Comments on: Iraq Agrees To Long-Term U.S. Presence

Bush-Maliki Deal To Help Form "Enduring Relationship" Including U.S. Military Role In Country

[northprophet]

RON PAUL''S FOREIGN POLICY BOOK IS BESTSELLER
Ron Paul''s new book, "A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship," broke into the best-seller''s list recently. Dr. Paul''s collection of speeches on foreign policy is currently hovering around number 93 on the amazon.com top 100-selling books list, and has continued to maintain its number one spot in the Non-Fiction Government and Economic Policy genres. The book is a 30-year compilation of his speeches from the congressional floor, and assorted foreign policy writings on Constitutional Republicanism and Non-Interventionism. "Dr. Paul''s message of peace, prosperity and freedom is a best-seller," said Paul campaign spokesman Jesse Benton. "The numbers don''t lie. Americans want a humble and constitutional foreign policy, which only Ron Paul can deliver in 2008."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict through peaceful means."
- Ronald Reagan

"A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers. All you have to do is hold your first dying soldier in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that his life is flowing out and you can''t do anything about it. Then you understand the horror of war. Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar."
- Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf

[westprophet]

ONLY RON PAUL CAN BEAT CLINTON
Zogby''s Director of Communications Fritz Wenzel said on November 20 that Paul is the strongest of the GOP candidates to run against Clinton. "Among the larger universe of voters," which includes all parties, "yes, Paul would be a much stronger candidate than any of the other three [Romney, Giuliani, Thompson]," Wenzel said. Zogby recently announced that Paul was their winner in a nationwide blind-bio poll which included voters from all parties. "He is anti-war and the majority of Democrats are anti-war, he has some other ideas and policies and stances on issues more attractive to Democrats, particularly conservative Democrats," said Wenzel. "Even among Independents, he is far and away a more attractive candidate," he added. Paul is the only GOP candidate who is not threatening war with Iran, whereas Clinton vowed to keep that option "on the table." Paul also voted against the war in Iraq, which Clinton has supported. Because Democrats outnumber Republicans, none of the other GOP candidates can win against Clinton, because they simply won''t be able to reach across party lines and attract enough Democratic and Independent voters to beat Clinton. Only Paul can do that. "He''s right on schedule," Wenzel said. "He''s making all the right moves, going in the right direction...at a time when other candidates are not moving." Wenzel based his analysis on recent polls that show Paul could win in New Hampshire and that his support nationwide is intensifying.

[eastprophet]

RON PAUL WINS BIG IN NATIONAL POLL
The results of a nationwide telephone poll, announced by Zogby on November 19th, reveals that Americans want to vote for a candidate who protects liberty; who wants to shrink government; and who wants to immediately withdraw our troops from Iraq - positions of Congressman Ron Paul. As part of a blind-bio, spread poll, likely voters (from all parties) were provided with descriptions of four different Republican candidates and asked to choose who they would vote for based on each one''s resume and political platform. 33% of pollees chose Ron Paul, 19% chose Rudy Giuliani, 15% chose Mitt Romney and 13% chose Fred Thompson. The results clearly illustrate that the country is crying out for Ron Paul, which is why mainstream media has launched a public relations offensive to marginalize his accomplishments and suppress the Congressman''s name recognition. In a seperate question, over 49% of pollees said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who would begin an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. In fact, Ron Paul won in every demographic of this poll including, but not limited to, religious voters, NASCAR fans, military families, African-Americans, etc..

[bareemperor]

On to Iran.

[g-gfather]

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[claussnata]

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[prinzowhales]

"Iraq" aggrees to nothing. Maliki can do as he pleases...it won''t alter things one jot.

[antoniof123]

This is the final straw you Mr. bozo President are not the decider and I can assure you enablers that come 2008 elections and beyond that you will never see power again.

WE THE PEOPLE are the deriders and you will be swept away like the trash that you are.

[gkc99]

No surprises here--Bushit put his puppets in power, and the puppets do what Bushit tells them to do. Giving "preferential treatment for American investments" has been the plan all along. Trouble is, puppet regimes don''t usually do too well. Will Maliki last longer than Diem did?

[formrusmcsgt]

Where are you going to get the electricity from, don''''t forget who stopped nukes from being built 30 years ago; same crowd that is preventing drilling for oil?
Posted by jowand at 06:05 AM : Nov 27, 2007

Do you live in a cave? Never seen a solar panel? Never seen a wind turbine? Never heard of geothermal?

[formrusmcsgt]

Posted by pastdue1 at 07:49 AM : Nov 27, 2007

Exactly.

[pastdue1]

offer the U.S. a continued military presence in Iraq, as well as favorable business interests (such as investment opportunities for American companies), in return for guarantees to Iraq''s future security."

Basically, what this deal is is using the US military to guarantee that American corporations can control the oil in Iraq for however long they want. It is privatizing the US military for the use of corporate America.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

[jowand]

Make the damnn
cars run on electricity, and "voila" you can tell the middle east and Hugo bye bye.
and for all you handwringers over the waste disposal "problem, I would rather bury radioactivity 5 miles down than pump the air full of ***** like we are doing now.
Posted by ainttaken at 12:31 AM : Nov 27, 2007

Where are you going to get the electricity from, don''t forget who stopped nukes from being built 30 years ago; same crowd that is preventing drilling for oil?

[jowand]

As to oil - we need to reestablish good relations with Cuba, Mexico and Russia. All three have found gigantic new oil and gas fields for which they need customers. Anyway, we really do need to turn to alternate fuels. The auto industry is getting the message because this year they are making hybrids in a big way and people are buying them.
Posted by ramos937 at 04:25 AM : Nov 27, 2007

Cuba/China is drilling for oil in the general area we should be drilling for oil, why aren''t we? We have oil all over the place in the US but why are we not drilling for it?

[jowand]

g-gfather,

Ever see this film?

www.zeitgeistmovie.com
Posted by FeelFree1 at 05:25 AM : Nov 27, 2007

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[feelfree1]

g-gfather,

Ever see this film?

www.zeitgeistmovie.com

[g-gfather]

downtowner.....THE OIL IS AND HAS BEEN FLOWING FROM IRAQ, THE MONEY FROM IT IS CLASSIFIED AS "STATE SECRETS"....STRUT ,NOURI al MALIKI YOU HAVE SURRENDERED THE WEALTH AND INTEGRITY OF THE IRAQ PEOPLE TO PERMENET OCCUPATION BY YOUR DISTROYERS. WILL DEATH ONLY SET YOU FREE? LOOK INTO THE EYES OF YOUR CHILDREN THAT REMAIN. NOURI al MALIKI YOU JUST DELIVERED THEM TO THE TYRANNY OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER..LOVE TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.....GREATGRANDFATHER

[g-gfather]

downtowner.....THE OIL IS AND HAS BEEN FLOWING FROM IRAQ, THE MONEY FROM IT IS CLASSIFIED AS "STATE SECRETS"....STRUT ,NOURI al MALIKI YOU HAVE SURRENDERED THE WEALTH AND INTEGRITY OF THE IRAQ PEOPLE TO PERMENET OCCUPATION BY YOUR DISTROYERS. WILL DEATH ONLY SET YOU FREE? LOOK INTO THE EYES OF YOUR CHILDREN THAT REMAIN. NOURI al MALIKI YOU JUST DELIVERED THEM TO THE TYRANNY OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER..LOVE TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.....GREATGRANDFATHER

[feelfree1]

So the Decider makes a "deal" with our Regime-puppet in Iraq, announcing that we will never be leaving Iraq, unless we are kicked out.

Big surprise.

This further undermines any pretense of sovereignty and liberation for Iraq, and reveals the illegitimacy of Maliki''s rule.

Fresh, free, and fair elections are called for in Iraq (and here), and that will never happen as long as the shameful and illegal campaign against the people of Iraq continues.

[ramos937]

This is terrible news and contradicts the President''s prior statements that once Iraq was stable, we would leave.I really hope that the GOP Senators/Reps up for reelection take note and listen to their voters. If they do, they will wake up to the fact that we want to leave Iraq.

As to oil - we need to reestablish good relations with Cuba, Mexico and Russia. All three have found gigantic new oil and gas fields for which they need customers. Anyway, we really do need to turn to alternate fuels. The auto industry is getting the message because this year they are making hybrids in a big way and people are buying them.