The Three Stooges read Machiavelli and invade Iran. But, they don't see that the opposition is mopping the floor with us in Iraq and we have no troops left, none. I said earlier that the Republicans will win, and they'll win on security. Makes one wonder why people like Tom Ricks and Ron Suskind and Bob Woodward waste their time. Nobody's reading or listening. Stay the course, even if it's a disaster. Democracy will once again be on the march. > [Original Message] > From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 10/5/2006 12:44:00 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Where There's a Will There's a Way (Pun Intended) > > I am not persuaded Democrats will have a field day. > > Dispatching a carrier group to Iran seems to me a Macciavellian move. > If you want to signal to the Iranians that you are serious, you give > them a peek at your weapons. And if one of your carrier force should > suffer attack of any sort, you have a cause for war. Meanwhile, > domestic supporters see you as unwavering and just the sort of person > to lead a country in difficult times. > > As for the Foley matter, stand by for talk of "a few bad apples" and > "staying the course by standing tall in the current crisis." > Republican voters believe that "flip-flop" is a dreadful insult and > value loyalty highly. The Democrats' task will be to prove *to them* > that the barrel is rotten to the core, or that threatening Iran is a > bad idea. Meanwhile, there's a war on and folk wisdom says you > shouldn't change horses in mid-stream. > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html