[Rhodes22-list] Politics(Obstructionism)

[Bill Effros]

Good use of metaphor.

Bill Effros

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> People are fed up with a do nothing Congress, especially when the  
> Republicans had the majority. If they try to block Democratic initiatives, it  will back 
> fire on them much worse than we saw in this election.
> The war was probably the biggest reason for the Republican downfall. The  
> death toll is increasing with no end in sight. We have a president that says  
> "stay the course", but won't give us a heading.
> In 1999 the pentagon did a study which showed that an invasion of Iraq  would 
> require 400,000 troops to enter the country, take control of the  
> infrastructure, secure the borders and install a new government. At the end of  the 
> report they stated with even this many troops, the possibility of being  successful 
> was slim because of the hatred amongst the tribes. We didn't secure  the 
> infrastructure and we didn't secure the borders. It was a botched job, from  a 
> military perspective, from the get go.
> Now that we have our tit in the wringer, it will be interesting to see  which 
> route we take out.
>  
> Rummy
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