Comments on: Iraq Report Card: Surge Is Working

Top U.S. Commander And Ambassador Warn Congress Against Major Shift Away From Current Strategy

[radiob-2009]

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What''s in your wallet?

[mudrose-2009]

Posted by briannorwood
Any candidate on the left is a Puppet of MoveOn.Org as well as any lefty in the House and Senate are. There are no independent candidates on the left. They are bought and paid for by MoveOn.Org, the organization that keeps murderers, philanderers, thieves, solicitors of pornography and liars in our Congress. They are not trustworthy and they are treasonous liars. To vote for anyone on the left is to vote for open borders, illegal aliens and terrorists. They are the party of hypocrites and traitors. They have no morality, no moral backbone and no humanity. Hollywood is their God and their military is the Pink Nazifeminist Brigade marching in the wings of the Congress. Woopie, the lefties, party of unprincipled magots. We spit on you for spitting on our generals.

[grumpas]

Any candidate on the left is a puppet of MoveOn.Org as well as any lefty in the House and Senate are. There are no independent candidates on the left. They are bought and paid for by MoveOn.Org, the organization that keeps murderers, philanderers, thieves, solicitors of pornography and liars in our Congress. They are not trustworthy and they are treasonous liars. To vote for anyone on the left is to vote for open borders, illegal aliens and terrorists.

posted by mudrose

You right wing nut cases are truly a pathetic lot! Most of your minds have been so polluted by the ''hate mongers'' of right wing radio you can''t think for yourselves just spew the current venom they do. Have you bothered looking at how many illegal aliens and terrorist''s have come over our borders under George W Bush? Millions!

[briannorwood]

"Gen. David Petraeus told Congress on Monday he envisions the withdrawal of roughly 30,000 U.S. troops by next summer..."

Way to go General Betrayus. You failed to mention that this great ephiphany you have about reducing troop levels is a simple necessity, since you don''t have enough troops to sustain the stinking surge past then!


With that single statement, you went from being a credible source for straight talk to just another "Bushie" prick.

We all know now that you and your moron boss are just buying time so you can pass this mess on to the next Democratic president.


Cute game.

[ioweign]

t was bush who did not give the inspectors time and he pulled them because he couldn''''''''t afford for the inspectors to report there were no WMD in Iraq.

If the U.S. didn''''''''t go to Iraq it would have ruined the plan for bush and cheney to seize control of the oil for their cronies.
Posted by rharrin1

The UN Security Council imposed comprehensive economic sanctions against Iraq on August 6, 1990, just after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. When the coalition war had ousted Iraq from Kuwait the following year, the Council did not lift the sanctions, keeping them in place as leverage to press for Iraqi disarmament and other goals. The sanctions remained in place thereafter, despite a harsh impact on innocent Iraqi civilians and an evident lack of pressure on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. A UN "Oil-for-Food Programme," started in late 1997, offered some relief to Iraqis, but the humanitarian crisis continued. The US and UK governments always made it clear that they would block any lifting or serious reforming of sanctions as long as Hussein remained in power. After more than twelve years of sanctions had passed, the US and the UK made war on Iraq again in March, 2003, sweeping away Hussein''''s government.

I guess we should have waited another 12 years.
Posted by mudrose at 09:05 AM : Sep 11, 2007


Yes - It would have spared more innocent Iraqi civilians and the lives of our troops.

[mudrose-2009]

Unfortunately, presidental power is accumulative over time. Once the power is given, no future president, Dem or Repub, is likely to voluntarily give it up. This is something the "president is king because we got attacked" spologists do not understand.

Posted by Rafterman1

Article II, Section I of the Constitution - read it and weep, numbnut.

[radiob-2009]

WHO WHO WHO
Posted by mocaleo at


I can think of at least two candiates, Hagel and Gore to draft as a team.

[mudrose-2009]

McCain could have been the guy if he had join Kerry, but he failed & he is nothing but a puppet for bush now
WHO WHO WHO
Posted by mocaleo

Any candidate on the left is a puppet of MoveOn.Org as well as any lefty in the House and Senate are. There are no independent candidates on the left. They are bought and paid for by MoveOn.Org, the organization that keeps murderers, philanderers, thieves, solicitors of pornography and liars in our Congress. They are not trustworthy and they are treasonous liars. To vote for anyone on the left is to vote for open borders, illegal aliens and terrorists. They are the party of hypocrites and traitors. They have no morality, no moral backbone and no humanity. Hollywood is their God and the military is the Pink Nazifeminist Brigade. Woopie, the lefties, party of unprincipled magots.

[mudrose-2009]

It was bush who did not give the inspectors time and he pulled them because he couldn''''t afford for the inspectors to report there were no WMD in Iraq.

If the U.S. didn''''t go to Iraq it would have ruined the plan for bush and cheney to seize control of the oil for their cronies.
Posted by rharrin1

The UN Security Council imposed comprehensive economic sanctions against Iraq on August 6, 1990, just after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. When the coalition war had ousted Iraq from Kuwait the following year, the Council did not lift the sanctions, keeping them in place as leverage to press for Iraqi disarmament and other goals. The sanctions remained in place thereafter, despite a harsh impact on innocent Iraqi civilians and an evident lack of pressure on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. A UN "Oil-for-Food Programme," started in late 1997, offered some relief to Iraqis, but the humanitarian crisis continued. The US and UK governments always made it clear that they would block any lifting or serious reforming of sanctions as long as Hussein remained in power. After more than twelve years of sanctions had passed, the US and the UK made war on Iraq again in March, 2003, sweeping away Hussein''s government.

I guess we should have waited another 12 years.

[pepperp1]

What we have heard today is that our extraordinary and brave troops have been doing their part in making tremendous sacrifices to provide progress on the security front," she said. "The real question, which I have yet to hear adequately addressed, is what our strategy and mission should be in light of the failure of Iraqi factions to make similar progress on the political benchmarks necessary for the critical Iraqi national reconciliation -- which after all was the original purpose of the surge." Snowe (R-Maine)




Do not be distracted, the facts are simple the math just as simple, the guilty sacrificing our soldiers and their lives unnecessary are the Republicans in the Senate, Bush and Petraeus can not keep our troops in Iraq iand not change the mission if 17 Republican Senators switch their vote for America and our Troops .


One Suggestion sound familiar; modify the American mission to emphasize the training and advising of Iraqi security forces so that Iraqis would be pushed into the lead and a vast majority of American combat troops could be quickly withdrawn.





Choose life for our troops call your Senator and tell them, nice show but irrelevant, 5 years and tens of thousand of dead, trillions spend your times up.

[radiob-2009]

Political sabers should be cast aside permanently, this is the day our nation was attacked by extremist. In the following days and mths Americas resolve was displayed before the world and the world joined us in our resolve. 6 years later and we are divided not by the events of Sept.11,2oo1 but by the events in Iraq. The never ending war against a nation that had nothing to do with 9-11. Our political partys have proven to be inept at dealing with not only Iraq but the war on terror itself. It is time to cast the sabers aside, it is time to unite as one again, it is time that representives represent their constituents not their partys or lobbyist. It is time for a new party.

[drummer94]

8:46 AM Sept. 11, 2001. Our world changed.

[lars008-2009]

CHINESE OWN DEMONIC-RATS AND BUY THEM THE ELECTIONS!!!

The tale of shady Chinese Clinton donors avoiding U.S. justice is a familiar one that dates back to the 1996 Clinton-Gore fundraising scandal known as Chinagate. The Clintons took millions in laundered foreign campaign donations from Chinese Communists in exchange for liberalizing trade policy with China, dropping pending indictments against influential Chinese figures, spots on a U.S. trade mission and overnight stays at the White House.
Many of the Chinagate donors were successfully prosecuted even though Clinton Attorney General Janet Reno blocked investigators%u2019 efforts at the Justice Department. More than 100 people connected to the fundraising scandal fled the country, however. Norman Hsu seems to be following their lead.
http://www.corruptionchronicles.com/2007/09/hillary_donor_flees_like_china.html

and you thought gonzales was bad...

[rafterman1]

===I hope Hillary uses more discretion in her use of the Presidential arsenal than Bush.===

Unfortunately, presidental power is accumulative over time. Once the power is given, no future president, Dem or Repub, is likely to voluntarily give it up. This is something the "president is king because we got attacked" spologists do not understand.

[lars008-2009]

Posted by crater7 at 07:00 AM : Sep 11, 2007

the war is legal... demonic-rat hero al bore says it is so...

the resumption of hostilities was only a matter of time since iraq broke the ceasefire agreement.....

blame saddam for iraq%u2026%u2026. Even clintoon and the dems wanted the resumption of hostilities back in 1998

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"Iraq''''s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

Moreover, no international law can prevent the United States from taking actions to protect its vital interests, when it is manifestly clear that there is a choice to be made between law and survival. I believe, however, that such a choice is not presented in the case of Iraq. Indeed, should we decide to proceed, that action can be justified within the framework of international law rather than outside it. In fact, though a new UN resolution may be helpful in building international consensus, the existing resolutions from 1991 are sufficient from a legal standpoint. - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/gore/gore092302sp.html

[radiob-2009]

%u201CLobbyists reported 393,000 hours of work from Jan. 1, 2005, through June 30 -- the equivalent of 372 eight-hour days for every state legislator.%u201D
"Since 1998, 43 percent of the 198 members of Congress who left government to join private life have registered to lobby."
"74% of Americans are "dissatisfied" with the way things are going in this country."
"82% of Americans agree that "America has become so polarized between Democrats and Republicans that Washington can''''t seem to make progress solving the nation''''s problems."


http://www.unity08.com/


So I tipped the angry actress with a pocket full of shrunken heads.

[gkc99]

Looks like Bushit culled the pack of wannabe generals until he found General Pet, a reliable lap dog.

For Crockershit, we all know now what kinds of "diplomats" get to serve under Bushit.

Drop curtain on the dog and pony show! Bushit has spoken!

[glossypan]

Well kids, 497 days until President Hillary Clinton.
FISA, HSA. FBI, NSA, CIA: powerful weapons for a president. Congress seems to have abandoned their role in governing us.
I hope Hillary uses more discretion in her use of the Presidential arsenal than Bush.

[drummer94]

In 30 minutes or so, I hope everyone who is an American, will pause and re-unite as America, Land of the free. Home of the Brave. Amen.

[drinuk]

irishbitch11. You are quite right, my son was involved in the "Run Up" to Iraq almost 18 months prior to 9/11. He took part in a month long exercise
in OMAN, when I asked what they were doing there he confidently told me that they were going into IRAQ.
Anyone who doubts that is a fool, Bush and Blair had it sorted out prior to Bush being re-elected. It only needed a little slight of hand in Florida to make it happen.