Romney's 3 word telegraph
ILLUSTRATED: I think the GOP just outlined their line of attack for 2008
Mitt Romney used the phrase "surrender to terror" today in describing the Democratic party on Iraq and Al-Queda. Let's break that down:
-George Orwell would point out that "Surrender to terror" is grammatically incorrect (as Romney asserts it) because it is intellectually dishonest. "Terror" is an emotion, not a group. The Republicans want to change our constitution due to fear, and that is surrendering to emotion. It means you don't have faith in the document or the people, and that is the biggest victory for terrorists.
-A "surrender to terror" is not what an Iraqi pullout is. It is reallocating resources and realigning our course in the assault on terrorists. Bush took us off course, now Afghanistan and our own borders are shaky.
-Remember, I suspect McCain may make Iraq a moral decision, which it is. He will portray us as causing a civil war. We must make it clear that if the "surge is working" the Iraqi people must now assume responsibility for creating a new political system. We cannot afford to stay, if we knew the true costs, we would never have invaded in the first place. Having American soldiers die in a political conflict they cannot solve is immoral.
Mitt Romney used the phrase "surrender to terror" today in describing the Democratic party on Iraq and Al-Queda. Let's break that down:
-George Orwell would point out that "Surrender to terror" is grammatically incorrect (as Romney asserts it) because it is intellectually dishonest. "Terror" is an emotion, not a group. The Republicans want to change our constitution due to fear, and that is surrendering to emotion. It means you don't have faith in the document or the people, and that is the biggest victory for terrorists.
-A "surrender to terror" is not what an Iraqi pullout is. It is reallocating resources and realigning our course in the assault on terrorists. Bush took us off course, now Afghanistan and our own borders are shaky.
-Remember, I suspect McCain may make Iraq a moral decision, which it is. He will portray us as causing a civil war. We must make it clear that if the "surge is working" the Iraqi people must now assume responsibility for creating a new political system. We cannot afford to stay, if we knew the true costs, we would never have invaded in the first place. Having American soldiers die in a political conflict they cannot solve is immoral.
posted by Teka Thomas at 5:11 PM
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