Just so you know, this is the actual genesis of "Cut and Run"

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It's a nautical term, describing an incident in which a ship's anchor can not be disengaged from the sea floor. The condition may place the vessel in mortal peril, so the anchor rope must be cut, allowing the ship to "cut and run".
If anyone can find a more apt metaphor for what needs to be done in order to address the curent situation in Iraq, I'd love to hear it.

[Faygo Kid]

1. Thank you! This is much welcomed.

Thanks. Very interesting. Where did the phrase "Bush Sucks" originate?

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3. I think Jeff Gannon may be responsible for that one.

[Virginia Dare]

6. I may have originated that one...

but others will probably take the credit.

;)

[Faygo Kid]

7. It could have been you. After all, you were born in 1587. Or thereabouts

However, you look no older than 29. Me, too. That's our story, and we need to stick together. Didn't you come back to pose for this? Very nice.

[Virginia Dare]

10. Well, I recently claimed to be the Queen of Sheba...

so it's not such a leap I suppose.

[DUHandle]

12. Uh, from

Robert Sochs?

[Virginia Dare]

2. A great picture...

of what happens to a ship when it fails cut and run. You need to scroll down a bit.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/6/17/7386/27743

[TacticalPeek]

17. Great link.

The following is the transcript of the actual radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland:
Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees the South to avoid a collision.
Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees the North to avoid a collision.
Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.
Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.
Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.
Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse, over...

[jean]

4. A great cartoon would show bush peering over the ship of state's bow

at the anchor 'embedded' in the ocean floor, while in the background, we see the ship approaching imminent collision and destruction.

Just when WILL he have the wisdom to cut and run, to save our ship of state?

Answer: Never.

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. They have no choice but to "cut and run". All the bluster and bravado

in the world isn't going fix this mess.

[AlCzervik]

8. GOP=Cut and Shun, cut their benefits and shun them when they get home

[SheepyMcSheepster]

9. thanks for this

great post.

[skids]

11. Thanks I LOVE stuff like this...

...almost as much as watching Colin Powell dance to a song whose lyrics are about the barrio ho.

...or watching "Cops" open with a song whose lyrics are about ruffians shooting police officers.

[Sal Minella]

13. Aha! I assumed it had to do with cutting horses out of a herd, taking

what you could take and getting gone.

[snot]

14. What we're cutting is our Losses. nt

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15. Not yet.

Grunts continue to pay the ultimate price damned near every day.

[snot]

16. I should have said, what we want to cut. nt

[bleever]

18. This really is key: ask them if they know what the hell "cut & run" means

since it really means that if you can't pull anchor when it's time, you don't dangle there, you free the ship.