tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post5400121463219250185..comments2023-10-08T05:44:25.657-06:00Comments on Dakota Voice: Will Giuliani Bow Out After Florida?Dakota Voicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386070103210525597noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-618288372469836512008-01-30T20:06:00.000-07:002008-01-30T20:06:00.000-07:00FYI Bob,HD= USA made 2006 Harley Davidson RoadKing...FYI Bob,<BR/>HD= USA made 2006 Harley Davidson RoadKing Classic with travel pack and growing chrome.<BR/><BR/>Titan LE = 2007 Full size leather interior 15 mph truck. My wife forced me to give up my 11 yr old Ford exploder. The dog likes it better too.<BR/><BR/>You asked: But what's the alternative? Let it all go to Hell in a handbasket--along with our friends Israel and along with a huge chunk Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-15015505886792812922008-01-29T21:01:00.000-07:002008-01-29T21:01:00.000-07:00I'm not burying my head in the sand at all Bob. I...I'm not burying my head in the sand at all Bob. If I had seen or heard those stories prior to now, I might believe them. I don't WANT to believe our President has made decisions that have made me less safe and less free, but that's what I see. The more I learn, the less I trust those that want to lead us into this grand socialist/fascist one-world plan. These guys all seem like puppets to meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-11801940545388892512008-01-29T21:00:00.000-07:002008-01-29T21:00:00.000-07:00I, too, am concerned about loss of U.S. sovereignt...I, too, am concerned about loss of U.S. sovereignty, but don't let those concerns or concerns about various conspiracy theories blind you to the fact that U.S. credibility was on the line with Iraq, and Saddam was also funding terrorism, which made Iraq part of the war on terrorism. <BR/><BR/>Oil was pretty low on the list of reasons to invade Iraq, short term, at least...but very important, Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-89398679092175911582008-01-29T20:52:00.000-07:002008-01-29T20:52:00.000-07:00Sure we need oil, but we don't necessarily have to...Sure we need oil, but we don't necessarily have to kill all the islamics in the middle east to do it!<BR/><BR/>As was pointed out previously, they have to sell their oil to someone. From the perspective that we may have to compete for that oil with China & India's booming industrial revolution, maybe we do have to fight for it. <BR/><BR/>I just question the cost in blood and treasure. Somehow,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-54951649272186420482008-01-29T20:43:00.000-07:002008-01-29T20:43:00.000-07:00userlevel6: I'm aware of the interview to which yo...userlevel6: I'm aware of the interview to which you refer. Maybe it's true; maybe it isn't. Seems pretty thin to me that Saddam would risk POSSIBLY being attacked/overthrown when the alternative was being taken out by the United States--a DEFINITE. <BR/><BR/>Consider what intelligence expert John Loftus says about what we've found in some of the Iraqi papers we captured after the invasion:<BR/Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-86612836450962770672008-01-29T20:38:00.000-07:002008-01-29T20:38:00.000-07:00Anonymous, I don't dispute the challenges of creat...Anonymous, I don't dispute the challenges of creating a stable government in the Middle East, though Turkey is an example that in relative terms, it can happen. <BR/><BR/>But what's the alternative? Let it all go to Hell in a handbasket--along with our friends Israel and along with a huge chunk of the world's oil supply?<BR/><BR/>And while you apparently like little rice-burning cars, even Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-84654207702472553972008-01-29T20:36:00.000-07:002008-01-29T20:36:00.000-07:00Bob, re:Saddam and weapons.60 minutes interviewed ...Bob, re:Saddam and weapons.<BR/><BR/>60 minutes interviewed the CIA (or was it FBI?) agent who was entrusted with getting as much information out of Saddam as possible, after we captured him. This agent, a man of Lebanese descent, was totally in charge of Saddam's life, as far as Saddam knew. His psy-op work with Saddam exposed this revelation from Hussein himself, and that he feared he would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-86829061087756896892008-01-29T20:26:00.000-07:002008-01-29T20:26:00.000-07:00You make a bold assumption that millions may die i...You make a bold assumption that millions may die in a war in the US against an enemy you won't name. <BR/><BR/>What nation can attack us that you fear we should attack next? Do you actually support taxing Americans to support Muslim dictators in Pakistan, Arabia, and Egypt? <BR/><BR/>I get 50 mph on my HD when it's warm enough to ride other than that I am in my Titan LE thank you very much. Or inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-88488498103800189542008-01-29T20:24:00.000-07:002008-01-29T20:24:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comment, JP. And as a 10-year mil...Thanks for your comment, JP. And as a 10-year military veteran myself, thank you for your service to our country.<BR/><BR/>However, I have to disagree with you here.<BR/><BR/>While there might have been justification to oppose our involvement in WWI, by the end of WWII and the advent of jets and missiles, we no longer had the luxury of two wide oceans to act as buffer zones.<BR/><BR/>I won't Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-24769352006924079742008-01-29T19:34:00.000-07:002008-01-29T19:34:00.000-07:00Mr. Ellis, If you step back and look at the last c...Mr. Ellis, <BR/><BR/>If you step back and look at the last century, you will notice that the party has traditionally been the party of peace. Look up Robert Taft and Barry Goldwater. Even Reagan advocated "Peace through strength. That's what is was when I joined:<BR/><BR/>-Republicans opposed WWI<BR/>-Republicans opposed WWII until Pearl Harbor<BR/>-Republicans opposed Korea<BR/>-Republicans Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-65492016487109056152008-01-29T19:11:00.000-07:002008-01-29T19:11:00.000-07:00Anonymous, thanks for the comment, but you, too, s...Anonymous, thanks for the comment, but you, too, sound like a MoveOn.org ad with your "oil for blood" talk. <BR/><BR/>Oil is an important enough reason to go to war (though that wasn't the reason in Iraq), but there were plenty of reasons for the invasion (read my previous notes).<BR/><BR/>Our nation's national security--not to mention our economy, which pays for our military--depends on access Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-38452364626382688972008-01-29T18:56:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:56:00.000-07:00Hey Bob,re: While Ron Paul is conservative in most...Hey Bob,<BR/>re: While Ron Paul is conservative in most areas, he is so far Left in his position on Iraq and the war on terrorism that I find it hard to consider him seriously.<BR/><BR/>Think of it as being so far Right that he's coming up on the Left. Do you really fear terrorists and/or their Koranic mandate of religious dominance? So much so that you energetically accept a loss of personal andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-79493131443891704212008-01-29T18:54:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:54:00.000-07:00I don't disagree with you, Userlevel6, that the Ho...I don't disagree with you, Userlevel6, that the Homeland Security "level of bureaucracy" as you put it, was the best way to handle things after 911. Still, we haven't been attacked since then; more than can be said during the multiple attacks during Clinton's head-in-the-sand administration.<BR/><BR/>I didn't say Iraq would have attacked us with bombers and missiles...today. But if we took Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-12785345316296890252008-01-29T18:42:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:42:00.000-07:00Sorry to have to disagree with you Bob Ellis. The...Sorry to have to disagree with you Bob Ellis. The invasion was founded on a pre-conceived neo-con agenda, and intelligence was ignored, cherry-picked and "spun" to support the agenda. Paul is mostly unpopular with Republicans who tow the line while wearing blinders custom-fitted by Faux News. Most of those cheerleader-class Republicans don't even know why they don't want to support Dr. Paul. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-37623713123699740752008-01-29T18:23:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:23:00.000-07:00Whatever the hated "neo-con" agenda is, the Americ...Whatever the hated "neo-con" agenda is, the American agenda ought to be protecting this nation against attack.<BR/><BR/>The Founders were wise in cautioning to avoid foreign entanglements and such. You'll be hard-pressed to find someone who reveres the Founders more than I.<BR/><BR/>But the Founders didn't live in a world of bombers that could rain death on our cities within hours. The FoundersBob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-41916189597888091352008-01-29T18:17:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:17:00.000-07:00Ron Paul is actually extremely right on foreign po...Ron Paul is actually extremely right on foreign policy. What you are saying is that he's not a neo-con on foreign policy. He follows the founders advice and follows Mr. Republican Robert Tafts same policies. Ron Paul wants to defend America as opposed to building empire. The left/neo-con right has a "global" agenda for controlling foreign affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-24524559209860645422008-01-29T18:11:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:11:00.000-07:00I fault Ron Paul for being against the Iraq war be...I fault Ron Paul for being against the Iraq war because there were several good reasons for the invasion, and it was not founded on lies, as Paul claims.<BR/><BR/>Further, if we don't finish what we started there and leave Iraq in strong shape, things will quickly devolve into another Afghanistan-type situation the way it was before we invaded there. We'll have traded a genocidal WMD-hungry Bob Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413354616356999953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11556657.post-1596079509225632172008-01-29T18:05:00.000-07:002008-01-29T18:05:00.000-07:00Why is it that so many people don't like Ron Paul ...Why is it that so many people don't like Ron Paul because he's against the war? Does nobody care that people are dying from this war and the USA is dumping all it's money into the war? <BR/><BR/>Yeah, good point, lets stay in Iraq, so far it's looking like it will do us a lot of good... <BR/><BR/>"The most conservative in the GOP field have all dropped out over the course of the past four monthsJFBuellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130500428282884481noreply@blogger.com