HEUVEL: John McCain is -- gives new meaning to the term quagmire as a warmonger, has an 82 percent American Conservative Union rating. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2008] Reference
This quagmire is the legacy of the WORST PRESIDENT EVER. From Wordnik.com. [10/22/2005] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: The word quagmire comes to mind, doesn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2007] Reference
Not finding WMDs was very bad but this ongoing quagmire is even worse. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » A New Low For Operation Photo-Op] Reference
As the New York Times reports, the growing Iraq quagmire is no exception. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » The ’shake-up’ continues.] Reference
Simple man, complex issue Landis entangled in quagmire that's not likely to fade away. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
The agony of exiting a quagmire is that there are few certainties and no good options. From Wordnik.com. [John F. Kerry, Historian and Moralist] Reference
HEMMER: He was thinking in the early '60s, the word quagmire, is that what you're saying?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2003] Reference
Unfortunately it seems like the Democratic quagmire is full of emotion and very little reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [Obama picks up superdelegate] Reference
The only way of getting the economy out of the quagmire is by lowering public sector wages, said Rachlevsky. From Wordnik.com. [Israel's Public Sector, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
BLITZER: Now, the word quagmire has got a lot of historic connotation, as you well know, referring to Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2006] Reference
But his use of the word quagmire, if you're an administration critic, you can't help but love that piece of tape. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2007] Reference
The whole middle east quagmire is as a result of the U.S. policy in backing the most unbending nation in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy says no to joint ticket] Reference
I don’t — you know quagmire is an interesting word. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom: It doesn’t mean what Bush thinks it means « Skulls in the Stars] Reference
That was “it,” the bottom line of what all three generals called a quagmire, a bottomless pit. From Wordnik.com. [The saddest song I ever heard] Reference
A parable of contemporary American political quagmire, which is probably why it was so harshly criticized. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Szymkowicz] Reference
The sport of who can come up with the most clever way of mocking Friedman’s 6 month quagmire is sort of pathetic. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Good Work, Tom!] Reference
Within days of the invasion of Afghanistan, the portion they claim to support, the word quagmire started being used. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: The Israel Gambit] Reference
“The sport of who can come up with the most clever way of mocking Friedman’s 6 month quagmire is sort of pathetic.”. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Good Work, Tom!] Reference
A loss of US prestige and credibility while stuck in quagmire that we can’t win but can only decide the magnitude of our loss. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » BREAKING: Karl Rove to Give Additional Testimony] Reference
And I worry greatly that as a result the man people will look to to lead us out of the quagmire will be the war hero John McCain. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
Afstan: The Globe's agenda secret no more--it's a "quagmire". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
HEMMER: You mentioned the word "quagmire" about 90 minutes ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2004] Reference
But the 'quagmire' issue does have contemporary relevance for them. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Soldier] Reference
At least we didn't have to read "quagmire" or "brutal Afghan winter", either. From Wordnik.com. [Afstan, oil (?!?) and the Globe and Mail] Reference
Oh well, at least he didn't use the word "quagmire" or "fierce Afghan winter". From Wordnik.com. [Afstan: Canadians back in combat/Yankee imperialism/Brits, Canadians and US Marines] Reference
That's funny, my husband who is in Afghanistan never mentioned that it was a "quagmire". From Wordnik.com. [Afstan: The "Q" word] Reference
But "quagmire" serves as a kind of mental framework for where most U.S. media coverage has remained. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Solomon: Iraq Is Not a Quagmire] Reference
Overall, major U.S. media outlets have associated Iraq with the term "quagmire" thousands of times in 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Solomon: Iraq Is Not a Quagmire] Reference
When Vietnam descended into the famed "quagmire," for instance, it also descended into an orgy of atrocities. From Wordnik.com. [Tomgram: David Swanson on War Porn and Iraq] Reference
Some would use the word "quagmire," and urge a phased redeployment to other fronts, like Easter and Mardi Gras. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Ehrenreich: The War on Christmas: An Exit Strategy] Reference
It would enable South Africans to work in an organised fashion to extricate themselves form the "quagmire" of the past. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He said Swazi law found itself in a "quagmire" because the legal community had allowed the government to interfere in its operations. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Some of those references are from war supporters eager to dispute the notion that "quagmire" is applicable to what's going on in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Solomon: Iraq Is Not a Quagmire] Reference
He acknowledged that the US position in Iraq was a "quagmire" and that Americans would not tolerate the status quo for another two years. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Weisbrot and Robert Naiman: Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach Bush-Cheney; Other Illinois Cities Vote to Withdraw from Iraq] Reference
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