Sweet Jesus, I hate Bill Kristol

[TexasLawyer]

His latest editorial at the Weekly Standard:

Moment of Truth
for the President
Will he reject disastrous advice to compromise with opponents of the war?
by William Kristol
07/09/2007 12:20:00 PM

<snip>

The best strategy for the president is to hold firm. There is every reason to believe that he can survive the current calamity-Janes of the Republican party {who think the U.S. should withdraw}((does anyone really imagine that a veto-proof majority will form in the Senate this week or next?). This nonsense {about withdrawing from Iraq} will pass, Congress will go on recess, and Petraeus will have a chance to continue to produce results--and the president and his allies will have a chance to gain political ground here at home.

Why on earth pull the plug now? Why give in to an insane, irrational panic that will destroy the Bush administration and most likely sweep the Republican party to ruin? The president still has a chance to emerge from this as a visionary who could see what the left could not--but not if he gives in to them. There is no safety in the position some in the Bush administration are running towards.

Here's what I gather is a basic lesson of tactics: When you find yourself in an ambush, attack into the ambush. Don't twist and turn in the kill zone, looking for a way to retreat. Especially when the ambush is not a powerful one, and the Democrats' position (to mix military metaphors) is way overextended. The Democrats are hoping the president will break and run. They will not allow him a dignified retreat or welcome him with compromise. They will spring to finish him off completely.

It doesn't matter what the president's motives are. Some of his advisers are trying to persuade him that he needs to go for a grand bargain now so as to build bipartisan support for his policies when he's gone. But the only way to do that is to hold firm now--and to counterattack. Those who try to convince him otherwise offer nothing but defeat, for the troops, for the mission, and for the president.

--William Kristol

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/859tvyhw.asp

[Homer12]

1. Bill Kristol....

.. really wants to murder darker skinned people.

[walldude]

2. William the Bloody, the biggest Chickenhawk of all

what a piece of shit that guy is.

[ourbluenation]

7. Bwahahahahahaaa!

William the Bloody. Son, that made me laugh right out loud here in my workpod.

[walldude]

8. Credit where it's due Crooks and Liars coined that phrase

:toast:

[aquart]

3. How can you not?

He doesn't mean Calamity Janes. He means Chicken Littles. Or Cassandras. Calamity Jane never predicted any disaster or that people take care. She was simply a heap o' trouble.

So I have to assume his mental retrieval abilities are impaired somehow? He went to the C-bundle and extracted the wrong reference. Does he need testing? Medication? Allergy shots? Chemo? Ragweed used to do it to my sister.

[BlooInBloo]

4. That cuddly grinning ghoul of a war-monger? I can't imagine why!

[muntrv]

5. And what combat experience does Kristol have to make him an expert

on ambushes?

[arewenotdemo]

18. None, but like all the Repuke Chickenhawks

he misses the action he would have seen in Vietnam.

And I'm guessing that he would have seen plenty, between the NV and his own troops who would want to frag his ass.

[notadmblnd]

19. He played games like Stratego and Who Sunk My Battleship

when he was a kid?:shrug: Seems that's all the qualifications any of these PNAC'er's have.

[jpgray]

6. Isn't his "twist and turn in the kill zone" exactly what he's asking US troops to do?

But Bill Kristol giving anyone a lesson on tactics is too contemptible for words.

[TexasLawyer]

10. There is a link to this editorial on Drudge

The link says:

Kristol: 'Hold Firm Now -- And Counterattack'...

Thought maybe it was advice about war strategy and attacking al Qaida. Nope-- it was about how our own elected officials should be attacked, and for the taking positions that reflect the wishes of their constituents, no less.

[wildbilln864]

20. Yes I went there to see if comments were allowed ....

but no. But while there I saw a place to send anonymous news tips. So I wrote in some appropriate comments there! Probably will be ignored and deleted but what the hey! It says "anonymity guaranteed" so can I sue if they complain? :shrug: Maybe I should keep sending my reactions. :grr:

[Rydz777]

9. Calamity Jane actually fought in battles; "General" Kristol NOT. nt

[applegrove]

He is vile. I wonder if he is a McCain supporter again.

[Peregrine Took]

11. He's a creep of the very highest order. The highest of the high.

[Solly Mack]

12. borborygmus ramblings of a man that enjoys the smell of his own farts

Wipes his ass and proclaims the smear a treatise

[arewenotdemo]

13. lol

Here's to Kristol:

:hurts:

May the American Republic one day rid itself of the parasitic Chickenhawk Neocons that infest it.

[Solly Mack]

16. LOL! That's perfect !!!

[Bitwit1234]

14. Just look at him

His face is so contorted from his constant bashing of the democrats and all this country stands for you can't wait for him to open his mouth. And what comes out a whiny, spewing voice that grates on your nerves.

He is a non-enity and what he says is lies upon lies. I wouldn't even bother to listen to him.

[Elspeth]

15. This is a person who has never been in an ambush, correct?

And he's giving advice on a war?

[wildbilln864]

17. On PNAC and Bill Kristol....

A PNAC Primer! :hi: