I miss Ted Striker

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I can understand that not all USAUSAUSA conservatives could switch like Ted did,

An Abu Ghraib or a My Lai doesn't speak to overall policy. It does not necessarily follow from Abu Ghraib that Iraq was wrong. (Granted, they're both true.)

when Bush shattered the myth of the US being the good guys.

Ned didn't acknowledge the evils of Abu Ghraib because he doesn't have Ted's balls

Not biting

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Arrian
It's tough to say, really, because he hardly ever takes a position on anything.

People keep saying this, but I call bull****. I've never had much difficulty identifying where in a discussion DD lies.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
I think you do come across as a one-line sniper, without often laying your own position down to be shot at. I expect this is where your reputation comes from.

I blame others' reading comprehension, not DD's snipes.

[MRT144]

are you his DL

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I blame others' reading comprehension, not DD's snipes.

Do you strongly disagree with him on anything?

[Kuciwalker]

No, I'm Jaguars'.

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[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Not biting

You're no fun

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Do you strongly disagree with him on anything?

He believes ST > SW

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I don't think being patriotic or being for a strong defense policy is a conservative only trait myself. Or at least I'd hope that it isn't.

There's a difference between patriotism and mindless USAUSAUSA-ism. I believe this nuance even exists in the US

There's also a difference between a strong defense policy and the arrogant hawkishness your country displayed before the Iraq war.

Those two extremes strike me as being on the right of the spectrum.

[Kuciwalker]

There's a difference between patriotism and mindless USAUSAUSA-ism.

I don't see either as a conservative-only trait.

[Straybow]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Abu Ghraib was the shock that turned Ted into a liberal, he's very touchy on this topic.

I can understand that not all USAUSAUSA conservatives could switch like Ted did, when Bush shattered the myth of the US being the good guys.

Ned didn't acknowledge the evils of Abu Ghraib because he doesn't have Ted's balls

Oooo, oooo! I'll take that bait! kuci is a wimp.

1. The abuse at Abu Ghraib was criminal and stupid. Has nothing to do with lib/con, except of course that the libs blew it out of proportion as a political strategy.
2. Failure of the neoconservative magic wand to transform the Iraqi pumpkin into the golden carriage of freedom and democracy does not speak against the US being the good guys.
3. Bush didn't cause Abu Ghraib

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Spiffor
There's also a difference between a strong defense policy and the arrogant hawkishness your country displayed before the Iraq war.

What's the difference between the "arrogant hawkishness" displayed before the Kosovo intervention and the Iraq War?

Ignoring the UN? Possibly illegal use of force? A "Coalition of the Willing?" Is Europe conservative?

[Kuciwalker]

Is Europe conservative?

Relative to Spiffor? Just barely, yes.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
He believes ST > SW

That explains why I can never tell you two apart.

[DinoDoc]

I have less bathrooms.