Did I hear Linsey Graham correctly?

[unhappycamper]

"The last war we lost was 100 years ago."

:wtf:

[Renew Deal]

1. That was the hundred years war.

Or wait? :banghead:

[Joyce78]

2. Yes

He said it was when the South lost the Civil War.

[unhappycamper]

6. I must be in an alternate universe.

I thought we lost in Viet Nam.

[kliljedahl]

17. Who is this "we" you speak of white man?

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[unhappycamper]

18. sorry.

I was speaking for myself.

[kliljedahl]

20. Wasn't referring to you, was referring to Graham.

It's the punchline from an old Lone Ranger/Tonto joke.


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[unhappycamper]

3. Rummy: We need to tell people the truth.

:rofl:

[tavalon]

4. Word Games

See Vietnam was never labeled a war by our government. Cheap ass way of avoiding the fact that we got our American ass handed to us there.

[babylonsister]

5. Rummy: "Leadership needs to stand up and tell the truth."

Who the hell believes this?
And while we're at it, let's talk about people being beheaded as more justification for being in Iraq. That wouldn't be happening, asshat, if we weren't over there!

[plcdude]

7. there is so much

crap going around on this hearing that it makes you sick. Ask the real questions senators! How many Iraqi police, and soldiers are there trained and operating effectively? Why are there still large numbers of deaths?

[unhappycamper]

8. Aberzaid: "Violence won't win."

really? It worked in Nam.

[patdem]

16. Violence dosen't win wars? No wonder we are losing with idiots like

that in charge of the US! AMAZING :wtf:

[whistle]

9. Yes, he did say that in reference to the Confederacy

...We now know without any doubt where Lindsey Graham's roots lie. That prick!

[unhappycamper]

10. 16 stars and a draft dodger sitting at the same table.

What a bunch of lying asshats.

[unhappycamper]

11. Note to Myers: THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY!

Moran.

[oasis]

12. "We"????? A victory for the union is thought of as a loss by the senator?

[whistle]

13. Gen Abizaid is now on record as saying that a "TET" like....

...corrdinated offensive by the insurgents against American troops in Iraq won't happen. This is great stuff for future quotes that will show that these pricks are totally living in a fantasy world.

[whistle]

22. Rumsfeld admits he has no idea how long this war will go on....

...but he framed it as "four, eight, twelve or more YEARS....I don't know". Jesus Christ they really don't know hat they are doing. They just have to be there to protect the corporate interests. Wow!

So, on top of the $380 billion already spent, we can expect to spend additional treasure in current dollars at the rate of:

$150 billion * 4 years = $600 billion more in war spending

$150 billion * 8 years = $1.2 trillion more in war spending

$150 billion * 12 years = $1.8 trillion more in war spending

$150 billion * 40 years = $6.0 trillion more in war spending

That is a hell of a commitment!:wtf:

[unhappycamper]

14. Bayh: what are the criteria for success?

Rummy's blathering now.

on edit: typo

[Wright Patman]

15. The only reason we "lost" Vietnam

was LBJ wouldn't take the advice of USAF Gen. Curtis LeMay (aka our real-life version of Gen. Jack D. Ripper from the movie "Dr. Strangelove") to turn it into a radioactive parking lot.

Seriously, this is what Freeper types are saying even now. Okay, so we invaded Iraq with too few troops and it didn't go as smoothly as we had anticipated. But now that the Iraqis are fighting back, we ought to go ahead and nuke the entire country because it is not worth the life of a single additional GI. Ungrateful b@st@rds!

[unhappycamper]

19. Rummy is dancing around the 'benchmarks.'

We got 'em & will brief you on them later.

[unhappycamper]

21. Collins: We need to find a way to put more political pressure

on the Iraqis to /paraphraseon get their shit together. /paraphaseoff

Do you think it useful to send that message?

[EFerrari]

23. He doesn't know we won the Spanish American War?

:wtf:

[unhappycamper]

24. Joebeman was doing his annual read on the bible this morning.

Think he's gonna ask the assholes at the table to comment on his parable.

[ovidsen]

25. Let's see. 100 years ago was, ummm... 1905.

What war did the US lose then??

I'm missing something here.