Comments on: Iraqi PM Appeals For Reconciliation

But Bloodshed Surges, Raising Bagdad's Death Toll To 180 In 4 Days

[mjv2944]

Don't you just know that Allah must really be proud of those people. Its a violent religion in a violent part of the world, and the radicals are slowly taking over. Only difference from today and 10,000 years ago is the automatic weapons instead of spears and bows.

[nynative1340]

...and Bush thinks he can stop this religious genocide? Who does he think he is? God?

[azman80]

No point in trying to execute Saddam. Better off putting him in a military style prison instead. Once he gets executed, if you think its bad in Iraq now, wait and see what happens over there after he gets executed. He wasn't a small figure. He was hated by many and liked by many in Iraq. But he was able to gain the respect by many in and out of Iraq. A lot of people will fight back in the name of his death. It really sucks to be in this situation with Iraq. Our administration lies to us a lot, but this one really bites us all in the @ss. Which is probably why he is not is the news as much as he should be. We caught the most wanted man on our agenda next to bin laden, and he hardly made 20% of the air time as the Aruba case on the missing girl.

[clestes-2009]

More BS from Bush.

Despite the fact that Saddam was weakened from a decade of sanctions, despite our own intelligience that said Saddam had no power to threaten anyone let alone the USA, despite having no ties to Al Quada who was the real threat to us, that toothless tiger Saddam was so great a threat to the free world, he had to be removed from power by force.

Bush, stop the lies already! No one believes them anymore and you look more foolish than ever by repeating them over and over when your own administration has admitted the truth. Saddam was not a threat to us and never was.

[mjv2944]

Alright, lets kill some more, Allah will be very happy. This is not a jihad just a bunch of low grades who like killing their own countrymen in the name of Allah. You cannot fight this, as you don't know who to fight. We are in a situation that was created by a bunch politicians who's only interest is big oil and big profits at the expense of our people men and women.

[drgoodwin12]

There was no drop off in the killings as reported by ABC,blog which obtained its information from the morgue.It's election time,gas prices are falling,stupid polls CNN's suggesting that a takeover by the Democratic Party will result in gridlock.Wake up America we are being lied to by the greatest liar since Nixon.It's time to elect new leadership and impeach this adminstration.I hear Neil singing "Let's Roll" now but with a different meaning.It is our countrys democracy and our lives,freedoms that are at stake.So get out and vote.

[alphaa10-2009]

<b>U.S. military officials are explaining how they came up with last month's huge drop in Baghdad murders. They say they only counted victims of drive-by shootings, torture and execution. They left out those killed by suicide bombings, other explosions, rockets and mortars. The decision to include only victims of drive-by shootings and those killed by torture and executions allowed U.S. officials to argue that a security crackdown led by U.S. forces had cut the capital's murder rate in half.</b>

Sigh. And there were those who once argued this is not Vietnam, all over again, with the same idiots in charge. Santayana said, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

The issue is not quibbling over numbers or a body count, as in Vietnam, but yet another disclosure the Bush regime will distort facts in order to mislead the American public.

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"Is the Iraqi corpse a victim of drive-by, torture or execution?"
"No, sir!"
"Good. Get me more of those-- no, strike that. And this one?"
"Believed a drive-by, sir."
"Soldier! Is that your belief?"
"No, sir!"
"Well, why didn't you say so before, soldier? I ought to reprimand you for this, but I believe we have learned a lesson. Haven't we!"
"Sir! Yes, sir."

[clestes-2009]

This is just great. Congress has just authorized another 63 Billion dollars, on top of what has already been requested for the Afgan and Iraq wars.

Meanwhile, that hypocrite Bush is parading around ground zero like he really feels the pain of the victims, when all the while he was cold heartedly planning to use 9-11 as an excuse to invade Iraq. Fooling the American people, making it sound like he was taking action to protect us and really going after Osama Bin Laden. He doesn't give a *** about the 9-11 victims or anyone else who isn't in the top 5% money holders. Bush is a lier, a thief, a coward, and because of him and his cronies, we are stuck in a war that will end up costing us billions more than the 300 billion we have already spent, many more dead Americans and the respect of the rest of the world.

Bush should be impeached and in fact his whole cabinet should be impeach. There isn't an honest one amoung the lot.

[trailwalker2]

It is disheartening to read about how some people make it their goal in life to murder other people even if it is fellow citizens. Our government in its zeal to bring democracy to another nation under the disguise of disarming a country of its weapons of mass distruction has back-fired. The area was more stable when Saddam Hussein was in charge. The USA cannot take a role to control what type of government a country has. That is up to its own citizens. Our government experts didn't have a clue what they were doing. Those people have a different belief and a hatred for the Western infidels. When is the world, especially the Arab nations, going to join together and put pressure on eliminating the Islamic extremists who are creating havoc and murdering people all over the world. If countries like Iran are behind this then it would be a simple case of ALL nations isolating them to the point that no boats or airplanes are allowed to enter or leave the country and cut off all trade until they joined the world community in developing peace. Unrealistic?

[alphaa10-2009]

jms_cheung said-- "<b>History will repeat itself in Iraq...that it will become another Islamic govt like Iran...</b>

The paradox of the Bush position on Iraq is Bush claims he came to bring democracy-- so long as the Iraqis choose correctly.

From the first, however, US administrator Paul Bremer made clear to warring elements their gift from above had to conform to certain American guidelines about structure in order to be a true democracy. Equivalent to saying, "You can have as much freedom as you want, so long as we Americans approve."

To be "democratic" in structure is the American objective, but to the Iraqis, to be democratic means having their government exactly the way they want it. This poses the unlaughable prospect of having Iraqis vote a theocracy into power, courtesy Bush and 135,000 US troops. Exactly the opposite of what Bush intended, surely, but the inevitable price of lying about the real American rationale for invasion.

Ultimately-- as Bush was reminded so embarrassingly by Putin-- the Bush notion of democracy is not widely admired or endorsed by the world at large, especially with regard to the American intervention in Iraq. If Bush truly means what he says about self-determination, he must abide by what Iraqis want, even if it is a Shia state. And even if Sunni elements prefer to go their own way, perhaps allied with Syria, or perhaps independent.

[ronniehm]

I assumed you did.

[grazinggoat]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3300779,00.html
I know of a good psychiatrist...

[ronniehm]

Sorry, you're a Jew-hating terrorist-sympathizing lunatic.

[jms_cheung]

The Chinese adage is practical when it says, `When you cut grass, cut all the roots too, lest the wind/rain comes, it grows again!' Looking at the chaos in Iraq, it is quite obvious that the shiite militias led by their chief cleric Sadr making their military HQ in Sadr city...is the ROOT-CAUSE of the current civil chaos. It is a stupid thing for the US & Iraqi govt to allow such terrorist militias to fight side by side against so-called Sunni/Kurds insurgents! We forgot history so fast...that the Nationalists fought side by side with the Communists in China...once WWII ended, the Nationalsts got kicked out of China into Taiwan! History will repeat itself in Iraq...that it will become another Islamic govt like Iran...ruled by fanatic clerics and ayatollahs...unless Iraq totally DISARM OR ERADICATE these Islamist militias AT ALL COST NOW !

[grazinggoat]

Nothing chaotic or incoherent as you say, Ronnie. It%u2018s all linked. All republican proposed and sponsored military or subversive actions all around the world. Scarcely this has been done by Dems. Do you remember or were you in Huggies/Pampers when the Panama invasion took place? Demonization, invasion and settlement are the steps followed by invaders. What a nice way of spreading democracy! I have to amend a misspelling though: it was George Bush Father, not Late Ronald Reagan.

Israel does the same, labels a group as terrorist, and then knocks the heck out of it%u2026, in order to occupy its land.
I related the events that took place on the beach in Gaza, Killing of 7 or 8 family members by an Israeli shell, because, in a way it was, the ignition spark that led to the invasion of Gaza that almost broke the back of the Hamas%u2019 democratically elected government (U know Jimmy Carter? well he was an observer of the freely held elections that brought up the Hamas government. In this specific case why has the government of Israel and/or US allowed this group to list candidates into this election?)
see continued please

[grazinggoat]

Click this link to give an update of the critical humanitarian situation In Gaza.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5304328.stm

Same Pattern in other countries Afghanistan, shortly Syria and Iran? No no, I don%u2019t think. Things have changed with the beating Israel had recently by Hezbollah and prove it yourself by clicking on this link:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3299073,00.html

Speaking of Peace, nothing has changed, only a just settlement in Palestinian-Israeli conflict will bring in a durable peace and joy of life. Israel has to change its attitude of non-compliance with the United Nations resolutions, otherwise, nothing mouthed by the UN will hold into the Arab ears. They will also stand for their demands and the conflict will continue forever.

TERROR WINNING
Interestingly enough, we now are facing two similar cases in the same neighbourhood. Hamas tagged a terrorist organization by the occupant and its sponsor; our Zionist-neo-cons-influenced USA, and from the other side, in Lebanon, the Hezbollah with same label than Hamas. Both are in Government or at least legally and democratically elected. That is partly due to the take-it-easy, non-hustling attitude of Israel being sure of its status of relative super-power in the Middle East. It abused it and honestly missed the opportunity to settle in an honourable way, with Clinton as intermediary for the peace talks, things that he proved capable of.

[grazinggoat]

...Continued 3
ISRAEL FAULT
That %u2018non-chalence%u2019 has caused the situation in South Lebanon to adapt and get stiffer for the Israelis. The expectation in the population of South Lebanon turned to the sour side and hugged Hezbollah who showed capable to deserve the population embracing it, because of genuine devout and service to the population in sake of devoutness.

SIGN WITH HEZBOLLA
This is a lecture that should be read easily into prudence. Israeli leadership has to govern and that means, ink deals with its neighbours when opportunity presents. Signing deals with official population representatives is fine. But don%u2019t forget the populace base that caused the victory. Signing with Hezbollah is more securing than with the Lebanese government. The Lebanese government teams may change, because of the non-permanency of the system, whereas the popular organization such as Hezbollah is solidly established in base population that prove to be more permanent than the governments that come and go%u2026

[drgoodwin12]

RonnieMH first I never voted for Bush either time.Second i supported Bush when we invaded Afghanistan,I only wish that he would have finished it.Third I opposed the war in Iraq before it was a war, the so called facts did not add up before and have proven not to add up now.There was no WMDs or any threat from Iraq. If this war was justifed by any means besides money(oil) I would support it to.It is not justifed by any reason given by the this adminstration.Finally no we cannot cut and run but stay the course is not a real solution. It sounds more like a bad C&W song.This is about more than Bush now and therefore we need new ideas and direction to safely bring our troops home and leave Iraq in stability.The crackdowns in Bagdad although they appear to be working,I am willing to bet that the insurgents,terrorist,militias have already moved. They are just waiting.Finally as I stated before the next one is waiting to fill his position,just like al-Zarqawi.

[drgoodwin12]

And the next one is waiting to fill his position,just like al-Zarqawi .

[ya_mahdi]

http://judicial-inc.biz/Snipers_ambush.htm-plz do have a look