Hey look, it’s the exact point Sen. Obama was making about how Bush and McCain’s push for war in Iraq ended up screwing up the true fight versus Al Qaeda in Pakistan.
The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that the [...]
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Conservative “grassroots” in action. Sheesh.
The trip to Iraq that never happened.
I know when I look for an “independent journalist” to corroborate facts, the first person in my Rolodex is Iran Conra liar Oliver North. I’m sure the same is true of most people.
Congratulations, Republicans, on coming around to the Democratic position. Had we never engaged in this idiocy in the first place or changed direction when it was necessary, a lot more Americans and Iraqis would be alive today.
Tribal warfare? In Iraq? Unpossible.
The U.S. military spoke out on Wednesday against a deadly Iraqi special forces raid on the governor’s office in one of the country’s most restive provinces, saying it was a ‘rogue operation.’
The Iraqi unit stormed Diyala governor Raad Rasheed Mulla Jawad’s office in the provincial capital, Baquba, before dawn on Tuesday, [...]
“DJ Drummond”, writing at Wizbang, says this about the situation in Georgia and one idea of how to respond:
Sending a force too small to accomplish any significant mission or hold any significant territory, without recourse to massive reinforcement and fallback positions, would simply kill those men.
“DJ” is a supporter of the Iraq War, and has [...]
Not very American to apparently laugh at an Iraqi woman who comes inches away from being blown up.
Quid pro quo.
Scheunemann is McCain’s point man in articulating and defending the senator’s Iraq policy. McCain was also a major advocate of the original invasion. The Worldwide document seems to portray Scheunemann as attempting to profit off the war. It is unclear how much, if any, money Scheunemann made from Worldwide.
Remember, they support the troops!
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Act, named for the actor who was made famous by his portrayal of superman and later became a champion of the disabled, along with his late wife (pictured at right), is part of a broad package created by Democrats which lumps together 36 bills.
It would have [...]
As Bush would say… You forgot Afghanistan.
The facts stubbornly refuse to cooperate with the spin.
As the next president comes in, one of the things we will uncover is just how widespread the systematic perversion of the government into an arm of the Republican party is. In this instance it’s the Bushies pushing Iraq’s Maliki to walk back what was clearly an endorsement of Sen. Obama’s strategy in Iraq.
The statement [...]
As conservatives have taught us, the only people who want a definite timeline for leaving Iraq are callous-souled individuals who have no regard for the Iraqi people.
The ongoing story of how the Bush administration sacrificed American and global security to Al Qaeda in order to invade Iraq marches on.
Current and former military and intelligence officials said that the war in Iraq consistently diverted resources and high-level attention from the tribal areas. When American military and intelligence officials requested additional Predator drones [...]
I noted these idiots a few months ago, kudos to the marines for smacking these asses down.
The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq.
The 17-second video posted on YouTube drew [...]
You know, I’m wondering if maybe the GOP would have been better off nominating Mitt Romney.
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Everyone with a brain knows this already, but the much delayed Phase II Senate report proves once again that the President and his lackeys lied us into the Iraq War.
–Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa’ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa’ida with weapons [...]
By my count over the last 5 years, this is the third time in which we have “won” the Iraq war. Every time that has happened, con blogs have convinced themselves that this should be the time that Democrats concede that the righties were right about everything. Despite the fact that the right has been [...]
Australia gets smart.
Soldiers lowered the Australian flag that had flown over Camp Terendak in the southern Iraqi city of Talil. The combat troops were expected to return to Australia over the next few weeks, with the first of them arriving home Sunday.
Don’t forget Poland.
Happy “Suck On This” day.
Taylor Marsh:
The reality is, however, that though Clinton voted for the war, there is no evidence whatsoever that Obama would have voted against the war in Iraq if he were a senator at the time
Barack Obama in 2002:
I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.
So for those of us who seek [...]
Some people have no shame.
Let’s go back in the time machine and see what dogged reporter David Gregory asked President Bush in the press conference before the Iraq War:
Q Mr. President, good evening. If you order war, can any military operation be considered a success if the United States does not capture Saddam [...]
This web ad is being pushed by McCain and flogged by the conservative blogs. Its supposed to show the conservative vision of the future. The problem is it is so detached from reality its like a giant joke. I first thought it was a parody ad.
John McCain’s future: Even though he’ll just do the same [...]
What. An. Idiotic. Tool.
I’ll tell my kids someday, “There was a period of about eight years when everyone at the most important jobs in our government were crazy, stupid, evil or a combination of the three. No, really. This recent bout of competence we’re going through was a rarity at the turn of the century. [...]
Conservatives will swear up and down he didn’t say it (like he said we should stay in Iraq for at least 100 years) but you can use your own eyes and see for yourself.
Remember we won the war (we even got a strategy for VICTORY two years later). No wonder John McCain wants 100 years more of it.
Over 3,500 servicemembers have died since Bush declared “Mission Accomplished”.
Good night, and good luck.
Cue the whining.
We can always count on them to be on the ball.
A New York soldier thought he had done his duty battling America’s enemies overseas after losing the hearing in his left ear and injuring a knee.
But Uncle Sam isn’t finished with James Raymond, yet.
Now he’s headed to Iraq.
“I thought it was a joke,” said Raymond, [...]
Every time they get hit on this 100 years in Iraq pledge, the GOP and McCain camps go nutso - yet it’s hard to push back on something the candidate actually said.
Howard Dean on out of touch John McCain and 100 years in Iraq:
“Look, John McCain is a weak candidate. He’s wrong on Iraq as [...]
Moveon puts it together in video form.
Trying to justify John McCain’s plan to keep America in Iraq for at least 100 years, conservatives push the idea that the invasion of Iraq is just like American armies being in the south after the civil war.
How do they know how to breathe? Is a cheat sheet given out?
John McCain said in the Petraeus testimony today that Al Qaeda was a “sect of Shi’ites”. Al Qaeda is Sunni.
These are not “gaffes” from John Mccain - who thinks we should stay in Iraq for at least 100 years - he honestly is clueless on these issues and uses his military service as a crutch [...]
They’ve decided that bullying the press is the way to beat back Senator McCain’s claim that we need to stay in Iraq for at least 100 years.
None of that changes what McCain said: We need to stay in Iraq for 100 years.
Remember, they support the troops.
During a public appearance on Saturday, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) belittled a U.S. soldier in Iraq who was following orders and wouldn’t let McHenry go to the gym without the proper credentials. McHenry referred to the guard as a “two-bit security guard”
5+ years, 4,009 lives, a nation’s security imperiled and a world of hatred and the Post digs in the feces and is positive there’s a pony in there.
They are the ones who have the sway in Iraq, not us or the Iraqi government. How long will we allow conservative pigheadedness to dictate our foreign policy?
It’s not us, and its not the elected Iraqi government. It is the people who control when the fighting stops and starts.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr offered Sunday to pull his fighters off the streets of Basra and other cities if the government halts raids against his followers and releases prisoners held without charge.
The offer was [...]
Wheeeeee!
Iraq’s prime minister vowed Thursday to fight “until the end” against Shiite militias in Basra despite protests by tens of thousands of followers of a radical cleric in Baghdad and deadly clashes across the capital and the oil-rich south.
Mounting anger focused on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is personally overseeing operations against the militias dominated [...]
If there is a crackpot theory about Iraq to be pushed, you can be sure Glenn Reynolds will be on the front lines of it. This go-around is about some study showing a correlation between terrorist emboldenment and access to the western press. But you know what really emboldens terrorists?
Stupid presidents, other moronic leaders who [...]
Remember, the surge is working. Why? Because George Bush and John McCain say so. And the Easter Bunny.
Its like the credibility of our government is suspect or something.
The most senior US general in Iraq has said he has evidence that Iran was behind Sunday’s bombardment of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.
Gen David Petraeus told the BBC he thought Tehran had trained, equipped and funded insurgents who fired the barrage of mortars and [...]
“McCain Says US Succeeding in Iraq As American Death Toll Hits 4,000“
Could they be that stupid? That craven? That evil? You bet. But it won’t matter. The people who take the time to watch are not the people you need to be concerned about. The evil, the stupid, and the ignorant are what has pushed us into the ditch and keep us there.
Needs duct tape.
So much horror, and John McCain and the Republicans want us there for 100 years more.
NY Times: “Clinton Praises Petraeus”
George W. Bush will hold on to the Iraq war forever. He doesn’t possess the ability to look introspectively, to care for one measly second about the lives his mad decisions have ended. He doesn’t care. He’s incapable of caring.
And John McCain and the rest of the Republicans are no different.
She doesn’t blame herself for being part of torture and humilation. Nope, its the media’s fault.
In an interview with the weekly magazine Stern conducted in English and posted on its website Tuesday, England was both remorseful and unrepentant — and conceded that the published photos surely incensed insurgents in Iraq.
“I guess after the picture came [...]