The tide has turned.

Want the stated reasons for war by all relevent members of the Administration (and others) prior to going to war? Be my guest. Here's a list of 21 (15 of which were publically stated by Bush)...

Foreign Policy: 21 Rationales for War

And they're probably Not Safe for Work, I'm sure.

Anyhoo, I love crosswords, which is how I learned the alternate spelling, I-R-A-K.

Yeah but you gotta admit, if you caught Bush spelling it that way, you'd be pretty quick to laugh and point your finger.

^Gotta find some genuine humor in this clusterfuck of an administration...

Isn't it spelled that way in German? and French? and Danish? and Dutch? and Polish? :flow2:

Well, since I assume it's from Arabic, it would be a transliteration in any other language.

You're not suggesting Dubya's bilingual, are you? That pseudo-Spanish he speaks doesn't count.

You big dummy!

Everybody knows it's to get rid of those WMDs.

Oh, wait!

Predicting the likely success/failure of non-existent goals?

"I don't believe there are any goals and believe the U.S. will ultimately fail achieving those goals."

"I believe there aren't any goals in this war, therefore the war will remain a failure."

Nope. Question wasn't whether there were goals in Iraq.

Now that I think about it this statement doesn't make sense either. If there is no goal then how is failure even a possibility?

Yep. Which means the question is based on false assumptions, and that is the point.

That's the point?

So this previous bit was intended to point out that the question was based on false assumptions?

Okay,



I can see that that.


So we're dumping the opinion of the other 47% who supposedly believed there are no goals in Iraq.

Cool.

No thank you, I've no interest in rehashing the lead up to Iraq.

Despite never defining goals 47% of those polled agree with you!

So you did have some criteria for success in Iraq?

As long as Hannity and Rush are happy...

Yes, and that "No." was a valid response to point that out.

Okay, your choice of blinders is yours. But then don't pretend to be discussing anything related to goals.

The topic has been done to death.

Hey! That's my line!