For me, the seven pillars of wisdom came to mind, although this is
long ago and faraway
On 11/30/05, Gerald Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank you Vincent, Douglas.
>
> Yes: the eight pillars, each for
> "victory" are housed in the
> appendix of the Victory
> (In/Of/Over/Against) Iraq,
> released by the White House today.
> A succatash of insurgent/counter-
> insurgency...
>
> > Yes, Gerald.
> > What are the "8 pillars." ?
> >
> > S Hersch in this week's New York is the man to read on our Godforsaken
> > True
> > Believer. Spooky times. Will it not be curious if both Cheney and Bush are
> > run out of office before the end of their terms. No one thinks Cheney (o
> > those health problems) will go past the midterm elections. The damage
> > done.
> >
> > Stephen V
> >
> >> ISOLATE ENGAGE BUILD
> >>
> >> CLEAR HOLD BUILD
> >>
> >> RESTORE REFORM BUILD
> >>
> >> Our strategy is
> >> conditions-based VICTORY
> >> and I fear it'll take as much
> >> time as it takes for Georg Groz
> >> to sketch a skeleton dancing
> >> with a woman high above
> >> the eight pillars
> >>
> >> to fail
> >>
> >> --Gerald Schwartz
> >
>
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