Comments on: “We’re for staying the course in Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:16:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Think Progress » Frist’s Post-Election Revelation: We Are ‘Not Winning’ In Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-1133173 Think Progress » Frist’s Post-Election Revelation: We Are ‘Not Winning’ In Iraq Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:42:50 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-1133173 [...] What a difference one election makes. In July, Frist said the conservative national security message for 2006 was “We’re for staying the course in Iraq and the war on terror.” And as recently as last month, Frist said the U.S. was making “tremendous progress” in Iraq. I’m confident that we are making tremendous progress in hunting down and killing the murderers of Islamic fascism, in stabilizing the democratic governments of Afghanistan and Iraq and in winning the generational struggle that is the War on Terror. [...] [...] What a difference one election makes. In July, Frist said the conservative national security message for 2006 was “We’re for staying the course in Iraq and the war on terror.” And as recently as last month, Frist said the U.S. was making “tremendous progress” in Iraq. I’m confident that we are making tremendous progress in hunting down and killing the murderers of Islamic fascism, in stabilizing the democratic governments of Afghanistan and Iraq and in winning the generational struggle that is the War on Terror. [...]

]]> By: Think Progress » Hagel: The Iraq War Is ‘An Absolute Replay Of Vietnam’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-698682 Think Progress » Hagel: The Iraq War Is ‘An Absolute Replay Of Vietnam’ Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:29:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-698682 [...] Hagel — unlike Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) — understands that “staying the course” in Iraq isn’t an option. [...] [...] Hagel — unlike Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) — understands that “staying the course” in Iraq isn’t an option. [...]

]]> By: Think Progress » Hagel: The Iraq War Is ‘An Absolute Replay Of Vietnam’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-698683 Think Progress » Hagel: The Iraq War Is ‘An Absolute Replay Of Vietnam’ Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:29:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-698683 [...] Hagel — unlike Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) — understands that “staying the course” in Iraq isn’t an option. [...] [...] Hagel — unlike Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) — understands that “staying the course” in Iraq isn’t an option. [...]

]]> By: Steve53 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-696700 Steve53 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:12:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-696700 Stay the course=Continue the bloodshed and horror. Stay the course=Continue the bloodshed and horror.

]]> By: Hardy Haberman http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-695575 Hardy Haberman Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:06:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-695575 Staying the course at home is another matter. We are headed for a police state for real now. Bush is floating a bill this weel to allow police state powers, the kind the old Soviets had to <a href="http://dungeondiary.blogspot.com/2006/07/bush-submits-new-bill-giving-him.html" rel="nofollow">detain without trial</a> any American. This is no joke and it has to be stopped. Write your Congressperson now. Staying the course at home is another matter. We are headed for a police state for real now. Bush is floating a bill this weel to allow police state powers, the kind the old Soviets had to detain without trial any American. This is no joke and it has to be stopped. Write your Congressperson now.

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-695348 Ho Chi Minh Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:28:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-695348 #39 Lisa: The acronyms are confusing-especially when one has been out of the service for decades. Thanx for the info. & about what our "leaders" are doing, amen to what you said. #39 Lisa: The acronyms are confusing-especially when one has been out of the service for decades. Thanx for the info. & about what our “leaders” are doing, amen to what you said.

]]> By: Lisa Johnson http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-695343 Lisa Johnson Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:20:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-695343 #s 29 and 30 - Centcom is Central Command. I am a babyboomer and as such remember the Cold War era, Vietnam, the pro-peace movement, and am also an Army vet. It saddens me to say that I am ashamed of what this country's "leaders" are doing to us -- not only here at home but also throughout the world. #s 29 and 30 – Centcom is Central Command. I am a babyboomer and as such remember the Cold War era, Vietnam, the pro-peace movement, and am also an Army vet. It saddens me to say that I am ashamed of what this country’s “leaders” are doing to us — not only here at home but also throughout the world.

]]> By: bones http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-695248 bones Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:53:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-695248 I find it both funny and distressing that EVERYTHING this idiots have done has blown up in their faces. And they railed at the people who told them it was going to be a disaster. Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Frist, Bush, Cheney, Coulter - all called the dissenters "ignorant of the facts", "idiots", "liars", "traitors". And now we see the Bush Crime family was 100% wrong on the war, energy, taxes, etc but still insist on ridiculous platitudes instead of problem solving. This is no way to run the US. Don't get me wrong BushCo is making plenty of money with Oil Stocks, defense contractors and they'll retire and live large while we finally fail to scrape by with gas at $5 a gallon. And one of the first acts of a democratic congress should be a retroactive tax on war profiteers, taxing Big Oil, Haliburton, defense contractors -esp if theu had a contract they didn't fufill recoup 100% of the contract price from them. We paid 100 million for hospitals, you finished none, we take 100 million out of your corporation. That will balance the budget. I find it both funny and distressing that EVERYTHING this idiots have done has blown up in their faces. And they railed at the people who told them it was going to be a disaster. Limbaugh, Hannity, O’Reilly, Frist, Bush, Cheney, Coulter – all called the dissenters “ignorant of the facts”, “idiots”, “liars”, “traitors”. And now we see the Bush Crime family was 100% wrong on the war, energy, taxes, etc but still insist on ridiculous platitudes instead of problem solving. This is no way to run the US. Don’t get me wrong BushCo is making plenty of money with Oil Stocks, defense contractors and they’ll retire and live large while we finally fail to scrape by with gas at $5 a gallon. And one of the first acts of a democratic congress should be a retroactive tax on war profiteers, taxing Big Oil, Haliburton, defense contractors -esp if theu had a contract they didn’t fufill recoup 100% of the contract price from them. We paid 100 million for hospitals, you finished none, we take 100 million out of your corporation. That will balance the budget.

]]> By: Tau http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694832 Tau Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:36:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694832 The course that runs where? I hear of this course alot. No one knows where it is, who started it, or how to get off, like the course of a rambling drunk, veering, falling, stumbling, never quite sober it veers between pathetic to tedious madness...death and destruction it drives drunkenly over innocent people crying collateral damage as it sets course for another innocent group of humans. Good GOD, DEAR GOD! get these people out of Office, Please I BEG of YOU! The course that runs where? I hear of this course alot. No one knows where it is, who started it, or how to get off, like the course of a rambling drunk, veering, falling, stumbling, never quite sober it veers between pathetic to tedious madness…death and destruction it drives drunkenly over innocent people crying collateral damage as it sets course for another innocent group of humans.

Good GOD, DEAR GOD! get these people out of Office, Please I BEG of YOU!

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694821 Ho Chi Minh Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:23:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694821 #35 Jsy; first order of things here. Frist needs an emergency enema-- with a hand grenade. With that- I will sign off for the night.<em>Good nigh and good luck.</em> #35 Jsy; first order of things here. Frist needs an emergency enema– with a hand grenade. With that- I will sign off for the night.Good nigh and good luck.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694814 Jay Randal Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:17:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694814 Post 32 Ho > Iraq needs doctors badly, so Frist being a former surgeon means he should be sent to a hospital in Baghdad for the rest of his life > maybe operating on hundreds of seriously injured Iraqis daily might change his hard heart, or perhaps he would love cutting off legs and arms? Post 32 Ho > Iraq needs doctors badly, so Frist being a former surgeon means he should be sent to a hospital in Baghdad for the rest of his life > maybe operating on hundreds of seriously injured Iraqis daily might change his hard heart, or perhaps he would love cutting off legs and arms?

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694804 Ho Chi Minh Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:00:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694804 To the tune of Camptown ladies; <em>Your'e going home in a body bag, doo dah doo dah, your'e going home in a body bag o doo dah day. shot between the eyes, shot between the thighs, you're going home in a boddy bag o doo dah day. <blockquote>I can remember that one.</blockquote></em> To the tune of Camptown ladies; Your’e going home in a body bag, doo dah doo dah, your’e going home in a body bag o doo dah day. shot between the eyes, shot between the thighs, you’re going home in a boddy bag o doo dah day.

I can remember that one.

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694798 Ho Chi Minh Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:55:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694798 <em>If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home. put my medals on my chest, tell my mom I did my best. <blockquote></blockquote> </em>sorry folks, thats all I can remember. If I die in a combat zone, box me up and ship me home. put my medals on my chest, tell my mom I did my best.

sorry folks, thats all I can remember.

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694791 Ho Chi Minh Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:53:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694791 #31 Jay: I'd love that, let the chickenhawks see how it feels for a change. #31 Jay: I’d love that, let the chickenhawks see how it feels for a change.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694774 Jay Randal Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:37:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694774 Since Sen. Frist is leaving the Senate come this January, then he can join the military and go fight in Iraq, until he comes back in a body bag or legless! Since Sen. Frist is leaving the Senate come this January, then he can join the military and go fight in Iraq, until he comes back in a body bag or legless!

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694766 Zooey Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:30:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694766 Heh. I'd like to see them try to send you back. I have no idea who centcom is, Ho Chi Minh, but Impeachcheneythenbush seems to know. I decided to wave ALL my fingers at whomever might be watching, because I'm sick of TP deleting my shi...comments. ;) Heh. I’d like to see them try to send you back. I have no idea who centcom is, Ho Chi Minh, but Impeachcheneythenbush seems to know. I decided to wave ALL my fingers at whomever might be watching, because I’m sick of TP deleting my shi…comments. ;)

]]> By: Ho Chi Minh http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694758 Ho Chi Minh Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:26:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694758 Zooey, who is centcom? never heard of them, but if they're the admin's goons, maybe I should give them a one finger salute. I mean, what are they going to do? send me to Vietnam? Zooey, who is centcom? never heard of them, but if they’re the admin’s goons, maybe I should give them a one finger salute. I mean, what are they going to do? send me to Vietnam?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694728 Zooey Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:47:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694728 #27 - I hadn't planned on going there, but I don't care if they know that I comment here. *waving all of my fingers at the NSA, or whoever* #27 – I hadn’t planned on going there, but I don’t care if they know that I comment here.
*waving all of my fingers at the NSA, or whoever*

]]> By: Impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694710 Impeachcheneythenbush Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:33:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694710 <strong>People - DO NOT go to the Centcom site. They are trying to find out who is participating in this blog</strong>. People – DO NOT go to the Centcom site. They are trying to find out who is participating in this blog.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-694688 Zooey Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:18:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/28/were-for-staying-the-course-in-iraq/#comment-694688 Well said, Ho Chi Minh. Well said, Ho Chi Minh.

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