Comments on: Pace: ‘Everything’ In Iraq Is ‘Going Very, Very Well’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:47:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » Blog Archive » Bush Appoints Gen. Peter Pace To Intelligence Advisory Board http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-4370132 Think Progress » Blog Archive » Bush Appoints Gen. Peter Pace To Intelligence Advisory Board Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:56:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-4370132 [...] of the Bush administration’s failed policies, insisting in 2006 that everything in Iraq is “going very, very well from everything you look at” and claiming that Rumsfeld “leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our [...] [...] of the Bush administration’s failed policies, insisting in 2006 that everything in Iraq is “going very, very well from everything you look at” and claiming that Rumsfeld “leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our [...]

]]> By: A Newer World » Blog Archive » Hold Republicans Accountable for Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-751424 A Newer World » Blog Archive » Hold Republicans Accountable for Iraq Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:02:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-751424 [...] Regardless of your political affiliation, and regardless of your views on the justifiability of the invasion and occupation, if you are a sane person, it is impossible to argue that things in Iraq are “going very, very well.“ [...] [...] Regardless of your political affiliation, and regardless of your views on the justifiability of the invasion and occupation, if you are a sane person, it is impossible to argue that things in Iraq are “going very, very well.“ [...]

]]> By: Aleixio da Cruz http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-470173 Aleixio da Cruz Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:41:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-470173 Ariana: Hope you continue the good work. This country needs you. You are becoming a national treasure. Yes, I listened to Pierce just for a few minutes and almost gagged when I heard what he said. I used to watch Russert regalarly, but I have given up on him. I attend mass instead, so that I am not tempted to switch him on. Reality has not set in on these folks in washington from GW on down. We lost this war 3 years ago. We should have left after Saddam was found. This is 20/20 hindsight, if we knew anything about mid-eastern history.GW has 3 more years, which means it is going to cost the US taxpayer another half a trillion dollars and we are going to be worse off than we are today. Aleixo Ariana:

Hope you continue the good work. This country needs you. You are becoming a national treasure. Yes, I listened to Pierce just for a few minutes and almost gagged when I heard what he said. I used to watch Russert regalarly, but I have given up on him. I attend mass instead, so that I am not tempted to switch him on. Reality has not set in on these folks in washington from GW on down. We lost this war 3 years ago. We should have left after Saddam was found. This is 20/20 hindsight, if we knew anything about mid-eastern history.GW has 3 more years, which means it is going to cost the US taxpayer another half a trillion dollars and we are going to be worse off than we are today.
Aleixo

]]> By: gocatgo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-468235 gocatgo Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:02:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-468235 I am sure Negroponte thinks it is going very well, "My look at the well thought out death squads." Nice work on the dome boys. Now fuel the fire and keep us there. Cha ching I am sure Negroponte thinks it is going very well, “My look at the well thought out death squads.” Nice work on the dome boys. Now fuel the fire and keep us there. Cha ching

]]> By: Levi Malabuyo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-467720 Levi Malabuyo Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:35:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-467720 I wonder if he will let his daughter/niece to walk to school in Baghdad? I wonder if he will let his daughter/niece to walk to school in Baghdad?

]]> By: thot's n TN http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-467614 thot's n TN Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:23:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-467614 I couldn't agree more . The Value of George Orwell By Charley Reese The phrase "war on terror" is a phony metaphor. We are not at war. Ninety-nine and 99/100ths percent of the American people are living the same way they've always lived. We have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq fighting an insurrection that our invasions of those countries caused. They are at war – a war of their own country's making – but the rest of us are not. Waving a flag or putting a bumper sticker on one's car cannot be called a war effort. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12219.htm I couldn’t agree more .

The Value of George Orwell

By Charley Reese

The phrase “war on terror” is a phony metaphor. We are not at war. Ninety-nine and 99/100ths percent of the American people are living the same way they’ve always lived. We have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq fighting an insurrection that our invasions of those countries caused. They are at war – a war of their own country’s making – but the rest of us are not. Waving a flag or putting a bumper sticker on one’s car cannot be called a war effort.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12219.htm

]]> By: John Sparkes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-467570 John Sparkes Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:48:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-467570 I'll remember this birthday for all the wrong reasons.... "OK. Just WHAT has the U.S. done for us"? "...killed our children". "Yes, OK. Killed our children. I'll give you that one, but what else has the US done for us--" "Brought disease and slaughtered entire townships" "OK. Brought disease and slaughtered entire townships. What else-- "Stolen our oil, wrecked our infrastructure and illegaly occupied our country". "Yes, yes OK. But apart from killing children, disease, township slaughter, resource theft, illegal occupation, JUST WHAT- "Doing Israel's lying genocidal bidding". "ALL RIGHT ALREADY. Now, APART from killing children, disease, township slaughter, resource theft, illegal occupation and doing Israel's genocidal bidding, just what has the US done for us??" "Aah, eer...bought peace?" "OH PEACE - FUCK OFF!!!" I’ll remember this birthday for all the wrong reasons….

“OK. Just WHAT has the U.S. done for us”?

“…killed our children”.

“Yes, OK. Killed our children. I’ll give you that one, but what else has the US done for us–”

“Brought disease and slaughtered entire townships”

“OK. Brought disease and slaughtered entire townships. What else–

“Stolen our oil, wrecked our infrastructure and illegaly occupied our country”.

“Yes, yes OK. But apart from killing children, disease, township slaughter, resource theft, illegal occupation, JUST WHAT-

“Doing Israel’s lying genocidal bidding”.

“ALL RIGHT ALREADY. Now, APART from killing children, disease, township slaughter, resource theft, illegal occupation and doing Israel’s genocidal bidding, just what has the US done for us??”

“Aah, eer…bought peace?”

“OH PEACE – FUCK OFF!!!”

]]> By: For Truth http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-467445 For Truth Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:27:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-467445 Is that #52, Richard Quick for real? If he is, he is the Devil who has shown up to tempt people. Is that #52, Richard Quick for real? If he is, he is the Devil who has shown up to tempt people.

]]> By: Sid Leader http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-467264 Sid Leader Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:23:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-467264 Hi, uh, general. This one's my rifle, this one's my gun... one's for fighting... the other is to put inside in your mouth and PULL! There now, the war just got SO MUCH better! Hi, uh, general.

This one’s my rifle, this one’s my gun… one’s for fighting… the other is to put inside in your mouth and PULL!

There now, the war just got SO MUCH better!

]]> By: Paul in LA http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-467254 Paul in LA Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:16:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-467254 "Goodbye, America. ...It will happen just as surely as the American government was taken over by a coup d’etat and was turned against the people." THE STATES STILL STAND. Work in your state to repair your voting rights. My experience tells me, however, that people with the most dire view are just coddling their laziness. "Oh, and all the democrats who voted for the new, expanded Patriot Act - Thanks for NOTHING, you treasonous bastards." --Sarah The bill would have passed with or without their votes. While you would like our remaining representatives to split their veins and die heroically, the fact is that the Democrats are holding their caucus together, which is a primary value in a COUP. “Goodbye, America. …It will happen just as surely as the American government was taken over by a coup d’etat and was turned against the people.”

THE STATES STILL STAND. Work in your state to repair your voting rights.

My experience tells me, however, that people with the most dire view are just coddling their laziness.

“Oh, and all the democrats who voted for the new, expanded Patriot Act – Thanks for NOTHING, you treasonous bastards.” –Sarah

The bill would have passed with or without their votes. While you would like our remaining representatives to split their veins and die heroically, the fact is that the Democrats are holding their caucus together, which is a primary value in a COUP.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466832 Marie Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:00:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466832 I caught the re-run of MTP again last night: Russert let Pace get away with outrageous statements, predictions, and opinions - yet, when he later interviewed John Edwards, he continued to play film clips and quotes from Edwards in 2001, 2002 and 2003, AFTER Edwards initially explained that he was wrong about Iraq, and his decision was wrong. What was Russert looking for after the mea culpa that began Edwards' interview, except to humiliate Edwards? This is the typical interview by the Bush shill, host of MTP; he doesn't stray from his scripted questions regardless of the answers already received - and worse, he offers no follow up questions to any outlandish claims or outright lies by the Republicans on his program. I caught the re-run of MTP again last night:
Russert let Pace get away with outrageous statements, predictions, and opinions – yet, when he later interviewed John Edwards, he continued to play film clips and quotes from Edwards in 2001, 2002 and 2003, AFTER Edwards initially explained that he was wrong about Iraq, and his decision was wrong.
What was Russert looking for after the mea culpa that began Edwards’ interview, except to humiliate Edwards?
This is the typical interview by the Bush shill, host of MTP; he doesn’t stray from his scripted questions regardless of the answers already received – and worse, he offers no follow up questions to any outlandish claims or outright lies by the Republicans on his program.

]]> By: Frank Krasinski http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466788 Frank Krasinski Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:41:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466788 I wish someone would write a book about the disgraceful behaviour our current crop of active generals have displayed during this Iraq misadventure. It would make good reading, and be a rich source of ethical misbehaviour case studys, at the military academys.. Torture???distorting news itmes like Tillman and that female soldier taken prisoner??Professional soldiers???Rather, professional sychophants, liars extradinaire, sucking up for their next star, and in so doing disgracing the uniform they wear. I watched this "professional" on TV, and was shaken to my old es marine bones, when I heard those words muttered about how good things are in Iraq. How does he sleep nites? I wish someone would write a book about the disgraceful behaviour our current crop of active generals have displayed during this Iraq misadventure. It would make good reading, and be a rich source of ethical misbehaviour case studys, at the military academys.. Torture???distorting news itmes like Tillman and that female soldier taken prisoner??Professional soldiers???Rather, professional sychophants, liars extradinaire, sucking up for their next star, and in so doing disgracing the uniform they wear. I watched this “professional” on TV, and was shaken to my old es marine bones, when I heard those words muttered about how good things are in Iraq. How does he sleep nites?

]]> By: Greeneyedliberal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466772 Greeneyedliberal Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:31:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466772 The General is a lier employed by Bush, that is understandable, but what gets me is how Russert let's him tell these bold face lies, and go unchallenged, Meet the Press is a total Joke. The General is a lier employed by Bush, that is understandable, but what gets me is how Russert let’s him tell these bold face lies, and go unchallenged, Meet the Press is a total Joke.

]]> By: Abby http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466771 Abby Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:29:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466771 #54, get you head out of your ass and observe that this thread is about a "good soldier" committed to the killing of innocents at his commander-in-chief's whim. Comparisons to the "good soldiers" who served under Hitler are not only justified, that are perfectly appropriate. #54, get you head out of your ass and observe that this thread is about a “good soldier” committed to the killing of innocents at his commander-in-chief’s whim. Comparisons to the “good soldiers” who served under Hitler are not only justified, that are perfectly appropriate.

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466761 Ho Chi Minh Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:35:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466761 #52 richardquick. <em>"it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven"- Jesus Christ.</em> #52 richardquick. “it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven”- Jesus Christ.

]]> By: uninvitedguest http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466746 uninvitedguest Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:01:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466746 I'm trying to imagine what is actually going on inside this guy's head, and came up with something like this: "Okay now.. stay on message.. stay on message.. stay on message .. stay on message ... stay on message.. oops I'm blinking too much ... I wonder if they're going to string me up by my toes... stay on message.. damn my head hurts... I think I better avoid any returning service members... stay on message... stay on message... why yes things really are going.. going.. going.." I wonder if this tool knows the meaning of fubar. I’m trying to imagine what is actually going on inside this guy’s head, and came up with something like this:

“Okay now.. stay on message.. stay on message.. stay on message .. stay on message … stay on message.. oops I’m blinking too much … I wonder if they’re going to string me up by my toes… stay on message.. damn my head hurts… I think I better avoid any returning service members… stay on message… stay on message… why yes things really are going.. going.. going..”

I wonder if this tool knows the meaning of fubar.

]]> By: dingo http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466739 dingo Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:30:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466739 "Here watch this....shutup, here watch this,...shutup" "You are free to do whatever we tell you" "You are free to do whatever we tell you" "You are free to do whatever we tell you" "Go back to sleep America, your government is in control again" "Here watch this....shutup, here watch this,...shutup" "You are free to do whaterever we tell you... shutup" Go back to sleep America, your government is in control again. “Here watch this….shutup, here watch this,…shutup”
“You are free to do whatever we tell you”
“You are free to do whatever we tell you”
“You are free to do whatever we tell you”
“Go back to sleep America, your government is in control again”
“Here watch this….shutup, here watch this,…shutup”
“You are free to do whaterever we tell you… shutup”
Go back to sleep America, your government is in control again.

]]> By: wigwam http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466715 wigwam Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:07:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466715 His objectives are probably different from mine. It is true that Haliburton is making lots of money. And Bush has the advantages of being a wartime president, which makes him king. So from the perspective of the Commander in Chief, everything is going swimmingly. His objectives are probably different from mine. It is true that Haliburton is making lots of money. And Bush has the advantages of being a wartime president, which makes him king. So from the perspective of the Commander in Chief, everything is going swimmingly.

]]> By: user_III http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466711 user_III Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:37:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466711 "Pace experienced only a f_e_w m_o_n_t_h_s i_n c_o_m_b_t"(italics,by user_III) "as a young platoon leader in Vietnam in 1968, prior to non-combat assignments as an infantry writer, guard detachment commander, White House social aide and ceremonial platoon leader. Most of his career has been as a swivel-chair officer in staff or management jobs when he wasn’t in school"(user_Don, March 2006).That's an argument. Would like to hear such kind of argument more from all the so-called(( "U.S. American EurAsian" a.k.a. hired from Colombia(FARC & Contra), Peru(Lightning Path & Regular Retired Peru's Army), Costa Rica, Brasil )) soldiers themselves. “Pace experienced only a f_e_w m_o_n_t_h_s i_n c_o_m_b_t”(italics,by user_III) “as a young platoon leader in Vietnam in 1968, prior to non-combat assignments as an infantry writer, guard detachment commander, White House social aide and ceremonial platoon leader. Most of his career has been as a swivel-chair officer in staff or management jobs when he wasn’t in school”(user_Don, March 2006).That’s an argument. Would like to hear such kind of argument more from all the so-called(( “U.S. American EurAsian” a.k.a. hired from Colombia(FARC & Contra), Peru(Lightning Path & Regular
Retired Peru’s Army), Costa Rica, Brasil )) soldiers themselves.

]]> By: Gary Denton http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-466703 Gary Denton Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:08:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/03/05/pace-things-going-very-very-well-in-iraq/#comment-466703 Dumbest most ignorant American General I have ever seen on TV. You know don't you that Rumsfeld had a purge of the top generals in Bush's first term and the ones he kept were the most politically reliable. http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j081303.html Dumbest most ignorant American General I have ever seen on TV. You know don’t you that Rumsfeld had a purge of the top generals in Bush’s first term and the ones he kept were the most politically reliable.

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j081303.html

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