Comments on: Good Advice http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: buy xenical http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19425 buy xenical Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:25:15 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19425 <a href="http://www.blogcity.com/wass/" rel="nofollow">buy xenical</a> Xen-770009122-345566 buy xenical Xen-770009122-345566

]]> By: Extra Ordinary Ideas http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19426 Extra Ordinary Ideas Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:54:38 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19426 <strong>The Beginning of the End</strong> I think I mean that in a positive way. Regardless of how one feels about the war, itâ??s hard not The Beginning of the End

I think I mean that in a positive way. Regardless of how one feels about the war, itâ??s hard not

]]> By: Joe Sims http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19424 Joe Sims Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:50:33 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19424 Hey, it only took four comments this time... Hey, it only took four comments this time…

]]> By: Southern Belle http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19423 Southern Belle Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:15:37 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19423 If you really look at what Saddam has been doing to his people, wouldn't you want to intervene? He has been doing the same things that Hitler did pre-WW2- killing his own people for years and yet we have done nothing about it. Maybe if our president made it clear what kind of damage Saddam has done in comparision to Hitler, then the fist-shakers would shut up and try to understand what we are up against. It's good to see that the American public is starting to lay down their opinions and start acting like a unified front. If you really look at what Saddam has been doing to his people, wouldn’t you want to intervene? He has been doing the same things that Hitler did pre-WW2- killing his own people for years and yet we have done nothing about it. Maybe if our president made it clear what kind of damage Saddam has done in comparision to Hitler, then the fist-shakers would shut up and try to understand what we are up against. It’s good to see that the American public is starting to lay down their opinions and start acting like a unified front.

]]> By: Jon H http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19422 Jon H Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:53:18 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19422 " it's probably time for anti-war folks to stop the fist-shaking, and start thinking about formulating exit strategies" WTF? Shouldn't the pro-war people have been thinking about exit strategies? Isn't that their job? ” it’s probably time for anti-war folks to stop the fist-shaking, and start thinking about formulating exit strategies”

WTF? Shouldn’t the pro-war people have been thinking about exit strategies? Isn’t that their job?

]]> By: Tom http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19421 Tom Mon, 17 Mar 2003 03:23:49 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19421 Been telling you that for two weeks Radley...and it was inevitable probably two months ago. If the world would have stood behind this mess from the get go I am quite sure Saddam would have high tailed it outta there with his hundreds of million$ He had a plane ready 12 years ago, I am sure he has one now. I think we need to keep this simple and we all hate the French. I have never liked that country anyway. Been telling you that for two weeks Radley…and it was inevitable probably two months ago. If the world would have stood behind this mess from the get go I am quite sure Saddam would have high tailed it outta there with his hundreds of million$ He had a plane ready 12 years ago, I am sure he has one now.

I think we need to keep this simple and we all hate the French. I have never liked that country anyway.

]]> By: Rich Casebolt http://www.theagitator.com/2003/03/16/good-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-19420 Rich Casebolt Mon, 17 Mar 2003 00:08:43 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=2101#comment-19420 Radley: Unless we stay around long enough to make sure that Iraq is led by a government that: > Structurally protects the basic rights of each of its people > Gives its people representation in its policymaking institutions > Has limits/checks/balances to prevent another Saddam from hijacking it we will be doing this again in a few years. Our biggest foreign policy failures -- Vietnam, Iran, the rise of the Taliban -- were sealed, not by overstaying our welcome, but by not exercising sufficient resolve to bring the conflicts to decisive resolutions. Our leaders were more interested in politcs and public relations than problem-solving, so they restrained our military to the point of ineffectiveness and/or pulled our resources (military and otherwise) out too soon. Let us not be so anxious to return to peacetime, that we fail to decisively resolve the problem Iraq poses -- it is not enough to remove Saddam; we must make sure that the Iraqi people will not allow another to emulate him. Radley:

Unless we stay around long enough to make sure that Iraq is led by a government that:

> Structurally protects the basic rights of each of its people
> Gives its people representation in its policymaking institutions
> Has limits/checks/balances to prevent another Saddam from hijacking it

we will be doing this again in a few years.

Our biggest foreign policy failures — Vietnam, Iran, the rise of the Taliban — were sealed, not by overstaying our welcome, but by not exercising sufficient resolve to bring the conflicts to decisive resolutions. Our leaders were more interested in politcs and public relations than problem-solving, so they restrained our military to the point of ineffectiveness and/or pulled our resources (military and otherwise) out too soon.

Let us not be so anxious to return to peacetime, that we fail to decisively resolve the problem Iraq poses — it is not enough to remove Saddam; we must make sure that the Iraqi people will not allow another to emulate him.

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