Iraq's foreign minister insisted Sunday
that any security deal with the United States must contain a "very
clear timeline" for the departure of U.S. troops. A suicide bomber
struck north of Baghdad, killing at least five people including an
American soldier.
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told reporters that American and
Iraqi negotiators were "very close" to reaching a long-term security
agreement that will set the rules for U.S. troops in Iraq after the
U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.
Zebari said the Iraqis were insisting that the agreement include a
"very clear timeline" for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces, but he
refused to talk about specific dates.
"We have said that this is a condition-driven process," he added,
suggesting that the departure schedule could be modified if the
security situation changed.
But Zebari made clear that the Iraqis would not accept a deal that
lacks a timeline for the end of the U.S. military presence.
"No, no definitely there has to be a very clear timeline," Zebari
replied when asked if the Iraqis would accept an agreement that did
not mention dates.
Differences over a withdrawal timetable have become one of the most
contentious issues remaining in the talks, which began early this
year. U.S. and Iraqi negotiators missed a July 31 target date for
completing the deal, which must be approved by Iraq's parliament.
President Bush has steadfastly refused to accept any timetable for
bringing U.S. troops home. Last month, however, Bush and Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to set a "general time horizon" for
a U.S. departure. OK, so the
Iraqi's agree with Obama and NOT John McSame as Bush!
It's getting worse
and worse. Bush in his infinite
wisdom chose to ignore the many
dissenters and military experts and
pulled our troops out of Afghanistan to
finish the job he thought his father had
left undone. What he
accomplished so far is well over 4100 US
deaths, and 75,00 Iraqi deaths in this
unnecessary venture and ultimately he's
allowed the Taliban to regroup and get
even stronger in the entire region.
Of course the big prize, Osama Bin Laden
the man he vowed to get dead or alive,
well he's likely hold up in Pakistan and
Pakistan won't allow us to search for
him. It's nothing short of a GWB
Cluster_uck!
Regarding
the Bush War, I just read an article
from Crooks and Liars, "This Week with
George Stephanopoulous" this is where he
tries to note the passing of celebrities
and he of course mentions those US
military deaths from Bush's War. I
appreciate the fact he devotes some time
to there real heroes, but it seems he
may be the only one in main stream media
that actually gets it. Why is so
much time given to the likes of Tony
Snow and some ball player that never
lived up to the hype?
Of course none of
this would be necessary had we had a
President with wisdom in the first
place. All we had to do was finish
the job in Afghanistan and many of the
lives lost could have been prevented.
Unfortunately the Republicans would love
to give us a 3rd Bush term with John
McCain, but this time.. well it's
different.. most thinking people can see
the folly in Bush's war now. His
lies, distortions, deceptions, bungling
and mistreatment of our fighting men and
women are going to send a severe
backlash to his party in this upcoming
election. It
will be even bigger than that of the
2006 elections... just you watch and
hide.
Senators Joe Lieberman and Jack Reed
appeared on last Sunday’s This Week
and
as always,
Holy Joe goes to battle for his BFF,
GOP presidential candidate John McCain.
McCain has been struggling to stay on
message and to fool
connect with the average voter, so Joe
gladly gives him a hand by distorting
facts and outright lying about the state
of the Iraqi government and U.S. troop
withdrawals:
click
on the picture/icon to hear the
discusiion.
LIEBERMAN:
With all
respect
to Jack
— and
he’s my
dear
friend —
the
Iraqi
political
leadership
has
reconciled.
I mean,
that’s
one of
the
great
things
that’s
happened
as a
result
of the
surge.
There’s
greater
security.
Maliki
has
shown
strength.
The
Sunnis
are now
trusting
him, and
the
Kurds
are, as
well.
The
economy
is
moving.
Iraq is
on the
way…
STEPHANOPOULOS:
But then
the U.S.
can
withdraw,
right?
LIEBERMAN:
The U.S.
is
withdrawing.
In fact,
the
surge
troops
are
coming
out.
We
expect
to hear
from
General
Petraeus
this
summer,
as he
told us
earlier
in the
year
before
the
Armed
Services
Committee,
about
whether
we can
bring
more
troops
out in
the
fall.
I wonder if
Joe read
the GAO
report
released
last month
(PDF) that
states that
the surge
isn’t going
as well as
he says it
is? A
little
truthiness
goes a long
way with the
uniformed
American,
and Joe has
shown
amazing
talent in
that area.
SOME of the
surge troops
will be
coming home
this summer,
but
President
Bush put a
freeze on
further
troop
withdrawals.
This freeze
is supposed
to be
temporary,
but it’s not
likely to be
lifted
before the
November
election.
As for Iraqi
reconciliation:
Has
the
Iraqi
government
followed
through
on its
promises?
Well,
the GAO
reports
that
while
some
legislation
has been
passed
to
restore
Ba’ath
Party
members
to
government
(although
many
have
questioned
the
legitimacy
of these
efforts),
give
amnesty
to some
detainees
and
define
provincial
powers,
on many
of the
larger,
stickier
issues,
no
progress
has been
made.
The
report
notes
that the
Iraqi
government
has not
enacted
“important
legislation
for
sharing
oil
resources
or
holding
provincial
elections”
and that
“[e]fforts
to
complete
constitutional
review
have
also
stalled.”
At about 6 minutes into
the clip, Logan recalls being asked if she felt
responsibility for how Americans perceived the
war.
Tell me the last
time you saw the body of a dead American
soldier. What does that look like? Who in
American knows what that looks like? Because
I know what that looks like, and I feel
responsible for the fact that no one else
does. ... And the soldiers do feel
forgotten, they do. No doubt. From
Afghanistan to Iraq, they absolutely feel --
you know, we may be tired of hearing about
this five years later, they still have to go
out and do the same job.
After over a year of
campaigning, you’d think John McCain would have
a sense about how to talk about the war in Iraq.
His support for the president’s policy, and his
deeply held desire to stay the course, is, after
all, his signature campaign issue.
To be sure, McCain has
made comments like these before, most notably in
response to questions about his stated
willingness to keep U.S. troops in Iraq for 100
years. He frequently emphasizes his belief that
as long as Americans are not being killed or
seriously injured in Iraq, he doesn’t much care
when we leave.
But he’s usually not
this clumsy and politically tone deaf.
Bringing the troops home is “not too important”?
For thousands of Americans in uniform and their
families, nothing is more important.
George W
BUSH looks
at it this
way; after
4000 US
deaths,
nearly
70,000 US
wounded, and
100's of
thousands
Iraqi
deaths... he
still has NO
regrets.
Just today,
our sorry
U.S.
President
George W.
Bush claimed
that he had
no regrets
about the
decision to
invade Iraq
and topple
Saddam
Hussein in
2003.
What a sorry
excuse for a
human being.
click the above pic to listen to McSame,
the Old Fart finally admit what we all
know! At a town hall meeting today, Senator
McCain made a stunning admission when he
announced that his energy policy would
aim to reduce our dependence on Middle
East oil, which would in turn ensure
that we never have to fight another war
there again.
“My friends, I will
have an energy policy which will
eliminate our dependence on oil from
Middle East that will then prevent
us from having ever to send our
young men and women into conflict
again in the Middle East.”
Think about how amazing this is.
McCain is essentially saying that our
quest to “spread democracy” throughout
the Middle East is a sham. It has
nothing to do with freeing oppressed
people, or protecting Israel, or
defending ourselves against future
attacks. It’s about gaining control of
foreign oil. Stunning. Will this get any
significant media play?
Tweety gets this exactly right:
“You know, if somebody else
were to say that, they would be
accused of being a communist, or
radical, or a leftist…for John
McCain, a war hero, to say that
we’re fighting in the Middle East to
protect our oil sources is an
astounding development.”
Once
A Piece of Excrement... always a piece of excremet!
2007 becomes deadliest yet for
U.S. in Iraq
Military announces
deaths of soldiers and sailor, raising year’s total to
853
Five more U.S. troops and a sailor were killed in
Iraq, the military said Tuesday — making 2007 the deadliest year for American
forces in Iraq, according to an Associated Press count.
At least 853 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq so far this year — the
highest annual toll since the war began in March 2003, according to AP figures.
Some 850 troops died in 2004.
The grim milestone passed despite a sharp drop in U.S. and Iraqi deaths here in
recent months, after a 30,000-strong U.S. force buildup.
(CBS) 60 Minutes
has identified the man whose fabricated story
of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading
Iraq. It has also obtained video of "Curve Ball," as he was known in
intelligence circles, and discovered he was not only a liar, but
also a thief and a poor student instead of the chemical engineering
whiz he claimed to be.
60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon's two-year investigation will be
broadcast this Sunday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Curve Ball is an Iraqi defector named Rafid Ahmed Alwan, who arrived
at a German refugee center in 1999. To bolster his asylum case and
increase his importance, he told officials he was a star chemical
engineer who had been in charge of a facility at Djerf al Nadaf that
was making mobile biological weapons.
60 Minutes has learned that Alwan’s university records indicate he
did study chemical engineering but earned nearly all low marks,
mostly 50s. Simon’s investigation also uncovered an arrest warrant
for theft from the Babel television production company in Baghdad
where he once worked.
Also appearing in Sunday's segment is video that 60 Minutes obtained
of Alwan at a Baghdad wedding in 1993 - the first time images of him
have ever been made public.
He eventually wound up in the care of German intelligence officials
to whom he continued to spin his tale of biological weapons. His
plan succeeded partially because he had worked briefly at the plant
outside Baghdad and his descriptions of it were mostly accurate. He
embellished his account by saying 12 workers had been killed by
biological agents in an accident at the plant.
Revealed: Rumsfeld
Urged Staff To "Keep Elevating The Threat"
In a series of internal
musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense
Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld
argued that Muslims avoid "physical labor" and
wrote of the need to "keep elevating the
threat," "link
Iraq to
Iran" and develop
"bumper sticker statements" to rally public
support for an increasingly unpopular war.
The memos, often
referred to as "snowflakes," shed light on
Rumsfeld's brusque management style and on his
efforts to address key challenges during his
tenure as Pentagon chief. Spanning from 2002 to
shortly after his resignation following the 2006
congressional elections, a sampling of his
trademark missives obtained yesterday reveals a
defense secretary disdainful of media criticism
and driven to reshape public opinion of the Iraq
war. Read on....http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/31/AR2007103103095.html?hpid=topnews
British
MPs
visiting
the
Pentagon
to
discuss
America’s
stance
on Iran
and Iraq
were
shocked
to be
told by
one of
President
Bush’s
senior
women
officials:
“I hate
all
Iranians.”
And she
also
accused
Britain
of
“dismantling”
the
Anglo-US-led
coalition
in Iraq
by
pulling
troops
out of
Basra
too
soon.
The
all-party
group of
MPs say
Debra
Cagan,
Deputy
Assistant
Secretary
for
Coalition
Affairs
to
Defense
Secretary
Robert
Gates,
made the
comments
this
month.
What an
Arian
Goddess...
yeah right!
This
administration
along with
their
fashion
statements
should all
be aborted!
A visibly angry
Bill Clinton had some choice words for
the politics of distraction that the
Republican party has employed to keep
from having to confront their blind
support for failed policies.
Of course,
CNN’s John King is obliged to bring up
the Clenis for “balance.”
CLINTON:
…This was classic bait and switch.
COOPER:
Focus on that as opposed to focus on
what’s really happening ….
CLINTON: Oh
yeah. That’s right. “I don’t have to
deal with Iraq. I don’t have to tell
anybody what I’m going to do.
Everything we do in Iraq is
obviously right because they said
this about Petraeus,” as if it was
the only issue in the whole wide
world. Come on, these Republicans
were all upset about Petraeus-this
was one newspaper ad-these are the
people that ran a television ad in
Georgia with Max Cleland, who lost
half his body in Vietnam, in the
same ad with Osama bin Laden and
Saddam Hussein. That’s what
Republicans do. And the person that
rode into the Senate on that ad was
there voting to condemn the
Democrats over the Petraeus ad. I
mean, these are the people that
funded the Swift Boat Veterans for
Truth. The President appointed one
of the principal funders of the
Swift Boat ads to be an ambassador,
but they’re really about the
Petraeus one. It’s okay to question
John Kerry’s patriotism on the
blatantly dishonest claims by people
that didn’t know what they are
talking about. So it was just bait
and switch. It was “Oh, thank
goodness, I can take this little
word here and ignore what we’ve done
in Iraq and what we’re gonna do and
the outrageous way that we’re gained
political power by smearing John
Kerry.”
At last, maybe someone in Congress is growing
something similar to that of a backbone: WE
MUST SPEAK FOR THE TROOPS WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES -
OUT OF IRAQ ACTION PAGE:
Finally, there is a
growing movement to finally have Congress put its
foot down and say no more. As of today, 81
members of the House of Representatives have signed
on to a letter drafted by Out of Iraq Caucus Chairs
Reps. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA),
and Maxine Waters (D-CA), to the White House,
declaring that they will appropriate no more funds
for this war except to redeploy and protect our
troops.
This is the best opportunity we've had so far to
rally around an initiative, to thank those who have
already joined in, and to
encourage all others to sign on as well.
There can be absolutely no doubt that when we speak
out in sufficient numbers, Congress ACTS. This
was proven yet again a small while back when a
million people (many perhaps not even citizens)
demonstrated against an immigration bill, and within
24 hours it was dead on arrival in the Senate. Who
could witness that and seriously maintain that
Congress won't listen to us? Any such thought is a
insidious lie, promoted only by sad defeatists and
those who would con us out of our own participatory
democracy. Join the effort by visiting
http://www.usalone.com/out_of_iraq.php
Iraqi
investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater
USA guards opened fire against civilians without
provocation in an incident last week in which 11
people died, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday.
He said the case had been referred to the Iraqi
judiciary.
Iraq's
president, meanwhile, demanded that the Americans
release an Iranian arrested this week on suspicion
of smuggling weapons to Shiite militias. The demand
adds new strains to U.S.-Iraqi relations only days
before a meeting between President Bush and Iraq's
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Interior
Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf said
Iraqi authorities had completed an investigation
into the Sept. 20 shooting in Nisoor Square in
western Baghdad and concluded that Blackwater guards
were responsible for the deaths.
He told
The Associated Press that the conclusion was based
on witness statements as well as videotape shot by
cameras at the nearby headquarters of the national
police command. He said eight people were killed at
the scene and three of the 15 wounded died in
hospitals.
Blackwater,
which provides most of the security for U.S.
diplomats and civilian officials in Iraq, has
insisted that its guards came under fire from armed
insurgents and shot back only to defend themselves.
What a gross indictment.
Imagine this... there are more mercenaries than US
military in Iraq. Bush in his infinite wisdom
outsourced this friggin war and look at the mess
he's gotten us into? The bastard ought to be
impeached, and brought up on War Crimes. FYI,
the U.S. Attorney's Office in Raleigh, N.C., is
handling the investigation with help from Pentagon
and State Department auditors, who have concluded
there is enough evidence to file charges, the
officials told The Associated Press. Blackwater is
based in Moyock, N.C... maybe Lizzie Dole
should be phone called and asked to get her fat ass
involved in this matter?
Also Saturday
(09.22.07), the U.S. military announced the death of
two more U.S. soldiers — one of an unspecified
non-combat related injury and another in a vehicle
accident in Diyala province. The deaths raised to at
least 3,795 members of the U.S. military who have
died since the Iraq war started in March 2003,
according to an Associated Press count.
The vote was
56-44. It missed the 60 vote minimum.
Warner helped torpedo whatever chance it
had to pass because the White House got
to him as usual….Let’s thank the Rubber
stamp Republicans for not supporting our
troops. And I’m so sick of these very
honorable people. As
Duncan notes:
“Everything sure did change, with
that Webb amendment getting the same
number of votes it got last July”
Kudos to Senator Webb for standing
strong anyway.
RNC
Chair Mel Martinez says that resting the
troops is demeaning to them.
Question please... what kind of military
service record does this jerk have?
The answer? Like most of the
chicken hawk Republicans... NONE!
click on the pic to play
‘Martinez: “I think we would demean
their service if we were to say to
them that there had to be a parity
between the time in service out of
the country and the time at home.”
Demeaning?
So what the fool is saying is that
lifting some of the burden off of
the one's actually doing the
fighting instead of the cheerleading
in this war is... DEMEANING?
Mel Martinez is an asshole and he
demeans this country every time he
opens his mouth to speak!
OK, maybe
they don't
have enough
votes to
over ride
the Liar
In Chief's
veto, but
shouldn't
the DEMS
give it a
try? Why
have they
shown so
little
backbone?
John
Edward's is
right, the
Congressional
candidates
need to do
more than
just show
symbolism
and empty
rhetoric,
they should
try
everything
to stop this
immoral war.
Then at
least most
of us can
say they
tried.
Where as
with Bush's
dishonest,
distorted
speech to
the people
the other
night all
the Crawford
Moron did
was remind
the American
people that
this is his
war, and
that in
supporting
this war,
the
Republicans
are placing
loyalty to
the worst
president in
history
above any
demands of
decency or
common
sense.
Bush's
legacy is
getting in
the way of
our
security.
Republican
enablers are
just as
invested in
this debacle
as he, but
we must call
their hand.
He's all but
broken the
Army and is
still not
content with
that.
He must be
stopped.
Democrats,
Independents
and the few
responsible
Republicans
must see to
it. I
wonder, do
"I can't
make up my
mind" Jeff
Bingaman,
"Pajama"
Pete
Domenici and
"Fair
Weather"
Heather
Wilson
understand
what the 70%
of Americans
are saying?
Stop the
war... now!
Rumsfeld: "I Have Not Even Attempted" To Follow What's Happening In Iraq - proving once and for all, NOTHING has changed. He wasn't paying attention while in office and he still isn't. That what we get when we elect a party that says Government sucks. A party that has noting but contempt for Government and when elected sets out to really prove... Government sucks!
Watch the
video to see
Jon Stewart
do what the
media fails
to do:
namely, take
General
Petraeus’
long record
of rosey
predictionsinto
account when
judging the
accuracy and
objectivity
of his
report on
Iraq.
John
Amato:
Bush and the
Republicans
all hid
behind the
General’s
skirt to buy
themselves
more time so
they could
continue a
sustained
presence in
Iraq until
he leaves
office.
Meanwhile,
CentCom
Chief Fallon
had this to
say about
him:
“an
ass-kissing
little
chickensh*t”
and
added,
“I hate
people
like
that”,
the
sources
say.
That
remark
reportedly
came
after
Petraeus
began
the
meeting
by
making
remarks
that
Fallon
interpreted
as
trying
to
ingratiate
himself
with a
superior.
Republican support
for the Iraq war remained on shaky
ground in Congress but wasn't lost after
a four-star general recommended keeping
some 130,000 U.S. troops in the country
through next summer.
With Gen. David Petraeus scheduled to
testify Tuesday before Senate committees
heavy with 2008 presidential candidates,
many rank-and-file Republicans said they
still were uneasy about the lack of
political progress in Iraq. But they
also remained reluctant to embrace
legislation ordering troops home by next
spring, increasing the likelihood
that... read more at the
Huffington Post.
* Chimperor
Bush has used/abused the military and
it's commanders like no other Commander
in Chief. How can they stomach the
SOB?
click the
pic to listen to Olberman call Bush out. Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment
tonight is without a doubt, one of his
hardest hitting and most emotional to
date. Keith absolutely lays waste to
President Bush’s lies and rhetoric about
the surge. He contrasts his callous
disregard for the truth and the troops
between his
six hour photo op in Iraq
and
the interview with Draper
released this weekend.
And there
it is, sir. We’ve caught you.
Your goal
is not to bring some troops home —
maybe — if we let you have
your way now;
Your goal
is not to set the stage for eventual
withdrawal;
You are, to
use your own disrespectful,
tone-deaf word, playing at
getting the next Republican nominee
to agree to jump into this
bottomless pit with you, and take us
with him, as we stay in Iraq for
another year, and another, and
another, and anon.
A call by Puerto Rico's governor for a
U.S. withdrawal from Iraq earned a standing ovation from a
conference of more than 4,000 National Guardsmen.
Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila said Saturday that the U.S. administration
has "no new strategy and no signs of success" and that prolonging
the war would needlessly put guardsmen in harm's way.
"The war in Iraq has fractured the political will of the United
States and the world," he said at the opening of the 129th National
Guard Association general conference. "Clearly, a new war strategy
is required and urgently."
Acevedo said sending more troops to Iraq would be a costly blunder.
* Sadly, no one in the administration
gives a damn what a Puerto Rican says , or thinks... they are not a
RED state. Had someone in Georgia, Kentucky or Alabama said
that... they might have heard it, and had it register... but Puerto
Rico?
The Pentagon will
fall far short of its goal of sending 3,500
lifesaving armored vehicles to Iraq by the
end of the year. Instead, officials expect
to send about 1,500.
“Our troops are
seeing this progress that is being made on
the ground,” Bush said. “And as they take
the initiative from the enemy, they have a
question: Will their elected leaders in
Washington pull the rug out from under them
just as they’re gaining momentum and
changing the dynamic on the ground in Iraq?
Here’s my answer is clear: We’ll support our
troops, we’ll support our commanders, and we
will give them everything they need to
succeed.”
Well, as it turns
out,
not.
Once again the bastard
BUSH lied, as always! Why hasn't
this imbecile been impeached?
click the pic to
watch Kristol getting his thumping!
Alas, finally someone calls out Bill
Kristol on his neocon Iraq bull$hit. MSM,
take note:This is how it’s
done.
Although not as combative as William the
Bloody’s
last sit down
with Jon, it was a great interview
nonetheless. You’ll never see Chris
Wallace, Brit Hume or Juan Williams call
Kristol out like this.
Bill
Kristol is such a smirking ducebag (sp?)
that watching his arrogance on display
makes you wish that Jon would just get
up out of his chair, walk over to
Kristol and slap the smirk off his face.
It is too much sometimes to watch this
architect of hate/war/blood and
ignorance sit there and lie to defend
his obviously misguided plan.
And to say, wait, trust us... we'll
eventually get it right while other
peoples (certainly not rich Republican)
young die fighting in the neo cons WAR
of CHOICE is... well, bull$hit!
An Iraq Soldier Challenges
The DECIDER!
Chimperor Bush
Spc. Gabriel Vassell,
“We have people up
there in Congress with the brain of a 2-year-old who don’t know what
they are doing, they don’t experience it."
Oh I see Spc. Vassell, you mean like
the brain dead Senator from South Dakota? Senator John Thune:
" We're taking a lot of
casualties in Iraq because that's where they are killing our
soldiers. That's the reason we're taking on casualties in Iraq,
because that's where our soldiers are."
DUH?
Spc. Gabriel Vassell,
"I challenge the
president or anyone who has us for 15 months to ride alongside me.
I’ll do another 15 months if he comes out here and rides along with
me every day. I’ll do 15 more months. They don’t even
have to pay me extra.”
Don't hold your breath Specialist... he was AWOL during Viet Nam
while in the air guard, so I doubt he's grown a pair since.
APPARENTLY
REPUBLICANS LOVE WAR, OR BUSH MORE THAN OUR TROOPS.... AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT
DEBATE, SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE BLOCKED A DEMOCRATIC EFFORT TO REMOVE AMERICAN
COMBAT TROOPS FROM IRAQ BY THE END OF APRIL 2008 BY A VOTE OF 52 TO 47!
The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60
votes needed to cut off debate under Senate rules. It was a sound defeat for
Democrats who say the U.S. military campaign, in its fifth year and
requiring 158,000 troops, cannot tame the sectarian violence in Iraq.
As members cast their votes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hurried
between private meetings with lawmakers in their Capitol Hill offices to
make the administration's case for the war. So "Lil Condi" did the
bidding of her boyfriend "Lil Bush". I'm sure she's proud of herself.
"Lil Condi", you'll have even more blood on your hands now. Just how
do you sleep at night?
click on
pic to hear an impassioned speech well
worth listening to...
As the Republicans
rallied behind President George Bush and
his failed war policy during last
night’s all-night debate on Iraq,
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) finally
broke away from Holy Joe and breaks one
off in them, giving one of the most
passionate speeches of the night. The
Republicans have been calling Tuesday
night’s debate a “stunt”, but Landrieu
sets the record straight and takes them
to the woodshed. This is a long clip,
but it’s worth it.
Please support the effort tonight - email, or
call your Senator/s. Let them know you are tired of enabling "Lil Bush" to
play war. He is an imbecile and of course not a good Wartime President.
Hell for that matter, I can't think of anything he's good for, or good at...
except lying.
Send your Senators a message right
now: This is what I wrote:
To
Pete Domenici (R), Jeff
Bingaman (D)
Subject
Time is up
Message
The
imbecile calling himself "the decider", the so
called "war time president" lied us into this war,
and he keeps on lying to keep us there. It is way
past time to get out. Time is up.
Domenici: The vote on the Levin-Reed amendment is
more important than anything to come to the floor
(certainly more important than the URGENT Terri
Schiavo fiasco Pete). Vote with the majority of your
fellow New Mexicans and stop hiding behind the Bush
lies and distortions.
Bingaman: Senator Bingaman, grow a spine... stop
allowing the slaughter of innocent Americans and
Iraqis.
Gentlemen, tonight is the night! Remember, we are
watching you.
It's on CSPAN2 ... You can
stream what’s happening from
CSpan here.
Harry Reid:
"I would like to inform the Republican leadership and all my
colleagues that we have no intention of backing down. If Republicans
do not allow a vote on Levin-Reed today or tomorrow, we will work
straight through the night on Tuesday. The American people deserve
an open and honest debate on this war, and they deserve an
up-or-down vote on this amendment to end it.
"Given the Republican leadership's decision to block the amendment,
we have no choice but to do everything we can in the coming days to
highlight Republican obstruction. We do this in hopes of ultimately
getting a simple up-or-down vote on this and other important
amendments that could change the direction of the war."
Dick Durbin: "The
Republican leadership has established hurdles and blockades,
everything they can find to stop us from a vote that reflects the
feelings of the American people. You know why? They're afraid of
what the American people want. They're afraid the American people
might prevail."
click the
pic to watch
William the
Bloody
Kristol lie
like the
sanke he
truly is...
more FOX
News
propaganda.
Kristol:
We’re
not in a
civil
war.
This is
just not
true….
This
appearance
simply
proves how
being wrong
about
anything and
everything
earns you
the neo-con
dream spot
with the
Washington
Post.
Kristol's
latest BS is
titled:
“Why Bush
Will Be A
Winner”
click
on above pic to watch Webb hand Lindsey
his lunch.
Lindsay Graham
sounded like he was on a pot of coffee,
seven Red Bulls and a couple of packs of
cigarettes—while being fluent at the
Evelyn Wood
talking points course. Jim Webb was not
thrilled to be sitting next to him.
Webb: Lindsey’s had a hard
month…excuse me friend…
And he
got angry when Graham, tried to
put words in the mouths of our
soldiers
Webb: Don’t put political
words in their mouths…
No
wonder Republicans are afraid of
Webb. Here’s some highlights:
Graham: “The
surge has been in place for two weeks”
Webb: “we didn’t
do that in two weeks”
Webb: “It’s
been a hard month Lindsey, hasn’t it?”
Webb:
“Lindsey’s had a hard month. These
people who have gathered
around the President, you know, on the
immigration bill and this bill,
I know it’s been tough. We gotta bring
people together …”
Webb: “We’re
now in a situation where the soldiers
and the Marines are
having less than a one to one ratio
[time at home versus time at war],
and somebody needs to speak up for them
instead of simply defending
what this President …”
Graham: “Well,
they reenlist in the highest numbers
anywhere than the…”
Webb: “This one
thing I really take objection to is
politicians …”
Lindsey keeps interrupting
Webb: “May I
speak? … Is politicians who put their
political views
in the mouths of soldiers. You can look
at poll after poll and the
political views of the United States
military are no different than
the country writ large. Go take a look
at the New York Times today.
Less than half of the military believes
that we should have been in
Iraq in the first place.”
Graham: “Have
you ever been to Iraq? Have you ever
been?”
Webb: “Have you
ever been to these … I’ve covered two
wars as a
correspondent.”
cross-talk
Graham: “Have
you been to Iraq and talked to the
soldiers?”
Webb: “You
know, you haven’t been to Iraq Lindsey.
(cross-talk).
You go see the dog and pony show. That’s
what Congressman do.”
cross talk
Webb: “I’ve
been a member of the military more than
the Senators been
a Senator.”
Webb: “35% of
the United States military agrees with
the policy of
this President.”
Graham: “Well,
why do they keep reenlisting? Why do
they go back?”
Webb: “Because
they love their country. (cross-talk)
They do not do
it for political reasons. Believe me, my
family’s been doing this
since the Revolutionary War.”
Graham: “Yea?
Well so has my family.”
Webb: “They do
it because they love their country. They
do it because
they have a tradition, and it is the
responsibility of our national
leaders so make sure that they are used
properly.”
We Don't Need You! Leave now...
Iraqi Leader: We Can Keep Peace Without
U.S. Soldiers - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shrugged off U.S.
doubts of his government's military and political progress on
Saturday, saying Iraqi forces are capable and American troops can
leave "any time they want."
One of his top aides, meanwhile, accused the United States of
embarrassing the Iraqi government by violating human rights and
treating his country like an "experiment in a U.S. lab."
Al-Maliki sought to display confidence at a time when pressure is
mounting in Congress for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. forces. On
Thursday, the House passed a measure calling for the U.S. to
withdraw its troops by spring, hours after the White House reported
mixed progress by the Iraqi government toward meeting 18 benchmarks.
And in a related story: Iraqi Politicians Take August Off As US
Soldiers Fight On - The White House on Friday appeared resigned to
the fact that the Iraqi parliament is going to take August off, even
though it has just eight weeks to show progress on military,
political and economic benchmarks prescribed by the United States.
"My understanding is at this juncture they're going to take August
off, but, you know, they may change their minds," White House press
secretary Tony Snow said.
"You know, it's 130 degrees in Baghdad in August," he said,
sympathetically. Snow was reminded that U.S. troops will be
continuing to fight throughout August in the heat.
"You know, that's a good point," Snow said. "And
it's 130 degrees for the Iraqi
military."
* What will Bush say about this LA Times report?
“Sunni
extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the
foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says.”
My
God, the arrogance of this Bush
administration never ceases to amaze
me. The families of
those fighting are going to one day,
sit up and say No More! Just
you watch and hide.
OK, Dubya Dumb Ass, didn't you say if the
Iraqis asked us to leave, or when they were able to stand up, we'd
stand down? Well if they can defend themselves without our presence,
isn't it time? Also, if they (the Iraqi government/politicians) can
take a month off, why don't we? It seems to me, that you are
the only one pushing for us to stay there stuck in the middle of
their civil war. You should be impeached you lying SOB!
An independent
oversight board created to identify
intelligence abuses after the
CIA scandals of
the 1970s did not send any reports to the
attorney general of legal violations during
the first 5 1/2 years of the Bush
administration's counterterrorism effort,
the
Justice Department
has told Congress.
Although the
FBI told the board
of a few hundred legal or rules violations
by its agents after the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks, the board did not identify which of
them were indeed legal violations. This
spring, it forwarded reports of violations
in 2006, officials said.
The President's
Intelligence Oversight Board -- the
principal civilian watchdog of the
intelligence community -- is obligated under
a 26-year-old executive order to tell the
attorney general and the president about any
intelligence activities it believes "may be
unlawful." The board was vacant for the
first two years of the Bush administration.
The FBI sent copies
of its violation reports directly to
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
But the board's mandate is to provide
independent oversight, so the absence of
such communications has prompted critics to
question whether the board was doing its
job.
*
Obviously,
"Lil Bush" didn't want anyone to know what was
going on. We are spending 10 Billion a
month in Iraq and another 2 Billion for the
other theatres of the War On Terror.
Imagine this... so far we've already spent 758
Billion and counting. What a skunk!
AAIE produced
this ad, which will be running in Senate
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s
district:
Brave New Films
has a couple of other ads targeting
Mitch
McConnell as
well.
John Edwards:
"The president's remarks today defending his Iraq policy without regard to
actual facts border on the delusional. The president claimed that the same
people attacking U.S. troops today are the ones who perpetrated 9/11. It must be
nice to live in a world where your actions have no consequences."
"There was no group
called Al Qaeda in Iraq before the president's
disastrous mismanagement of the war gave them a
foothold, a fact the president flagrantly
ignores. After being discredited again and
again, the president is still trying to link
Iraq and 9/11 - a rationale for the war that
virtually everyone except Dick Cheney has now
recognized was false".
"The president
needs to stop pretending and start taking
responsibility for the results of his failed
strategy: There are more terrorists. Al Qaeda is
resurgent and restored to full strength. And
that's according to the Bush Administration".
"We
need a real strategy against terrorism, like the
one I have offered. We need to take Al Qaeda in
Iraq as seriously as we take terrorism anywhere.
As president, I will apply the full extent of
our security apparatus to protect our vital
interests, to take measures to root out
terrorist cells, and to strike swiftly and
strongly against those who would do us harm. I
will also launch a sweeping effort to eliminate
the conditions that generate instability,
radicalism, and violence toward the U.S. and our
allies."
* In other words, George Bush is nothing
more than a lying sack of excrement.
Official: Report will say
none of Iraq’s goals met
A progress report on Iraq will
conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met
any of its targets for political, economic and other reform,
speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do
next, a U.S. official said Monday.
One likely result of the report will be a vastly accelerated
debate among President Bush's top aides on withdrawing troops
and scaling back the U.S. presence in Iraq.
The "pivot point" for addressing the matter will no longer be
Sept. 15, as initially envisioned, when a full report on Bush's
so-called "surge" plan is due, but instead will come this week
when the interim mid-July assessment is released, the official
said.
The facts
are not in question," the
official told The Associated
Press, speaking on condition of
anonymity because the draft is
still under discussion. "The
real question is how the White
House proceeds with a post-surge
strategy in light of the
report."
The
report, required by law, is
expected to be delivered to
Capitol Hill by Thursday or
Friday, as the Senate takes up a
$649 billion defense policy bill
and votes on a Democratic
amendment ordering troop
withdrawals to begin in 120
days. Just in case you're
wondering, the
Cost of Iraq, Afghan wars now
$12 billion/month!
NY Times call for a change in
direction for Iraq!
There was a time Pajama Pete voted
100% to enable Bush... is he serious about a change in Iraq policy?
What? Did you say 26%....?
No kiddin, this Prezedentin is hard work!
In a disastrous seven days time, President
Bush sees his poll numbers plummet, Republicans abandon his Iraq
policy and he faces a nascent censure and impeachment movement.
A new survey by the American Research Group found that only 31
percent of respondents approve of the president’s commutation of
former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence.
The study by the private New Hampshire-based polling company
canvassed 1,100 Republicans, Democrats and Independents from July
3-5, finding 64 percent disapproved of the commutation and 5 percent
were undecided.
The president commuted the sentence Monday, saying the 2 years
imposed last month on Libby, who was found guilty of perjury and
obstructing justice in a case linked to the Iraq war, was
“excessive.”
The commutation has sparked a firestorm on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.), who has drafted a resolution to censure
Bush, said the president’s “intervention is an unconscionable abuse
of authority by George W. Bush, and Congress must step forward and
express the disgust that Americans rightfully feel toward this
contemptible decision.”
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee, has scheduled hearings Wednesday on the commutation. The
hearings will include pardons made by Clinton, former President Bush
and possibly other past presidents.
Those hearings may be the least of the White House’s problems.
The ARG poll found a remarkable 45 percent in favor of the U.S.
House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against
Bush.
In Los Angeles, a storefront “impeachment headquarters” emblazoned
with American flags opened July 4. Activists who gathered to open
the center accuse the Bush administration of condoning torture,
spying on Americans and misleading citizens about the war in Iraq.
They also were angry at the president’s decision to commute Libby’s
sentence.
“Isn’t it ironic that Paris Hilton will spend more days in jail than
Libby?” said Byron De Lear, a Green Party activist.
Majority Leader Harry Reid:
"Republicans will have the opportunity to
not just say the right things on Iraq, but vote the right way, too,
so that we can bring the responsible end to this war that the
American people demand and deserve."
Worst 3
months for U.S. in Iraq since war began 5 GIs killed in latest attack, bringing U.S.
toll to 329 for the past 3 months
Insurgents launched
a deadly coordinated attack on an American
combat patrol, the U.S. military said
Friday, killing five troops and making this
the deadliest quarter for U.S. soldiers in
Iraq since the war began.
Assailants detonated a roadside bomb, then
fired guns and rocket-propelled grenades at
the soldiers. Seven troops were wounded in
the attack on Thursday in southern Baghdad
and were evacuated to a military hospital;
one has since returned to duty, the military
said.
The deaths brought to 99 the number of U.S.
troops to die in Iraq this month, according
to an Associated Press count. The toll for
the past three months — 329 — made it the
deadliest such period for GIs since the war
began in March 2003.
* Less than 160
had died when President Dumb Ass made his
Mission Accomplished speech aboard the
aircraft carrier... since then 3,400 have
died in his stupid war.
If you are like me, you want this war ended.
So, please contact your elected officials
and tell them to end the war NOW! All
we need is about 10 more Republican Senators
to agree to stop enabling BUSH and it's
over!
Scholars urge Bush to ban
use of torture - Hight Schoolers Confront "The Decider" - Why Can't
Congress? When it comes to TORTURE high school kids
get it, why can't Little Bush?
High school seniors present president with
letter during annual program
President Bush was presented with a letter Monday signed by 50 high
school seniors in the Presidential Scholars program urging a halt to
"violations of the human rights" of terror suspects held by the
United States.
The White House said Bush had not expected the letter but took a
moment to read it and talk with a young woman who handed it to him.
"The president enjoyed a visit with the students, accepted the
letter and upon reading it let the student know that the United
States does not torture and that we value human rights," deputy
press secretary Dana Perino said.
Well now we already know for sure that BUSH isn't
any smarter than a fifth grader, he surely doesn't get it, but they sure as
hell do!
The Endless War - Iraq, it's Bush's legacy, his one and
only legacy! About all this incompetent administration has
done in trying to get us out of the mess they got us into in Iraq is
"boot scootin." Read what our friend Richard at The All Spin
Zone had to say about it here. Only when enough Republicans are fearful they
will lose their power (their seats in Congress) will this stubborn, LIAR in
Chief start to listen to the will of the people. Write, call and remind them
just whom they work for. Let's END the war.
Click the above pic of
the Hawkish Gingrey to view!
He’s in Congress and doesn’t know what
the casualty and wounded figures are for
our troops fighting in Iraq. This is a
shameful performance for any member of
Congress and especially a war hawk.
Gingrey makes a remark about the
defeatist—Democratic talking heads
that go on teevee, but he’s either lying
or can’t be bothered to take one minute
of his time to accurately report the
devastation that has been inflicted on
our troops. Or…here’s a novel approach.
How about mentioning the innocent Iraqis
that have been killed in the war as
well…
He says that
only 3100 have died and 12-14 thousand
have been injured severely. On IAVA’s
website, they
report that:Official DoD Count of Troops Killed
in Iraq: 3510
Troops Killed in Afghanistan: 396
Wounded in Action: 27269
Duh..
Congressman “Lame – O” Gingrey,
I watched your television performance
over the weekend and was totally
dismayed. If you are going to be a
cheerleader for Bush's incompetent,
illegal and failed war, then at least
keep score accurately.
Seriously Congressman, it's had to take
you seriously when you don't even know
the number of casualties in the Iraq
war... you know?
You sir, looked very, very foolish being
interviewed on Hardball. Ah, but then
again, those of you on the right that
enabled the “Decider” for all these years to
run up the debt, to spend like a drunken
sailor and to wage his unholy war have
looked foolish all along, so I guess you
are use to it by now… huh?
Oh
yeah, the Congressman has never
served a day in the military....
just another loudmouth, dimwitted,
Republican Chicken Hawk! I'm
sure Georgian's are proud as hell of
this looney tune.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) - calls Harry Reid and many others WIMPS!
Yo, Senator Jim DeMint,
I read your WIMPS remark and I have a question or two for you. What were you
doing during the 1st Gulf War?
We all know what you were doing for the 2nd invasion of Iraq and that was
running your mouth. Once again, what was Jim DeMint doing during the first war,
Desert Storm? And exactly what military experience have you had DeMint?
You know Harry Reid is quite a boxer, why not get in the ring with him and call
him a wimp, or are you a pussy!
Al Gore sums up what
is wrong with Bush's foreign policy - Al Gore
writes in an op-ed for the Guardian : A Drive For Global Domination Has
Put Us In Greater Danger
The pursuit of "dominance" in foreign policy led the Bush administration to
ignore the UN, to do serious damage to our most important alliances, to violate
international law, and to cultivate the hatred and contempt of many in the rest
of the world. The seductive appeal of exercising unconstrained unilateral power
led this president to interpret his powers under the constitution in a way that
brought to life the worst nightmare of the founders. Any policy based on
domination of the rest of the world not only creates enemies for the US and
recruits for al-Qaida, but also undermines the international cooperation that is
essential to defeating terrorists who wish to harm and intimidate America.
Ditto Al, you hit the nail on the head... and considering
Bush's pin head, that's quite good!
Today, Sunday the 27th, I was watching CNN
and they had a Republican strategists on (Georgette Mosbacher) that
claimed the American people do not want us out of Iraq right away...
huh? SHE described it as a strategy of surrender. So now
instead of cut n run, its a strategy for surrender?
I guess the red headed witch Mosbacher wants
us to slaughter more Americans while the Iraqi Civil War continues?
I do not think that is what they American people want. This
woman is as delusional as both Cheney and Bush.
Here's an email note I just received from John Edwards
that gives me hope that REAL change might still prevail:
About an hour ago, the Senate caved to President Bush
and sent him another blank check to continue the war in Iraq.
This is a serious blow for all of us, but no one lost more today than the troops
in the field who continue to sacrifice so nobly and their families still waiting
back home.
It's a hard moment, but you and I don't have the luxury of getting discouraged.
We must remember: This is not over. For those of us committed to change, it has
only begun.
This weekend, thousands of us will take action in our communities to support the
troops and end the war. We will speak out in public. We will send care packages
to soldiers in Iraq. We will gather letters for Congress and the president. And
on Memorial Day, we will remember and honor those who sacrificed everything for
their nation.
click
on the picture/icon to hear the
discusiion.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) - calls Harry Reid and many others WIMPS!