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Retiring Republican Congressman Blasts Iraq War
Topic Started: Aug 19 2004, 08:57 AM (665 Views)
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From Fox News


LINCOLN, Neb. — A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his House career, saying he believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified and that the situation there has deteriorated into "a dangerous, costly mess."

"I've reached the conclusion, retrospectively, now that the inadequate intelligence and faulty conclusions are being revealed, that all things being considered, it was a mistake to launch that military action," Rep. Doug Bereuter, R-Neb., wrote in a letter to constituents.

"Left unresolved for now is whether intelligence was intentionally misconstrued to justify military action," he said....

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I heard that next week he is going decide, retrospectively, if Korea was a good idea or not.

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I do hope he also answers renders about whether Kosovo and Haiti were good ideas, too.
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Well it's from Fox News so we know it's not the liberal press spinning the issue. So what are we left with? Do you think:

(A.) He is part of a liberal conspiracy,
(B.) He is stupid and uninformed, or
(C.) He legitimately had a change of heart after considering the facts?
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D) He's angry with the party because he hasn't had the support he wants.
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^^^^That must be it. It can't be that he legitmately thinks what he says.
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gvok
Aug 19 2004, 02:32 PM
^^^^That must be it. It can't be that he legitmately thinks what he says.

Bill said:
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D) He's angry with the party because he hasn't had the support he wants.


Are you claiming he means the following:

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It can't be that he legitmately thinks what he says.


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Correct me if I am wrong - but I think Gvok was being facetious. After all Bill did try to tear down the guy by saying he didn't have party support - Gvok was just trying to give the guy credit for meaning what he said.
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Admiralbill_gomec
Aug 19 2004, 10:27 AM
D) He's angry with the party because he hasn't had the support he wants.

The guy is retiring. What support does he need? :shrug:
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Minuet
Aug 19 2004, 09:44 AM
Correct me if I am wrong - but I think Gvok was being facetious. After all Bill did try to tear down the guy by saying he didn't have party support - Gvok was just trying to give the guy credit for meaning what he said.

Thank you Minuet. Of all the people on this board you are truely one of the most fair and balanced. (I'm not being facetious in this post BTW).
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Speaking of "cracks in the facade" <--such a lovely phrase being bandied about these days. :lol:

Thanks for the link Gvok. I wouldn't be surprised if more Right leaning individuals eventually come to the same conclusion. Due to strangle hold party politics has on its own members, we will probably have to wait until they retire to hear about it though.
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Minuet
Aug 19 2004, 08:46 AM
Admiralbill_gomec
Aug 19 2004, 10:27 AM
D) He's angry with the party because he hasn't had the support he wants.

The guy is retiring. What support does he need? :shrug:

He could be retiring because he didn't have the support of the party. Pols who don't do much are usually allowed to wither on the vine. I'm not tearing the guy down, I'm giving another possible explanation.

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After all Bill did try to tear down the guy by saying he didn't have party support


(What was it you were saying about picking fights yesterday, Min? How is what I said tearing down someone?)
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What does this prove? There are a lot of people who think the way he does. Is it because he is a republican? As in if a republican jumps ship then the party "must" be wrong. He is just one man, and I know a lot of republicans that do not agree with the war in Iraqi , it changes the situation little form the way it was yesterday.
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24thcenstfan
Aug 19 2004, 08:53 AM
Speaking of "cracks in the facade" <--such a lovely phrase being bandied about these days.  :lol:

Thanks for the link Gvok.  I wouldn't be surprised if more Right leaning individuals eventually come to the same conclusion.  Due to strangle hold party politics has on its own members, we will probably have to wait until they retire to hear about it though.

24, instead of your quote by Ghandi, you might consider this one:

REMEMBER 9/11!

It is obvious that congressman hasn't.
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Aug 19 2004, 02:44 PM
Correct me if I am wrong - but I think Gvok was being facetious. After all Bill did try to tear down the guy by saying he didn't have party support - Gvok was just trying to give the guy credit for meaning what he said.

I'll be glad to comment if you answer a question:

Where did Bill say that the guy didn't mean what he said?

His comment speaks to possible motivations for the Congressman making the statement that he did WHEN he did.

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D) He's angry with the party because he hasn't had the support he wants. 


The guy is retiring. What support does he need? 


Look at the tense of the verb.

" He's angry with the party because he hasn't had the support he wants."



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