North Of Baghdad, War Getting Worse

More Attacks, Less Troops In Diyala Province As Military Focuses On Baghdad Crackdown

(CBS)  This story was written by CBS News correspondent Cami McCormick, embedded with U.S. forces in Diyala province. She can be heard frequently on CBS Radio.

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Dozens of Iraqi humvees, backed by U.S. soldiers and Bradley fighting vehicles, streamed into the village of Buritz, in the second attempt in a week to flush out enemy fighters. The dusty streets were otherwise empty; the residents holed up in their homes.

The Iraqi soldiers went door-to-door, kicking their way in and questioning those inside. A few streets away, other Iraqi soldiers were fighting gun battles. Snipers opened fire on them several times.

The Iraqi soldiers surrounded the house of a suspected bomb-maker. At first hesitant to go inside for fear it was booby-trapped, they eventually stormed in and seized items used to build makeshift weapons. They blew up a car outside the house that they suspected would be used in a vehicle-borne attack.

Buritz is part of Baqouba, an ethnically mixed city 35 miles north of Baghdad. It's one of several villages U.S. and Iraqi troops are in the process of clearing. American commanders believe securing these communities is crucial to the goal of handing over control of the Diyala province to Iraqi security forces in the coming months.

But the operations have grown deadlier, complicated by what may be an influx of Sunni and Shiite fighters flushed out of Baghdad by the stepped-up security operations there.

One U.S. battalion has lost 17 men here since October, accounting for more casualties in four months than an entire U.S. brigade lost the year before.

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"It's a very complex environment," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jay George, deputy commander, 3rd Brigade. And there are fewer U.S. troops here to operate in it — last year two American brigades were in the area, now there is one.

"It's definitely not a friendly area to either Iraqi Security Forces or Coalition forces," said Army First Lt. Ryan Boeka, leading a foot patrol through Buritz earlier in the week. "A lot of people from the Baath party are in here, and there are some other groups that push in from other areas."

Boeka and the other soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, (which has lost five men since December), have been living with the Iraqis at the Buritz Police Station, which was recently over-run by insurgents and later re-taken by U.S. forces. Half of the building is collapsed from a U.S. missile strike during that effort.

This week, an Iraqi police checkpoint nearby also came under attack, and the police fled. When U.S. forces moved in and secured the area the Iraqis returned, only to flee again when more gunfire was aimed their way.

Iraqi checkpoints have been hit so many times by small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, and the roads leading to them lined with IEDs to target Americans coming to their assistance that the U.S. military decided to dismantle many of them.

"They were getting attacked over and over again," said George. "It was just a point of reference for the enemy to go to, so what we decided to do was break down the checkpoints and go on the offensive."

The U.S. has set up a training academy near Baqouba, and Iraqi soldiers and police recently practiced defending a building from attack. But when George visits Iraqi commanders he urges them to "attack, attack" and then repeats the word in Arabic to drive home his message about the need to go after the enemy, rather than waiting for it to come to them.

That is part of what the Buritz operation was all about. The new Iraqi police and Army units are hesitant to leave their bases without U.S. support. But the Americans are insisting they take the lead in operations. U.S. soldiers often stand in the rear, advising the Iraqis on how to treat suspects they detain and how to search houses for weapons.

The Iraqis appear to have more confidence with the Americans behind them, but they are no safer from the IED threat. An Iraqi humvee was ripped apart by one during the most recent clearing operation. Two Iraqi soldiers inside were killed and three others walking behind the vehicle were seriously wounded. At the end of the operation, the Iraqis pulled the damaged humvee — nothing more than a smoking axle — from a canal and towed it away.

Roadside bombs are a major threat in this part of Diyala. Twenty were discovered during one recent weekend.

One U.S. patrol this week spotted men laying out bombs along a roadway the Americans use often. The men left mortars, an artillery shell, and a canister filled with explosives to form a "daisy chain", or a chain reaction of explosions.

It was a coordinated attack. They fired first on a nearby Iraqi checkpoint to distract the Iraqi police and stop civilian traffic from coming through. There were also men blocking the road from the other direction. When the U.S. soldiers spotted the suspects they called in U.S. military helicopters to give chase.

"God, I hope they get them," one of the U.S. soldiers said as he watched the helicopters trail the men.

The suspects vanished into the date palm groves lining the road.

[dallison7]

This week, an Iraqi police checkpoint nearby also came under attack, and the police fled. When U.S. forces moved in and secured the area the Iraqis returned, only to flee again when more gunfire was aimed their way


No doubt this thing will go on as long as the US has military there.

[tuckerndfw]

How can ExxonMobil's "war" against the Iraqi people and American taxpayers get any worse?

This fiasco has been a disaster since the day George Bush unlawfully ordered US troops to overthrow Saddam Hussein so ExxonMobil and British Petroleum could gain control of Iraq's oil & gas resources.

It can't get any worse. It can only get better when ExxonMobil's mercenaries carry their ***** back to where they belong.

[d3125]

How do you expect a bunch of criminals, abusers and rapest American military to bring peace in Iraq. America became so arrogant and thought she could dictate the world using force, but this war gave arrogant politicians an unforgettable lesson and their shameful failures will become part of their history. A superpower and richest country of the world cannot even fight with a few thousand lightly armed fighters who has no army, no navy, no training and no aircrafts. What can be more humiliating to America than this? Twenty per cent of Americans lives below poverty line, Child mortality is the highest in America amongst big industrialized countries, I think America should solve its internal problems first, before illegally invading others.

[bluestardad]

American people are learning it is ok to disagree with a President who is friends of Saudi Arabia and who gives them special treatment on the world stage at the expense of American lives. 95% of killing done in Iraq is done by Sunnis Sponsored by Saudi Arabia! Why is no one reporting this?

[tbweb]

-- d3125

No military, not even the American military can easily defeat cowards who hide behind civilians and a womens dress when attacking. The American military can easily win in Iraq if it doesn't mind dealing with a very high civilian body count! But then the civilian body count in Iraq is already high so maybe the American military should go for it, some advocate just that just to end this nonsense. Insurgents are cowards who hide behind and blow up innocent civilians. Insurgents know the American military don't want to harm innocent Iraqi civilians so thats where the coward insurgents hang out! I don't agree with your assessment.

[skyk-2009]

No military, not even the American military can easily defeat cowards who hide behind civilians and a womens dress when attacking. The American military can easily win in Iraq if it doesn't mind dealing with a very high civilian body count! But then the civilian body count in Iraq is already high so maybe the American military should go for it, some advocate just that just to end this nonsense. Insurgents are cowards who hide behind and blow up innocent civilians. Insurgents know the American military don't want to harm innocent Iraqi civilians so thats where the coward insurgents hang out! I don't agree with your assessment.
Posted by tbweb at 07:07 AM : Feb 23, 2007

Well those things happen when you go around INVADING other Countries. IF the Civilian body Count goes up much more we're looking at being ranked right up there with some to the truly greats in the area of MASS murder. Who's side are you on by the way, the sunni, which make up the insurgency or the Shiite which make up the Government? Civil War's are like that you know... no matter what side you pick it's the wrong side. I can't help but long for the nation we had for over 200 years, the one who had a consistent policy of NOT attacking people UNLESS we were attacked. Kinda went out the window when we turned to Southern Fascism I guess.

[skyk-2009]

Well folks so much for Sir Lies-A-Lot and his "Deciding". So what's next? Does he ask for more American Troops? He certainly can't get them from any friends since we no longer have any. I'd like to see those in the Religious Reich step up to the plate here. YOU lousy pieces of human garbage gave us Sir Lies-A-Lot. If you do not ignor our Constitution and IF you do not elect him BECAUSE of his Religion we do not have this mess... So in my life time the Religious Reich has the Civil Right's Movements blood on it's hands and now the blood of this war in Iraq. Way to go jerks!!

[tbweb]

-- skyk

The problem with that thinking is the enemy has adjusted! The enemy is no longer a country with borders and military uniforms! The enemy now hides behind innocent civilians and attacks from behind a womens dress! The enemy now uses proxy terror groups who can't be directly linked to a central government. Unfortunately while we all long for the good old days the game has changed, the enemy has adjusted their game plan and now the West needs to adjust as well or perish!

[lars008-2009]

the king and queen of lies........

"Everybody in politics lies, but they [the Clintons] do it with such ease, it%u2019s troubling,%u201D Geffen said.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003548043

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR2007022100993_pf.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17263999/

[lars008-2009]

don%u2019t you just love these stupid silly little fascist nazi Islamic muslims pretending to be liberal Americans%u2026%u2026 and begging for the usa to leave iraq%u2026..lol%u2026.. they must be really getting their arses kicked%u2026. Hahahahahahaha

[formrusmcsgt]

No military, not even the American military can easily defeat cowards who hide behind civilians and a womens dress when attacking.
Posted by tbweb at 07:07 AM : Feb 23, 2007

Assymetrical warfare is cowardly by most standards, but remember we took the war to Iraq, they didn't come here - so it's fought on their terms, not ours.

[d3125]

tbweb

I can gurantee you if all American military + their invader allies go to Iraq, they can still not win the war, because the war started with the wrong bases. They killed 100s of thousands, spent billions and still the situation much worse than 3 yrs ago. Iraq has become a no win situation for Americans.

[macusweil]

We've had four years of Bush & Cheney allowing this war to be a GOP insider's money grab. They have not made one sound decision about this debacle yet. Why should we extend their credit to fight any further?

Guess they figured even by putting their own 'yes' men in all the key roles they'd somehow still prevail and be the richer for it. Too bad for them the plan failed, too bad for Iraq, too bad for the US Armed forces and our reputation in the world. Too bad for the US taxpayers who are in the whole 500,000,000,000 dollars and counting.

[macusweil]

"the king and queen of lies........

"Everybody in politics lies, but they [the Clintons] do it with such ease, it%u2019s troubling,%u201D Geffen said."

So what about the Dork & Pork of lies? Bush / Cheney -- their constant lying has cost the lives of thousands of our of our bravest US service men & women not to mention the half trillion dollars they wasted doing it. At least the Clintons balanced the budget and kept the US out of any major wars.

[tbweb]

-- D3125

War is not just brute force alone, it requires a diplomatic element that seems to be missing from the American effort and in that context I may agree with you somewhat. If the U.N. had enforced Saddams violation of the many resolutions Saddams ignored, America would not have to do the U.N.'s dirty work! If the process worked the way its suppose to, America technically shouldn't be in Iraq. America is only in Iraq because the U.N. doesn't function the way it should!!

[mbcsmith]

Now 11 days into the troop buildup and the many bombings are now a few. The hundred a day dead are now tens. Is the buildup working? This is the LIBS worst fear. Success in Iraq.

[pwrslm]

We've had four years of Bush & Cheney allowing this war to be a GOP insider's money grab.
Posted by macusweil at 08:26 AM : Feb 23, 2007


This kind of stuff is what is wrong with America.

People have no concept of what is going on in thier own government, instead, they gleefully adopt propoganda and rhetoric as bastions for social justice, even if they have no basis in fact.

[antoniof123]

So we won!!!! lets go home now it is really getting embarrassing. Lock up the administration now I think that the time is coming for America to once and for all put an end to the stupidly that this President and is Vice President have caused.

[pwrslm]

seems to be missing from the American effort
Posted by tbweb at 08:34 AM : Feb 23, 2007

But isnt it kind of hard to negotiate with militants that hide like cowards in the light of day? Even the clerics that (for the most part) direct the people to do violence have no concept of reality, they dream of a fiction, as described in the Koran, which dictates a kalipate that spreads Islamic Law over the face of the entire world. They look at the world as a religious endowment granted to them by thier allah, who supposedly owns it anyway, so they only fight defensive wars to take back what already has been given to them....been going on for around 1500 years.

[luvny-2009]

This week, an Iraqi police checkpoint nearby also came under attack, and the police fled. When U.S. forces moved in and secured the area the Iraqis returned, only to flee again when more gunfire was aimed their way.

Yeah they ready for us to hand everything over...yeah right!

[cathaleen]

Why can't the arab iraqis follow the example of the Kurds. They are not blowing themselves up -they are building themselves up. They are taking advantage of american money and know-how.

The world is watching - and the arabs better get a grip on themselves. They are looking like a bunch of lunatics - especially when people are willing to help them.

It is very bad for the good ones because no only will want them living in their country. Isn't there any one out there among muslims and arabs
that could stop this madness and stop blaming everyone else and look to themselves. Irishmendidn't fly planes into the world trade center, neither did Jews, Italians, Poles. They sympathy factor is waning for the Arabs.

[bluestardad]

War with Iran or Iraq is not in American interest it is the Israeli and Saudi Arabian Governments that Want America to fight Iran! Israel and Saudi pushed us to fight in Iraq which cost America over 3000 soldier%u2019s lives and Billions of tax dollars. America needs to put America interest first! The REAL ENEMY ARE THESE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTEREST GROUPS that throw money to our corrupt politicians in an effort to direct American foreign policy in line with their Foreign Government interest. America has spent 50 years of Treasure trying to civilize the Middle East. They do not want it. And any elected representative or individual that supports another country, yes even Israel, over America but chooses to live in America under her protection should be removed and sent to that country. Any individual who advocates the interest of any other country while serving in a public elected office of American leadership within the borders of America should be tried in Court for Treason!

DONT BE A PUNK Email your senators and representatives and tell them your views! http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_in
formation/senators_cfm.cfm or http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

[macusweil]

"People have no concept of what is going on in thier own government, instead, they gleefully adopt propoganda and rhetoric as bastions for social justice, even if they have no basis in fact."

Dear Clueless-- It is you who are most naive, look at all those no-bid contracts which companies got the awards. Cheney's Halliburton is near the top. Look at all the GOP insiders who got hand the key jobs 'rebuilding' Iraq- swell job there- well done lads!

If these neo.con punks in office had kept their eye on the prize instead of the money $$ we'd have captured Bin Laden and most of his minions by now. The war on 'terra' should have been won a year or two after we went into Afghanistan!!

[pwrslm]

it is the Israeli and Saudi Arabian Governments that Want America to fight Iran!
Posted by bluestardad at 08:47 AM : Feb 23, 2007



Please, that is propoganda designed for simpletons. Dont try to BS us here.

[fitedafuture]

IED's,WMD's , blah blah blah, sounds like a ploy just to instigate a fight with Iran.so obvious and sad.

[pwrslm]

Dear Clueless-- It is you who are most naive....

Posted by macusweil at 08:57 AM : Feb 23, 2007

sure....right.

Im not the one thats taken into the conspiracy theory, 99.5 % of what your pushing is based on slight of hand and .5% fact.

(Hint-that only makes those who push the baseless conspiracy theories clueless)_

[mbcsmith]

Now 11 days into the troop buildup and the many bombings are now a few. The hundred a day dead are now tens. Is the buildup working? This is the LIBS worst fear. Success in Iraq.

[macusweil]

Dear Clueless-- Please let's just stay with the facts, no ideological debates about are we better off without Saddam, no conspiracy theories about why Bush Cheney wanted this war. That facts are that we have so far we have lost the fight in Iraq and failed to catch Bin Laden.

"WASHINGTON, August 18, 2004 %u2014 The oil services company Halliburton, largely through its subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root, has received more revenue from government contracts in the last year than from 1998 through 2002. In 2003, when the company had record revenue of $16.3 billion, Halliburton received contracts from the Department of Defense worth $4.3 billion, while in the previous five years it obtained less than $2.5 billion from the military, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity.

Although figures are not yet available for 2004, government revenue is bound to increase as a result of the contracts the company has won for work in postwar Afghanistan and Iraq, which so far potentially totals $11.4 billion. Some of that work was actually awarded earlier; many of the company's contracts extend for multiple years.

In 1998, Halliburton's total revenue was $14.5 billion; that year, the company got contracts from the Pentagon worth $284 million. Two years later, revenue had dropped to just under $12 billion while work under DoD contracts more than doubled. In 2002, DoD awarded Halliburton tasks worth $485 million while the company's revenue was $12.6 billion. "

[johnshaft4]

Just how long are these "dead enders" going to be on their "last throes"?
This is becoming more like the Russian occupation of Afghanistan with likely the same outcome.

[grumpas]

mbcsmith: "This is the the LIBS worst nightmare. Success in Iraq." That statement is only a rabid foaming at the mouth conservative's view of liberal's! Not reality! I'm certain all of you would love to believe that! It would fit in with the mean-spirited vicious image you have been fostering for years! Most of you have gotten to be such a nasty self-absorbed bunch of thugs you turn most middle of the road people like myself completely off! You need to tone down your rhetoric before you destroy the conservative movement completely.

[huskerarmy]

But the righties keep telling us that the war is going swimmingly well. If we let them, they'll keep "winning" it for the next 50 years...

[mbcsmith]

grumpy

With a plan 11 days old, the LIBS are trying to limit the Presidents constitutional power as commander in chief. They want ALL troops out and declare DEFEAT. It is exactly the plan of Al-quaida. The LIBS are playing politics with the lives of our brave fighting forces.

[macusweil]

"Now 11 days into the troop buildup and the many bombings are now a few. The hundred a day dead are now tens. Is the buildup working? This is the LIBS worst fear. Success in Iraq."

Listen all you neo.con right wing punks out there.. no Americans one wants the US to fail except maybe those milking government contracts!!

The truth is except for the last 10 days, maybe, Bush & Cheney have FAILED and done so with all the vast resources of the great nation that they asked for over the past four years. Also try to remember Congress asking over and over "do we have enough troops to win?" and Rummy testifying with a straight face again and again "Yes Sir, I believe we do."

[golfkt]

Re Halliburton;
There are only two companies worldwide that can do this type of work...also...if it needs to be done...you, in all likelihood, would not farm it out to a foreign company..

[cpjl1]

Meanwhile in Pakistan today. A ballistic missile was tested which is capable of reaching Israel. Which incidentally Pakistan refuses to acknowledge exists.

Yet our beloved leader is obsessed with Iran.

Please Please Please impeach Bush before it is to late.

[huskerarmy]

"The hundred a day dead are now tens. Is the buildup working?"
But of course that is not possible since "Major combat operations have ceased" and the insurgency has been "in it's last throws" since May of 2005.

"This is the LIBS worst fear. Success in Iraq."
...delusional. Most America has turned against this bogus war. Americans want real efforts towards national security. If you want to accuse anyone of wanting failure in Iraq, you're going to have to blame the 70% of Americans who now recognize the mess your frat boy, silver spoon president has created.

[mbcsmith]

The truth is except for the last 10 days, maybe, Bush & Cheney have FAILED and done so with all the vast resources of the great nation that they asked for over the past four years. Also try to remember Congress asking over and over "do we have enough troops to win?" and Rummy testifying with a straight face again and again "Yes Sir, I believe we do."
Posted by macusweil at 09:21 AM : Feb 23, 2007

Exactly my point. LIBS not willing to recognize even the slightest bit of progress. Just more whining and moaning. The party of DEFEAT. Love it, embrace it, it is yours.

[dallison7]

Re Halliburton;
There are only two companies worldwide that can do this type of work...also...if it needs to be done...you, in all likelihood, would not farm it out to a foreign company..
Posted by golfkt

gollfkt:

Thank you for your service to our country.

It is exactly that kind of blather from the right that is causing so many former Bush supporters to change their stripes. As the polls indicate, millions of Americans have changed their minds and no longer support the illegal war in Iraq. The numbers are now becoming strong enough to end this fiasco, and possibly remove the criminals from office.

So, thank you for being an accidental hero for our nation.

[radiob-2009]

Schlumberger is the largest and Haliburton is second in the field. Why was Haliburton chosen over Schlumberger? It is a valid question that has never been answered.Anyone have a "definitive" answer void of accusations and just the facts? Haliburton was under investigation prior to the war in Iraq by the SEC, what happened there? Did they not have to restate earnings at a lower figure because a merger earnings were included prior to the actual merger occuring? Did the restating of earnings actually put the company in the red? With negative earnings for the previous year?Not being conspiratorial just posing the questions that should be asked and should have been asked prior to the award of any government contract with any company.Any answers??? Based in fact???

[huskerarmy]

"LIBS are trying to limit the Presidents constitutional power as commander in chief."
I always cringe when righties suppose to intrepret the constitution, a document, the Bill of Rights in particular, they treat as little more than a dish rag when it suits them. This administration has been reading powers into it ( its "enemy combatant" doctrine and presidential "signing statements") that the Founders did not put there. Be that as it maym in giving Congress the power to declare war, the Constitution gives it authority to make decisions about a war%u2019s scope and duration. The Founders, including James Madison, fully expected Congress to use these powers to rein in the commander in chief. Madison warned "The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the Legislature."

[mbcsmith]

The Founders, including James Madison, fully expected Congress to use these powers to rein in the commander in chief. Madison warned "The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the Legislature."


Posted by huskerarmy at 09:52 AM : Feb 23, 2007


With the power of the purse, NOT by trying to micromanage troop movements and strength. These are the constitutional powers of the President. The LIBS are trying to usurp the constitution

[rharrin1]

radiob
Why didn't bush kick halliburton out and hire a different company when he found out the us was being over charged $1.75 per gallon in Iraq?

bush said they had to pay it back

[bluestardad]

War with Iraq or Iran is not in American interest it is the Israeli and Saudi Arabian Governments that Want America to fight Iran! Israel and Saudi pushed us to fight in Iraq which cost America over 3000 soldier%u2019s lives and Billions of tax dollars. America needs to put America interest first! The REAL ENEMY ARE THESE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT INTEREST GROUPS that throw money to our corrupt politicians in an effort to direct American foreign policy in line with their Foreign Government interest. America has spent 50 years of Treasure trying to civilize the Middle East. They do not want it. And any elected representative or individual that supports another country, yes even Israel, over America but chooses to live in America under her protection should be removed and sent to that country. Any individual who advocates the interest of any other country while serving in a public elected office of American leadership within the borders of America should be tried in Court for Treason!

[rharrin1]

mbcsmith

( the libs are trying to usurp the constitution )

You mean the libs are wrong for trying to do the same thing BUSH HAS DONE.

[radiob-2009]

From the Washington Post:
Halliburton came under fire in the early '90s for supplying Libya and Iraq with oil drilling equipment which could be used to detonate nuclear weapons. Halliburton Logging Services, a former subsidiary, was charged with shipping six pulse neutron generators through Italy to Libya. In 1995, the company pled guilty to criminal charges that it violated the U.S. ban on exports to Libya. Halliburton was fined $1.2 million and will pay $2.61 million in civil penalties.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/articles/halliburtonprimer.html

[huskerarmy]

"...troop movements and strength. These are the constitutional powers of the President."

Congress not only has the power to cap the number of soldiers sent to fight but also to limit the use of appropriated funds for the war. If Congress is enpowered to fund the war, it stands to reason that it has a say in how those funds are applied.

[formrusmcsgt]

Exactly my point. LIBS not willing to recognize even the slightest bit of progress. Just more whining and moaning. The party of DEFEAT. Love it, embrace it, it is yours.
Posted by mbcsmith at 09:38 AM : Feb 23, 2007

Defeat is not being meeted out by the Dems, it's being meeted by the insurgents.
3/03 - 2/04 American dead 548
3/04 - 2/05 American dead 947
3/05 - 2/06 American dead 789
3/06 - to date American dead 819

Our casualties are not decreasing. What measure do you prefer as a measure of success? They remain at levels nearly double the first year totals. This, somehow, indicates success to you?

What would indicate failure - 4 times our initial year's losses?

[radiob-2009]

During his chairmanship of Halliburton, Cheney criticized U.S. sanctions against "rogue" nations such as Iran and Libya in a 1998 speech. According to a July 26, 2000, Washington Post story, Cheney complained the sanctions "are nearly always motivated by domestic political pressure, the need for Congress to appeal to some domestic constituency."

More from the same article.

[macusweil]

"Exactly my point. LIBS not willing to recognize even the slightest bit of progress. Just more whining and moaning. The party of DEFEAT. Love it, embrace it, it is yours."

Yo right wing gas bag!! Did you even read the headline of this artcile before opening your yap?
`North Of Baghdad, War Getting Worse`

Just curious..

Say speaking of embracing something.. why don't you just go embrace "Gotta get a Rush Limpd*ck" with his little bottle of Viagra and pain killers. LOL

[mbcsmith]

You mean the libs are wrong for trying to do the same thing BUSH HAS DONE.
Posted by rharrin1 at 10:11 AM : Feb 23, 2007

If you are suggesting that the President has usurped the Constitution, then I will have to ask you to PROVE IT! Or is this just more lib accusations with no form of support.