Comments on: 20 Bodies Found, Iraq Blast Kills 22 More

Beheaded Men Found On Banks Of Tigris, Car Bomb Tears Through Crowded Baghdad Bus Station

[micma-2009]

Every day Bush's "surge" looks more like his "stay the course" plan.

We need real leadership now.

If we have to impeach Bush and Cheney to do it then so be it.

[toldyouso21]

they have never been associated with violence till big bad cowboy bush started picking on them, right? hmmmmmmmm, i guess it was falwell and billy graham that have been blowing up those marine barracks and german disco's, right?
Posted by goheels_15 at 09:21 AM : Jun 28, 2007

When people declare Christian rightees just as bad, they don't mean we blow up our own, though we might, if we were under occupation and felt like a lot of Americans were helping the enemy. What they mean is that Americans are quick to be self righteous and start wars--and their actions cause just as much death or more than the regimes they claim they have the right to topple.

Religion aside, this much is true--over a million people who were still alive and had managed to survive the horrors of Saddam have been murdered due to the actions of a foreign army and the vacuum the invasion of that army created. When a person is about to die or is maimed and lays dying--it really does not matter to them or their family if Saddam did it or the chaos or bombs caused by our acts did it--the result is the same: dead people. The difference is that Iraqis had learned how to manage and survive under Saddam and he was one of their own--now they are being slaughtered in a game with no rules and it is all the fault of foreign busybodies.

[briannorwood]

Anyone notice... I haven't heard the phrase "cut and run" for awhile now.

Where have all the neocon supporters gone?

[toldyouso21]

Since the revelation of Enron and then 9/11, then the March to war..re: the invasion, Gonzales, torture, wiretapping, Plame, curveball, yellowcake, Downing memo, hundreds of thousands dead in Iraq, world opinion, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Java--in short for the past 7+ years.....


I TOLD YOU SO.

[toldyouso21]

saw on the CBS news last night that we spent something like 12 billion to train over 300 thousand Iraqi police and soldiers, and when asked, our commanders there said we could not account for where they are, how many have joined the insurgents, how many dead, how many may have quit their jobs or even left the country! We are loosing lives and wasting billions of dollars in this debacle!
Posted by nolalou at 10:15 AM : Jun 28, 2007


the number was 19 BILLION dollars spent, not 12

[j-whitman]

20 headless bodies found, blast kills 20 more -- Progress,,,,, No bid contracts are up 43% over the prievious year.

[prinzowhales]

Just more evidence that the 'surge' was a waste of time, blood and treasure. Its time for our soldiers to stop obeying illegal orders. Its time for them to come home.

When the facts of how they were betrayed by the leaders of this nation--on everything from 9-11 to the tall tales about Iran--I sincerely hope this rage will extend to those even now slinking away from Bush and the men behind him. If you are voting for any of the mainstream candidates in either Republican or Democratic party--you are voting for 'Bush' policies with a new face and improved grammar.

Americans! Stand with our soldiers when sanity returns and the Usurper and his monsters are finally brought to justice.

[smirk5]

More facts occurred today in Iraq. It gives Cons just more to ignore.

[rharrin1]

Well after the news today ( june 28 2007 ) we should hear from more right wing conservative bible thumpers expressing their desire to flip flop.

[smirk5]

I bet most Cons here think this is just a continuation of last throes.

They'll believe anything.

[bluestardad]

THOSE POLITICIANS WHO WONT SUPPORT CUTTING OFF FUNDING FOR THE WAR ARE BOUGHT BY THE ISRAELI LOBBY AIPAC, PNAC, AEI NEOCONS!

It is not anti Semitic to believe there are millions of other good people in the Middle East with valid concerns!

Even Eisenhower had problems with Israeli groups but he did not let them buy him!

READ AS THEY BRAG ABOUT THEIR INFLUENCE ON OUR GOVERNMENT!
http://www.aipac.org/forms/
join_aipacClubs.htm


Founded in 1953 by Isaiah L. "Si" Kenen, AIPAC's original name was the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs. According to UCLA political science professor and author, Steven Spiegel, "the tension between the Eisenhower administration and Israeli supporters was so acute that there were rumors that the administration would investigate the American Zionist Council. Therefore, an independent lobbying committee was formed, which years later was renamed [AIPAC]." Today, AIPAC has over 100,000 members.[1] Activities and stated goals
AIPAC's stated purpose is to lobby the Congress of the United States on issues and legislation "to ensure that the U.S.-Israel relationship is strong so that both countries can work together" to meet the challenges of "stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.. AIPAC has been effective in gaining support for Israel among members of Congress and White House administrations.
The New York Times described AIPAC on July 6, 1987 as "a major force in shaping United States policy in the Middle East."

[clestes-2009]

More progress towards democracy!!!!

[nolalou]

This is truly an unpresidented disastar! The worse military / foreign policy decision ever made by a US President! (and yes, those in congress who voted for this mess share the blame, be they Democrat or Republican).

I saw on the CBS news last night that we spent something like 12 billion to train over 300 thousand Iraqi police and soldiers, and when asked, our commanders there said we could not account for where they are, how many have joined the insurgents, how many dead, how many may have quit their jobs or even left the country! We are loosing lives and wasting billions of dollars in this debacle!

[iceman_1960]

"B T W ,is that qoute verbatim, by bush. iceman? I 've seen it before, but wondered if it was distorted. its obvious boy blunder is an idiot, but did he really say it that way. if so its gotta go in my top qoutes folder !!!"
- Posted by usadvisor101 at 09:35 AM : Jun 28, 2007

Would our friends at FoxNews make up a quote like that ?

"Friday, March 19, 2004
FoxNews

President Bush marked the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the U.S.-led war against Iraq with a White House speech. Following is a transcript of his remarks.

Bush: "Good morning and thanks for coming... And it is a good thing that the men and women across the Middle East, looking to Iraq, are getting a glimpse of what life in a free country can be like."

Source:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114668,00.html

[smirk5]

The same administration that thinks this surge is working thought that the insurgents were in their last throes over 2 years ago.

Reality isn't their strong point.

Last Throes: Year 3

As they stand up, we'll have to stand up even more.

[drummer94]

oakishpines-cokeishhead? Take a breath.Sheesh

[brianbwb-2009]

"God would tell me, 'George, go unto Congress, and tell thou a series of boldface lies to the American people, maketh the lies as excuse to loot the US treasury, thinkest not once of the blood of the innocent, as they are mine. Then shalt thou render the money unto thine personal friends' and by God, that's what I'm gonna do"

[king77shaw]

wow, General Odom calling out AIPAC (American-Israeli political action committee) by name as being one of the BIG driving forces behind the Iraq war - check out his recent interview ... a very intelligent assessment of the situation ... it is nice to know that our military has such great minds at the top - too bad we can't say the same for the civilian side of things ...

http://dissentradio.com/charles/awgenodom051007.mp3

[king77shaw]

let us not forget the following Zionists who put Israel%u2019s interests far above the United States when crafting, promoting and implementing the Iraq War.

Richard Perle - chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. Chief architect of the Iraq war.

Paul Wolfowitz - Deputy Defense Secretary, dethroned World Bank head and member of Perle's Defense Policy Board, in the Pentagon. Chief architect of the Iraq war.

Douglas Feith - Under Secretary of Defense and Policy Advisor at the Pentagon. Feith is a pro-Israel extremist and is closely associated with the extremist group, the Zionist Organization of America. Chief architect of the Iraq war.

Kenneth Adelman - sits on the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board under Perle, and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor. Chief architect of the Iraq war.

I. Lewis Scooter Libby - Vice President Dikk Cheney's Chief of Staff. The chief pro-Israel Jewish advisor to Cheney.

Elliott Abrams - National Security Council Advisor. He was one of the more hawkish pro-Israel Jews in the Reagan Administration.

Robert Zoellick - our new World Bank leader and one of the more hawkish pro-Israel Zionists in the Bush (Jr) Administration who advocated invading Iraq.

David Frum - White House speechwriter behind the "Axis of Evil" label. He lumps together all the lies and accusations against Iraq for Bush to justify the war.

[retiredinmex]

Is anyone as mad as me? What the hell is Bush doing still in office?

He has illegally, immorally and unilaterally invaded a country that originally had no ties to terrorism. Now, yes, there are many terrorism threats as Iraq is an international terrorist congregation point.

I served in Iraq and spoke with hundreds of US and "Coalition" military members. I guarantee you there was no one who agreed with our/their presence in Iraq.

When was the last time you heard the media refer to "the Coalition?"

Who are the terrorists in Iraq? What the hell has Bush gotten us into? Where's the plan to get out of this quagmire?

Is there a poll of parents of the dead, injured or missing as to their support for this war?