The Young Turks

I thought that I would take the opportunity to answer the questions in your profile. Sorry if someone has already done this for you.

1. There have been attacks on US soil since 9/11; namely, the still unsolved anthrax attacks. But to give credit where credit is due, there haven’t been any major attacks by Al Queda on US soil. This is, no doubt, due to domestic security precautions, but also in no small part to the fact that the US has provided A.Q. with a huge target much closer to their base of operations: 130,000 troops and billions of dollars in material in Iraq.
2. I haven’t read the ins-and-outs of Fitzgerald’s inquiry, but it is an established fact that Rove did leak the information to reporters. The workings of the legal system are difficult to interpret, and so the answer to your question is beyond my ability, but nevertheless, Rove was identified as a source of the information about Plame to Bob Novak and to Matt Cooper.
3. Iraq will not be overrun with A.Q. if the US leaves. They are a minority presence and are not embraced by most Iraqis. Afghanistan, on the other hand, has a history of being very tolerant of A.Q. Remember, A.Q. is closely linked with the Mujahideen, who are considered national heroes in Afghanistan.
4. Because they are weak and corrupt.
5. The economy isn’t all that strong right now, as you may have noticed. The dollar is tanking. The White House predicts that the budget deficit will increase to $410 billion in 2008, up from $163 billion in 2007, and just under the deficit of $413 billion in 2004. The financial cost of the war isn’t impacting us drastically yet because it is being paid for on credit from lenders.
6. See the answer to #4.
7. Absolutely. But intelligently, and not by attacking a country that has no substantial ties to A.Q.
8. I am not so sure that it was, and I certainly didn’t advocate it at the time. However, the US involvement in Serbia did attain an air of legitimacy by involving NATO, but alas, didn’t happen under the auspices of the U.N. In any event, two wrongs don’t make a right, do they?
9. According to Joe Romm, a Prius produces 6,000 lbs of co2 in a year (12,000 miles and 240 gallons). A brand new non-hybrid produces 11,000 – 12,000 lbs. So assuming that all drivers driving non-hybrids are driving these newer cars, the reduction would be about 50%. Of course, this is overly simplistic (not accounting for commercial transportation and the number of drivers already driving hybrids), but you get the idea.
10. Not sure. Some claim that nuclear energy is not cost effective, due to the high costs of opening new plants. Gore, though, probably doesn’t like the idea of having to deal with nuclear waste.
11. Who knows or cares? Clarence Thomas was a bad pick for completely unrelated issues, such as a lack of intellectual vigor. The ABA, remember, couldn’t even give him a qualified rating prior to his confirmation. For the record, I am opposed to the public airing of anyone’s dirty laundry (save hypocrites caught doing the very things that they publicly claim to abhor – that’s just too much fun).
12. We should. However, as both Clinton’s and Bush’s diplomatic efforts with respect to North Korea indicate, we do not necessarily have to resort to violence to achieve this goal.
13. It probably had something to do with deficit spending to fund a wasteful military buildup. The reforms of Gorbachev and pro-independence movements in the Bloc were probably sufficient to bring about the end of the Soviet Union without these costly measures.
14. Because his tough posture in this respect has not been backed up by an intelligent strategy.
15. Doubtful. As recent events have proven, the sanctions seem to have worked well. Saddam had been unable to restart his nuclear program following the first Gulf War. I have no doubt that he would be doing everything in his power to make everyone (including Iran) think that he had nuclear weapons, though. But this is purely speculative.
16. Probably none, assuming that he isn’t dead already.
17. The beauty of the free market is that they can. The travesty of it is that the consumer hasn’t rejected their piss-poor efforts at being a news organization.
18. Absolutely. I would never silence the man, and to my knowledge, no one ever has (save to suggest that such a divisive partisan not be aired on Armed Forces Radio at taxpayer expense, which seems reasonable).
19. Who said I liked socialism? The labels ‘progressive’ and ‘liberal’ are not synonymous with ‘socialist’.
20. Certainly not the preponderance of ill-informed jackasses who present an obstacle to legitimate change.

By God, they were easy!

Tullius

Gee what a surprise... many of us ( me) said that the Surge would be pronounced a success by by the neo-retards , even before it started...and it was.

Of course the Surge is "sucessfull" because we segregating the country by religious groups behind walls, surrendered to the Iranian backed Shias for a "peace" deal, and bribed the Suni to fight the miniscule al Qeada forces in Iraq. For our trillion dollars we  established a Shia cresent of influence in the Gulf placing more oil under Irainian influence. Not a word about that from the right... so that being said

Obama Bush already knows what he will see in ( fill in the blank) . In fact, he already knows what he will say when he gets back, after seeing what he already knows that he will see.

Obama Petraeus already knows what he will see in ( fill in the blank). In fact, he already knows what he will say when he gets back, after seeing what he already knows that he will see.

Obama McCain already knows what he will see in ( fill in the blank). In fact, he already knows what he will say when he gets back, after seeing what he already knows that he will see. 

 

Your point?

He knows the substance of what he'll say, but he doesn't yet know how to break it to the nutroots that he is running for Bush's third term.