tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post6534023553936371625..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Tommy Thompson Sounding More UnpresidentialJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-6281995201729954042007-04-29T15:18:00.000-05:002007-04-29T15:18:00.000-05:00Organizing a referendum in Iraq--in the midst of a...Organizing a referendum in Iraq--in the midst of a civil war, with 2 million Iraquis refugees, displaced within their own borders, and two million more seeking refuge in other countries--is simply unthinkable. Crazy. There is virtually no civil government there. What leadership there is operates to achieve only tribal and factional objectives and control.<BR/><BR/>Polling, done by a variety of experts in that field, within Iraq, has yielded a clear majority, a landslide of conviction and opinion--The Iraquis want the US out of there NOW.<BR/><BR/>If Tommy began using this as the basis for demanding that GWB act NOW, he'd be doing something useful or, at least, not laughable.<BR/><BR/>Instead, he talks nonsense and makes a greater fool of himself with talk about his ambition to be president.Jim Boumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211745461377043118noreply@blogger.com