Wow, and I bet we listen to the same radio, and read the same papers - LOL! I wasn't talking about the pols... I did say "half a brain", I meant "At least half a brain." E. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> > At 02:59 PM 9/10/2007, eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >>You are right - all of the Hey, hey LBJ types did become suits and gave us > >>Iraq. > > > >Last I looked it was a decorated General making the case for it in > >front the world - and a poser with an Air National Guard "past" > >pulling the strings. Just about everyone from the Left sounded out the > >warnings - all of which were right on target - and anyone else with > >half a brain, and two pages into any book on the region knew better > >and said so too. I don't recall that anybody who brought us the Iraq > >mess was in the Hey Hey LBJ camp - far from it. > > Elias > > All of the real concern over the initial US > position in the Middle East following 9/11 came > from the Hard Right, none of which wished a > repeat of the Viet-Nam Imbroglio. We were > shouted down by the likes of far-Left folks such > as Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid and John Warner, just to name a few. > > Marc > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list