If you think it is such a noble cause, why don't you go there to help?

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"Should'a never taken Willoughby out."

Correct. He has said this from the beginning and he is following through. Let the liberal loonies scream and yell. Who cares?

He didn't say "relinquish authority", you did. Bush said he is making the decisions based on the advice from the generals proscecuting the war. Nice try.

So predictible. The Bush lovers will never admit that he ever made a mistake or changed his position even a tiny bit. I knew that would happen when this story surfaced.

Timetables? Did I ever say anything about timetables?

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"Should'a never taken Willoughby out."

Transcript

Wolf Blitzer: Lets move on and talk a little bit about Iraq. Because this is a huge, huge issue, as you know, for the American public, a lot of concern that perhaps they are on the verge of a civil war, if not already a civil war...We see these horrible bodies showing up, tortured, mutilation. The Shiia and the Sunni, the Iranians apparently having a negative role. Of course, al Qaeda in Iraq is still operating.

Bush: Yes, you see -- you see it on TV, and that's the power of an enemy that is willing to kill innocent people. But there's also an unbelievable will and resilience by the Iraqi people...Admittedly, it seems like a decade ago. I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is -- my point is, there's a strong will for democracy. (emphasis added)

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Here is what JP5 said:
That certainly sounds like relinquishing authority to me. He didn't say "based on the advice." That is your embellishment. JP5 said that "these decisions would be made by the generals..." Two different things.

Bush's tactic is transparent. He selects commanders based on their loyalty and malleability (e.g., Franks, Patraeus). He then says that the "commanders on the ground" will make the decisions. It is just political sloganeering. This war has been driven from the beginning by slogans and not by strategy. The results prove that.

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"Should'a never taken Willoughby out."

let me help senax find this off topic post so he can delete it ... or does he ignore those of the extreme wing

poor toby does not realize those girls are slinging the enumerated tennis balls aboard the ship because their grandmothers do not have the arm strength to make that throw
however, those grandmothers do appreciate how well serviced they are once the GIs make it to shore
admit it toby, it's not like y'all cull anything

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"I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news ... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right."

Frank Zappa

Nope, it isn't at sll. Presidents have advisors in every capacity. In times of war, the generals give advice. But the final decision rests with the commander-in-chief. He makes the decision based on the best advice available.

I know you like to hate. I know your guy lost in 2000 and 2004. I know it must sting something aweful. But hang on, you get to try again in November.

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Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
-Thomas Jefferson

You don't know me and I suggest you keep the personal attacks out of your replies to me.

If you want to reword your post without the gratuitous personal pejoratives, I would be pleased to respond.

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"Should'a never taken Willoughby out."

I didn't mean the final decision were that of the Generals. That is and always has been for the Commander-In-Chief. I'm talking about getting the input from the Generals and Commanders on the ground so that the Commander-In-Chief can better assess and therefore make better final decisions.

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