tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post3749248271871041746..comments2023-03-26T03:50:25.501-04:00Comments on David's Secret Blog: Sunday BrunchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-17619725654028312372007-03-14T19:52:00.000-04:002007-03-14T19:52:00.000-04:00Thanks Ali, I didn't mean to doubt Peter, but I'v...Thanks Ali, I didn't mean to doubt Peter, but I've seen it both ways. For "here, here," I postulated that it referred to a person asking to be noticed. Of course, the correct answer makes the most sense.erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-16229526335866539462007-03-14T09:43:00.000-04:002007-03-14T09:43:00.000-04:00Ali: Did you get my email?Ali: Did you get my email?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-57489629381316841652007-03-13T22:03:00.000-04:002007-03-13T22:03:00.000-04:00Perhaps some of you British commenters can give me...Perhaps some of you British commenters can give me a definitive answer to the burning question: is it "here, here" or "hear, hear" and what does it mean?erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826044412670324694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-10687459270673809122007-03-13T19:21:00.000-04:002007-03-13T19:21:00.000-04:00Peter: Of course. But it's no less true because of...Peter: Of course. But it's no less true because of their disbelief, right? <BR/><BR/>Perhaps I misunderstood David's assignment.JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679256787406340523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-17937027643281425792007-03-12T15:46:00.000-04:002007-03-12T15:46:00.000-04:00That Iraq is a relatively short, clean, cheap batt...That Iraq is a relatively short, clean, cheap battle in a much greater Long War:.A War in which we will likely fight a longer, bloodier, costlier battle that will make the Realists™ long for the quagmire of today's Iraq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-11462388109009293572007-03-11T21:24:00.000-04:002007-03-11T21:24:00.000-04:00That it is a low-level civil war, in America. Or...That it is a low-level civil war, in America. Or maybe a campaign in an ongoing civil war.joe shropshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12183662262318452612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-39777186378610261472007-03-11T19:23:00.000-04:002007-03-11T19:23:00.000-04:00That despite the tragedy of death, casualties are ...That despite the tragedy of death, casualties are remarkably low.Susan's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02862667802025231163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-68868477753207784212007-03-11T14:45:00.000-04:002007-03-11T14:45:00.000-04:00As David said, the war was won when Saddam was dis...As David said, the war was won when Saddam was disposed. The Sunni insurgency and guerrilla civil war was an inevitable consequence of removing his regime. <BR/><BR/>The state department prefers regimes because they are predictable single actors.<BR/><BR/>The monetary costs to the US are small. Fighting the counterinsurgency isn't c-blocking universal health care.<BR/><BR/>Osama is probably dead, but on the tiny chance that he isn't, everyone pretends he's certainly alive.Mike Beversluishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961178961504470702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636283.post-8340240683673597522007-03-11T14:15:00.000-04:002007-03-11T14:15:00.000-04:00Hear hear!Here's another truth that noone will adm...Hear hear!<BR/><BR/>Here's another truth that noone will admit to. War is a normal thing. All nations and powers, great and small, have faced the ordeal of war on a regular basis throghout their histories. It is likely to remain so for at least the balance of this century. It isn't a failure to have to resort to war. Diplomatic solutions depend on the idea that your opponents perceive that you are serious about alternative means to acheive their goals. If you are perceived as being serious about going to war, then you will be more successful in avoiding war through diplomacy AND acheiving your goals.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.com