about they don't want to talk about it. You know all of the it is our fault crowd.

It is Veteran's Day and they will not even tell our troops thank you for a job well done.

Answer 2

So, there is a stable, functioning democracy in Iraq? The people are living in stability and peace? They have power, working schools and hospitals, aren't being killed in sectarian violence, and can go about their lives work in jobs that will allow them to provide for their families? Oh, wait, none of those is why we invaded.

Have we found WMDs suddenly? What's sad is when, in constantly changing criteria because the previous criteria makes this a worthless failure, you still can't find one where it's a success, no matter how much you try and fit the facts to you pre-determined conclusion.

What have we "won," exactly? How are we safer from terrorism, when we've created it where it didn't exist before? How does sacrificing close to 4000 lives in a trillion dollar boondoggle make preventing another "9/11," which cost us about 3000 lives and some billions of dollars make any sense at all.

Is it a failure? Yes. The fact that there wasn't a single point of success before, and now it's about a 90% failure doesn't make it successful. It's funny how the current administration is so pathetic and incompetent that failing becomes success because it isn't failing quite as bad as before. Kind of like how our torturing and abusing at Abu Ghraib was okay because it was slightly less henious than what Saddam did.

I guess if Bush built you a house, and all the walls and structure collapsed, you'd deem it a "success" if the water heater still standing in the midst of the rubble.

Answer 3

There has been a drop in American casualities, just in Bagdad, for the last month and a half. However, this year has also seen more American deaths in Iraq, than any period of time in history, and it ain't over yet.
By mid-summer we passed the 3k mark of dead, brave American citizens, killed in Iraq.
The highest percentage of American citizens and soldiers, since Vietnam, reject the idea that there is any plan, goal or acheivable end in Iraq. We have areas of the world, Afganistan, for instance, where we have goals, reasons and the country's support, which Iraq does nothing but take the attention and support away from.
Get urself a couple of varying news reporting sources, lol, join the informed. Try to stay away from "news" reports stating vague thoughts, instead of figures, stick w/ what it means in context. U will be suprised how many people will listen to facts in context as opposed to spitting political rhetoric.
And if anyone thinks supporting our troops means letting two oil billionaires kill more of these brave people for their own secret reasons, u've never been in a trench with bullets flying, u should volunteer for duty!

Answer 4

Great, now can we bring out troops home?

Nattering nabobs of negativism was first used by that great patriot, Spiro T Agnew, Nixon's VP who had to resign due to irregularities in his finances.

Answer 5

"nattering nabobs of negativism"

you should go work for one of those local news stations.

Answer 6

6 - All the above.

Answer 7

This war was LOST before it began. Only morons like that idiot occupying the white house and his shotgun toting sidekick think any differently!!!