Time to play WWKD

[Scott]

Everyone's favorite game. What Would Kerry Do?


It's easy (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6886726) for Kerry to endorse everything that's gone right since the election and bemoan everything that's gone wrong. But what would he have done if elected?

Would he have ...

1) Gone into Fallujah? A necessary step to turn the tide in Iraq.

2) Postponed the elections? Thus giving a clear victory to the "insurgents" That would close off the exit strategy for US and steer the Humve into a real "quagmire".

I think the answers are no and yes.

After the elections in Iraq were a huge success, Germany is now jumping (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/05/international/europe/05diplo.html) on the democracy band wagon. Would Kerry have tuned the tide in Iraq and had Germany as a "hop on" to all this. I think the answer is no. Or maybe it is yes. Wait I'm flip flopping.


What do you think?

[dmz]

The intertia would have been too great to change very much of anything. I don't know what is worse, the press gunning for the country to lose it's nerve in Iraq, or Kerry feeding off of it with full knowledge he couldn't shift much of anything.

[THT]

How much of an alternate reality can I create here?

Since the elections were at the end of January and the inaugaration was on Jan 20th, I predict that President Kerry would have done nothing different from GWB in those 10 days as President.

What will be different going into the future is that Kerry likely would develop a known-to-the-public exit, bring-the-troops-home, plan. Kerry would likewise be more transparent in all other areas of gov't as well.

[e1618978]

It would be like the Team America movie:

Kerry: Now form a peaceful country, or else!

Insergent: Or else what?

Kerry: Or else we will send you a very angry letter!

Insergent: Oh.

<presses button sending Kerry into shark tank>

[hardeeharhar]

So the election is over, and it has become increasingly clear that the land war in Iraq is a civil one -- the targets of the insurgents are mostly Iraqi forces.

If you wanted to get out of the mire you have created, what would you do?

Broker a peace between the "sides"? Continue as if nothing needs to be done? Leave and hope for the best?

What is apparent to me, at least, is that none of these or any of the other options seem reasonable. Pulling out will probably leave the country on the road to civil war. Staying risks putting our troops in front of the insurgent's ire -- and giving the insurgents due cause to continue (as if they need any more causes). Reducing the troop presence doesn't fix any of the above problems.

Should we accept that we have created a broken country in Iraq?

[Anders]

Originally posted by e1618978
It would be like the Team America movie:

Kerry: Now form a peaceful country, or else!

Insergent: Or else what?

Kerry: Or else we will send you a very angry letter!

Insergent: Oh.

<presses button sending Kerry into shark tank>

wasn´t that Blix who got that treatment in the non-e1618978 version? Blix the man who was so right its not even funny and certain people tried to disgrace in such an over eager manner they forgot to see that he was right?

"Better to be tough than right"

[groverat]

Originally posted by e1618978
It would be like the Team America movie:

Kerry: Now form a peaceful country, or else!

Insergent: Or else what?

Kerry: Or else we will send you a very angry letter!

Insergent: Oh.

<presses button sending Kerry into shark tank>

If you just spoiled the movie for me I will murder your entire family.

And ban you.

And then ban the memory of your murdered family.

[Gene Clean]

Originally posted by Anders
wasn´t that Blix who got that treatment in the non-e1618978 version? Blix the man who was so right its not even funny and certain people tried to disgrace in such an over eager manner they forgot to see that he was right?

"Better to be tough than right"


Yeah well, his name was 'Hans' so, he *can't* be right. Not in the US at least.

[e1618978]

Originally posted by groverat
If you just spoiled the movie for me I will murder your entire family.
And ban you.
And then ban the memory of your murdered family.

Sorry - but it isn't the only funny part, and the movie
blasts both Democrats and Republicans, so everyone can
enjoy it.

[Scott]

Originally posted by e1618978
It would be like the Team America movie:

Kerry: Now form a peaceful country, or else!

Insergent: Or else what?

Kerry: Or else we will send you a very angry letter!

Insergent: Oh.

<presses button sending Kerry into shark tank>

I forgot to put that on my rental queue.