Apparently this is the latest sound-bite for Republicans trying to defend the Bush Administration --- see this Oct. 27 Lynne Cheney interview...
Well, right, but what is CNN doing running terrorist tapes of terrorists shooting Americans? I mean, I saw Duncan Hunter ask you a very good question and you didn't answer it. Do you want us to win?
...and O'Reilly in this Oct. 27 Letterman interview...
O'Reilly: But they don't want to hear about the bad world that we live in. It's an evil world that we live in. Let me ask you something. And this is a serious question. Do you want the United States to win in Iraq?
...and O'Reilly again on the The View Oct. 18...
O'REILLY: Hold it, hold it, hold it. Want America to win in Iraq, by the way?
O'DONNELL: I don't think it's possible.
O'REILLY: Do you want, do you --
O'DONNELL: I think it's an ill-thought-out plan and I think we should get out of that situation before Americans are killed. Out. Out of Iraq.
O'REILLY: Do you want America to win in Iraq?
JOY BEHAR (co-host of The View): What does it mean to win?
O'DONNELL: I want America to be what the founding fathers wanted it to be, a democracy, where we the people --
O'REILLY: OK. So you don't want America to win in Iraq.
The clarion call has been sounded, the marching orders have been given, and all the little troopers across America are no doubt repeating this mindless sound bite --- "Do you want America to win?" --- even as we speak.
The proper sound-bite response to this sound bite is: Yes, and I want the Mets to win the World Series this year too. But that train has left the station, and we were not on board.
Bonus additional sound bite, in case you don't like that one: Yes, I want America to win. I also like puppies and apple pie. But none of those things has anything to do with continuing the war in Iraq.
The United States has already lost in Iraq, in the only sense that matters: we have failed disastrously in every single one of our war aims. The Bush administration's holding out because it cannot admit failure, and it knows that if it delays long enough then the next administration will come in and the failure can then be blamed on them. As long as America does not withdraw from Iraq under his watch, the President can continue to indulge in the delusion that history will judge him kindly. Or, in other words, the United States continues to spend untold blood and treasure, more or less, to protect George W. Bush's frail self-esteem. A noble cause, to be sure, but one wonders if the effort is proportionate to the results.
That's an easy one to answer: "Yes, and I want to win the lottery."
ReplyDeletesaddam is not in power, we won the war. the question is do you want us to just stand around and die in a long coming civil war.
ReplyDeleteBill O’Reily: Do you want us to win in Iraq..?!
ReplyDeleteFirst Mr. Dick Cheney famous “ticking bomb” scenario to justify torture of detainees and ignoring the over whelming sense of Congress by articulately helping Bush issue a signing statement that “The executive branch shall construe the amendment, relating to detainees torture, in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President” and now Mr. Bill O'Reily asking us "Do you want us to win in Iraq?" to justify “staying the course” in Iraq without a well established exit strategy.
I hope the American people see the pattern emerging from these baseless arguments. I cannot speak for all American people but as far as I am concerned my response to Bill O’Reily question is, NO, Mr. Bill, I don’t want to “win” in Iraq if it costs us ONE MORE AMERICAN LIFE. My conscience does not allow me to justify the death of any more American soldiers to honor the cause of our brave men and women who already lost their lives due to the lack of Iraq reconstruction planning by this administration. Mr. Cheney remarks, “It is my belief that be will be greeted as liberators” was dead wrong and it is unfortunate that Americans fail to question such a rational for preemptive invasion, which resulted in putting our soldiers in harms way.