WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2007
Kennedy: Bush Stalling On Iraq Decision
Massachusetts Senator Accuses Bush Of Leaving Iraq War For The Next President
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"It's clear that ... this administration is trying to delay the ultimate judgment till the next president gets into office, that's what this president has said, and then let them take the burden on it," Kennedy told Bob Schieffer.
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus are expected to warn Congress on Monday that making any significant changes to the current war strategy will jeopardize the limited security and political progress made so far.
Later in the week, Mr. Bush plans a national address.
"I mean, we thought we had a president that was the decider, and all we're finding out now is the first judgments were going to be made in the early summer, midsummer, late summer," Kennedy said. "Now it looks like General Petraeus is going to ask for six more months."
Kennedy was among a handful of lawmakers who voted against giving Bush authority to invade Iraq nearly five years ago.
"I was against the war, I continue to be against the war, and I'm going to do everything I possibly can to bring American troops home at the earliest possible time," Kennedy said.
Kennedy said that U.S. troops are being held hostage by Iraqi politicians who have not made progress on national reconciliation.
"We have been a crutch for too long," Kennedy said. "We have been the survival blanket for the Iraqi government, and the only way they're going to make the tough decisions and judgments is to start bringing those troops home."
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See all 64 Commentsno more lobbiest should be in washington period...
Posted by forthepeopl1
In a twisted way there are no Dems or Repubs anymore, just a bunch of corrupt gangsters hiding under the name of their constituency
We have deficit spending repubs, and social program cutting dems, it is all a joke.
Lobbying is bribery. It is time to send all the Abramoffs to the federal YMCA.
but until the media stops taken orders from our govenment on what news to report than and only than will americans really know what is going on.
no one in congress has the b/a/l/l/s to stand up and tell the truth on anything...and until americans stand up and say we the people hired you so we can fire you all and start over with normal americans that only want to help americans
this country needs to get back to basic, americans helping americans..no reps.no dems. just americans. no more two party..
no more lobbiest should be in washington period...
Posted by skyk
The democrats can use the media attention they get to influence more of the public to become involved and show their support for the measure. Just like Bush used it to convince America to believe his lies.
I find that the Democrats are embarrassingly weak in the area of using the media to convey their opposition to the public, and the public is waiting desperately for it.
WHY HASN''T THE NEWS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS AND TELLING US...
THIS GOVERNEMNT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT AND SHOT
EVEN AFTER 5 YEARS BUSH COULD CARE LESS IF BIN IS AROUND,WHY? BECAUSE BIN IS PART OF THE ROYAL ARAIBA FAMILEY AND BUSH HAS BEEN TOLD TO LEAVE HIM ALONE..
Bush Tells Barnes Capturing Bin Laden Is %u2018Not A Top Priority Use of American Resources%u2019
Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes appeared on Fox this morning to discuss his recent meeting with President Bush in the Oval Office. The key takeaway for Barnes was that %u201Cbin Laden doesn%u2019t fit with the administration%u2019s strategy for combating terrorism.%u201D Barnes said that Bush told him capturing bin Laden is %u201Cnot a top priority use of American resources.%u201D Watch it.
Bush%u2019s priorities have always been skewed. Just months after declaring he wanted bin Laden %u201Cdead or alive,%u201D Bush said, %u201CI truly am not that concerned about him.%u201D Turning his attention away from bin Laden, Bush trained his focus on Iraq %u2014 a country he now admits had %u201Cnothing%u201D to do with 9/11.
Capturing bin Laden, as Rep. Nancy Pelosi recently pointed out, will not necessarily make America safer because it would come five years too late. Yet, capturing or killing the man responsible for 9/11 should remain a high pr
As usual, dems making up so called rules as they stumble along.
Posted by Xlib at 07:12 AM : Sep 10, 2007
This is INSANE! How many American''s died in Bosnia last week? How many LIES were told to get us into Bosnia? It''s amazing how people like this will just ignore the death of American''s and make excuses for Incompetent Leaders like Bush who has ignored the REAL Enemy, the one who actually attacked us, and has gotten us into a Quagmire EXACTLY like the one I was in. He obviously has never heard the scream of an American who falls at his side. It''s one thing to help NATO in an objective...that''s called being an ALLY, it''s altogether another LYING about Weapons and distorting facts to put us in a position where we''re at War with a Nation that DIDN''T attack us and who had NO weapons to harm us. But add to that the fact that the REAL Enemy has USED that stupidity to COMPLETELY rebuild and is now stronger than ever and you have INCOMPETENCE in Capital Letters! Combat Vet, USMC, RVN, 1968
You know what libs, we all know that no matter what the report says your media already has the script written. No matter who the report comes from you''ll find tons and tons of fault. And of course, you''ll immediately go to "THE LIE" ploy. No matter what.
As for teddy, he looks like he needs another drink.
As for leaving Iraq for the next President, would that be like Vietnam that was left for Nixon. That "reasoning" is so stupid it could only come from someone like teddy.
Are we still in Bosnia?? Was binLaden still running around by 1/20/00? Did the USS Cole terrorist attack remain open? Wasn''t there a comment about not wanting to get into the Cole issue but leave it for the next guy?
As usual, dems making up so called rules as they stumble along.
Posted by brianbwb at 05:45 AM : Sep 10, 2007
The Democrats have a Bare Majority in the Senate and a very small majority in the House, how is it possible to even start such a process? You HAVE to have Procedural votes on a regular basis to conduct an impeachment. With the republican''s almost in lock step even those procedural votes would be almost impossible. I agree the man needs to be impeached but until some Republican''s get that message there''s little that Democrats can do.
To CBS : Please do a 60 Minutes on Senatory K. finacial TRUST FUND DODGE. I am sure you are planning the same, and waiting to surprise all of us just before the election.
Posted by Hamiltongrad at 11:35 PM : Sep 09, 2007
What does YOUR opinion of Senator Kennedy have to do with this issue? This is WAY out of hand and has got to stop. It''s gotten to the point that American''s can''t have a honest discussion of ANY issue because you clowns and your Fascist like attitudes prevent that discussion. Let''s stick to the subject here, unless you have some HARD evidence other that "I have heard". It''s cheap and it''s stupid.
The first two should have been defined before this obscene mess even started, and the last should have been explained at the time it was spewed.
Again, I ask anyone here, what is meant by these terms. It seems to me they can only mean that the Iraqis:
1. Agree to stop resisting our illegal occupation
2. Agree to stop defending themselves from a hostile invader (us), who is kidnapping, torturing, and murdering their loved ones
3. Agree to let Bush steal their oil, with little compensation
4. Accept a puppet government, installed by the same hostile force mentioned above
If it is the case that no other definition can be offered, then this is clearly a treasonable, futile, dangerously ignorant, financially devastating, open ended and strategically fatal action we are engaged in
Thought I''d bring these questions in the pro war peeps are having a hard time with them.
Kennedy should start the impeachment call, but he, like all the other politicians, left and right, are too corrupt to jeopardize their cash cows.
non muslims of the world unite... fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside...
I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pa
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cle_id=465570&in_page_id=1770
Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm
Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan
the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/
IS THERE A BIGGER HYPOCRITE?
TAX DODGE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
What me worry ?
I have read that the Kennedy family has a massive TRUST fund in Tahiti, so that all of the wealth from generations before and to come, will NOT BE TAXED. This is the same SEN. that wants you and me to pay even more . I would rather have a wide stance Senator that one who "cheats" all of us, by not paying his fair share of taxes.
To CBS : Please do a 60 Minutes on Senatory K. finacial TRUST FUND DODGE. I am sure you are planning the same, and waiting to surprise all of us just before the election.
Posted by b48151 at 07:03 PM : Sep 09, 2007
No need to thank me. I''m sure you wanted those corrections as you wouldn''t want to look like some sort of lying party line following azz schmoozing prick.
Posted by pilgrimsway at 05:07 PM : Sep 09, 2007
Iraqi citizens need help from Bush, like a woman who gets knocked up after being raped needs the rapist to be her delivery coach. Get a clue--WE caused all of this.
Posted by pilgrimsway at 05:52 PM : Sep 09, 2007
We created the mess in Iraq. Our invasion created a vacuum that resulted in everyone from everywhere trying to exploit the area and people.
2. Our invasion and bombing of Iraq destroyed the infrastructure so effectively that it has never even been brought back to prewar levels
3. Our presence and favortism to various groups ensured sectarian jealousy and violence and change Saddam''s selective murdering tenure into our indiscriminate wholesale, everyone can be tortured and/or killed clusterfvck
4. We expect Iraqis to be grateful for all of this AND to help us conquer them and show our war in successful.
5. We expect Iraqis and the world to make Iraq right and to step up and cooperate with us in our goals for them--even though these goals were imposed through war
Is that clear enough for you, stupid azz?
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