Reply #10: They can quote him, though--along with a whole lot of generals and

[Peace Patriot]

others in the military, or associated with the military, and intelligence professionals, on this side of the pond, who have also scathingly criticized Bush's war. His "kicking down the door" observation is very quotable, and nothing more than what public opinion polls in Iraq show: 70% want the U.S. out now.

The DNC will never say this, but not for the reason that you aver--that this British general is "radioactive" (for which you offer no evidence--his opinion parallels that of about 80% of the British public, who feel the same as he does--so, WHO is "radioactive," him or Tony Blair?). The reason they will never say it is that half the Democratic Party in Congress voted FOR giving away their constitutional war powers to Bush, and have repeatedly and lavishly voted to fund this war, even with billions of dollars unaccounted for, and slipping through the fingers of the vice president's own company. They LIKE Bush's war--some for corrupt reasons, some for economic reasons (ours is a war economy and has been since WW II--we never demobilized and have needed periodic wars to keep it all pumped up)--and some foolishly believing that a Bushite-controlled military ensconced in the Middle East will protect Israel. Do you forget the Democratic Party rah-rahing Israel as it bombed Beirut and killed thousands of innocent Lebanese? The party is very pro-Israel. I am, too, but in a different way. I think the only way Israel is going to survive, after what the Bushites and their Democratic enablers have done to Iraq, is by completely severing itself from the Bush Junta, the pariahs of the world. They need to start identifying with their region and thinking in terms of the safety and welfare of all Middle Eastern peoples. The Bush Cartel is extremely bad for the Middle East (including Israel) because of its ill motives. Who are their real buds? The Saudi and Kuwaiti sultans--the super-rich! The Bushites are despised by everybody, including 60% to 70% of the American people. And that also endangers Israel's support HERE--its identification with the despised Bushites.

But many of our Democrats are not wise. They are very, very foolish. And some may have delusions of grandeur--that is, they think they can take over for the Bush Junta and do a better job of occupying the Middle East.

Anyway, the DNC is hogtied to them--the Democratic war lovers, so much so that this British general's very common sense observation will never pass the lips of our benighted leaders. The Iraqis DON'T WANT US THERE! Withdraw NOW, or do Vietnam all over again. And, fools that they are, that's just what some of them may have in mind.