tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post4035884266082484591..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-14268238769639813312008-02-01T12:44:00.000-05:002008-02-01T12:44:00.000-05:00Winston,I'd like to add an addendum to my earlier ...Winston,<BR/><BR/>I'd like to add an addendum to my earlier comment. <BR/><BR/>I would say that even though, per the article I posted, the surge is not the main cause of improvement in Iraq that still does not mean that it wasn't a *good idea* or *right*. <BR/><BR/>So I guess I only take issue with the narrower point that the decrease in countrywide violence is because the surge "worked". One Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-46677999030576421002008-02-01T07:41:00.000-05:002008-02-01T07:41:00.000-05:00Well, if you think that one can be a great preside...Well, if you think that one can be a great president by being rather a dope but reading the teleprompter well, and by breaking American laws and supporting terrorists so long as something good happens during your term in office, then by all means, RR was a great president.<BR/><BR/>God knows it's important to have an avuncular dimwit standing up and telling us that it's morning in America. Far Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-69568074570850937082008-01-31T18:59:00.000-05:002008-01-31T18:59:00.000-05:00Well, Republicans [and some independents, even the...Well, Republicans [and some independents, even the occasional Democrat] think that Reagan was a great president, and that's all that matters, I reckon.<BR/><BR/>By contrast, no Democrat has ever attempted to seize the mantle of Jimmy Carter, whom you think was a great president.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'. ;-DTom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-511368478440478122008-01-31T12:51:00.000-05:002008-01-31T12:51:00.000-05:00Winston,I wouldn't be so quick to say the surge *w...Winston,<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't be so quick to say the surge *worked*. It's obvious that as measured by frequency of daily violence, things have improved in Iraq. However, the reasons for that are definitely debatable, and the strategic goals of the surge still have not been met (e.g. political reconciliation, passage of beneficial Iraqi legislation etc.). In addition, the long-term implications Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com