Comments on: Petraeus On Troop Surge, Change In Iraq

Katie Couric Talks To Top U.S. Commander In Iraq Before Upcoming Report To Congress

[nyckate]

I was ready to accept Patreaus report on this surge - but I just learned that he wrote a favorable opinion for Bush''s handling of the Iraq invasion and occupation right before the 2004 elections - he was approving a Bush plan that was already failing, did fail and was replaced by this Feb Surge...

So can he be counted on now to give an unbaised view? I don''t think so - sorry - but anyone who wrote a favorable opinion of an already failing Bush plan lost his credibility.

[pepperp1]

"The question is which way is it headed, and I think it''s headed up."


No that is not the question, the question is when will the Republicans stop staying the Course and allowing our troops to die needlessly while this Administration drains our Treasury. The rest is interesting but irrelevant RNC talking points.


You can put lip stick on a corpse, but the body is still dead.

[seven-pesos]

poor, republican christian south wanted to get bush into the white house...

so the south could get its hands on the treasury.

now, amerika is $8.7 trillion in debt.

the south doesn''''t care. the south has no money.

the rich, hardworking, educated blue states will pay.

the south provides the war and the debt.

war, hate, christian snakes, republican freaks...

nothing good comes out of the south.

[radiob-2009]

TAKE BACK AMERICA. BAN ALL CORPORATE and FOREIGN LOBBYISTS FROM the HALLS of CONGRESS!

Posted by ConDumism

Where is the list of democrats? Fair is fair.
Both receive from AIPAC.
Corporations control America, not Israelis.

[feelfree1]

radiob,

Re: "When asked if they would rather have U.S. troops here than al Qaeda, a recruit told Couric: "A time will come when al Qaeda is gone, and a time will come when the Americans will go as well."

"A rather ambiguous answer."

But a rather prophetic one as well. I predict that these two groups will leave Iraq at EXACTLY the same time.

[radiob-2009]

When asked if they would rather have U.S. troops here than al Qaeda, a recruit told Couric: "A time will come when al Qaeda is gone, and a time will come when the Americans will go as well."


A rather ambiguous answer.

[feelfree1]

General David Petraeus reminds me of Deputy Dawg, only Patraeus is not nearly as smart, and far more cartoonish. Also, Deputy Dawg was not a war criminal.

The best that Patreaus can hope for is to keep the illegal war of aggression going as long as possible and then pass it on to some other dimwitted military commander, hoping that he will then be a less desirable target for war crimes proceedings.

Patraeus has disgraced his uniform and his country beyond measure, abandoning his sworn oath to the U.S. Constitution, and facilitating the illegal war of aggression being waged by the illegitimate and mass-murderous Bush regime.

At any rate, this war is a deep disgrace to our country, and represents only a string of war crimes within a horrific war of aggression. It is time to end it, so that we can concentrate on trying, convicting, and sentencing those responsible for it.

www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow

[ramos937]

One day, even a four star general will learn....

(1) AQI is a relatively small force. The main combatants are the Sunnis and the S----. All three are willing to kill Americans. (2) If things get too hot in one area, the insurgents just pack up and move to another area. Right now, things are too hot in Andar so they are in Bagdad and Basra and other Iraq cities. They know the USA cannot be defeated in a straight up military battle so they do not even try. We have planes, tanks, MRAPS, etc. They do not even have 1/5 the fire power we do.

Next, the General will not even write the report. The report is being written by WH staffers with input from the General and the Amb. It will say (1) progress is being made, (2) we need to stay longer, (3) Andar province is a prime example as to what can happen, (4) morale is sky high amoung the soldiers, and so on and so on. Both the General and the Amb. will concur with the report as written.

There is a very real war on terror and we need to start fighting it in the right way but not in Iraq.

[sharncedar]

So the troop surge is "working" in Fallujah. The frightening thing is that our so-called leaders don''t really think any more of US Citizens than they do of Iraqis. So their solutions, and their definition of success, is the same in Iraq as in the US. Iraq is like a trial sandbox for these guys, as they learn how to suppress a civilian population. If you think the surge is "working" in Fallujah, let''s see if you think the same tactics work in the US when they apply them here. Work for what? For whom? to keep the oil flowing, at any cost, even the cost of massive civilian causualties? Even at the cost of destroying an entire city, removing every resident, killing everything that moves, then putting a few token residents back in the bloodstained empty city? with a gun pointed to their heads day and night?

Next will come similar tactics here in the US, let''s see if you think this is "working" in your community.

You can stand around laughing at the Iraqis, but the chilling truth is that the rulers of Iraq are the rulers of the US, they are the same people, with the same agenda, the same disregard of tradition, honor, or human life. They destroyed the culture and heritage of Iraq, they will certainly destroy the culture and heritage of Iowa or Georgia.

[condumism]

These ISRAEL FIRST Republican Senators are all up for Reelection in 08. Ask them how much Israel influences their vote on Iraq? Also, ask them how much US DEFENSE CONTRACTORS influence their votes in needless defense spending. These sell out America for Israel traitors and sell out America for the US MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX are listed below:

Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Dominici, Pete- (R - NM)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

TAKE BACK AMERICA. BAN ALL CORPORATE and FOREIGN LOBBYISTS FROM the HALLS of CONGRESS!