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March 31, 2006
Baghdad's Detiorating Security Situation
From The Mesopotamian blog:
The situation in Baghdad is deteriorating from day to day. I have warned about this long ago. The "insurrection" is lead by the Baathists, without any doubt, and they are converging on Baghdad and seriously bent on taking over [ed. note: I'd only say that I believe the narrative is much more complex than this, and that the Shi'a cannot escape blame for much of the difficulty underway in Baghdad too, and further that I'm not sure to what exact degree we have neo-Baathist trouble-making at work in Baghdad, relative to Sunni insurgents writ large and/or Zarqawi elements as well, recalling, of course that they are allies fighting, at least to some degree, collaboratively). They are creating havoc in the capital. Very soon, if this situation continues like this the city is going to be brought to a complete standstill and paralysis. The confusion and conflict between the Americans, the army and the Ministry of interior is producing a situation where the citizens don't know anymore whether the security personel in the street are friends, enemies, terrorists or simply criminals and thieves. Everybody is wearing the same uniforms. Whole sections of the city have virtually fallen to gangs and terrorists, and this is especially true for the "Sunni" dominated neighborhoods. People and businesses are being robbed and the employees kidnapped en masse in broad daylight and with complete ease as though security forces are non-existent, although we see them everwhere.
Tom Friedman, who writes today he found the Mesopotamian blog via Andrew Sullivan, adds in today's New York Times:
Donald Rumsfeld's criminally negligent decision not to deploy enough troops in Iraq to begin with created this security vacuum. But the insecurity was compounded by the unique enemy that emerged to take advantage of that vacuum — Sunni Islamo-nihilists. These are a disparate collection of groups with one common agenda: America and its Iraqi allies must fail; they must not be allowed to build Iraq into a Western-style, democratizing society. When you are up against an enemy whose only goal is that you must fail, and which does not care about how much death and destruction it inflicts on its own people, let alone on others, it is extremely difficult to establish order.
Fire Donald Rumsfeld, and replace him with John Warner or Richard Armitage or someone else qualified soonest. Bulk up our troop presence in Baghdad asap, even if it means rotating some troops out of places like Anbar (especially in locations where we are still more in whack-a-mole posture than clear, build, hold). Let's have a major show of strength, including large amounts of U.S. troops, in the most problematic neighborhoods (US troops are critical, as confidence in the integrity of Iraqi Army units as impartial arbitrers or plausible peacekeepers simply doesn't exist yet among much of the Iraqi public. This is why under-informed blather about the Iraqi Army being "solid", or the militias being simply "pesky", is just crap, and it's quite sad prominent right wing bloggers link to such hokum as offering soi disant serious perspective).
Order. Order. Order. It's desperately needed in the capital, the very linchpin of a stable Iraq, if we mean for the country to remain a unitary state. So we need someone at the Pentagon who, at the very least, definitively comprehends said order doesn't exist today, alas, and that the battle-space in places like Sadr City is most definitively not under control by non-militia infested forces (as Rumsfeld disingenuously claimed a couple weeks back). Nothing is more important at this hour than beating back the cycle of sectarian violence, as Friedman well explains in the context of his Beirut experience (read his whole op-ed, Times Select subscribers), especially given that a situation already fraught with such immense danger is even more so, with formation of a cohesive national government still elusive.
The prospects of chaos are obviously enhanced by such a vacuum, so all efforts to stave off further sectarian mayhem must be pursued with maximum drive. Stabilizing the situation will require, not only a real show of force on the streets, to provide for enhanced ground up security, but also more efforts from the top-down, where Ambassador Khalilzhad's interventions to form a government need to become even more urgent. (This might include, if necessary, calibrated series of higher-level interventions by the Secretary of State, President (he's made such calls in the past) and other very senior Administration officials, perhaps even other interested Foreign Ministers from major powers. Unfortunately, the Arab League continues to wallow in irrelevance, more worried about rising Iranian influence than doing anything even remotely helpful, which is painfully pitiable but woefully predictable, of course).
To recap: I'm afraid it's US troops that must take the lead, supplemented by Iraqi forces wherever this can be plausibly achieved (but not merely for show when it would otherwise prove ineffective), as the Iraqi troops simply aren't trusted by large swaths of the people whom they are meant to protect, and many units, regardless, and particularly among the police (but also the Army, you T&E cheerleaders out there) are not ready for primetime. Also, Sunnis distrust much of the nascent Iraqi Army as but some attempt at erecting a Shia-Kurdish militia-heavy condominium, falsely masquerading as pan-national force. And, inversely, and perhaps somewhat ironically, too rapid Iraqification, particularly in Sunni populated areas (with Sunnis understandably often hastily recruited, so as to try to mitigate this very negative perception that the national army is being developed largely as a force that will be arrayed against them), will likely lead to an increase in infiltration by insurgent forces, criminal elements, and other bad eggs. This process of Iraqification has to take place very methodically, very cooly, not at an artificial blitzkrieg pace so that the 240,000 odd forces number gets to go up by 5,000 every few weeks, so people can pretend things are hunky-dory from the Pentagon podium.
Put simply, a major show of force by American forces is needed in Baghdad to finally, once and for all, put an end to the Stuff Happens approach to nation-building, and get in tune with the Overwhelming Force side of things. In other words, it's time to get serious, rather than continue to half-ass it as we've been doing too often. In tandem, massive diplomatic efforts needs to be pursued to ensure key ministries are run by individuals, or cross-party committees with workable power-sharing arrangements, or some other innovative modalities--and they must be monitored and held accountable to at least some modicum of best practices in terms of melding together effective national institutions over the coming years. This requires both an effective American military presence, as well as the turning over of every single rock and opportunity Zalmay Khalilzad can think of to keep the political situation afloat, and for a long while yet.
Neither task is impossible, but we need the will, the intelligence, the patience, the perseverance, and, not least, a good deal of luck. Unlike Tom Friedman, I'm not sure it's 5 minutes to midnight just yet. But it's not tea time either, it's well into the late evening indeed, and this potentially dismal failure is not the media's fault, or Nancy Pelosi's, so we might as well stop chiming on moronically along those lines. The failure is rather the product of a variety of factors, of which any list must include an astonishing degree of ignorance about what nation-building entails, an abysmal lack of post-war planning, hubris of epic proportions at the helm of the Defense Department, and much more. Of course it would be a huge boon if our so-called Commander in Chief, you know, 'commanded', by holding a failed Defense Secretary to account and getting urgently needed new blood and fresh thinking into the E-Ring soonest. The better so as to preside over the next critical years of the Iraq conflict, so as to help somehow secure an acceptable outcome. Yes, yes, of course commenters are right that sacking Rumsfeld is no panacea, not by a long shot. But, believe me, it may well start to make a difference. He's largely been an unmitigated disaster on Iraq, and needs to go. Even the Fred Barnes of the world think so. Let's get it done. And soon.
In today's WSJ, James Webb, Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan Administration, recalls Cap Weinberger warmly:
In this town of inflated egos and ruthless ambition, I have never met a more gracious man...This was a man--rare in government circles--who was not afraid of strong personalities, who encouraged debate, who brought out the creative energies of people with a wide array of backgrounds and policy interests. Unlike so many government leaders who do not want to hear bad news, or who wish only to direct their subordinates from the top, Cap wanted to know, and the country was better off for it.
Would that we had someone like Cap Weinberger at the helm of the Pentagon today. Instead, we have Don Rumsfeld, and the country is the worse for it. Not to mention Iraq.
UPDATE: Think the Sunni insurgency is dead? It's not, my analysis of an ICG report here.
Posted by Gregory at March 31, 2006 05:07 AM
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In September 2003 you said:
Now, in 2006, looking back at the failures of the "lone ranger" mentality of the American invasion of Iraq, do you still maintain that Bush & co were wise to ignore the opposition in much of the world (and Europe in particular)?
I'm not talking about whether or not the Chirac was "right" (I'm not sure that he was, objectively speaking, any more than Bush was). I'm talking about the assumption that you and many other conservative writers made about the diminished importance of international opinion and the forums which strive to facilitate the exchange of such opinion and reach an international consensus on warfare (essentially the U.N. and related organizations).
It seems to me that many of the mistakes committed by the Bush administration would have been partially mitigated by greater international involvement in the war. Two examples (there are probably many more) are: The failure to utilize U.N. expertise at nation-building and post-war reconstruction and the decreased legitimacy of the post-war Iraqi government.
Sure, you would say that the Europeans have been "pissy" for not supporting post-war Iraq even though the opposed the invasion, and of course you would be correct to do so. But still, isn't there a lesson for American foreign policy makers in here somewhere with respect to international agreement and European support?
Iraq isn't directly comparable to vietnam. Lots of details were different.
But how long did it take to get Saigon as bad off as Baghdad is now?
Mr. Djeredjian:
First let me proffer compliments on the high quality of your commentary: in a blogosphere so badly polarized, and prone mostly to cheapjack analysis, namecalling and overheated frothing (left and right), Belgravia Dispatch is a welcome voice of clarity: even when the message is not one we like to hear. Please don't give up!
That said, one factor which I think you are overlooking in your analyses of "what to do about Iraq" is the extent to which America's foreign policy under the Bush 43 Adminstration is, and has been, driven mainly by domestic political considerations. Mostly, IMHO, by the nagging, and ultimately overriding fear by those in power in Washington of losing that power, which they have wielded for a dozen years: and that mainly, post-9/11, by staking their political reputations on a successful outcome of the US invasion/occupation of Iraq.
Thus, just as the "best and brightest" in the Johnson Adminstration staked their status and reputation on managing the Vietnam conflict to "victory" - and suffered, along with their boss, ignominy when that "victory" proved elusive - the powers-that-be in Washington today are probably incapable of effecting any significant changes in Iraq policy. As I read it, this entire Administration has based its policies and practices since the beginning on a fundamental credo of never (or if absolutely necessary, grudgingly) admitting it could be wrong about anything. Especially where "The War" is concerned: hence, the seemingly obsessive spin-management to put a positive gloss on the news from the war zone, and its lunatic fixation on disparaging (with the aid of its allies in the press and blogosphere) any and all critics of how the conflict has been handled (a la Howard Kaloogian).
Yes, Greg, you are quite right: a change in management is badly needed: unfortunately, the likelihood of that, with the current crew in charge, is pretty slim.
Oh, and JFTR, what would YOU consider an "acceptable outcome" in Iraq?
Very well said and far better written than I could ever do, but it shouldn't have taken Tom Friedman's handwringing to spur you to these thoughts. The news and blogging from Baghdad have documented the chaos for some time. Friedman is a handwaving old woman, a cassandra who is often declaiming that if we don't meet this or that challenge disaster will befall us. But he (too?) was a smug American chauvinist who had the clarity of vision to admit that Sadaam was no threat to us, but supported the war nevertheless because we needed to demonstrate our resolve and to put the fear of god in our enemies (and our friends) by kicking some Arab butt and it really didn't matter whose. Such careless bravado. But he is on record now, saying let them eat civil war, it will be their own fault it they can't create a functioning polity and economy. Never mind that we blew their country apart first.
Once and for all? Is this a dream on occasion, or is this still possible.? Maybe we can still do this in Baghdad But if we go back into Baghdad, and protect the Sunni neighborhoods, we will have to be careful not to precipitate a full on firefight with the Shiite militias and Interior Ministry Shiite dominated paramilitary forces. That would risk blowing the political process wide open. Or is that what you want? Anyway I'm in favor of trying and risk the increased casualties. We owe it to the Iraqis.
Posted by: chew2 at April 1, 2006 01:27 AM | Permalink to this comment
(RIverbend has similar news, btw)
How many American troops do you think will die while we "put on a major show of force".
Do you think that this is doable given the political atmosphere here at home?
Do you really believe that a show of American force in Baghdad right now will actually improve the situation?
We are talking urban warfare now --- so some sniper takes a potshot at an American patrol....what happens next?
I'm afraid that if we are at the point where Americans have to assume responsibility for civil order in Baghdad after three years in Iraq that we have reached the "tipping point" --- the point where things are going to fall apart no matter what we do. To me, the only solution is to make a deal with Iran --- we'll "cut and run" and they can take over security in Iraq and restore order.Posted by: p.lukasiak at April 1, 2006 02:47 AM | Permalink to this comment
Why dont you run for president and get elected..then you can run the war. Otherwise let the military handle it.Posted by: JayCee at April 1, 2006 04:13 AM | Permalink to this comment
It's over.
And I blame you.
And every other fool who voted for George W. Bush in 2004. There was at least some excuse in 2000: Clinton Fatigue, blurred distinctions, even better organization by the Republicans.
But if you pulled the lever in 2004 for this clown car administration then it's your fault, pure and simple.
You pkept a Christian fundamentalist, incompetent, and tremendously stubborn fool in charge and these are the consequences. And I have not an ounce of sympathy for you as we stare at the abyss. Only for the troops whose lives have been wasted.
Hope you sleep well at night.Posted by: Richard Bottoms at April 1, 2006 04:26 AM | Permalink to this comment
Why dont you run for president and get elected..then you can run the war. Otherwise let the military handle it.
I have to admit: this is a refreshing change from the standard "So what's YOUR plan, smart guy??" rejoinder. (Probably because Greg HAS a plan, FWIW.)
Friedman doesn't seem to realize that you can't have a Unity Government without some unity of purpose among the factions forming it. If there were any unity of purpose we'd already have our unity government.
One of the biggest holdups is that the sides can't agree who gets the ministries of Defense and Interior. Those are the ministers that will directly control the fire sticks and explody things.
Think about why this is a sticking point.
Friedman's "Islamo-nihilist" coinage shows how arrogance and self-flattery can make you stupid. All of the insurgent factions have goals. The native-Sunni restorationists want to regain hegemony over the whole country or, failing that, maximize what power they can. They want to drive what they (self-servingly) consider to be Iranian catspaws out of power. The Jihadis take the same long view that has become the fallback position of our own hawks - they see themselves in a generational struggle against Big and Little Satan. I'm sure it's very comforting to say "All they want to do is destroy." And it's not so bad if Friedman or your average blog commenter do it. But if the people with actual power, the ones whose boots Friedman licks, tell themselves the same fairy story, they're going to make stupid decisions. Keep making stupid decisions, I mean.Posted by: Jim Henley at April 1, 2006 04:43 AM | Permalink to this comment
I really don't think that we can blame Rummy for the current mess per se. The failure of Iraq to come up with a functioning government is a direct result of Bushco demanding how that government will be formed/structured -- demanding a 2/3 majority to actually form a government in a nation with as many factions as Iraq would be difficult under normal circumstances.... throw in the fact that there is an insurgency/civil war going on, and it becomes nearly impossible. And you can't blame Rummy for setting those political conditions.
Then, having the President of the United States decide that the consensus candidate of the largest bloc of votes (which make up an actual majority of parliament) is "unacceptable" -- well, you've just made things virtually impossible. And you can't blame Rummy for Bush sending that letter/message....
I'm all for blaming Rumsfeld for the bad choices he made --- but lets not scapegoat the guy, because the failure in Iraq was the result of bad choices made at every level of this administration -- starting with the decision to invade....Posted by: p.lukasiak at April 1, 2006 05:07 AM | Permalink to this comment
PLukasiek, replacing Rumsfeld is the one constructive thing Bush can do, short of withdrawal.
He can't expect a good result from replacing the chairman of the JCS. He can't expect a good result from replacing anybody at a lower level. If he replaces Rumsfeld with somebody at random -- what he can do -- it imght possibly result in better choices at one level. And that might result in better choices at lower levels. We can't hope for better choices at any higher level.
Firing Rumsfeld is something I have long advocated. The troops deserve a competent SecDef, period.
Show of force? Sure. Those wogs don't understand much but force, but they sure do understand force. Let's just have a show of force, and they'll fall into line.
Of course, by now we should know that such a show by the American military will mean several thousand more dead Iraqis. But it's not like the Iraqis are a tribal society that deals in blood feuds. They're just dumb wogs brimming over with respect for force.
I regret to say I haven't taken the time to study the intricacies of the Iraqi political crisis. My best guess is that a national unity government will happen only through deals that will be rejected by the people on the ground with the guns. If I'm right, the new government will just be a Green Zone charade.
AFAIK, the Bush administration has never repudiated its opposition to 'nation building'. Not long ago Rummy made a point of saying that whatever it is doing in Iraq, it isn't nation building. See also Packer's _The Assassins' Gate_, on how Bush administration hostility to 'nation building' continued even after the decision to invade Iraq.Posted by: David Tomlin at April 1, 2006 11:56 AM | Permalink to this comment
"Order. Order. Order. "
Precisely. It should have been our mantra since day one. It all began with mistaking looting for the messiness of freedom.
Rumsfeld should have gone long ago. He'd demonstrated he was too arrogant to do anything but conceal and compound errors before Bremer left Iraq.
Something very nasty may be slouching towards Baghdad but it's not the Baath. The Sunni insurgents have largely abandoned the party and an Iraqi nationalist/neo-Salafi agenda.
Kaplan looks at Tal Afar:
If we don't offer them security Iraqis will form militias which in a terrorist war can only defend their angry communities by taking the war to the enemies supporting population. Belfast or Baghdad this dynamic is the same.
Reading the Iraqi blogs it's clear that elements in the Iraqi security forces are viewed with fear and suspicion by many to a point were even the hated occupier is preferable. The strategy of a hastily trained sectarian force standing up while we stand down looks badly flawed.
As ethnic killings rocketed US casualties have dropped to a five month low. The US forces are increasingly hunkering down in their bases as Rummie hinted they would if civil war broke out. Unlike the 3rd they are already effectively standing down as commanded.
"But how long did it take to get Saigon as bad off as Baghdad is now?"
Greg, the proposals that you suggested to turn around the growing anarchy and civil strife centered in Baghdad seems too little, too late. And placing American soldiers in the middle of this urban warfare would worsen the situation. Baghdad is clearly on the verge of becoming Beirut during the Lebanese civil war, and one must always bear in mind what happened to the Marines that President Reagan sent there to restore order there in 1983: the worst terrorist attack in this nation's history prior to the 9/11 attacks. We certainly want not want replicate that tragedy in Baghdad.
Continuing on my comment above, I see (via Greg's earlier post) that Fukuyama has learned a lesson that in my view seems inevitable for any foreign policy thinker with integrity: "The one area that I've rethought concerns international institutions. I believe that the conservative critique of the legitimacy and effectiveness of the UN is right, but that we need a world populated by a multiplicity of others kinds of organizations. Iraq has changed my view on this."
So, since I think that Greg IS a thinker of integrity, I ask again: Has the Iraq war changed YOUR views at all on the merits of international cooperation a. la. the U.N.?
Or do you think that doing post-war nation building with young Replican tax-cutting idealists recruited from the Heritage foundation instead of experienced multi-national U.N. staffers is still a good idea?Posted by: Mads Kvalsvik at April 1, 2006 03:25 PM | Permalink to this comment
Posted by: David Tomlin at April 1, 2006 03:47 PM | Permalink to this comment
Why does Greg harp on firing Rumsfeld? Is it intellectually derived? No he has no alternative plans for Iraq . His "length counts" posts are vapid and Pseudo intellectual. He really just strikes a cord with the lefties. Is it politically motivated? Hmm, I know being Armenian he has strong family ties. Hey didn't his father work for and still have close ties with the State Deparment.
Moose, I'm in awe. I'm a connoisseur of dishonest hawkish rhetoric, but to pull the old "he has no alternative plans" sneer in a comment to a post that presents an alternative plan is bravura. (I'm skeptical of Greg's plan, but then, I would be.) I salute you, sir!Posted by: Jim Henley at April 1, 2006 08:31 PM | Permalink to this comment
I agree with Jay C- you can take credit for trying to face nasty facts. Real leaders say, "Those who live in glass houses must not throw stones. Americans live in a glass house created by deficit spending, lack of household savings, disappearance of pensions, oil dependence, Lou Dobbs- people at each others' throats". Americans gladly bought war bonds during WWII, were willing to sacrifice. No longer. Social security itself can be easily financed. Medicare on the other hand is a ticking time bomb as is much of our healthcare system- overcrowded ERs unable to handle true emergencies, nonprofit hospitals facing severe financial threats. We need a single payer system, but such a system requires trust, acceptance of the limits of third party healthcare and common goals.
Mads Kvalsvik: "It seems to me that many of the mistakes committed by the Bush administration would have been partially mitigated by greater international involvement in the war. Two examples (there are probably many more) are: The failure to utilize U.N. expertise at nation-building and post-war reconstruction and the decreased legitimacy of the post-war Iraqi government."
The administration excluded internal expertise on the Middle East from the CPA, deliberately. When a president doesn't want internal US government expertise, he wants foreign expertise even less.
And back in ~May 2003, the administration announced that all contracts for the rebuilding of Iraq were restricted to US companies - even the British were excluded! The British were shortly admitted, after complaining, but the administration's thinking was laid out very clearly - they thought of Iraq as loot belonging to the administration (not even Congress, if Bush had a say).
"Sure, you would say that the Europeans have been "pissy" for not supporting post-war Iraq even though the opposed the invasion, and of course you would be correct to do so. But still, isn't there a lesson for American foreign policy makers in here somewhere with respect to international agreement and European support?
There's an excellent lesson - for some strange reason, other people might decline to give us tens of thousands of troops and many billions of dollars, to spend as Bush wishes. They must be Evul Librul Traitors, or something :)
And if things go badly, it's even less likely that others will jump in to a losing situation.
I am ashamed to be an American. Our government has completely abandoned the Iraqi people in their time of need. Rumsfeld didn't send in enough troops and now look what happened! There is no order and crazy militias and extremist groups are running amok, killing innocent civilians and destroying the country's infastructure (or what's left of it after sanctions and war.) We are incompetent nation-builders and we should give that job to the United Nations as soon as possible. We have no right whatsoever to still be occupying Iraq. This Bush administration is crazy, and the American people are stupid for voting him in AGAIN!!!Posted by: Andrew Nowicki at April 2, 2006 02:28 AM | Permalink to this comment
Rumsfeld didn't send in enough troops and now look what happened!
There were not enough troops to send.
There were not enough troops to send.
There were not enough troops to send.
There were not enough troops to send.
There were not enough troops to send.
Had there been enough troops, the Kurds would still want Kirkuk, the Shiites would still want the oil and the Sunnis would still want everything back the way it was. You know how all the hawks talk about how Saddam was just waiting until everyone got sick of maintaining sanctions and the no-fly zones? Did anyone ever think that, maybe, if we'd gone in with 500,000 troops that the various factions would just wait until we decided to draw them down to start up the exact same crap we see today? Not that it matters, really, because
There were not enough troops to send.
When General Shinseki testified before Congress what he was really saying, ever so politely was, "We can't do this."
Because there were not enough troops to send.Posted by: Jim Henley at April 2, 2006 05:21 AM | Permalink to this comment
Order, order, order! Spoken like a true European, one of the sort who wants a Master to make everything safe then steal his valubles away afterwards. I want "disorder" in Iraq! Why should the U.S. repeat in Iraq the mistakes it made in Europe?Posted by: Solomon2 at April 2, 2006 08:22 AM | Permalink to this comment
>There were not enough troops to send.
Last time we went we had 500,000 troops. But then we had a coalition that that didn't depend on Samoa for help. Not that it made a difference to willing suckers ready to believe the Smirking Chimp.
As the pyres pile high with the bodies of the Iraqi's we dropped into this Hell, I am sure our host, and others will sleep soundly, their responsibility assuaged by saying ever so quietly: oopsie.Posted by: Richard Bottoms at April 2, 2006 09:28 AM | Permalink to this comment
Rumsfeld didn't send in enough troops and now look what happened!
There were not enough troops to send.
There were not enough troops to send.
There were not enough troops to send.
When General Shinseki testified before Congress what he was really saying, ever so politely was, "We can't do this."
Because there were not enough troops to send.
And Rumsfeld tried it anyway, on Bush's orders. And now look what happened!
I'm not sure of that. Certainly more could have been sent than were in fact, with complete mobilization of the reserves. I think the administration didn't want to influence the pre-war debate by letting people know how large and potentially costly an enterprise was being undertaken.Posted by: David Tomlin at April 2, 2006 04:43 PM | Permalink to this comment
We could have sent a larger surge. But we couldn't maintain that. We'd have had to mostly go home regardless.
It might have worked out if we'd gone home. Maybe badly, quite likely better than it did. But that wasn't the plan.
Remember that Bush still hasn't been willing to say he isn't planning permanent bases, even though saying that would buy him something with the insurgency.
I hate to admit it, but Jim Henley is right - to a point.
There weren't very many more troops to send, if you insist on keeping the U.S Army's current force posture in the rest of the world, and/or doing nothing pre-war to increase the number of troops.
Personally, I think the war was morally wrong and self-castrating with 500,000 troops or with 150,000, so this debate has never really interested me. But certainly there's no hard-physics barrier to a cap of 150,000.
So when you say, 'there were no more troops to send', you need to add the catch, "without exposing the administration to, gasp, shudder, political risk."
The truth is, even Rumsfield was right. Asking to triple the size of the army or pull out of North Korea might have in fact spooked the public away from war.
As it should have been.Posted by: glasnost at April 2, 2006 07:03 PM | Permalink to this comment
glasnost: Where you're wrong is - wait. You're not wrong. I agree with everything you say.Posted by: Jim Henley at April 2, 2006 07:13 PM | Permalink to this comment
Thirding that - it would have been possible. The problem is that, if a siz-month lead time was desired, to prepare, retrain and reorganize the American Army for a 2-3 year occupation and nation-building campaign, the orders would have had to go out in Summer 2002.
This would have meant that, by the 2002 mid-term elections, it'd have been perfectly clear that the administration didn't expect a 'cakewalk', but a real war, lasting for a couple of years, and needing the entire US Army for it. Including NG's and reservists - who'd be looking at a 2-3 year active duty hitch, with many units (i.e., artillery) being retrained as MP's or light infantry.
The result of that would have been the Democratic Congress slapping the sh*t out of the Administration, after landslide in the mid-term elections.
In short, to do it, the administration really needed to short the resources to do it successfully.Posted by: Barry at April 2, 2006 08:21 PM | Permalink to this comment
Posted by: malvolio:
Lie. The GOP has publicly and repeatedly demonized the Democrats as disloyal; the GOP took 9/11 as a domestic political prize, and has exploited it mercylessly.
During the 1990's, the GOP subjected us to a screamfest of lies against Clinton, a screamfest which transferred to Gore and Kerry without even a blip. The GOP subjected us to a string of fraudulent investigations, done quite deliberately, with a string of fraudulent books put out to support their lies. The GOP turned the AM radio band into a hatefest of rightwing propaganda.
The GOP trashed the budget with 100% fraudulent projections; the GOP has declared and waged war on science and expertise throughout government and academia.
The GOP has claimed Christianity, and perverted it into a whited sepulchre.Posted by: Barry at April 2, 2006 08:27 PM | Permalink to this comment
Barry, they didn't have to do all that before the 2002 election. They could have delayed the war a little. Attack in fall 2003 instead of spring, and start the 6 month preparation after the elections.
And they could have dropped the silly WMD stuff. Just have another 9/11 type incident after the elections, or maybe just before. People already knew Saddam was involved, a few mentions of classified evidence proving it this time would have been plenty.
It would have given Saddam that much more time to prepare, but what could he do? Move his WMDs to syria?
I'm just as glad they didn't do it that way.
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I would like to ditto your response.
We first inquired about group rates with the wedding office, bc that's what everyone does in the states, and it seemed like such a hassle and headache with the contract.
We also considered using a TA, but had bad experiences with destination wedding agents in the past (for weddings we were invited to), so we just decided to use our own resources and the good ol world wide web.
We booked our package via Expedia and directed our guests to do the same or to use similar travel websites. Guests have totally been fine with it and there has been no stress on our end.
We decided to budget for airport transfers that way the only purchase our guests would have to make is room/airfare. It would have been nice to have a TA for coordinating transfers and guest reservations, but in the end, we are extremely happy that we chose to not use a TA and deal w/the headaches.
Originally Posted by ReidCapote
My FI and I were thinking about doing a group block, but the prices we were quoted were only $20-30 cheaper than the online prices, so we decided that it wasn't worth the trouble. I'm glad we didn't go that route. We've had several people book at the last minute and others who we thought were definites decide not to go. If you can't fill the rooms then you're on the hook for the money. I think that's the problem that Natalie's been having. It's not worth the headache! I found that a lot of people like to make their own arrangements anyway. Also, if you book through expedia you can get a lower room rate than what's listed on the Royal website. Expedia gives a discount for booking flights and hotel together. When we priced it out those prices were actually cheaper than what the hotel was offering us as a group rate.
I think someone already answered this, but if some of your guests are staying at the Gran Porto they are still considered resort guests. They can arrive for the wedding 30 minutes before the ceremony. I'm also having a private welcome cocktail the day before our wedding and my WC told me that Gran Porto guests can arrive for that 20 minutes before.
I'm so sorry that everyone is having such horrible experiences with Sand N Sun! I wonder if that's why they're not a vendor on this website anymore. I have to say that I was quite surprised we've all been having these problems. I decided to use Sand N Sun because I had read good reviews for them on this site.

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Funny video: Irritable Prince Charles tries to find the perfect Mother's Day present
Prince Charles is foiled by the Queen's corgis in this must-watch video
What to give your mum on Mother's Day is a dilemma for us all - including, it seems, Prince Charles and daughter-in-law Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
This 'home movie' video shows Charles' plans for a perfect bouquet of carefully grown roses - or 'those bloody roses' as Camilla calls them scuppered by the Queen's corgis going on the rampage. But he still manages to give the Queen a 'Happy Mummy's Day.
The funny video is the latest from the Body Shop featuring royal lookalikes. Last year Charles and Camilla were seen choosing cards like with messages like 'Keep Calm and Reign On' for 'Mummy's breakfast in bed. And once again Prince Harry made a brief entrance in a pair of union jack shorts.
More on prima.co.uk: Heart-warming video of mum v triplets and a toddler


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Meester DAY, I are the loving of this animashin, it are the good. I know however, that you are the ables to be making some of them good musics, and thiss animalation are the needing of some good jam scary muziks. You are needing to be adding to the soundtrak some, hmm?
Blammed b-4 I realized there was more than just...
To other viewers: There is more than just the first scene, it just takes forever to get there. I'm only saying this so you don't do like I did and rate it low before realizing that it wasn't just a still-life with blinking lights. :-) It takes about 2 minutes for anything to happen, but something does eventually start happening.
To the author - sorry about giving it 0/5, didn't know it had more to it until I read other reviews. I'd give it at least a 4/5 right now if I could undo my prior rating. The animation was good by the time it came around, but it took so long - seriously, I never would have waited that long for the action to start if I hadn't read other comments indicating that it eventually did. I get the "setting up calmness" aspect of it, but it would've been just as effective if it were a fourth as long. Had it been about that much shorter for that first scene, it would have been perfect all the way through. But the waiting was just overkill. Still, I'd un-blam it if I could, but I honestly had no idea it was going to lead anywhere beyond that scene. I waited like 2 minutes and nothing happened. That really rather detracted from the overal "cool quality" of the piece, as it really was pretty good once things actually got started. Keep it up! :-)
You see, more responses should be like ^^^^^^ this. ^^^^^^^
Tell me what I did wrong, but keep me going, its what I like, and what every other animator likes. Criticism, not insults.
Thank you kindly! :D
scary scary scary
made me jump when it ran by
good work and i hope to see more!
The starting scene where he is watching TV just takes tooooo long... and overall it wasn´t a good story nor it had any sense.
Where are the artists on Newgrounds?
Did you not read the description?
I'll be sure to walk you through my next animation, maybe I'll even hold your hand ;)
Alright...somewhat horror
I liked this flash as a horror style.....at first was bored, but that was probably caused on purpose just to throw me off with the whole scare tactic.
A few problems though.
1. Your animation was good until the sadness started talking, then your main character became somewhat....immature...can't really describe it. You had great animation, then the art just went downhill at one point. Perhaps just wanted to quickly finish the flash?
2. I couldn't understand the Sadness....except when he said "Don't be scared" and "Sadness" work on audio a little bit.
3. At the beginning, I got so bored, that I almost left the flash. You need to have some sort of music playing, at the very beginning. I could eventually hear the music, but you need to have something that attracts the viewer.
Pretty good Halloween flash. THE GREAT CTHULHU HAS SPOKEN!!
Thank you so much good sir!
We all start somewhere :D


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What is texture?
Texture goes beyond mere pattern or form into something more complex and organic that you could touch, feel and maybe even identify with your eyes closed if your hand were big or small enough. These are visual representations of a non-visual sense: touch.


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To delete backup assistant, go to the get going menu in your get it now menu and highlight it. Press the right soft key for options and select cancel subscription and then yes.
As far as mp3 support goes, as of firmware version V02, mp3 playback is facilitated via the MOD player. When you get your card, format it in the phone and it will create all the proper directories. You put your mp3 or wma files in the my_music directory.


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GA Minutes – 7pm Monday 12th December 2011
General Assembly 12.12.11
Facilitator: Sasquia
Minutes: Phil
Ad Hoc today due to no process today at 5pm
Working Group Feedback,
Announcement from Glasgow
Discussion on Statement of Autonomy
Shout outs
Consensus explained
Announcements and working group feedback:
-There is a Gale coming in. Tonight we need to check over tent lines.
-It is the 12th of December – applause each other for been here this long! We are here for almost as long as Parliament square. But there has been no victory. We have no message. We have not engaged the public.
-[Facilitator]Our papers were submitted to court today. Tammy is representing us. We could be evicted in a week. Consider our time here as value. Also remember the 15th of December – day of occupies.
-[Tammy] We could be evicted from here. IT is unlikely but possible. We need to discuss what to do next with Occupy.
-[Facilitator] This should be a topic in the GA and between each other on site. I will make sure this topic makes it to the GA via Process.
-Today there has been actions on the west coast of America where Occupy Oakland have been shutting down ports.
[Facilitator] The action was to shut down all ports on the west coast.
-[Hassan] I attended a demo with Congolese on their recent election outside the BBC. More than 5 million Congolese have died in the last decade of conflict. They have asked for support on a demo at Great Portland street on Wednesday mid day at the Democratic Republic of Congo Embassy.
-Women's event in the Yurt 5:30-7pm on Thursday for women.
-Today is the anniversary of Greenham Common – applause
-Interim-Finance: Tomorrows lunch time GA is Budget day!
-[Facilitator] Finance have done a great job – we should support them
-Welfare: 4pm-8pm tent is open for talk 1on1 for those who need it.
-EEE: Big Green Day, Sunday 10am to 10pm, speakers, workshops, bands, in yurt, TCU and steps of Saint Paul's
-Outreach: New flyers coming finally (same format, new logo), raised in last GA on outreach that info tent did not have a book to leave contact details – this has been remedied. We are liaising with Edinburgh to facilitate the National Occupy Meet-up this coming weekend.
-[Facilitator] Occupy Totness started last weekend. Encourage others to get up there. Occupy Plymouth have occupied a dis-used jobcentre. Applause
Statement of Autonomy
[Facilitator] Do we want consensus on this tonight after discussion?
-a few hands waved in support (5%)
Reads statement aloud.
[Ryan] from Glasgow produces an alternative statement and reads it allowed.
[several tents are flying about and TCU nearly takes off!]
[Facilitator] GA suspended as hurricane is hitting – Can everyone please go outside and assist in securing the site.
GA resumes.
[Facilitator] I would like to invite Ryan to discuss his statement
[John] I would prefer if we stuck to the autonomy statement as the Glasgow statement reads more like a constitution.
[Ryan] I wrote it and have put a lot of time into it. It is being floated across Europe.
[Facilitator] We can take it and feed it into the process WG to become part of discussion at a later date.
[Chris] I am concerned with the mention to 'anonymity' in the Glasgow statement.
[Tammy] Perhaps it can be discussed and worked on by the Media WG
[John] Perhaps it can be posted on the forum for further discussion
[Facilitator] Lets return to the statement. The previous temp check showed that people are not in serious disagreement with it.
[person] does this apply to all occupies? London occupies or just Saint Paul's
[Facilitator]can anyone clarify whom this statement covers?
[John] LSX does not apply as a term any more. It is 'Occupy London' as we are no longer outside the stock exchange. This would include Finsbury square
[Chris] I thought each site was completely autonomous.
[Ruth] There should be a limit to people making statements on the website as 'occupy london'. We should state that we do not agree to people making statements on behalf of Occupy London when it has not been agreed in a GA.
[John] We should also not allow Lawyers to speak on our behalf.
[person] Legal technicality, how can this document be for the whole of London Occupy? We are specifically Saint Paul's square. We should be 'Occupy City of London' as this has certain legal implications which I can't go into.
[Facilitator] I understand that this is 'occupy lsx' and this site is separate to occupy Finsbury and BofI.
[John] This is not the case as the other sites do take funds. Documents passed here apply to anyone who uses the lsx name.
[Facilitator] Do we have the authority to do this?
[Ruth] Yes, in the same way as Finsbury could issue a statement on behalf of Occupy London.
[Tammy] I feel it is wrong to move ahead with this statement by way of consensus without having the other sites present.
[Facilitator] We will have the discussion now but not look for consensus. We can do that on the Wednesday GA.
[Ruth] Then it should be this Wednesday as this topic has been put off for too long.
[Facilitator] OK, we will do a temp check after discussion OR look for consensus just for this camp. Occupy London is a term that applies to all of us.
[John] The idea of autonomous sites is misunderstood. Politically we are one site.
[person] I was at BofI and one of their leaders said BofI is nothing to do with Occupy.
[Ryan] We are all going through an individual process and camp process. We are all different. Our differences make us strong.
[Ruth] What if we can not get this passed on Wednesday? Perhaps we should get consensus at Saint Paul's and then work towards consensus London-wide.
[Cyril] Lets try and make it happen on Wednesday and then get a Thursday slot if we do not have consensus.
[Facilitator] there are two camps emerging
[Tammy] Which working group did this come from?
[Ryan] Should we not stand in solidarity with each other. Do it on Wednesday so that we all stand together.
[Hassan] It is a good statement. It needs to be more accessible. Good points include no leaders, no organizations dominating us, we are not copying other movements, we are autonomous.
[John] BofI are fighting an eviction. One of the cases is that they are a protest. Their defence is that they are not a protest – this is for the legal process only. But it does confuse people.
[Ruth] What is the urgency? A lot of us have been horrified but some of the statements that have come out of Occupy.
[Tammy] can you give us an example?
[Ruth] That Hector Sants was thanked for meeting with us. He is responsible for killing.
[Tammy] I thought we agreed to distance occupy from the talks?
[Ruth] Well, it did not happen, it is urgent to stop this kind of thing happening without bringing it to a GA. Another example is the Corporation of London Demands that were leaked to the media, denied he leaked them to the GA then admitted that he had indeed leaked. Despite the GA requesting the media team to make a correction the media team not only refused the GA but are now working with the individual who made the leak.
[Cyril] Can the person who made the statement get more copies for next time.
[Facilitator] I shall take amendments now then post up the revised version on line for discussion Wednesday.
[John] We could ask the media team + website not to produce any statements until this statement has been discussed. As things are now – we could start our own media team and issue our own press releases. We need this statement for our protection.
[person] Is it possible for a statement to be authentic? Can three people after the GA sign any statement to be released anywhere in the world.
[Facilitator] I do not understand?
[person] For authenticity and transparency can a document be signed by occupy.
[Facilitator] The minutes are the record of documents
[Ryan] we must avoid division
[Ruth] The legal case is important to this. We held the team accountable in negotiations with the Corporation of London. That tradition has weakened. We have to get control over statements issued by groups in case a statement is issued regarding our future at Saint Paul's without our consent.
[Facilitator] Shall we work through this and look for a temp check?
[Ruth] And if it is not passed on Wednesday then our temp check tonight should be respected and govern behaviour.
[person] It was advertised for tonight very well and everyone knew about it.
[John] I would agree to this if the media team agree to a freeze on issuing statements.
[Cyril] Lets get the meeting for Wednesday well advertised. I agree with John.
[Ryan] We need to stand together.
[Chris] I have just come back in from having my life threatened just now! There are some individuals stealing on site right now and when I tried to deal with it I received no help.
[Tammy] Discussed and agreed that if situation like this arose, not to leave two or three ppl to deal with it but more ppl should go and support them.
[Man] I know them, I can bring the ppl down here and we can talk to them.
[Saskia] People who nick things or are rude are not welcome, if they don't abide by the safer space policy we ask them to leave, this has been agreed by GA after GA.
Second person threatened.
Call the police and get a video of it.
GA suspended for five minutes to deal with situation.
[Saskia] proposing to get in touch w RMT asap to take up a role in security here at St Paul's, they have already offered.
[Ruth] have a brainstorming re what we can do to defend ourselves ie walk ppl off site. Discuss & practise scenarios, training in group self defense
Phil how to deal w ppl fr camp who stand with the troublemakers against the ppl trying to intervene, how do we deal w that?
Saskia so proposal is to contact rmt immediately.
Cyril some ppl quite disruptive, started w tranquility, now called security, getting more aggresive, on both sides, can I tbe tranquillity as much as possible.
Hassan we look after ourselves.
Saskia tranquillity was threatening to quit.
Tammy we've been trying to deal with ourselves but not working, has had enough as a female. Don't want to go to the toilet at night. Fighting. Anyone who doesn't think we need security should step up and be security.
Glasgow man some are infiltrators
John where does tranquillity come from? Using methodology of climate camp.
Max can someone guard info tent
[Obi] We do not get enough volunteers for tranquillity. It does not work.
[Cyril] We could have a tranquillity team with a security team.
[Max] TUC were invited in. I spoke to them. It has been discussed in GA's before. Unions are prepared to offer night time support to work alongside the tranquillity. We had a visit from the local TUC rep and it went well.
[Facilitator] How long till we can get them here.
[Max] I can liaise with the TUC and get a response very quickly.
[Tammy] What if they want to take over the camp? Can we get an open meeting to talk with them?
[Max] Yes, it must be an open process. They are only helping. There must be ground rules for them to operate under.
[Ryan] In America they had the love police and workshops which stopped the problems from arising. The Unions could come and do teach ins.
[person from Los Angeles Occupy] If you police site and eject people from the camp then it may have issues regarding public space. Removing people that are already camped here could create further conflict.
[Ruth] RMT should come and talk to the GA and tranquillity. Out T team are volunteers that have put themselves on the line. Our tranquillity team did deny that a rape took place.
[Chris] I am very glad to hear that we may get assistance from the Unions. If the Police get involved they will remove the person from site and if charged they will be bailed with conditions not to return here.
[Cyril] We must make the tranquillity end peaceful and diffuse situations instead of using security every time.
[Facilitator] do we have consensus?
[Facilitator] The proposal is for the unions to assist/join our tranquillity team.
[Andy] Will the TUC be here as TUC or as Occupy?
[Max] 8 people per watch – 4 TUC and 4 tranquillity. Rules: they are part of tranquillity – occupy. They will be using de-escalation techniques. They will not be here AS occupy but as external volunteers.
[Hassan] I do not want to block this but I think it is good idea to have more volunteers. I will volunteer. Problem is that we have to be up all night. Can we split the shift.
[Facilitator] Do we have consensus?
[Cyril] Can we invite them first?
[Facilitator] We will invite them to a GA first. If we are happy we will look for consensus again.
[person] Can we interview them first
[Facilitator] we have never interviewed eachother that's redundant
[Andy] I could get hells angels here. I do not like outside support helping us. We are Occupy. We do not have other movements coming in and working their own agendas.
[Facilitator] They would be joining the tranquillity team not replacing them.
[Andy] I will retract my objection
[Facilitator] I propose that we agree that RMT volunteers may join our tranquillity team. Max will broker the meeting as soon as possible. Then they will attend the GA immediately thereafter to meet the site. Then we test for consensus. If we are happy they will operate on a 50/50 basis with tranquility. They will exchange skills in peaceful de-escalation.
[Facilitator] We have consensus. Max will invite them to the GA.
[Andy] Why are these RMT members not already here as occupy? Why do they have to come as a police force.
[person] The GA today was interrupted. We can work with any organization that will work with us. We do not exclude people SO LONG AS they comply with our model. They must and will abide by our rules.
[Tammy] They are not coming to take over. They will learn from us at our GA about what we want from them and how we work. If we do not like them or they feel they can not work here then it ends.
[Caroline] My only concern would be coopting.
[Max] Yes, as part of the agreement and it is in writing – cooperation does not mean co-opting.
[Facilitator] Instead of saying occupy lsx the document (autonomy statement) should say occupy London.
[Ruth] I agree but on Wednesday, and afterwards, it should be clear that we expect that other WG's should respect this document even if it does not have consensus.
[Facilitator] Should we do a temp check on this document?
(Facilitator reads out the statement)
Temp check please? It is overwhelmingly positive. Ruth would like a proviso that makes it binding.
[Ruth] No, I would like an agreement that it is brought to a GA on Wednesday, that all sites get sufficient copies in advance, if we can not discuss it on Wednesday then we expect those speaking on behalf of occupy London to consider it when they speak.
[person] The statement does not explain what happens if we…
[facilitator] sorry but that is more part of the GA discussion next time. Proposal is that it gets brought up on Wednesday. It can also be brought up on Thursday.
(overwhelming support)
[John] I want it to be top of the agenda on Wednesday
[Andy] Thank the facilitator.
[Facilitator] So has everyone else.
[John] I was assaulted in the recent incident, can I have moral support to go to the Police station?
(overwhelming hands raised in support)
[Hassan] The Congolese really need our support on Wednesday.
[Tammy] We need to do something for Occupy as well. Can we plan a DA event.


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Improved Scaffolding for Ruby on Rails
I'm assuming you already have Ruby installed on your GNU/Linux system. If this is not the case, either install it from source from the Ruby Web site (see Resources) or install the Ruby package from your distribution's package manager (the ruby-full package on Ubuntu should include all you need). To install and use Rails, the RubyGems Package Manager needs to be installed into your Ruby environment. If RubyGems is not available within your distribution's package manager, pop on over to the RubyGems download page on RubyForge (see Resources), select the version of RubyGems that best matches your environment, and download the associated file. Installation is straightforward (note that the version you are working with may differ from that shown here):
tar zxvf rubygems-1.3.0.tgz cd rubygems-1.3.0 sudo ruby setup.rb
If you are using Ubuntu (or one of its cousins), install the RubyGems package using apt:
sudo apt-get install rubygems
With RubyGems installed, you now can install Rails:
sudo gem install rails
Be sure to install all the suggested dependencies when prompted. This step takes a little while to complete, but it is a testament to the simplicity of Rails that you are ready to go once this command completes. One of the problems I've experienced with Perl-based WAFs is that installation can be a nightmare, especially when different versions of various CPAN modules throw up compatibility and dependency errors. Thankfully, there's no such maddeningly frustrating problems with Rails!
I did have one small problem with Rails on Ubuntu, which relates to the installation of the rails command in /usr/bin/, in that it wasn't there. Ubuntu expects you to install Rails using apt-get, but as I wanted the latest-and-greatest Rails, I went with the RubyGems installation method. To fix this small problem, create a link to the rails command, as follows:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/rails /usr/bin/rails
As we are using PostgreSQL as our database, we need to download and install the PostgreSQL Ruby gem. This, too, is straightforward:
sudo gem install postgres
If this causes an error, make sure the development libraries for Ruby are installed (called ruby1.8-dev on Ubuntu), as well as those for PostgreSQL (called libpq-dev). If compile-time errors still result (due to header files not being found, for instance), use this command instead (which should be entered on a single line):
POSTGRES_INCLUDE=/usr/include/postgresql \ sudo gem install postgres
At this point, Ruby, PostgreSQL, the PostgreSQL gem and Rails are installed and ready for action.
In a directory of your choosing, type the following command:
rails soccer_club --database=postgresql
This command creates a new Rails application called soccer_club, resulting in a long list of messages from Rails, and creates a new directory called soccer_club.
Let's add some database tables to our application. Begin by first changing into the newly created soccer_club directory.
We could create the necessary tables using a series of SQL CREATE TABLE statements, patiently entering them into PostgreSQL's psql command-line tool. However, Rails provides a technology called Database Migrations that allows you to manipulate your database tables without directly using SQL. Migrations operate at a higher level, shielding the Web developer from the underlying SQL dialect. Before we create a Migration, let's tell our Rails application which database to use and provide a user name/password combination.
Edit the config/database.yml file associated with your Rails application, and change the development section to look like this (note that some default values have been suggested by Rails, but for our application, those values need to change):
development: adapter: postgresql encoding: unicode database: soccer_development username: soccer_manager password: soccer_manager_password
On my Ubuntu system, PostgreSQL is configured to expect connections from a user name equal to the user ID of the currently logged-in user. This is called IDENT Authentication. What this means is that to access the soccer_development database with user ID soccer_manager, we need to be logged in to GNU/Linux as soccer_manager. That's not what we want (and it's not what Rails wants either), so we need to make a quick change to the bottom of the appropriate PostgreSQL configuration file (/etc/postgresql/8.3/main/pg_hba.conf), commenting out the ident sameuser line and adding a password line, as follows:
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only local all all password # local all postgres ident sameuser
After that edit, it's necessary to stop/start PostgreSQL to apply the change:
sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start
To check that all is well with the Rails connection to the database, type the following within the top-level directory of your Rails application:
rake db:migrate
A single line of output results (in /home/barryp/rails/soccer_club on my system), which is Rails' way of telling us that everything is okay with the database connection. Any other message may indicate an error. If it is not immediately clear what the problem is (assuming, of course, that you have one), try appending --trace to the end of the above rake command.
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Getting the article code to work with PostgreSQL.
A reader, Ken Shaffer, emailed with an issue he had getting the example code (above) to work with his version of PostgreSQL. I initially suggested he try it with MySQL just to get things going but, to Ken's credit, he soldiered on and sorted out his problems. Here's a copy of Ken's e-mail to me letting me know what he did. Both Ken and I hope this information will be of use to other readers experiencing similar problems.
----------- start of Ken's email -----------
Hi Paul,
I did succeed in getting a compatible set of gems and activescaffold
for running the soccer club demo. Open source is so dynamic
that it's sometimes tricky getting compatible versions of things --
my hat's off to the people putting Linux distributions together.
For the Ubuntu 8.10 rails 2.1 (rake, rubygems) installed via the
Synaptic Package Manager, use the ruby_pg gem instead of the postgres
I understand the postgres gem has not been supported since 2006.
Also avoid the pg gem, which is not necessary. The activescaffold
install now needs to pick out the rails 2.1 (previous) version.
The following failed to get the rails 2.1 version (got the default 2.2
script/plugin install \
git://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold.git \
-r rails-2.1
Found a code snippit (attached below) which worked.
Another (more painful) approach which worked is to update all the
rails 2.1.0 versions to the 2.2.2 versions (and also update rubygems).
The default activescaffold install will then work.
The below code snippit succeeded in getting the activescaffold version
compatible with rails 2.1
from http://code.google.com/p/activescaffold/issues/detail?id=626
Comment 1 by mr.gaffo, Nov 18, 2008
---snip -----
Either (in vendor plugin):
git clone git://github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold.git
[cd to active_scaffold ]
git checkout origin/rails-2.1
rm -rf .git
Or, pull down the newest rails-2.1 tarball from github.
Again, thanks for a great article. It was the combination of postgresql
and rails that caught my interest. Feel free to pass along any info, no
attribution needed.
----------- end of Ken's email -----------
Thanks for that, Ken!
Paul Barry
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ANDREW CARTER v. QUALITY OUTDOOR PRODUCTS, INC. ET AL.
CORRECTION On page one (1) of the opinion, the last name of counsel for appellee was incorrectly listed as Joshua Davis "Barker" and has been corrected to Joshua Davis "Baker", Assistant Attorney General.
Court: TSC
Alex C. Elder, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellants, Berkley Regional Insurance Company and Quality Outdoor Products, Inc.
Charles L. Hicks, Camden, Tennessee, for the appellee, Andrew Carter.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Joshua Davis Baker, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Second Injury Fund.
Judge: HOLDER
The employee filed suit seeking workers' compensation benefits and provided notice to the employer of his intent to rely at trial on a physician's report generated pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-235. The employer objected to the introduction of the medical report and notified the employee of its intent to depose the physician pursuant to the same section. The employer moved to exclude the medical report when it was unable to depose the physician. The trial court denied the employer's motion to exclude the physician's report but granted the employer permission to seek an interlocutory appeal. We hold that the physician's unavailability to provide the deposition requested by the employer pursuant to section 50-6-235 renders the physician's written report inadmissible. We further hold that the physician's report is not admissible pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Evidence 804 as an exception to the hearsay rule. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's ruling and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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Court: TSC
ROBERT KENT DRAKE, ET AL. v. PAULA MAE DRAKE
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Court: TCA
W. Douglas Collins, Morristown, Tennessee, for the appellant(s), Paula Mae Drake.
Cynthia J. King, Newport, Tennessee, for the appellee(s), Robert Kent Drake and Dennis Solomon Drake.
Judge: FRANKS
Children of defendant mother brought this action to have a conservator appointed for their mother on the grounds that the mother suffered dementia, Parkinson's disease and other infirmities and was incompetent and unable to make decisions about her health and finances. Following trial, the Trial Court found there was clear and convincing evidence that the mother was disabled and in need of supervision, protection and assistance by means of a conservatorship due to her permanent mental incapacity. The sons were named as co-conservators of her person and estate. The attorney for the mother filed an appeal, and we affirm the Judgment of the Trial Court.
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICHARD BEHELER
Court: TCCA
Robert R. Kurtz, Knoxville, Tennessee, attorney for appellant, Richard Beheler.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Rachel West Harmon, Assistant Attorney General; R. Steven Bebb, District Attorney General; and Andrew Freiburg, Assistant District Attorney General, attorneys for appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: THOMAS
The Defendant, Richard Beheler, appeals by permission from the judgment of the Circuit Court of McMinn County. Following a jury conviction of aggravated sexual battery for which he received a sentence of nine years to be served at one hundred percent, the trial court granted the Defendant's motion for new trial based upon its finding that trial counsel committed ineffective assistance. The Defendant then filed a motion to compel the State to reinstate its original plea offer of sexual battery by an authority figure with a four year sentence to be served as a Range I, standard offender. The trial court denied the motion based upon its finding that the Defendant failed to establish a reasonable probability that he would have accepted the original plea offer had it been properly communicated to him. The trial court granted the Defendant's application for interlocutory appeal of this issue. Tenn. R. App. R. 9. In this appeal by permission, the Defendant contends that the original plea offer should be reinstated. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
RODNEY N. BUFORD v. STATE OF TENNESSEE and RICKY J. BELL, WARDEN
Court: TCCA
Rodney N. Buford, Pro Se.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Cameron L. Hyder, Assistant Attorney General; and Victor S. Johnson, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: SMITH
After pleading guilty to four counts of armed robbery and one count of felony murder in Davidson County, Petitioner, Rodney N. Buford, was sentenced to life in prison for the felony murder conviction and ten years for each armed robbery conviction. Two of the armed robbery convictions were ordered to run consecutively resulting in an effective sentence of twenty years with regard to the armed robberies. Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief in which he argued that his ten-year sentences were imposed under the incorrect sentencing act and, therefore, were illegal. The habeas corpus court summarily dismissed the petition. On appeal, Petitioner argues that the habeas corpus court erred in dismissing his petition. After a thorough review of the record, we conclude that the ten-year sentences imposed by the trial court were authorized by both the sentencing acts in question, therefore, Petitioner's sentences were not unlawful and, as such, are not a basis for habeas corpus relief. We affirm the summary dismissal of the petition by the habeas corpus court.
Court: TCCA
William B. Lockert, III, District Public Defender and Lila Kathleen Mitchell, Assistant District Public Defender, for the appellant, Angela Ann Collins.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Matthew Bryant Haskell, Assistant Attorney General; and Dan Alsobrooks, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: SMITH
Appellant, Angela Ann Collins, was indicted by the Dickson County Grand Jury for driving under the influence ("DUI") and violation of the implied consent law. She was convicted by a jury. Appellant appeals her conviction and the sentence imposed by the trial court. Because we determine that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Appellant, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. KEITH DEWAYNE HUXOLL
Court: TCCA
Randall D. Fleming, Kingsport, Tennessee, for the Appellant-Defendant, Keith Dewayne Huxoll.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Matthew Bryant Haskell, Assistant Attorney General; H. Greeley Wells, Jr., District Attorney General; and Joseph E. Perrin, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: MCMULLEN
The Appellant-Defendant, Keith Dewayne Huxoll, appeals his conviction for evading arrest, a Class D felony. He received a twelve-year sentence as a career offender for evading arrest and was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. Huxoll claims he is entitled to a new trial because he could have been convicted of the lesser-included offense, the Class E felony of evading arrest, if "the Trial Court had instructed the jury properly prior to its initial deliberation." Because Huxoll failed to timely file his motion for new trial, and none of the claims presented amount to plain error, these issues have been waived. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAURA JUNE MAYS
Court: TCCA
Wayne T. DeWees, Bolivar, Tennessee, for the Defendant-Appellant, Laura June Mays.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Cameron L. Hyder, Assistant Attorney General; Elizabeth Rice, District Attorney General; and Joe Van Dyke, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: MCMULLEN
The Defendant-Appellant, Laura Mays, was convicted by a Hardeman County jury of theft of property between $10,000 and $60,000, a Class C felony. She received a three-year sentence, but was subsequently placed on probation. Her probation was revoked by the trial court because of her failure to make restitution payments. In her first appeal, this court reversed the trial court's revocation of her probation and directed the trial court to set a reasonable amount for restitution payments. On remand, the trial court again revoked Mays' probation. Mays now appeals the revocation of her probation, claiming the trial court did not follow this court's mandate from her first appeal. Upon review, we again reverse the judgment of the trial court, and remand this matter for a determination of Mays' ability to pay restitution.
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STEPHEN GREGORY SPENCER, ALIAS GREGORY SPENCER
Court: TCCA
Ardena J. Garth, District Public Defender (at trial); and Richard Kenneth Mabee, Assistant Public Defender (on appeal), attorneys for appellant, Stephen Gregory Spencer.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy Wilber, Assistant Attorney General; William H. Cox, III, District Attorney General; and Cameron Williams, Assistant District Attorney General, attorneys for appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: THOMAS
The Defendant, Stephen Gregory Spencer, pled guilty to two counts of possession of marijuana, Class E felonies, one count of possession of a handgun with the intent to go armed, a Class A misdemeanor, one count of theft of property valued at over one thousand dollars, a Class D felony, and one count of theft of property valued at over ten thousand dollars, a Class C felony. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of eight years as a Range I, standard offender to be served in community corrections. A community corrections violation warrant issued alleging that the Defendant failed to report and continued to use illegal drugs. Following an evidentiary hearing, the trial court revoked the community corrections sentences and ordered the sentences to be served in incarceration. In this appeal as of right, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in ordering the service of his sentences in incarceration. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
Court: TCCA
James O. Martin, III, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jamarcus Sydnor.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Cameron L. Hyder, Assistant Attorney General; William C. Whitesell, Jr., District Attorney General, and Trevor Lynch, Assistant District Attorney General for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: SMITH
Appellant, Jamarcus R. Sydnor, was indicted by the Rutherford County Grand Jury for attempted second degree murder, three counts of aggravated assault, attempted aggravated robbery, reckless endangerment with a weapon, and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Prior to trial, Appellant pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, one count of attempted aggravated robbery, and one count of reckless endangerment with a weapon. The trial court sentenced Appellant to an effective sentence of five years and denied Appellant's request for an alternative sentence. On appeal, Appellant challenges the trial court's denial of an alternative sentence. After a review of the record, we determine that the trial court failed to place the reasons for the denial of an alternative sentence on the record. Therefore, we reverse and remand the judgments of the trial court. On remand, should the trial court determine that a denial of alternative sentencing is appropriate, the trial court should place the reasons for the denial of alternative sentencing on the record.
CHESTER WAYNE WALTERS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Billy K. Tollison, Sparta, Tennessee, for the appellant, Chester Wayne Walters.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Mark A. Fulks, Assistant Attorney General; Randall A York, District Attorney General; William Locke, Assistant District Attorney General; and Ben Fann, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, the State of Tennessee.
Judge: WOODALL
Petitioner, Chester Wayne Walters, appeals the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief in which he alleged that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. Specifically, Petitioner contends that trial counsel's assistance was ineffective during the cross-examination of the victim. After a thorough review of the record, we conclude that Petitioner has failed to show that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance and affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GERRALDO WHITE
Court: TCCA
Mark Mesler, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Gerraldo White.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Renee W. Turner, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; Glen Baity and Alexia Fulghum, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: WELLES
The Defendant, Gerraldo White, was charged with one count of first degree premeditated murder and one count of felony murder. See Tenn. Code Ann. section 39-13-202(a)(1), (2). He was also charged with one count of especially aggravated robbery, a Class A felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. section 39-13-403(b). Following a jury trial, he was convicted of one count of felony murder, one count of especially aggravated robbery, and one count of second degree murder, a Class A felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. section 39-13-210(c). The trial court sentenced the Defendant as a Range I, standard offender to fifteen years for second degree murder and fifteen years for especially aggravated robbery. It also sentenced him to life in prison for felony murder. The trial court ordered that the Defendant serve his sentences concurrently with one another, for a total effective sentence of life in the Department of Correction. In this direct appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress a statement he made to police; and (2) the State presented evidence insufficient to convict him of felony murder, second degree murder or especially aggravated robbery. After our review, we affirm the Defendant's conviction for first degree felony murder. We direct that the second degree murder conviction be merged into the first degree murder conviction. We modify the conviction for especially aggravated robbery to a conviction for aggravated robbery, and we remand for sentencing on the aggravated robbery conviction.
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Lockett recall will not get on August ballot
The campaign to recall Knox County Law Director Bill Lockett on the August ballot is being suspended, an organizer reported today, saying there is not enough time or volunteers to collect the necessary 50,000 signatures to get the matter on the ballot in compliance with the county charter. Lockett has admitted taking payment from clients for his own use from his former law firm.
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In related news, the Knox County Commission today approved a provision that would make it easier to recall elected officials after weeks of contentious debate over how many voters' signatures should be needed to get a recall election on the ballot. If voters ultimately put their stamp of approval on the measure, it will take only 10 percent of the number of registered voters instead of the current threshold of 15 percent to force a recall vote.
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Public opinion and the court: Former Vandy law professor explains
In his new book, legal scholar and former Vanderbilt law professor Barry Friedman sets out to show that the Supreme Court has never been insulated from popular sentiment. In fact, he argues that the long-term effect of the court's rulings is always determined by the public's reaction. "One of the most valuable things that occurs in response to a Supreme Court decision," he writes in
The Will of the People: How Public Opinion has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution,
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Hamilton County courts get a techno-makeover
After years of working with antiquated equipment that has made routine business a logistical mess, all three Hamilton County criminal courts are in the final stages of a technological makeover. The biggest change will allow criminal court judges to conduct arraignments via video, which is expected to be available in the coming weeks.
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Opinion: Time for criminal justice overhaul
Last Thursday the bipartisan National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 was approved by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee by voice vote. The legislation, which now goes to the full Senate, would create a commission to conduct a thorough evaluation of the nation's criminal justice system and offer recommendations for reform at every stage of process. Tennessean columnist Dwight Lewis suggests it is time for an overhaul.
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Hearing on lethal injection set for this week in Kentucky
Kentucky's proposed lethal injection procedures are vague and unnecessarily secretive in critical areas, experts say. A public hearing on the proposed protocol is to be held on Friday in Frankfort. It comes a month after the Kentucky Supreme Court ordered all executions halted because the state skipped public hearings on the administrative regulations that make up the protocol. It is the first time the state has allowed public comment on the execution method.
WKRN.com carried this AP story
Hawkins County Justice Center open for business
Sessions Court began this morning in the new Hawkins County Justice Center for the first time after moving into the new facility. Other courts that have moved in include Circuit, Juvenile and Child Support -- as well as their respective clerks.
The Kingsport Times-News has the story
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Court won't intervene in Mississippi, Tennessee water dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to intervene in the state of Mississippi's claims that Tennessee's largest city is pumping too much water out of an aquifer shared by the two states.
The Commercial Appeal carried this AP story
Vehicle search to change, court directs
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court put the brakes on the routine practice of what's known as a "vehicle search incident to arrest," in which a suspect is handcuffed and stuffed in the back of a cruiser and the suspect's vehicle searched without a warrant or probable cause. Knoxville Assistant Law Director Lisa Hatfield described the change as "one of those watershed events."
The News Sentinel reports
5-4 splits abound on high court now
It comes down to this at the Supreme Court, one writer says: "If you've got Justice Anthony Kennedy on your side, you can pretty much do what you want. Without him, you're the author of an angry dissent."
The News Sentinel carried this AP story
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Brentwood lawyer censured
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Memphis attorney censured
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