Slog - Comments on Why Didn't We Think of That Before?!?! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before Cease-Fire Eyed to Stop Violence in Iraq U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease-fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 31 May 2007 15:28:33 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:58:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by COMTE Yeah read this earlier today and all I could think was, "brilliant move - our troops have been up to their eyeballs in insurgency just about since Day One, and some genius at DoD FINALLY thinks this up?"

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732214 News Thu, 31 May 2007 15:48:37 -0800 Comment by thehim Between this and the news that we're just conceding Anbar province to the insurgents (sugar-coated with reports that it's a victory for us because they're going to fight al-Qaeda), some dynamic has changed there recently.

]]> thehim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732219 News Thu, 31 May 2007 15:54:53 -0800 Comment by east coaster I wonder why _I_ didn't think of it before! I heard it so many times in my childhood I can still hear it now, the sound of an NPR reporter saying "Fighting resumed today following the breakage of yesterday's cease fire..."

]]> east coaster http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732354 News Thu, 31 May 2007 18:56:15 -0800 Comment by K X One
Umm, because "we don't negotiate with terrorists"?

While the hypocrisy is annoying, the fact that this tactic is totally unrealistic in this situation and doomed to a stupid failure is far more annoying.

We are being 'led' by idiots.

]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732372 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/05/why_didnt_we_think_of_that_before#c732372 News Thu, 31 May 2007 20:17:17 -0800 Comment by Just Me To be the pesimist here, I think Bush is going to be ratcheting the troop numbers down in Iraq for a simple reason. Exit through IRAN!!! We are not going anywhere, Iran is going to be bombed before Bush leaves the White House.

But no worries Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray will happily vote him the funds to do it. (And then it will be time to move to Canada)

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