BAGHDAD, May 20, 2008

Bush Apologizes For Quran Desecration

President Calls Iraqi PM After U.S. Sniper's Use Of Islam's Holy Book For Target Practice

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(AP)  President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an American sniper's use of a copy of the Quran for target practice, Maliki's office said Tuesday.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Bush spoke to al-Maliki about the Quran shooting incident during a regularly scheduled videoconference on Monday. She said Bush expressed his "serious concern."

"He told the prime minister that we take this matter seriously, and he noted that the soldier had been reprimanded and removed from Iraq by his commanders," Perino said.

A statement issued by al-Maliki's office said Al-Maliki told Bush of the "disappointment and anger of the people and government of Iraq over the soldier's disgraceful action," the statement said.

Bush told al-Maliki that the sniper would face trial, it added.

Separately, the statement said an Iraqi Cabinet meeting Tuesday called for the "severest" punishment against the sniper and warned of "grave consequences" if similarly offensive actions were committed in the future.

It also called on commanders of U.S.-led foreign troops in Iraq to educate their soldiers on the need to respect the religious beliefs of Iraqis.

The U.S. military said Sunday it had disciplined the sniper and removed him from Iraq after he was found to have used Islam's holy book for target practice on May 9. The copy of the Quran was found two days later by Iraqis on a firing range in Radwaniyah, west of Baghdad, with 14 bullet holes in it and graffiti written on its pages.

On Saturday, the top American commander in Baghdad, Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, and other officers held a formal ceremony apologizing to tribal chiefs in Radwaniyah.

Bush's apology followed similar moves by the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq to placate the Iraqis, apologizing in separate meetings Monday with al-Maliki, Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani.

The U.S. military said Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III paid individual visits to al-Maliki, a Shiite Muslim, al-Hashemi and al-Mashhadani, both Sunni Arabs - moves underlining the American eagerness to make amends for the incident, particularly among Sunni Arabs who have become key allies in the fight against insurgents.

In their meeting in his office, al-Hashemi, the top Sunni Arab in the government, told Austin that "the feelings of bitterness and anger cannot be eased unless there is a deterrent punishment and real guarantees" such an incident won't be repeated, according to al-Hashemi's office.

Al-Hashemi expressed his appreciation for the visit but asked for a written apology from the U.S. military.

Austin underlined in all three meetings that "the soldier had in fact been removed from Iraq. He assured them that the matter was serious and that we hold our soldiers accountable for their actions," a U.S. military statement said.

Al-Hashemi's Iraqi Islamic Party also issued a tough statement Monday saying that an apology alone was not enough and the U.S. military should impose the "severest punishment" on the soldier to ensure others do not repeat his act.




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by minnick8-2009 May 20, 2008 11:02 AM PDT
Oh for H E L L sakes. If the Arabs had shot at a Bible, no one would have said anything. Can''t they get over it?
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by underdogus May 20, 2008 11:06 AM PDT
"President Calls Iraqi PM After U.S. Sniper''s Use Of Islam''s Holy Book For Target Practice" the Quran is a "holy book" he,he, listen to the "holy book'' "INSTILL TERROR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE UNBELIEVERS" QURAN 8:12..."ALLAH WISHED TO CONFIRM THE TRUTH BY HIS WORDS WIPE THE INFEDELS OUT TO THE LAST" QURAN 8:7 he,he HOLY hmm?
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by roger_inkart May 20, 2008 11:09 AM PDT
If the Arabs had shot at a Bible, no one would have said anything.

Posted by minnick8 at 11:02 AM : May 20, 2008

No one...meaning who exactly? The US military?

The ultra right wing nuts in this country would have gone into apoplectic fits of rage. It would be on FOX News constantly. All the little conservative media maggots would have had a field day with that kind of a story, so who are you trying to kid here?
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by underdogus May 20, 2008 11:12 AM PDT
roger_inkart go live under an ISLAMIC STATE B.astard!!and go kiss the Quran coward...
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by libh8er May 20, 2008 11:15 AM PDT
Well thank you captin kiss-a*s*s!!!!! Just get down on your knees in front of al-Maliki and open wide!! These f**king towel heads owe us more than they''ll ever be able to repay.

And so f**king what.....some troop shot up a muslim comic book. These infidels need to grow up and get a life.
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by jdatbs77 May 20, 2008 11:19 AM PDT
How about that apology for killing 4000 US soldiers? How about a "thanks" to the soldier who shot at the Koran for serving his country and putting himself in harm''s way? What kind of message is this idiot president sending to our troops? Can''t we leave religion out of politics? I still say if they don''t like it, we can just leave. Let''s face it, most middle eastern countries just want our money but they don''t want us. If our president and our vice president weren''t in the pockets of Big Oil and Big Coal for the past 8 years, we''d be well on our way to being able to tell Iran and Saudi Arabia to shove their oil up their uneducated hyprocritical butts. Unfortunately the American people have been subject to a regime run by the moral equivalent of a couple of Nazi war criminals. Here''s my question: Where are the good guys? Why aren''t Bush, Cheney, Griles, Connaughton, etc. , all in prison?

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by Syndicate May 20, 2008 11:19 AM PDT
Stuck in Iraq? Want to come home? Find a Koran and rip a page out and wipe your a$$ with it. If every soldier did this they could come home now. Bush needs to apologize to us for desecrating the first amendment right of this soldier to shoot the Koran.
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by minnick8-2009 May 20, 2008 11:19 AM PDT
The ultra right wing nuts in this country would have gone into apoplectic fits of rage. It would be on FOX News constantly. All the little conservative media maggots would have had a field day with that kind of a story, so who are you trying to kid here?Posted by roger_inkart

Yes, it is much better for the Islamic Terrorists to just use suicide bombers to kill hundreds of people, kidnap and behead people. I betcha none of them have ever shot at a Bible.
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by libh8er May 20, 2008 11:19 AM PDT
''conservative media maggots'' = people who are, by and large, patriotic Americans. Consier the source of this comment.
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by rushman71 May 20, 2008 11:20 AM PDT
I would like to go buy a quran, put it down on the entry of a mosque, and pisss all over it!!!
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by minnick8-2009 May 20, 2008 11:21 AM PDT
"Holy," Books are paper and words. Unless it is the last copy on earth, what is the big deal? It is what is in people''s hearts and minds that count.
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by underdogus May 20, 2008 11:23 AM PDT
"President Calls Iraqi PM After U.S. Sniper''''s Use Of Islam''''s Holy Book For Target Practice" the Quran is a "holy book" he,he, listen to the "holy book'''' "INSTILL TERROR INTO THE HEARTS OF THE UNBELIEVERS" QURAN 8:12..."ALLAH WISHED TO CONFIRM THE TRUTH BY HIS WORDS WIPE THE INFEDELS OUT TO THE LAST" QURAN 8:7 he,he HOLY hmm?

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by xalen54 May 20, 2008 11:31 AM PDT
How about a "thanks" to the soldier who shot at the Koran for serving his country and putting himself in harm''''s way? What kind of message is this idiot president sending to our troops? Can''''t we leave religion out of politics?
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This is why most of the American public is stupid. & why no one likes us. Yes thanks for serving your time soldier, but your actions of misconduct shamed us all. The Quran is an important part of Islamic culture, we should respect that since religion is their government (despite the crazy Libyans coming to Iraq to kill people, we should invade Libya! but that is just me). Anyways the point is it all comes down to the old saying of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," we don''t have to be like the rest of the morons in this country & go do something stupid like spit on a statue of Napoleon in France...
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by rbburnerjr May 20, 2008 11:58 AM PDT
Bush should apologize to the AMERICAN people for the mess he has made of this country.
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by liberalme May 20, 2008 12:42 PM PDT
Bush needs to apologize to American families for over 4000 troop deaths, over 100,000 maimed and injured, he needs to apologize fot the deaths of over 60,000 Iraqi civilians and the displacement of 2 million Iraqis.

Bush needs to apologize to the world because his mother wasn''t smart enough to use birth control!
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by impeach_w May 20, 2008 12:46 PM PDT
THE PREVIOUS ARTICLES STATED: THE WHITE HOUSE DENIED HE APPOLOGIZED BUT ADMITTED HE EXPRESSED GREAT CONCERN!

So which is it? Did he Appogize or not?
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by DaveGress May 20, 2008 12:54 PM PDT
Bush is such a p u s s y. I mean that with all due respect.
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by impeach_w May 20, 2008 12:56 PM PDT
I was only partially offended as its all the same God but go ahead and Kiss that Quran you pathtic loser! What if this was free speach?, what if it was the SATANIC Bible?

Why are you looking up here? the real Real joke is in the white house.

Food for thought: "They say there is just enough religion in the world to make men hate one another but not enough to make them love" -unknown
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by bigot3 May 20, 2008 2:16 PM PDT
And this while a 12 year old beheads a "traitor". Bush isn''t the cause of America''s downfall. Americans are the cause of our downfall. Nose picking, baggy pants, hats on backwards. What a bunch of losers we have become.
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by underdogus May 20, 2008 2:51 PM PDT
And this while a 12 year old beheads a "traitor". Bush isn''''t the cause of America''''s downfall. Americans are the cause of our downfall. Nose picking, baggy pants, hats on backwards. What a bunch of losers we have become Posted by Bigot3 ..yep arrogant,gamblers,druggies,and on top of that in California we legalize sodomy (G.ay marriage),he,he America is doomed.....
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by AlwaysSmiling May 20, 2008 2:53 PM PDT
Here''s some tidbits for everyone. If a Muslim had come over here and burned an American Flag, every one of you would be p*ssing mad about it. You''d be calling for his head. Our feelings towards the Flag, are the same as their feeling towards their Bible.

For underdogus: Put your quote from the Q''aran in context please. Mohammed (who is a Prophet only) originally wrote the Q''aran in the context of live peacefully with Christians and Jews. It was only after the Christians and Jews persecuted his followers, that he wrote the verses that you so lovingly quote. In other words, WE (Christians and Jews) brought this on ourselves about 1600 years ago.

Think of it like this. If the "Religious tolerance" that''s SUPPOSEDLY alive in the US was alive 1600 years ago, there probably wouldn''t be terrorists, and those words you quote wouldn''t exist.

A friendly reminder. A Muslim is a Christian who belives that Mohammed is the third great Prophet. They hold God (Y''weh or Allah) as sacred. They hold Abraham and Jesus as sacred-- just not in the same context that Christians do.

So, if you think that they''re wrong because Jesus isn''t the "Son Of God", then you think Jews are wrong also (and the Torah should be used as target practice), right? Since Jews don''t believe that the Messiah has come yet.

Have a nice day:-)
Patrick.
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by guadalcanal3 May 20, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
Apolgize!...Apologize!...Apologize!....They constantly are looking for apologies from us...Where are their apologies??...for 9/11?...USS Cole?...African Embassy bombings? Madrid train bombings?..London trian bombings?...That seems to be all we ever do with these brainwashed people who believe in a book that was written by a very unforgiving,ruthless man....I just bought a copy of the Quran yesterday so I could try to understand it...It''s all hogwash...anybody who would believe in a book that was written by other men (it was NOT written by God) to control people without at least questioning it is (in my opinion) a complete fool...In all fairness though there are some things in the book that speak of living a pure and holy life with God''s (Allah''s grace)The problem is that the extremists are using this book to wage a War...and....kill Americans..So the book is fair game....if people want to read a book that is closer to the Truth..then may I suggest "COSMOS" by Carl Sagen.
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by outwest6 May 20, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
If this is a way to get out of this hell hole and McCain-Bush''s 100 year war then I would expect target practice to pick up as well as sales of the Quran!

Wonder if Bush expects his oil friends the Saudi''s to have free and democratic elections any time soon? Maybe they ought to apologize for this? Or the fact that the 9-11 terrorists were Saudi''s, not Iraqi''s.
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by rightnright May 20, 2008 3:08 PM PDT
I am nauseated by how far our government has bent over backward to apologise for this. What is the matter with them? I am also fed up with apparent Muslim indignation at every perceived insult. It is a form of false pride and why are we and other countries around the world enabling it. Is this truly a religious culture that does not know forgiveness and the value of all human life? If so,no amount of apologising will erase their need for death and punishment and destruction. Obviously freedom is not something they will tolerate or embrace. I support this soldier and his value and contribution and thank him for serving our counrty. He made a mistake.
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by cdfoxtrot May 20, 2008 3:32 PM PDT
I am nauseated by how far our government has bent over backward to apologise for this. What is the matter with them? I am also fed up with apparent Muslim indignation at every perceived insult. It is a form of false pride and why are we and other countries around the world enabling it. Is this truly a religious culture that does not know forgiveness and the value of all human life? If so,no amount of apologising will erase their need for death and punishment and destruction. Obviously freedom is not something they will tolerate or embrace. I support this soldier and his value and contribution and thank him for serving our counrty. He made a mistake.

Posted by Rightnright

Really?? I am nauseated by people like yourself who go ape-sh_it if a politician doesn''t wear a flag pin, or anything is done to the precious US flag. The fact is, American troops are in "Eye-Rack" and they need to at least pretend to respect the people there. Not doing so puts us all at risk. And it makes a total mockery of the notion that American troops are there as "liberators". Sorry if you don''t understand that. I suspect you''d be outraged if an Iranian soldier was found using a bible as target practice.

And if you want to talk about "forgiveness" and "value of life", why not campaign against the death penalty in the US?? Don''t be so arrogant as to think you and your buddies can go to some other country, uninvited, and desecrate their religion and their religious icons.


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by cdfoxtrot May 20, 2008 3:34 PM PDT
Apolgize!...Apologize!...Apologize!....T
hey constantly are looking for apologies from us...Where are their apologies??...for 9/11?...USS Cole?...African Embassy bombings? Madrid train bombings?..London trian bombings?...blah, blah, blah
Posted by guadalcanal3

Even the moron-in-chief acknowledged that "Eye-Rackeys" had NOTHING to do with any of the above. Are you a wind-up or just plain stupid?
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by briannorwood May 20, 2008 3:48 PM PDT
While he''s at it, he should also apologize for desecrating the U.S. Constitution!
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by leftyintexas May 20, 2008 3:52 PM PDT
..So the book is fair game....if people want to read a book that is closer to the Truth..then may I suggest "COSMOS" by Carl Sagen.

Posted by guadalcanal3 at 02:57 PM : May 20, 2008

Or a movie... Fahrenheit 911.
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by leftyintexas May 20, 2008 3:56 PM PDT
And this while a 12 year old beheads a "traitor". Bush isn''''t the cause of America''''s downfall. Americans are the cause of our downfall. Nose picking, baggy pants, hats on backwards. What a bunch of losers we have become.

Posted by Bigot3 at 02:16 PM : May 20, 2008

Are you including Paul Wolfowitz who spits on his comb and then combs his hair with it? Loser? Indeed!
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by therealbd May 20, 2008 3:58 PM PDT
How can anyone take this seriously? The fact of the matter is Religion servers 2 purposes: 1) it is nothing more then a 2000+ year old frame work for weak minded people to live their life by, based on fear. Scare tactics... just like American politics and the insurance industry. People who live in fear are easy to control, are more willing to open there wallets, and believe what they are told; 2) Scapegoat for war and killing (which is the number 1 no-no in any religion... until passages are manipulated and falsely interpreted it say it''s ok to murder). Notice how this is a big deal only when it is an American destroying the Islamic book. I don''t believe that most "terrorist" really believe in religion as much as they would like you to believe they do. Think about it.... how may Korans do you think were blown to nothing by hands of Islamic suicide bombers since the beginning of this war%u2026 10''s of thousands? And you really don%u2019t see high ranking officials of this religion strapping bombs to there back do you. But never mind that....they don''t even give it a second thought unless its a non Muslim doing the desecration, then the sky is falling chicken little. This soldier should not be punished under Islamic law. If he is punished it should be based on US/military law... which would give him the freedom of religious expression. And nothing should come of it.
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by guadalcanal3 May 20, 2008 4:00 PM PDT
leftyintexas...Fahrenheit 9/11?...Now your talking real hogwash!...Light years away from "Cosmos." (not even close)
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by noloyalisti May 20, 2008 4:01 PM PDT
Actually if Bush wants to apologize, he needs to end the occupation and pay billions in reparations. He needs to close Guantanamo, get rid of the Supreme Court justices he appointed and turn himself in for prosecution for war crimes. That way, he can incriminate all the GOP people he has been in collusion with.
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by guadalcanal3 May 20, 2008 4:05 PM PDT
cdfoxtrot....I''m talking about Al Qaeda...you "moron" (using your own words) You don''t even know how to spell "Iraqi"...I never mentioned Iraq...you did.
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by waynabq May 20, 2008 4:13 PM PDT
The Chimp should apologize for lying to the American people about Iraq, exposing an undercover CIA agent to punish Joe Wilson for speaking out against his lies and freeing Scooter Libby after he was convicted of perjury for helping cover up the whole mess.

The Monkey should also apologize for the "Mission Accomplished" banner he originally denied putting up, they finally admitted to putting it up just a month a go. Also for the "Surge", if it was working, why are we still over there in the same numbers as the start of the whole freakin'' fiasco?

This country is full of pathetic, ill-informed, gullible sheep and that''s an understatement.
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by leftyintexas May 20, 2008 4:22 PM PDT
leftyintexas...Fahrenheit 9/11?...Now your talking real hogwash!...Light years away from "Cosmos." (not even close)

Posted by guadalcanal3 at 04:00 PM : May 20, 2008

Did you see Fahrenheit 911? Of course you didn''t but I forgot...you know it all without having to see it. Now that''s REAL HOGWASH! I did read ''Cosmos'' but that has nothing to do with the story above. When my wife and I went to see Fahrenheit 911 at the theater, we arrived late expecting to have our choice of seats because we didn''t think that many would show up. Boy, were we surprised! The place was packed and we were lucky to find a couple of empty seats. At the end of the movie EVERYONE in the theater stood up and applauded. As we left the theater , there was a long line of people waiting to get in for the next showing. It sure made us feel patriotic and good about seeing so many loyal Americans show what they think of bush and his fellow Republicons. Now that''s TRUTH!
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by stn_sage May 20, 2008 4:33 PM PDT
Mr. Bush has already BLOWN/bungled this affair!

As military leader---CIC---he should have made the first, formal apology to Iraqi leaders! He did not.
Instead, he had a general do the ''dirty work'', so as to avoid any appearance of responsibility on his part.

So, his apology comes at least a ''day late, and a dollar short''! And appears at best, insincere!

I won''t address the issue of what Mr. Bush needs to apologize to the American public about, because an itemized list would be very lengthy!

But, apologies on the list items would be insufficient; no apology tendered could EVER make up for the damage, pain, suffering, loss, and EVIL he and his actions have rained on the American public!

Only trial and severe sanction would suffice!
He has much to be held accountable for!
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by vmcneal2 May 20, 2008 4:34 PM PDT
And this while a 12 year old beheads a "traitor". Bush isn''''''''t the cause of America''''''''s downfall. Americans are the cause of our downfall. Nose picking, baggy pants, hats on backwards. What a bunch of losers we have become.

Posted by Bigot3 at 02:16 PM : May 20, 2008

Right...those baggy pants, hat on backwards people are the downfall of America. The war, the housing crisis, fuel prices, food prices, NAFTA, all caused by those people in baggy pants, and backward baseball caps. I say turn those GD hats around and get some tight pants and we can get back to being the strong Nation we once were.
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by leftyintexas May 20, 2008 4:36 PM PDT

Right...those baggy pants, hat on backwards people are the downfall of America. The war, the housing crisis, fuel prices, food prices, NAFTA, all caused by those people in baggy pants, and backward baseball caps. I say turn those GD hats around and get some tight pants and we can get back to being the strong Nation we once were.

Posted by vmcneal2 at 04:34 PM : May 20, 2008

Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha! That was the ''come back'' of the day! Excellent!
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by vmcneal2 May 20, 2008 4:39 PM PDT
And this while a 12 year old beheads a "traitor". Bush isn''''''''t the cause of America''''''''s downfall. Americans are the cause of our downfall. Nose picking, baggy pants, hats on backwards. What a bunch of losers we have become.

Posted by Bigot3 at 02:16 PM : May 20, 2008

Oh I forgot..Let''s pass a law that the minimum age for beheading someone is 18 unless they have written permission from a parent or legal guardian.
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by farmerbb May 20, 2008 4:41 PM PDT
I don''t understand the need to apologise. If the mujahideen used a bible or a crucifiction statue for target practise, who cares ? It''s just a book. Get over it. Fairy tales, all of them.
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by republic1776 May 20, 2008 4:54 PM PDT
This kind of B.S. stuff was forced on us by the Liberals!
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by leftyintexas May 20, 2008 5:03 PM PDT
This kind of B.S. stuff was forced on us by the Liberals!

Posted by Republic1776 at 04:54 PM : May 20, 2008

Of course it was! Don''t you know that the Liberals control the world? That''s why there''s earth quakes in China, cyclones in Burma, and bush in the White House!
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by oscarez May 20, 2008 5:11 PM PDT
Orthodox Jews have burned hundreds of New Testaments in the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in Israel.
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by guadalcanal3 May 20, 2008 5:11 PM PDT
leftyintexas: (I thought most Texans were right wing)Yeah...That''s what masses of Germans did when Hitler made his speeches...they felt real patriotic as well...the Germans were very gullable...they actually believed Hitler was all about...as you put it...TRUTH....Hitler laughed all the way to the bank (or at least to the "bank''s of the Volga)..Michael Moore is selling his treachorous lies to America...and "you" and waaaaay too many Americans actually believe him!...Do you know how rich he got off of this movie?...you took it all ''hook line...and sinker"...or in this case "stinker"....Stick to your ''Reality'' T.V. shows.
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by cdfoxtrot May 20, 2008 5:24 PM PDT
cdfoxtrot....I''''m talking about Al Qaeda...you "moron" (using your own words) You don''''t even know how to spell "Iraqi"...I never mentioned Iraq...you did.

Posted by guadalcanal3

I spell "Eye-Rack" the way the moron-in-chief and his supporters (like yourself) pronounce it. I assume if you say "they" never apologized for past atrocities, you''re talking about the Iraqi people, or Muslims. Either way, it''s a silly argument to make. The people who commit the terrorist attacks you mentioned are not state-sponsored. They''re fanatics, not dissimilar to the kind of people who blew up the government building at Oklahoma City. You would expect the state of Oklahoma to apologize that that atrocity, would you??



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by rachamim-2009 May 20, 2008 5:25 PM PDT
So now we bow down to the enemy because of a book they use to brain wash children and young men to kill people who do not believe in their prophet. They can go to HELL!
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by leftyintexas May 20, 2008 5:27 PM PDT
leftyintexas: (I thought most Texans were right wing)Yeah...That''''s what masses of Germans did when Hitler made his speeches...they felt real patriotic as well...the Germans were very gullable...they actually believed Hitler was all about...as you put it...TRUTH....Hitler laughed all the way to the bank (or at least to the "bank''''s of the Volga)..Michael Moore is selling his treachorous lies to America...and "you" and waaaaay too many Americans actually believe him!...Do you know how rich he got off of this movie?...you took it all ''''hook line...and sinker"...or in this case "stinker"....Stick to your ''''Reality'''' T.V. shows.


Posted by guadalcanal3 at 05:11 PM : May 20, 2008

You thought most Texans were right wing like YOU? That says a lot about how much you know. Know what I mean?
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by quetzalcrist May 20, 2008 5:47 PM PDT
LOL...

SHRUB had to Appologise,
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by j-whitman May 20, 2008 6:04 PM PDT
Bush immediatly ''Appeasing'' days after his claims democrats where appeasing & McBuah''s unamerican echoing of it -- Just for a Quran Desecration ????

How soon they Eat Their Own Words !!
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by j-whitman May 20, 2008 6:08 PM PDT
Bush & McCain,,, "We where against appeasement befor we where for it"
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