posted on April 29, 2007 02:54:25 PM new
SORRY LIAR_K, I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOUR BULL ROAR COVER UP THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH IS INTO THE 5TH YEAR OF THE BUSH IRAQ WAR. AMERICA HAS LEFT OVER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FROM 2006 AND BUSH NOW BLOCKING DEMOCRATS FROM ENDING THE IRAQ WAR.
War Called Riskier Than Vietnam
Military Experts Fretful Over Long-Term Consequences
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 29, 2007; Page A19
President Bush recently said that "there's a lot of differences" between the current war in Iraq and the Vietnam War.
As fighting in Iraq enters its fifth year, an increasing number of experts in foreign policy and national strategy are arguing that the biggest difference may be that the Iraq war will inflict greater damage to U.S. interests than Vietnam did.
"In terms of the consequences of failure, the stakes are much bigger than Vietnam," said former defense secretary William S. Cohen. "The geopolitical consequences are . . . potentially global in scope."
BUSH TURNED MOST COUNTRIES AGAINST US BECAUSE OF HIS DAM IRAQ WAR. NOW BUSH AND REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING MORE AMERICANS KILLED BECAUSE OF BUSH'S BLUNDERS.
IT WILL TAKE YEARS FOR DEMOCRATS TO UNDO THE BUSH DAMAGE.
posted on April 29, 2007 03:01:53 PM newThe 'Waco' Screamer......
still refuses to acknowledge that FIVE months ago the liberals COULD have put an immediate END to this war.
But they didn't.
WHY? I'd love to hear the liberals excuse for bashing this President for fighting terrorist/terrorisms while their party continues to FUND it for five months.
I'd love to hear when 'waco' SCREAMS about the deaths of our soldiers and the Iraqi's......just what he sees the terrorists doing IF we do pull out.
Will all be well then?
Will peace and the stoppage of murders end?
Will the Iraqi people be able to remain FREE and vote in a democratic manner for what direction THEY want to see their Nation move in?
Or will the terrorists and the AQ take over and rule Iraq?
Will Iraq become the 'new Afghanistan' where the AQ terrorists can ALSO take safe haven there?
How many millions of murders took place after we left VN????? And the liberals what to ALLOW a REPEAT of that genocide in Iraq - while all the time SCREAMING about a relatively small number of American losses?
Why are they so afraid to combat the AQ terrorists in Iraq?
Why do they want to give a VICTORY to the terrorists and AQ terrorists?
Do they REALLY believe Iraq will be a better place when American troops AREN'T there to help the Iraqi's protect themselves.....
...or is it that the liberals just don't CARE how many Iraqi's are murdered?
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[b]I'm beginning to get the impression from the liberals here that Ann had them 'pegged' a long long time ago when she made this statement:
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Ann Coulter
[ edited by linda_K on Apr 29, 2007 03:12 PM ]
posted on April 29, 2007 03:05:12 PM new
Another question I'd love to see any anti-war liberal here answer....I won't be holding my breath though.
Is their leadership TOTALLY approved Gen. Patreous to be the new commanding officer in Iraq. Knowing full well what his plans were.
So...they approve him and his new mission.....but almost since the day they did that....made that choice rather than defeating or voting against his nomination.....they have worked so HE CAN'T fully impliment his mission.
Why would they do either. Their actions contradict what they vote him in for.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on April 29, 2007 04:14:48 PM new
Since no else here (or anywhere) constantly claims to know what I'm thinking or speaks for me about things I've never said or don't believe I can only assume that you must be in some altered state of mind to do so, Linda_K.
Face it, the Iraqis can also think and speak for themselves and will try to make the best choices they can in the midst of the daily violence and you have no say in it whatsoever because it's their life experience daily and not yours.
If they choose to leave Iraq and save their own lives and those of their innocent children because your leaders messed up their country and turned it into a war zone and a breeding ground for terrorists you can't stop them.
posted on April 29, 2007 04:43:29 PM new
brother kiara...you sure can bring up things I never said.
You're REAL good at that.
But obviously NOT at answering ANY questions put to you......EVER.
Never said those like your riverbend couldn't leave. Only pointed out they are the COWARDS and their actions don't do a THING to improve the conditions in Iraq.
Whereas the Iraqi's that HAVE chosen to fight along side of us ARE doing something. They're beginning to show the AQ THEY aren't going to control and MURDER them like they've been doing.
I know it bothers you that I see people like your riverbend and her family as COWARDS. But that's what they are, imo. And that's what YOU support....them running away rather than standing up to those who have caused this MAYHAM in their country.
She sounds to ME like a pampered princess....maybe her family was one of saddam's favorite people. Those he gave favors to, while others he let live in squaller. They sure didn't sit on their rear ends all day...blogging....most didn't have clean water or food...medical care.
But you try and get others to believe 'miss pampered riverbend' should get our sympathy.
She and her ilk will NEVER get mine...while our soldiers are DYING fighting for their freedoms and they do NOTHING by complain.
posted on April 29, 2007 04:44:57 PM new
liar-k, as for your "The 'Waco' Screamer" WORDS GO YOU CAN STICK YOUR WORDS IN A VERY DARK,STINKY AND DISGUSTING PLACE your,your,your,refrigerator!!!
04/29/07 AP: Sunni lawmaker urges his party to withdraw from Iraqi government
An Iraqi Sunni lawmaker urged his party Sunday to withdraw from the Shiite-led government if it fails to better protect citizens from sectarian bloodshed.
THE LEFT OVER REPUBLICANS FROM 2006 AND BUSH ARE BLOCKING THE DEMOCRATS FROM ENDING THE BUSH IRAQ WAR.
ITS THE REPUBLICANS AND BUSH THAT NOW HAVE THE BLOOD OF OUR DEAD AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON THEIR HANDS.
posted on April 29, 2007 05:20:55 PM newShe sounds to ME like a pampered princess....maybe her family was one of saddam's favorite people. Those he gave favors to, while others he let live in squaller.
Oh, you mean like Bush does, giving the fat cats and their families and friends favors while others live in poverty?
They sure didn't sit on their rear ends all day...blogging....most didn't have clean water or food...medical care.
Riverbend was considered middle class in Iraq, Linda_K. You've noted before that you thought that most Iraqis lived in squalor and were uneducated savages that your Bush god freed but they weren't.
She only wrote in her blog periodically about life in Iraq, she didn't make it her sole daily agenda as you do with the RT. Personally I'm glad her words and her choices struck such a deep response from you and I hope the words of the other Iraqis do too.
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And your bold demands about me answering your questions while you in turn try to label me and speak for me was addressed long ago when I told you what you could do. Just so you don't forget again I suggest you print it out, wad it into a ball and have a 'lightbulb' moment.
posted on April 29, 2007 05:26:01 PM new
As kiara continues on with HER LIES....which so freely flow out of her mouth, when her foot isn't in it.....
"I can only assume that you must be in some altered state of mind to do so, Linda_K.'
So that's your LATEST EXCUSE for continuing to LIE about my drinking?
Your lies, which I have continually CORRECTED....but that doesn't keep you from repeating....ONLY hurt your OWN believability and your own credibility, kiara.
You LIE as well as you ASSUME.
And this was but ANOTHER lie kiara tells. Like all the others she falsely states:
For the record: I NEVER said any such thing.
"You've noted before that you thought that most Iraqis lived in squalor and were uneducated savages[/b] that your Bush god freed but they weren't.
Again....it's all in kiara's FANTASY world....her world where she makes up all SORTS of LIES.
[ edited by linda_K on Apr 29, 2007 05:56 PM ]
posted on April 30, 2007 05:05:30 AM new
LIAR_K's WORDS CAN'T CHANGE THE TRUTH.
THE LEFT OVER REPUBLICANS FROM 2006 AND BUSH ARE BLOCKING THE DEMOCRATS FROM ENDING THE BUSH IRAQ WAR.
ITS THE REPUBLICANS AND BUSH THAT NOW HAVE THE BLOOD OF OUR DEAD AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON THEIR HANDS.
DOES THIS LIKE VICTORY ???
U.S. April Death Toll in Iraq Passes 100
Monday, April 30, 2007 6:23 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By KIM GAMEL
BAGHDAD (AP) — Four U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the capital this weekend, including three in a single roadside bombing, the military said Monday, pushing the death toll past 100 in the deadliest month so far this year.
Both attacks occurred in eastern Baghdad, a predominantly Shiite area where American and Iraqi forces have stepped up their activities as part of a security crackdown that began on Feb. 14 to quell the sectarian violence.
In violence Monday, a suicide car bomber apparently targeting an Interior Ministry convoy struck an Iraqi checkpoint near a busy square in the predominantly Sunni area of Harthiyah in western Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 10, police said.
The bomber detonated his payload, causing part of the road to buckle, as he emerged from an underpass and was heading toward the checkpoint being manned by Interior Ministry commandos. Those killed included two commandos and two civilians.
The violence occurred despite stringent security measures during the security crackdown now in its 11th week.
posted on April 30, 2007 11:30:56 AM new
DOES OVER 100 MORE DEAD AMERICAN TROOPS IN APRIL ALONE LOOK LIKE VICTORY? THE "SURGE" ALRIGHT, THE REPUBLICAN "SURGE" IN AMERICAN DEAD AND WOUNDED TROOPS THAT IS
THE LEFT OVER REPUBLICANS FROM 2006 AND BUSH ARE BLOCKING THE DEMOCRATS FROM ENDING THE BUSH IRAQ WAR.
ITS THE REPUBLICANS AND BUSH THAT NOW HAVE THE BLOOD OF OUR DEAD AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS ON THEIR HANDS.
U.S. April Death Toll in Iraq Passes 100
By KIM GAMEL
AP
BAGHDAD (April 30) - Five U.S. military personnel were killed over the weekend in Iraq , including three by a roadside bomb in Baghdad , the military said Monday, pushing the American death toll past 100 in the deadliest month so far this year.
posted on April 30, 2007 01:31:27 PM new
Lots of treasure lost.....
....all the more reason for the dem party to just pass a bill to NOT fund the war - instead of just TALKING about bringing our troops home MONTHS from now....
...bring our troops home immediately.
Why would they want to see - even ALLOW - this type of treasure loss to continue????
Seems odd to me they're willing to continue to FUND this war.
Oh....that's right. They're ONLY using this war for their political gain.
posted on April 30, 2007 04:48:36 PM new
Where is the outrage from all the warhawks about Senator Hagel's comments about the war.
Sen. Chuck Hagel returned from his fifth visit to Iraq to join Senate Democrats last Thursday as one of two Republicans voting to begin withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. It was not an easy vote for a conservative party regular and faithful supporter of President Bush's non-Iraq policies. A few days earlier, Hagel sat down with me to paint a bleak picture of the war and U.S. policy.
Over a dozen years, I have had many such conversations with Hagel not for quotation. This time, I asked him to go on the record about his assessment of what the "surge" has accomplished. In language more blunt than his prepared speeches and articles, he described Iraq as "coming undone," with its regime "weaker by the day." He deplored the Bush administration's failure to craft a coherent Middle East policy, blaming the influence of Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams.
Hagel faces a political paradox as he ponders a career decision -- to run for president, seek re-election next year or get out of elective politics. His harsh assessment resonates with many Republicans who believe Bush's war policy has led the party to disaster. Yet, this message faces rejection by GOP primary voters, and he is under attack from the right at home in Nebraska (with 38-year-old state Attorney General Jon Bruning threatening to run against him).
After his latest visit to Baghdad, Fallujah, Ramadi and Anbar Province, Hagel told me: "This thing is really coming undone quickly, and [Prime Minister Nouri al-] Maliki's government is weaker by the day. The police are corrupt, top to bottom. The oil problem is a huge problem. They still can't get anything through the parliament -- no hydrocarbon law, no de-Baathification law, no provincial elections [needed to bring Sunnis into the governing process]."
The regional problem, as described by Hagel, is a U.S. policy breakdown with a failure to engage Iran and Syria. "I do know that there are a number of Israelis who would like to engage Syria," said Hagel. "They have said that Elliott Abrams keeps pushing them back." He quoted foreign ministers, ambassadors and former U.S. officials as saying they believe Abrams "is making policy in the Middle East."
Hagel certainly is no peace-now zealot. "We're not going to precipitously pull out," he told me. "We have [national] interests in Iraq." While he asserted "we can't get out by the end of the year," he called for "pulling some of our guys out -- not all of them, but you've got to get them out of [Baghdad] at least, get them out of the middle of civil war."
If not, Hagel said, "then the prospects of the Republican Party are very dim next year."
What about claims by proponents of the Iraqi intervention that failure to stop the terrorists in Iraq will open the door to them in the American homeland? "That's nonsense," Hagel replied. "I've never believed that. That's the same kind of rhetoric and thinking that neo-cons used to get us into this mess, and everything that [Donald] Rumsfeld, [Paul] Wolfowitz, [Richard] Perle, [Douglas] Feith and the vice president all said. Nothing turned out the way they said it would."
It is "nonsense," Hagel said, because "Iraq is not embroiled in a terrorist war today." A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he cited "national intelligence" attributing "maybe 10 percent of the insurgency and violence" to al-Qaida. Indeed, he described Shias, Sunnis and Kurds as opposed to al-Qaida: "They don't like the terrorists. What's happened in Anbar Province is the tribes are finally starting to connect with us because al-Qaida started killing some of their leadership and threatening their people. So the tribes now are at war with al-Qaida."
"So," said Hagel, "when I hear people say, 'Well, if we leave them to that, it will be chaos' -- what do you think is going on now? Scaring the American people into this blind alley is so dangerous."
These judgments come from someone credited with rebuilding Nebraska's Republican Party who has a lifetime American Conservative Union record of 85.2 percent. Hagel represents millions of Republicans who are repelled by the Democratic personal assault on Bush but deeply unhappy about his course in Iraq.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on May 2, 2007 03:12:05 PM new
ON 5/1/07 THE LEFT OVER REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FROM 2006 AND BUSH BLOCKED THE DEMOCRATS FROM ENDING THE BUSH IRAQ WAR.
Update to the Bush Iraq War below.
INTO 5 YEARS OF THE BUSH IRAQ WAR, AMERICA NOW HAS 3,355 DEAD TROOPS UP 4 IN TWO DAYS.
05/02/07 Reuters: Thirty bodies found around Baghdad in the past 24 hours
Thirty bodies have been found around Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said. All had been shot.
posted on May 2, 2007 04:22:38 PM new
According to the Assoc. Press, today.....
AP BAGHDAD -
Nearly 4,000 American soldiers pour into Baghdad this week, the fourth of five brigades being sent to strengthen an 11-week-old crackdown aimed at quelling sectarian violence, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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And next month more soldiers will be sent.
Gen. Petraeus said it most likely would take until the FALL of this year to be able to judge how well the 28,000 to 30,000 additional troops have changed the situation.
Since the DEMOCRATIC Senate APPROVED his nomination 100%.....I say he should be given a chance to make this NEW plan work.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 2, 2007 04:32:36 PM new
"Where is the outrage from all the warhawks about Senator Hagel's comments about the war."
Probably in the same place the dem comments are about the SEVEN democrats that voted WITH the republicans. LOL
Does anyone besides the liberals REALLY EVER listen to what hagel says???
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Taken in part from the LasVegasSun.com website:
"The veto vote hewed closely to party lines, with 220 Democrats and two Republicans in favor of overriding the president, and 196 Republicans and seven Democrats voting to sustain him."
"Despite the magnitude of the issue, Bush's political victory was a foregone conclusion, and the one-hour debate on the House floor was suspenseless."
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
posted on May 2, 2007 04:53:17 PM new
Ya, let's give these General Losers more time...they've only had 4 years since bushit said, "mission accomplished".
Hey, if the war is going so well....where's old whatisname????
Oh, ya, Dummy Rumsfeld....wonder what ever happened to that guy ?????
posted on May 2, 2007 06:26:58 PM newKey US Army ranks begin to thin
By Gordon Lubold | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington - Thousands more mid-level enlisted soldiers are leaving the Army than in each of the past two years, forcing the service to increase its use of pay-to-stay programs and find other ways to keep GIs in the fold.
Four years into the fight in Iraq, the Army continues to be successful in retaining enough soldiers overall – "a miracle" to some observers, because the war has lasted so long. But that success masks a growing problem within the ranks: Fewer mid-grade sergeants are opting to stay in the Army as many face yet another deployment to Iraq – and, more important, Army officials say, less time at home.
While a reenlistment shortfall in any Army group is cause for concern, many consider the declining rate among mid-grade sergeants to be a sign of potential bigger reenlistment problems for the Army down the line. In addition, the fact that more mid-level soldiers are leaving could have a long-term impact on the Army's ability to grow future leaders.
The Army has seen the reenlistment rate of mid-grade enlisted soldiers drop 12 percentage points, from 96 percent during the first quarter of 2005 to a low of 84 percent for the first quarter of 2007, according to Pentagon data. As of March, the Army is as much as 10 percentage points behind where it was in retaining mid-grade soldiers at that time in 2005 and 2006. (The overall retention goal for mid-grade soldiers in fiscal year 2006 was about 25,000.)
Although Army officials say they will make their overall retention goals by the end of the fiscal year – in September – the decline means this will be the hardest year so far when it comes to keeping soldiers in uniform since the war in Iraq began.
How bad the problem is depends on whom you ask. To some, the trend is further proof that the war in Iraq has broken the back of the Army. Others believe it remains only an ominous warning light on the Army's collective dashboard but does not mean there is a crisis.
Either way, if mid-grade soldiers do not "re-up" in enough numbers, the Army will have a problem that will only worsen if not corrected soon.
HEY LIAR_K WILL OUR 4,000 NEW TROOPS IN BAGHDAD BE JOINED BY 4,000 NEW IRAQI TROOPS?
July 2006, Bushy says,
''Obviously, the violence in Baghdad is still terrible, and therefore there needs to be more troops,'' Mr. Bush said.
Now into the 5th year G.W. can still say,''Obviously, the violence in Baghdad is still terrible we need more troops, see below!!!
Killed American Troops by the month since Bushy talked about violence in Baghdad in July of 2006.
4-2007 104 Dead Americans
3-2007 81 Dead Americans
2-2007 80 Dead Americans
1-2007 83 Dead Americans
12-2006 112 Dead Americans
11-2006 70 Dead Americans
10-2006 106 Dead Americans
9-2006 72 Dead Americans
8-2006 65 Dead Americans
7-2006 43 Dead Americans
05/02/07 Reuters: Thirty bodies found around Baghdad in the past 24 hours
Thirty bodies have been found around Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said. All had been shot.
05/02/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 10, wounds 35 in Sadr City
A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 35 near a police station in the Baghdad Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City, police said.
With President Bush meeting today with congressional leaders on the war-funding bill, the administration continues to be hammered by Democrats who are never at a loss for words when it comes to professing their admiration for our troops or browbeating the Iraqis to "do more" to defend their own country.
But these talking points bear little resemblance to the actual behavior.
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack."
Are YOU a Bunghole?