thinkforyoursel
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Imagine if the republicans over the past 6 years admit that going into Iraq was the wrong decision. Do you think some voters would start to believe they would not make the same mistake again and give them another chance?
Instead of owning and admiting this major mistake ....they double down and even try to blame the democrats, and they really think their circular arguments will fool anybody. Everybody is well aware that if we had either democratic presidents near the time of the Iraq war, Clinton before and Obama after ...America would not invade that country. But don't tell that to republicans they somehow think siting democrats who voted for this war means they do not own it.
The war cost Trillions, and more important it costs over 5,000 brave GI's their lives and countless more seriously wounded. And thats nothing to what it costs the Iraqis. A country at the time with some sort of stability, who had the most educated populus in the region and where women had some sort of rights relative to the region saw 10 full years of war.
But instead of even admitting this was a mistake ...republicans doubled down and try to use "spin" to walk away from that mess. One day Iraq will be a place Americans can consider for vacation because over time the fighting must end ...either they run out of bullets or run out of people trying to kill each other. And to that end republicans reason they can wait to take credit....they will be there to say see ...the war was a good thing ...because by then the ensuing generation won't be aware of the facts.
Take a look at the Romney 47% debacle that derailed his election. Instead of saying as a group (not some one off splinter republican) that yes he said it and they do not support it ....here they come trying the "spin" again!! The idiots already lost the election ....why not say as a group that that was wrong? Nah...can't do that ...better say ...you know what .....WE are the 47% ...thats what Romney meant!!
And there are instances after instance where this same thing is played out over and over again.
And to this end rather than really recruiting voters by catering to their needs (like the Democrats did when they were on the losing end) republicans are on a tear to institute Jelly-Bean elections!! By this I mean the old practice they use in the south asking people they didn't like to guess how many jelly beans are in the jar ....are once again front and center. They are on a tear to find ways to discourage voting by certain groups ...in certain key states.
Because in the end they are very very content winning a minority election ...by any means necessary.
Instead of owning and admiting this major mistake ....they double down and even try to blame the democrats, and they really think their circular arguments will fool anybody. Everybody is well aware that if we had either democratic presidents near the time of the Iraq war, Clinton before and Obama after ...America would not invade that country. But don't tell that to republicans they somehow think siting democrats who voted for this war means they do not own it.
The war cost Trillions, and more important it costs over 5,000 brave GI's their lives and countless more seriously wounded. And thats nothing to what it costs the Iraqis. A country at the time with some sort of stability, who had the most educated populus in the region and where women had some sort of rights relative to the region saw 10 full years of war.
- That war decimated the educated members of their society who either fled or was killed
- A generation grew up uneducated with kids only knowing violence and killing
- Women who were gaining some sort of power are suddenly worst off than ever
- Their infrastructure is destroyed
- And worst 100,000 is slaughtered because of this war.
But instead of even admitting this was a mistake ...republicans doubled down and try to use "spin" to walk away from that mess. One day Iraq will be a place Americans can consider for vacation because over time the fighting must end ...either they run out of bullets or run out of people trying to kill each other. And to that end republicans reason they can wait to take credit....they will be there to say see ...the war was a good thing ...because by then the ensuing generation won't be aware of the facts.
Take a look at the Romney 47% debacle that derailed his election. Instead of saying as a group (not some one off splinter republican) that yes he said it and they do not support it ....here they come trying the "spin" again!! The idiots already lost the election ....why not say as a group that that was wrong? Nah...can't do that ...better say ...you know what .....WE are the 47% ...thats what Romney meant!!
And there are instances after instance where this same thing is played out over and over again.
And to this end rather than really recruiting voters by catering to their needs (like the Democrats did when they were on the losing end) republicans are on a tear to institute Jelly-Bean elections!! By this I mean the old practice they use in the south asking people they didn't like to guess how many jelly beans are in the jar ....are once again front and center. They are on a tear to find ways to discourage voting by certain groups ...in certain key states.
Because in the end they are very very content winning a minority election ...by any means necessary.