Comments for Baghdad is Surrounded: “The American Era in the Middle East has ended” at http://www.pacificfreepress.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.pacificfreepress.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:05:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/145-baghdad-is-surrounded-the-american-era-in-the-middle-east-has-ended.html#comment-99 [b]This may depend on the definition of ?win?. To ?win? may mean to achieve success in an effort or venture. A ?venture? is an ?undertaking? that is dangerous, daring, or of uncertain outcome; or a ?business enterprise? involving some risk in expectation of gain. Nobody seems to know what we ever were, or are, undertaking or what our business was, or is, in Iraq. I feel like we have a business enterprise that is somehow related to oil, but I am not holding my breath for old George W. Bush to admit this. To ?win? may also mean to achieve victory. But to be victorious, you have to have some kind of specific goal, and old George?s goal seems to be ?stay the course? which means stay forever, though recently he has said to ?be flexible?. So I do not know what our goal is. To ?win? may also mean to achieve or attain by effort. I have no doubt that we are making an effort, but at what! To ?win? may also mean to ?win concessions in negotiations?. But here you still have to have some specifics goals which your opponent can concede to. To ?win? may also mean to reach with difficulty. I do not know what we are going to reach, but it will probably be difficult. The question still remains whether the U.S. deserves to win in Iraq. Even if we knew what ?win? was, one may still question the deserving part. I challenge anyone to list what the U.S. has done to make it worthy of winning in Iraq, or to merit winning in any way. But first, tell me what ?win? is and be real specific. I think we need to have a public ass-kicking for George W. Bush. [/b][/b] - cjd Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:34:29 +0100