AMERICAblog: Following Bush's lead, McCain lets Bin Laden make Iraq "the battle site"
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
a former POW who's cool with torture. yeah, McBullshit, you are so not what this country needs. get lost.
AngryOne
· 1 year ago
George W. Bush is suffering from another severe case of premature Iraq elation. That's the inescapable diagnosis after a week which featured sunny statements from the President even as Baghdad and Basra descended into chaos.
Five years after "mission accomplished," Bush is now portraying setbacks as proof of success and escalating violence as a sign of a healthy democracy.
War is Peace, Truth is Lies, Oceania has always been the enemy. Orwell had it tagged over 50 years ago. Impressive!
Shannon
· 1 year ago
The Repukes are using him as their sacrificial offering because they know they will lose in November, the guy is too old and too out of touch that is why they chose him, he will not be missed , they tossed him in as their discard.
1billinnj2
· 1 year ago
does anyone have an update on texas? thanks
Hangtown Danile
· 1 year ago
I agree. We need to let the good old USA be the battle site! We need to be fighting the enemy here at home not fighting them over seas! What the hell were we thinking! Lets see how you will feel when it is your kid dead from an IED as he was on the bus to school! "Ah well, too bad. At least he lived to see the first black president!" some consolation prize!
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
What a pathetic fool.
shanobama
· 1 year ago
If Danile thinks an average terrorist from the Middle East can get here and plant ieds, well, they probably set a bomb for a meal or two in Iraq. People are starving, the unemployment rate (thanks to Corporate reconstruction contractors using slave labor from Indonesia) is 40% or so. There are 2 million out of country refugees, and 2 million more people displaced within the country.
If that is not a breeding ground for violence, I could not devise a better one. People know extreme poverty causes all sorts of criminal acts of desperation and tribalism, just as having no food causes health problems. Then when most of the doctors have fled and the hospitals barely functioning. It is a disaster for civilization. Iraqis must be put back to work rebuilding their own country. No doubt about this. . This was the part of Iraq/American contracts for rebuilding were given to graduates of Liberty U. , truck drivers making 100 grand a year. Slaves making $6.00 a day working construction. Thats what happens when you outsource a war.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
1billinnj2
I don't have an update but here is a good article about what is going on:
aquarius2--thanks for the article. no one seems to be carrying the texas caucaus(spelling). i hope obama pulls it out.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Gee, the people who killed Americans were Saudis; not Iraqis.
Al Qaeda is in Pakistan; not Iraq.
What does invading and occupying Iraq have to do with it, Danile?
dula
· 1 year ago
The Repukes know they have very little chance in November. Hillary is their best shot. If she can pull off the win at least they know they can drum up enough hatred and division to defeat her in 2012. They know Obama will go into the General with the energy of the future. Repigs are terrified of the changing of the guard because the younger generation isn't so easily divided by wedge issues. The only way Republican trash has been able to win elections is either by stealing them or dividing the electorate. Most Americans are through with that even if they don't yet know it. Many are afraid of the chaos that comes with change. Most have focused all their energy on their personal dreams and ambitions while the nation fell down around them. Our grace period is now over. Deal with it. Change or die. Hillary and her supporters are rooted in the past...they need to step aside and let nature take its course. As we learned in the Poseidon Adventure...down is now up...don't go towards the propeller... you can't get out that way. (no Shelly Winters/Hillary jokes please)
kevinbgoode
· 1 year ago
dammit. . .I blame conservatives. They have never been very good at geography. This is, of course, another reason they want a giant wall around the country - it's not just to keep the brown people out and the white people in, it's so they can pretend there isn't any other place in the world.
dula
· 1 year ago
Obama wil be a baby step forward. He is merely the steward of a new energy beginning to sweep the nation. He knows it's not about him. Being President is beyond any one person. He has the humility to understand that...does Hillary?
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
McCain is a simpleton. He simply thinks America should win every war.
Isn't that fucking enlightening?
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
Isn't there some public service law somewhere that would allow us to hospitalize Insane McCain for a nice long "rest," maybe for six months to a year, where perhaps he could regain some grip on reality and where he would not be a danger to himself of others?
jr
· 1 year ago
McCain has been wrong about Iraq since the beginning but the media doesn't care. McCain has been showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s for years but the media doesn't care. McCain has had skin cancer 4 times in 15 years but the media doesn't care. 4,000 dead American troops and tens of thousands with limbs made in factories are fine because he lets the media on his campaign bus
GrantinHouston
· 1 year ago
Even though for weeks the unofficial tally of the primary and caucus delegates had Obama WINNING TEXAS (even though to hear the MSM and Hillarybots, she won by a "landslide" here), it appears that the official confirmation of those votes from the county and state senatorial districts still has Obama winning even though Terry McAuliffe is trying to snatch headlines tonight now with cries of "foul!"
From the Houston Chornicle online:
With more than 56% of the results tallied from today's 284 Democratic district conventions across Texas, Senator Barack Obama currently is projected to earn a 38-29 pledged delegate win in the Texas caucuses, exactly as projected on the day after the March 4th precinct caucuses. The nine delegate margin in the caucuses means Obama will gain a net margin of five pledged delegates from Texas because Senator Clinton narrowly won the Texas primary by only four delegates, 65-61.
Now the next big fight will be over the SUPER delegates!
Wow thanks for the link. The site is pretty scary but the stuff about Insane McCain appears right on target. Why are we not hearing about this stuff from the MSM? They are going to look a lot more asleep-at-the-switch than now when the General election campaign raises the issues about the truth of McCain's past. Their noses are all still going to be so brown but then they got to ride on the "bus." The stink emanating from the truth about McCain is so strong I would not want to be in the same county with him. He is worse than Dubya ever thought of being. War hero, my foot, McCain is the biggest fuck-up I've ever heard of. Not only he, but his sainted father Admiral J.S. McCain Jr. should be investigated because it seems pretty apparent Insane McCain could not have advance so far against the odds with out daddy ruinning all sorts of interference for him.
Shannon
· 1 year ago
Hi Mikki...
I visit a lot of sites and have stuff sent to me from a group of people, my email address is: shannontaylor5679@msn.com<mailto:shannontaylor5679@msn.com>, we should keep in touch. You might be interested in the iUSS Liberty cover-up that was initiated by John McCain Jr. John McInsane's father. If you have not already googled it there is some film with interviews of the ships crew available there. There is so much U.S. history that is hidden from the people this is just one small example. Americans think they know all about the U.S.A., but they haven't even a clue. It is very sad for those of us who feel we are patriotic people to discover over and over that our country is not what it teaches us in school. McInsane shares a lot of stuff with GW Bu$h, "Poppy" has made it possible in both cases for these criminals to control our country. ----- Original Message ----- From: Disqus<mailto:> To: shannontaylor5679@msn.com<mailto:shannontaylor5679@msn.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:36 AM Subject: [Disqus] Re: Following Bush's lead,McCain lets Bin Laden make Iraq "the battle site"
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Bin Laden -- WTF? -- What planet is that crazy old motherfucker living on? Oh, that’s right – McCain doesn’t know the difference between Sunni and Shiite or Iraq and Iran, or Arab and Persian. The news from Iraq is terrible and going from bad to worse by the moment, and guess what? Bin Laden's name appears nowhere in the reports:
British and US forces drawn into battle for Basra http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-... As the Iraqi army's assault on Shia militias in the city falters, the government's strategy is looking to be a dangerous gamble.
Shiite Leader Al-Sadr Defies Iraq Gov't http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/742...> Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may have miscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash that his offensive, which began Tuesday, provoked in areas of Baghdad and other cities where Shiite militias wield power
Sadr rebuffs Iraq government envoy as offensive sputters http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/32013.html After failing to break the resistance of Shiite militias in the five-day siege of oil rich Basra, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki sent a top general to hold talks with his Shiite rival, Muqtada al Sadr, Saturday night only to be rebuffed by the firebrand cleric, an Iraqi official close to the negotiations said.
All evening NPR reporters in Baghdad have been reporting that the Americans had to evacuate Nouri Al-Maliki from his headquarters at Basra Palace -- where he was “directing the battle” -- because it was becoming surrounded by the Mahdi Army fighters earlier today. This is pretty embarrassing given Al-Malki’s pledge five days ago that he would stay and fight to the finish. Now, he says that he may have "miscalculated"....
It looks like Bush and Maliki’s great “defining moment” in the “Battle of Basra” is being defined by their so-called “enemy” Muqtada al-Sadr.
Clearly, McCain is nuts, ill-informed, and thick as a brick -- but that's what happens when you're surrounded 24/7 by nothing by Washington lobbyists and never read a newspaper. So, it's no wonder that McCain doesn't have a clue about what's really going on in Iraq...and it has nothing -- absolutely nothing -- to do with Bin Laden or al-Qaeda.
McCain really is Bush III -- Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest! :( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Haven't we had enough of dull normal simpletons?
Hangtown Danile
· 1 year ago
I am not voteing for McCain. I will vote for whoever will get us out of Iraq the quickest! I have other reasons for this however. I don't trust MCain, I dont trust anybody who is running for the White House. I live in a very removed part of Ca. now and I know my biggest threat is Bob cats and Brown Bears. I for one would rather fight the the A-Q hear. I and my family (the only pepole who matter to me) are in a good position of defence. It would be good to have the home front for once. This nation has not been invaded by a another power since the 1800's (that was Briton they burned down the White House!). We need to understand what we are fighting. We as Americans need to understand what terror is. And what the enemy wants. We don't. We are a nation of veal calves. It will only be a matter of time. Do you think that the Mexican slave smugglers will think twice about helping members of terrorist groups into this nation. Do any of you think that the terrorist even need to use cyotes to get past the southern boarder? If the enemy is not hear now they will be within little time of them no longer needing to keep us tied down (And us keeping them tied down) in Iraq. I am the fool? My eyes are open. Time to open yours! I am not advocating for McCain. I will vote for Big Love Oboma! Not that I think he will do a good job. I think he will screw this nation up so much and paint us so far into a corner that we will have no choice but to come together and fight the enemy rather than fighting each other. (Well that means he will bring us unity right?) I hope I am wrong. If I am I will be glad to as forgiveness from everybody! I would love to have peace. I know however that it is not possible. I hate to be a cynic but hey when you have been fucked over as many times as I have. When you have been thrown under the bus by almost everybody you have ever loved you start to understand the true nature of the human spirit. Give me back the Berlin Wall, Give me Stallin and St. Paul I have seen the future baby. It is murder.
green_libertarian
· 1 year ago
Give me back the Berlin Wall, Give me Stallin and St. Paul I have seen the future baby. It is murder.
Rather delusional. Just sayin'...
Hangtown Danile
· 1 year ago
The reasons for war never matter. Only the ground were it is fought. So far it has been over one hundred years since we have fought a war on our own soil. I think this will likely change soon. That is all I am saying.
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
McCain is decrepit--one foot on the shovel. The neocons need another empty suit to replace the current imbecile and war criminal.
Is Iran the next "battle site"? Britain reverses course on Iraq pullout plan. If Iran is attacked the Basra region will go up in flames (even more so than now, if you can imagine that) and oil shipments will come to a screeching halt. Basra is home to Iraq's largest port. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea439b46-fd28-11dc-96...
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
For the second consecutive Gallup Poll Daily tracking report, Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over Hillary Clinton in national Democratic preferences for the nomination, 50% to 43%. http://www.gallup.com/poll/105832/Gallup-Daily-...
The decision by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch a fresh offensive against the militias has shattered a nine month ceasefire. More than 200 people have been killed and US policy has been thrown into confusion […] Last week, Bush said that this was a “defining moment in the history of free Iraq”. Indeed, it probably is. So far, with less than a third of Basra under government control, and insurrection across much of the rest of the south, it looks like defining the beginning of the end of the al-Maliki government.
“It looks like defining the beginning of the end of the al-Maliki government.”
Ouch!
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Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Sarah B.
If Bush gives the order to attack Iran, those British troops are gone. I hope PM Brown (who is highly intelligent) won't be fooled by another Bush double-cross.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Nigel
Alas, all too true -- right along with the entire Green Zone and U.S. bases all across Iraq – it will be a conflagration!
Also, if Bush gives the order to attack Iran, which I believe is actually quite likely because he is that crazy -- all the major warring Shiite factions in Iraq -- Badr Corps, Mahdi Army, and Fadila Militia – will immediately bury their differences and internecine power struggles and turn their rage and venom and weapons on the Great Satan. Depend upon it.
I still want to believe that Gordon Brown won't allow himself to be stiffed by Bush -- or even by his "military commanders" on the ground, who are notoriously unreliable -- but he will find himself under a lot of pressure vis-à-vis the “special relationship” and all the usual bollocks.
When you consider the massive numbers that comprise the various Shiite militias -- in their many tens of thousands -- there really isn't much that the small contingent of British soldiers presently stuck in Basra soldiers could be expected to do at this point that would make any difference.
Actually, there is very little that the American soldiers can do militarily at this point to turn things around in any substantive way -- the solutions must be political and must be negotiated by the Iraqis themselves. But, obviously, Bush and Petraeus didn't get the memo.
I can already hear the cries in the House of Commons -- and on the streets of London and elsewhere throughout the UK -- urging PM Brown to bring all the British soldiers home now!
At least, I certainly hope so. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
green_libertarian
· 1 year ago
No worries.
We just need a new Iraqi boss.
Maliki ain't cutting it.
There's an old saying in Tennesse, I know it's in Texas, fool me once....
And, hey, the Who ain’t half-bad, either. ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
These bloggers get it. The Democratic contender will have two fronts to fight on: GOP smears and mainstream media bias favouring McCain.
“This campaign is not going to be between the Democrats and the Republicans,” said Philadelphia’s Duncan Black, who writes under the name Atrios and whose highly popular progressive political blog, named Eschaton, inspired the gathering of bloggers and political activists called Eschacon '08.
It's really gutting to learn that Gordon Brown has decided to abandon the utterly rational decision reduce the British forces to 2,500 this spring “on the advice of our military commanders” – WTF? He sounds exactly like Bush! – listening to our “commanders on the ground.”
Wait until the British public and the House of Commons get wind of this wankerific decision - virtually everyone in the UK has been counting the days until the final departure of the last soldier returns home to Britain never to ruturn that beleaguered country that now lies in ruins almost beyond comprehension.
At the moment, I would say that things are shaping up as follows for the current cast of principal characters:
Bush = Wonder Bread Toast Al-Maliki = Pita Toast Gordon Brown = Burnt Toast
This trio makes Larry, Moe, and Curly look like Einstein! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
The internationally-despised Republican Party of the US must not be allowed to rule America after the corrupt and disastrous Bush administration concludes. The world can not survive another 4 years of Republican incompetence and corruption.
simonmarc5
· 1 year ago
Give me a break. You keep playing the same tapes over and over again and you expect different results. Sounds like insanity to me.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
"..I say that the al-Qaeda terrorists we face in Iraq are part of the same enemy that attacked us on September the 11th. I say that there will be a big defeat in Iraq and it will be the defeat of al-Qaeda." - G. W. Bush
Except that the current violence is from the Shiites whose main issue is the American Occupation.
Duh...
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Prepare for the Landslide Punitive Election of 2008.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
McCain is an old fool. He hasn't got an original thought in his senile head.
Gary SF
· 1 year ago
So has anyone done the math to see if we could have paid $1 billion for the head of bin Laden, $1 billion for the head of Sadam (yes, I know - there WAS no reason to go to Iraq), and then infused $100 billion into the infrastructure of Iraq and another $100 billion into the infrastructure of Afghanistan, wouldn't we be way ahead in this 'war against terrorism' and for less than haft of what we have spent so far?
Anyone?
jenniloon
· 1 year ago
i just hope the vast majority of voters can see what a maroon mccain is.
green_libertarian
· 1 year ago
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may have miscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash that his offensive, which began Tuesday, provoked in areas of Baghdad and other cities where Shiite militias wield power
All Comments
Five years after "mission accomplished," Bush is now portraying setbacks as proof of success and escalating violence as a sign of a healthy democracy.
For details, see:
"Bush's Premature Iraq Elation."
We need to be fighting the enemy here at home not fighting them over seas!
What the hell were we thinking!
Lets see how you will feel when it is your kid dead from an IED as he was on the bus to school!
"Ah well, too bad. At least he lived to see the first black president!"
some consolation prize!
If that is not a breeding ground for violence, I could not devise a better one. People know extreme poverty causes all sorts of criminal acts of desperation and tribalism, just as having no food causes health problems. Then when most of the doctors have fled and the hospitals barely functioning. It is a disaster for civilization. Iraqis must be put back to work rebuilding their own country. No doubt about this.
.
This was the part of Iraq/American contracts for rebuilding were given to graduates of Liberty U. , truck drivers making 100 grand a year. Slaves making $6.00 a day working construction. Thats what happens when you outsource a war.
I don't have an update but here is a good article about what is going on:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStori...
Al Qaeda is in Pakistan; not Iraq.
What does invading and occupying Iraq have to do with it, Danile?
As we learned in the Poseidon Adventure...down is now up...don't go towards the propeller... you can't get out that way. (no Shelly Winters/Hillary jokes please)
Isn't that fucking enlightening?
From the Houston Chornicle online:
With more than 56% of the results tallied from today's 284 Democratic district conventions across Texas, Senator Barack Obama currently is projected to earn a 38-29 pledged delegate win in the Texas caucuses, exactly as projected on the day after the March 4th precinct caucuses. The nine delegate margin in the caucuses means Obama will gain a net margin of five pledged delegates from Texas because Senator Clinton narrowly won the Texas primary by only four delegates, 65-61.
Now the next big fight will be over the SUPER delegates!
http://judicial-inc.biz/83_mccain_vows_to_prote...
Wow thanks for the link. The site is pretty scary but the stuff about Insane McCain appears right on target. Why are we not hearing about this stuff from the MSM? They are going to look a lot more asleep-at-the-switch than now when the General election campaign raises the issues about the truth of McCain's past. Their noses are all still going to be so brown but then they got to ride on the "bus." The stink emanating from the truth about McCain is so strong I would not want to be in the same county with him. He is worse than Dubya ever thought of being. War hero, my foot, McCain is the biggest fuck-up I've ever heard of. Not only he, but his sainted father Admiral J.S. McCain Jr. should be investigated because it seems pretty apparent Insane McCain could not have advance so far against the odds with out daddy ruinning all sorts of interference for him.
I visit a lot of sites and have stuff sent to me from a group of people, my email address is: shannontaylor5679@msn.com<mailto:shannontaylor5679@msn.com>, we should keep in touch. You might be interested in the iUSS Liberty cover-up that was initiated by John McCain Jr. John McInsane's father. If you have not already googled it there is some film with interviews of the ships crew available there. There is so much U.S. history that is hidden from the people this is just one small example. Americans think they know all about the U.S.A., but they haven't even a clue. It is very sad for those of us who feel we are patriotic people to discover over and over that our country is not what it teaches us in school. McInsane shares a lot of stuff with GW Bu$h, "Poppy" has made it possible in both cases for these criminals to control our country.
----- Original Message -----
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Subject: [Disqus] Re: Following Bush's lead,McCain lets Bin Laden make Iraq "the battle site"
British and US forces drawn into battle for Basra
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-...
As the Iraqi army's assault on Shia militias in the city falters, the government's strategy is looking to be a dangerous gamble.
Shiite Leader Al-Sadr Defies Iraq Gov't
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/742...> Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may have miscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash that his offensive, which began Tuesday, provoked in areas of Baghdad and other cities where Shiite militias wield power
Sadr rebuffs Iraq government envoy as offensive sputters
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/32013.html
After failing to break the resistance of Shiite militias in the five-day siege of oil rich Basra, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki sent a top general to hold talks with his Shiite rival, Muqtada al Sadr, Saturday night only to be rebuffed by the firebrand cleric, an Iraqi official close to the negotiations said.
All evening NPR reporters in Baghdad have been reporting that the Americans had to evacuate Nouri Al-Maliki from his headquarters at Basra Palace -- where he was “directing the battle” -- because it was becoming surrounded by the Mahdi Army fighters earlier today. This is pretty embarrassing given Al-Malki’s pledge five days ago that he would stay and fight to the finish. Now, he says that he may have "miscalculated"....
It looks like Bush and Maliki’s great “defining moment” in the “Battle of Basra” is being defined by their so-called “enemy” Muqtada al-Sadr.
Clearly, McCain is nuts, ill-informed, and thick as a brick -- but that's what happens when you're surrounded 24/7 by nothing by Washington lobbyists and never read a newspaper. So, it's no wonder that McCain doesn't have a clue about what's really going on in Iraq...and it has nothing -- absolutely nothing -- to do with Bin Laden or al-Qaeda.
McCain really is Bush III -- Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest!
:(
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I will vote for whoever will get us out of Iraq the quickest! I have other reasons for this however. I don't trust MCain, I dont trust anybody who is running for the White House. I live in a very removed part of Ca. now and I know my biggest threat is Bob cats and Brown Bears.
I for one would rather fight the the A-Q hear. I and my family (the only pepole who matter to me) are in a good position of defence. It would be good to have the home front for once. This nation has not been invaded by a another power since the 1800's (that was Briton they burned down the White House!). We need to understand what we are fighting. We as Americans need to understand what terror is. And what the enemy wants. We don't. We are a nation of veal calves. It will only be a matter of time.
Do you think that the Mexican slave smugglers will think twice about helping members of terrorist groups into this nation. Do any of you think that the terrorist even need to use cyotes to get past the southern boarder? If the enemy is not hear now they will be within little time of them no longer needing to keep us tied down (And us keeping them tied down) in Iraq.
I am the fool? My eyes are open. Time to open yours!
I am not advocating for McCain.
I will vote for Big Love Oboma!
Not that I think he will do a good job.
I think he will screw this nation up so much and paint us so far into a corner that we will have no choice but to come together and fight the enemy rather than fighting each other. (Well that means he will bring us unity right?)
I hope I am wrong.
If I am I will be glad to as forgiveness from everybody!
I would love to have peace.
I know however that it is not possible.
I hate to be a cynic but hey when you have been fucked over as many times as I have. When you have been thrown under the bus by almost everybody you have ever loved you start to understand the true nature of the human spirit.
Give me back the Berlin Wall, Give me Stallin and St. Paul I have seen the future baby.
It is murder.
It is murder.
Rather delusional.
Just sayin'...
Only the ground were it is fought.
So far it has been over one hundred years since we have fought a war on our own soil.
I think this will likely change soon.
That is all I am saying.
The War Criminal President
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
http://www.deanesmay.com/2008/03/29/obamas-late...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN6IWiwzJog&feat...
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-g...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea439b46-fd28-11dc-96...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/105832/Gallup-Daily-...
Shia fighting threatens to bury hope of united Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/30/iraq
By Sam Kiley
The decision by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch a fresh offensive against the militias has shattered a nine month ceasefire. More than 200 people have been killed and US policy has been thrown into confusion
[…]
Last week, Bush said that this was a “defining moment in the history of free Iraq”. Indeed, it probably is. So far, with less than a third of Basra under government control, and insurrection across much of the rest of the south, it looks like defining the beginning of the end of the al-Maliki government.
“It looks like defining the beginning of the end of the al-Maliki government.”
Ouch!
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If Bush gives the order to attack Iran, those British troops are gone. I hope PM Brown (who is highly intelligent) won't be fooled by another Bush double-cross.
Alas, all too true -- right along with the entire Green Zone and U.S. bases all across Iraq – it will be a conflagration!
Also, if Bush gives the order to attack Iran, which I believe is actually quite likely because he is that crazy -- all the major warring Shiite factions in Iraq -- Badr Corps, Mahdi Army, and Fadila Militia – will immediately bury their differences and internecine power struggles and turn their rage and venom and weapons on the Great Satan. Depend upon it.
I still want to believe that Gordon Brown won't allow himself to be stiffed by Bush -- or even by his "military commanders" on the ground, who are notoriously unreliable -- but he will find himself under a lot of pressure vis-à-vis the “special relationship” and all the usual bollocks.
When you consider the massive numbers that comprise the various Shiite militias -- in their many tens of thousands -- there really isn't much that the small contingent of British soldiers presently stuck in Basra soldiers could be expected to do at this point that would make any difference.
Actually, there is very little that the American soldiers can do militarily at this point to turn things around in any substantive way -- the solutions must be political and must be negotiated by the Iraqis themselves. But, obviously, Bush and Petraeus didn't get the memo.
I can already hear the cries in the House of Commons -- and on the streets of London and elsewhere throughout the UK -- urging PM Brown to bring all the British soldiers home now!
At least, I certainly hope so.
:)
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We just need a new Iraqi boss.
Maliki ain't cutting it.
There's an old saying in Tennesse, I know it's in Texas, fool me once....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nghdLS8wMfI
"You fool me...you can't get fooled again!"
It's Bush's pretzel logic -- and not the good kind by Steely Dan.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CpFOQXujcZo
And, hey, the Who ain’t half-bad, either.
;)
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“This campaign is not going to be between the Democrats and the Republicans,” said Philadelphia’s Duncan Black, who writes under the name Atrios and whose highly popular progressive political blog, named Eschaton, inspired the gathering of bloggers and political activists called Eschacon '08.
It’s between the Democrats and the media.”
http://www.attytood.com/2008/03/liberal_blogger...
It's really gutting to learn that Gordon Brown has decided to abandon the utterly rational decision reduce the British forces to 2,500 this spring “on the advice of our military commanders” – WTF? He sounds exactly like Bush! – listening to our “commanders on the ground.”
Wait until the British public and the House of Commons get wind of this wankerific decision - virtually everyone in the UK has been counting the days until the final departure of the last soldier returns home to Britain never to ruturn that beleaguered country that now lies in ruins almost beyond comprehension.
At the moment, I would say that things are shaping up as follows for the current cast of principal characters:
Bush = Wonder Bread Toast
Al-Maliki = Pita Toast
Gordon Brown = Burnt Toast
This trio makes Larry, Moe, and Curly look like Einstein!
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expect different results. Sounds like insanity to me.
Except that the current violence is from the Shiites whose main issue is the American Occupation.
Duh...
Anyone?
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged he may have miscalculated by failing to foresee the strong backlash that his offensive, which began Tuesday, provoked in areas of Baghdad and other cities where Shiite militias wield power
Miscalculated?
MISCALCULATED?
Ahhh-ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha
MISCALCULATED?
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Yes, that and the following:
Emasculated!
EMASCULATED!
Nouri al-Maliki = Pita Toast
:)
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