Bush Senior, on occupying Iraq....

Dback Jon · August 4th, 2003, 10:15 AM

To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day hero ... assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability.

Looks like Dubya didn't listen to daddy.....

WaywardFan · August 4th, 2003, 10:22 AM

scutd,

Are these the types of posts you were talking about??

schutd · August 4th, 2003, 11:01 AM

Heh. Yeah.

But only to a degree. Jon's title of the post is simple and not meant to incite. It states simply that we will be reading a quote from GWB's dad. At the end, Jon starts a little trouble with his opinion which can be read as inciting....

I guess the other thread where I made this point seemed more purposefully inciting to me becasue the title was essentially some name calling.

Now, Jon could have simply posted the quote and asked for opinions, at which point he wouldn't have been causing any trouble at all, but he included his commentary which makes it seem like an attack.

Either way though, to this point, GWB's dad was dead on...

Dback Jon · August 4th, 2003, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by schutd
Heh. Yeah.

But only to a degree. Jon's title of the post is simple and not meant to incite. It states simply that we will be reading a quote from GWB's dad. At the end, Jon starts a little trouble with his opinion which can be read as inciting....

I guess the other thread where I made this point seemed more purposefully inciting to me becasue the title was essentially some name calling.

Now, Jon could have simply posted the quote and asked for opinions, at which point he wouldn't have been causing any trouble at all, but he included his commentary which makes it seem like an attack.

Either way though, to this point, GWB's dad was dead on...

I get ripped if I post a quote or article without my opinion, I get ripped if I post with my opinion............

schutd · August 4th, 2003, 11:08 AM

Heres a test:

Jon, where'd you cull the quote from? Is it newsworthy or did you find it in an old article and just came over here to post it and cause some trouble?

WaywardFan · August 4th, 2003, 11:11 AM

And when did he say it?

Dback Jon · August 4th, 2003, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by schutd
Heres a test:

Jon, where'd you cull the quote from? Is it newsworthy or did you find it in an old article and just came over here to post it and cause some trouble?

Actually, it was from the Political Compass Test Site that Strong Bad posted. Saw it, couldn't resist

- nice counter to the Clinton Iraq quote posted as relevant last week.

The point was more that one should be careful in dredging up old quotes to attack the other side - because one can probably find (like the quote above) examples that discredit your side that are equally old.......