That was just grandstanding... do you REALLY believe they would have
gone for more... that is, going on record, voting for doing the right
thing. Never happen!
Larry Miller
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From: Profox [mailto:profox .AT. dbxtech .D.O.T com]
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [OT] America is losing the victory in Europe
> Never would have gotten the Dems to approve such a massive build up.
> This criticism is so much arm-chair quarterbacking. Ever since Vietnam
> we have to be extra careful to use minimal force necessary, instead of
> overwhelming force. But the latter is politically distasteful, thanks
> in part to the hypocrites who today say we should have used
> overwhelming force.
The Democrats and everyone else with any sense were saying
"don't you need more troops"? The Administration fired anyone
who estimated troop levels higher than Rumsfeld wanted.
I'm not going to get into how it's always the presses fault if
things don't go right and folks get called to account for their
mistakes.
Jim Eddins
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