Boston Herald city editor criticizes Democrats on Iraq

[ProSense]

Faint-hearted Dems have plan for (terrorist) victory

By Jules Crittenden
Boston Herald City Editor
Sunday, November 12, 2006 - Updated: 09:13 AM EST

First, let me congratulate my Democratic friends. We’re Euro-stylin’ now!

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Bush, meanwhile, is moving toward appeasement. With the cautious choice of Robert Gates for the Pentagon, Bush wants to work with the Democrats for success in Iraq. He’s waiting for the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, which has signalled it wants talks with Iraq’s terrorist-backing neighbors in Iran and Syria.

For all the complaints that Donald Rumsfeld took us to war with insufficient forces, we have yet to hear our leaders express a desire to correct that with sufficient forces. A big stick to carry while speaking softly in Tehran and Damascus. To influence Iraq’s meddlesome neighbors by inflicting defeat on their proxies in Iraq. To give Iraq’s elected government some breathing space.

So much for the party of Ronald Reagan. We’re back to Gerald Ford.

Tell me I’m wrong about this. I remain optimistic, despite 1972 abandonment enthusiast George McGovern’s new popularity, that the Democratic leadership will recognize America’s place in the world and stiffen its spine. Barring that, that Bush will remember he is still president, develop a robust strategy for Iraq and give the Democrats enough rope to hang themselves in 2008.

America is unique in history, a world power that spent precious blood and treasure not to subjugate but to liberate. The United States is the standard bearer of liberty, democracy and free enterprise - the greatest nation the world has ever seen.

How many times can a great nation retreat from inferior forces and remain great? If its people won’t fight for what they believe in, then of what worth are that nation’s values?

Saigon. Who rules that place now, with what values? Teheran. Beirut. Mogadishu. What lesson did the world learn from those places? Whose values dominate there today? Baghdad. Islamofascists everywhere are waiting for us to lose there. Not even to lose, but to quit.

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Summary: The Democrats are going to ruin the chaos that Bush created. What's the admin's plan?

Al-Maliki wants the Americans confined to bases for him to call on in emergencies, but he boldly predicted his army could crush violence within six months if left alone to do the work.

Does McCain have a plan?


Our great nation :

Bush 'proud' that elections weren't cancelled: "Americans can take pride" that we held elections "even in a time of war" -- TRANSCRIPT: "One freedom that defines our way of life is the freedom to choose our leaders at the ballot box. We saw that freedom earlier this week, when millions of Americans went to the polls to cast their votes for a new Congress. Whatever your opinion of the outcome, all Americans can take pride in the example our democracy sets for the world by holding elections even in a time of war."

Democrats won! Time for a change!

[LynnTheDem]

1. What's "liberate" in an illegal war of choice INVASION

in a nation that wasn't doing one damned thing to anyone and DID NOT invite or want us to INVADE them by SHOCK AND AWE bombing the fuck out of them, asshole!

Geeez I get so sick of these stupid MFers!

[Doctor_J]

2. I wonder how close * was to cancelling our elections -

sounds like we almost didn't get to vote this time around.

[blondeatlast]

3. "CAUTIOUS choice of Robert Gates for the Pentagon..."

That would be Robert "Iran-Contra" Gates?

I found it hard to read this think-tank talking-point laden EDITORIAL past that.

The best I can say for this is it's an editorial and he's entitled.

Spoon-fed by the Heritage Foundation, yes, but an editorial nonetheless.

[papau]

4. Hard to get upset by what is written by a thief and liar praised by Fox Cable News

Jules seems to despise the rule of law in international, national, and personal conduct

At the time Fox News engineer Ben Johnson tried to get his stolen goodies past custom (a painting of Saddam and his son Uday, a pistol holder, a knife and other items)and was charged in a criminal complaint with smuggling 12 Iraqi paintings and 40 Iraqi bonds into the United States, who do you think also made the paper for getting caught trying to get the things he had stolen past customs ? ? - Yep - it is the author - one Jules Crittenden - of "Faint-hearted Dems have plan for (terrorist) victory" By Jules Crittenden - Boston Herald City Editor -Sunday, November 12, 2006.

Our friend Jules stole a painting of Saddam and kitchen ornaments - the man has both class and taste! Of course the right wing media - like his paper the Herald, just said he was detained by customs because of he had declared "a number of Iraqi war souvenirs in his luggage" upon his arrival at Logan from Kuwait. Those articles were impounded by Customs agents but he was not arrested for the theft and violation of what the Department of Homeland Security and the bureaus of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection were trying to do to stop the loss of "Iraqi Heritage". Of course we know most of the good stuff was already stolen when Bush pulled the guards away from the palaces and museums in Iraq, just as all those weapons and atomic fuel was stolen when Bush refused to guard those items in Iraq.

The best part of Jules to date was his claim to 3 Iraqi "kills" because while riding along with the troops as an embedded reporter, he managed to yell a "watch out" and to point to some humans who thereafter were no longer alive.

I do love our media. Glad to see the Herald promoted him to editor because they deserve him. And he deserves the promotion, given his new found fame in the far right blogs and in the writings of his fellow war criminals. Enjoy his article that I have linked to below. It is truly a sick stupid read from a man who seems to not care about a civil war that is killing at a 30,000 per year rate today, or about the 600,000 dead from the conflict he and Bush appear to have wanted so that they could feel manly. http://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=166873