My letter of the failure of the "Surge" makes it to print

[NewJeffCT]

Glad to see it somewhere in the media, as nobody in the mainstream will dare utter it...

PROGRESS?

With the surge in violence in Iraq in recent weeks, it is clear that the Bush-McCain-Lieberman escalation plan from early 2007 is an abysmal failure, as were the four surges before this last one. When Bush announced this escalation , the stated purpose was to provide the government there more time to make progress and to also hand over complete control of security to Iraqi forces by November of 2007. It is now April of 2008 and the Iraqi government seems even weaker than before. Iraq still relies on our soldiers and air force for security. Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden is still on the loose and his Saudi financiers are getting rich selling us oil while we suffer through recession at home.

http://www.remindernews.com/SpeakOut


Also, a good one on McCain breaking McCain-Feingold election laws.

However, a few anti-Obama ones as well.

[bunkerbuster1]

1. Nice work. I see you have a concern troll

quoting here:

"I could never bring myself to vote Republican after what has happened the last eight years. However, if American Democrats vote in Barack Obama for their nominee this year, it’s possible I’ll sit the election out. Now is not the time for a president who would blink in faceto-face meetings with world powers that don’t see our point of view."

Steaming pile o' crap, that one, huh? This Rove boiler-room butt-boy has been voting Rethug all his life.

[LynzM]

2. Reminder news gets a lot of trolls...

I used to get the local print version, and boy howdy. CT is supposed to be progressive and "blue".... ummm, not so much.

Good on ya, Jeff! :thumbsup:

[NewJeffCT]

3. CT is progressive, but

it's just that the RWers are more likely to write LTTEs.

I moved outside the Reminder's area last year as well, but continue writing to them because it is a widely read free newspaper.

I've submitted at least one per week for the last month on McCain's connections with Hagee and Parsley, but have not gotten one published yet.

[Haole Girl]

4. It'a a quagmire

Plain & simple.

At this stage, I don't see a resolution.

If it's possible to make a region more hostile and volatile

than ever in its history,

the Bush Admin will find a way.

:-(

[NewJeffCT]

5. but, we have to stay

or else bad things could happen.

at least that is what they tell us.

[Haole Girl]

6. I've gotten fed up with their scare tactics...

I hope, someday, they are not like "the boy who cried wolf"!