Comments on: U.S. Commanders Talking With Militants

Military Says Troops Are Reaching Out To Militants To Try To Stop Violence In Iraq

[j-whitman]

chicnlittle,,, Actually, this liberal won't be happy untill Bush & gang is put in prison for the damage they've done to our National Security & domestic problems.

[chicnlittle]

And, I'll have you know I listen to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (Buck Owens, Willy Nelson, et al). I don't think they were at Woodstock.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:36 PM : May 31, 2007

I'm sorry to hear that.

[terrapin78]

Scare tactics are all the Bu$hies have. They have gone to the "scare" well too many times for it to be effective anymore.

You can't teach a dead dog new tricks!

[blondmadison]

Nevermind winning or losing! We are focusing on violence now...now let's think...a war without violence to Americans (the ones who started the war...)
How do we do this???
Americans don't want any violence to them...everybody put your ideas in the hat and we will pass it around to all...

[lars008-2009]

NOW CAN WE KILL THEM???
If they can kill us, we can kill them

Qaeda warns of attacks 'worse than 9/11'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070530102648.wuwa6k96&show_article=1

Hizbullah Deputy Sec-Gen Sheikh Naim Qassem: We Have Jurisprudent Permission to Carry Out 'Martyrdom' Operations, Fire Missiles on Israeli Civilians From Ayatollah Khomeini
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD154907

Switching Sides: Inside The Enemy Camp

But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.

"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.

Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.

The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/04/60minutes/main2761108.shtml?source=RSSattr=60Minutes_2761108
American Al Qaeda Member Threatens Attack
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/29/terror/main2865282.shtml

[j-whitman]

Lars,,, You aren't concerned about the extreme radical Christians in America that bomb health clinics or today have sent Anthrax threats to DC ???

[tuckerndfw]

You far lefties will never be happy no matter what happens while Bush is president. Even if everyone lays down thei arms and has a Woodstock love fest, you'd b itch about the music.

Posted by chicnlittle at 02:29 PM : May 31, 2007

Oh, now that's just not true.

I would be ecstatic if George Bush was impeached and indicted for war crimes. And held in Guantanamo pending trial. Along with everyone in his administration and members of PNAC.

And, I'll have you know I listen to Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (Buck Owens, Willy Nelson, et al). I don't think they were at Woodstock.

If I had gone to Woodstock, I would have been far more interested in looking at ******* than I would listening to that crappy music.

[lars008-2009]

Radicals Target Pakistani Girls' Schools
As Militancy Surges In Remote Tribal Areas, Girls' Schools Have Become Targets
All throughout the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan's impoverished western border with Afghanistan, lie the ruins of barbershops and music and video stores %u2013 symbols of Western-oriented life that religious extremists have destroyed in a growing wave of violence.

Now Islamist militants have a new target, and if they are successful, observers say their campaign could be disastrous for Pakistan's future.

In what appears to be an escalating spree over the last year, extremists have bombed at least four girls' schools and circulated violent threats warning girls to stay at home. While no girls or school staff have been killed, girls in some areas have stopped attending classes %u2013 marking a direct blow to Pakistan's national enterprise of "enlightened moderation," which posits female education as a central pillar.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/31/world/main2871148.shtml

[j-whitman]

Lars,,,, Get off the ignorant nuclear scare threat rhetoric --- Al Quida has no nuclear capability at all.

[terrapin78]

Name one thing Bu$h considered, besides oil and his daddy, prior to starting his war of choice in Iraq?

[chicnlittle]

does this mean we're winning or losing ?

Posted by king77shaw at 02:15 PM : May 31, 2007

It means the Bush administration is creating another smokescreen excuse for failing to obtain his stated goals in Iraq. In other words, for losing.

He can now claim Iraq is in the hands of tribal leaders when he orders US forces removed from Iraq in September.

Which is pretty much where we started out since Saddam Hussein was a tribal leader who became leader of all the tribes.

And, I think it means "we" lost.

Which means George Bush has condemned all Americans of this generation to be branded "losers."

George Bush is the worst president in US history, without exception.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:21 PM : May 31, 2007

You far lefties will never be happy no matter what happens while Bush is president. Even if everyone lays down thei arms and has a Woodstock love fest, you'd b itch about the music.

[dvsden]

Are the Bushies doing ANYTHING about Kurdish militias attacking inside Turkish territory? Now Bush's three way civil-war is going to proabably involve a NATO ally in Turkey.

Nice going Bush; you couldn't have this country screwed up anymore.

[lars008-2009]

Al-Qaida stays the course%u2026

Al-Qaida Plans NuclearAttacks on 7 U.S. Cities
http://w3.newsmax.com/a/dayofislam/?PROMO_CODE=34BE-1

[tuckerndfw]

Memo to US soldiers serving in Iraq or Afghanistan:

Your efforts have been appreciated. The fact you have the worst leadership in military history is no reflection on you. Or your honor, bravery or sacrifice.

Thank you for your service and hold your heads high when you are ordered to leave Iraq like whipped dogs. It is no reflection on you, it is due to the idiot in the White House and his idiot advisors.

And, try to not be the last person killed as you slink away from Bush's quagmire.

[rafterman1]

===Turkey's military massed more troops and tanks on the border with Iraq on Thursday as the country's military chief said he was ready to stage a cross-border offensive to fight Kurdish guerrillas...as Turkish leaders publicly asked the United States and Iraq to destroy and scatter rebel bases inside Iraq.===

This is a huge problem that is brewing. The Kurds are friendly towards the US and Turkey is an ally too. If we side one way, we hurt the other. Especially if we side with Turkey. It's bad enough fighting Sunnis and rebel Shiites. If the Kurds start giving the US trouble in the previously quiet North of Iraq, we are in for a *********. Add this to the list of things Bush did not consider when invading Iraq.

[samthetvcat]

"officials argue, no amount of military force can bring peace to the country without political peace."

No duh - and it only took 4 years and billions of $$$ for them to figure this out. Sigh . . . how much longer before 'officials' figure out that Iraqi's don't WANT peace that requires them to cooperate with one another - they want war first so they don't have to all get along and THEN they want peace. Well, at this point they might as well try - they would have had more leverage to broker cease-fires before the surge was implemented and failed, but even then it ultimately wouldn't have worked so whatever.

PS The military keeps citing Anbar province as a 'success' story of turning insurgents around - I think they're only seeing what they want to see if they don't consider the possibility that Sunnis felt targeted and chose to temporarily align in a way that would get them US weapons, war strategy knowledge, and legitimate fighting access to Shiite militants. I don't think there's ANY evidence that these 'success' story people are on board with the unified government plan just because they've found it more beneficial in terms of their own goals to cooperate at this point.

[terrapin78]

Sounds like that the Bu$hies are now emboldening the enemy.

GET US OUT NOW BEFORE ANY MORE OF OUR TROOPS ARE KILLED/MAIMED! We should not be fighting the Iraqi Civil War.

[tuckerndfw]

does this mean we're winning or losing ?

Posted by king77shaw at 02:15 PM : May 31, 2007

It means the Bush administration is creating another smokescreen excuse for failing to obtain his stated goals in Iraq. In other words, for losing.

He can now claim Iraq is in the hands of tribal leaders when he orders US forces removed from Iraq in September.

Which is pretty much where we started out since Saddam Hussein was a tribal leader who became leader of all the tribes.

And, I think it means "we" lost.

Which means George Bush has condemned all Americans of this generation to be branded "losers."

George Bush is the worst president in US history, without exception.

[chicnlittle]

Now they think there is too much violence?
Why? I'm confused. Is a bomb violent? How about a round of bombs named "Shock and Awe"? Violent? I am getting confused as to what the U.S. wants at any given moment...I think I am getting scared...what will the U.S. want next??? And with whom?
Posted by BlondMadison at 02:05 PM : May 31, 2007

Uhhhhh, I think you're just confused.

[missmyhubby]

Why are we negotiating? We need to pull back and let the Iraqi government do the negotiating...it is their country after all! NO MORE U.S. TROOP DEATHS !!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough is enough....