Comments on: Combat troops out of Iraq by 2008. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:34:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mr JJ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1210054 mr JJ Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:11:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1210054 Dems need to go thru this bill with a fine tooth comb... Hold King George's feet to the fire!!!!!!!!!! Huge war spending bill to test Democrats Iraq and Afghanistan request could go as high as $200 billion http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120100344.html Dems need to go thru this bill with a fine tooth comb… Hold King George’s feet to the fire!!!!!!!!!!

Huge war spending bill to test Democrats
Iraq and Afghanistan request could go as high as $200 billion

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/01/AR2006120100344.html

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209963 impeachcheneythenbush Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:41:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209963 Marie - TP has banned people before so I'm uncertain why this guy is still being allowed to post...on every thread I've read yesterday and today!! He's obviously mentally ill and I sincerely hope he has family and/or friends that can get him into treatment. Marie – TP has banned people before so I’m uncertain why this guy is still being allowed to post…on every thread I’ve read yesterday and today!! He’s obviously mentally ill and I sincerely hope he has family and/or friends that can get him into treatment.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209921 Marie Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:27:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209921 <em>#46 impeach</em> I agree - I wish TP would be able to flag his computer as a source of spam and eliminate his ability to post here. #46 impeach
I agree – I wish TP would be able to flag his computer as a source of spam and eliminate his ability to post here.

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209863 impeachcheneythenbush Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:13:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209863 mafiatypevinster, SlappyVanDyke, DickVanDyke&Vinsterand slickwilly are all the same guy. I think he was posting yesterday under the name of "Vinny." I'm serious dude...get some help. Oh yeah...and it would be interesting to know just exactly where you're getting the cut and paste stuff. mafiatypevinster, SlappyVanDyke, DickVanDyke&Vinsterand slickwilly are all the same guy. I think he was posting yesterday under the name of “Vinny.” I’m serious dude…get some help. Oh yeah…and it would be interesting to know just exactly where you’re getting the cut and paste stuff.

]]> By: Rosencrantz http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209689 Rosencrantz Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:55:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209689 Not that surprising. Bush will pull troops out just in time to hopefully affect the 2008 elections. He'll use it as a "mission accomplished" moment, regardless of what the situation in Iraq is really like, and say it was his dedication to the plan that helped him win the war on terror. There is no way Bush would allow what he believes to be his "legacy" to be taken over and fixed by the Democrats. That would be unacceptable and proof of the total and complete failure he is. Not that surprising. Bush will pull troops out just in time to hopefully affect the 2008 elections. He’ll use it as a “mission accomplished” moment, regardless of what the situation in Iraq is really like, and say it was his dedication to the plan that helped him win the war on terror.

There is no way Bush would allow what he believes to be his “legacy” to be taken over and fixed by the Democrats. That would be unacceptable and proof of the total and complete failure he is.

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209526 tarazan Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:17:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209526 2008 is the year when Bush is about to give the keys to a newcomer, a new president...Bush will dump all of his trouble baskes of this war in Iraq on the desk of a new president..Bush will say later...'I stood for what is right'..and "they 'blinked' after me,and that is why we are in trouble" Of course 'what is right to Bush means being the 'decider' regardless of the outcome which the American majority now see in 2006,some saw in 2005..and a big percentage predicted it before the war began in 2003.But the difference between 2003 and 2008 is thousands of lives lost,over 400 to 500 billions of dollars spent..and the picture in the Middle East indeed changed forever. Of course if you listen to Condi Rice,with her academia thinking she will tell you how freedom,progress and democracies are flourishing in the area..and everything is blossoming all over the place and you can smell it everywhere in the Middle East.Of course we heard before how our soldiers will see flowers marching to Baghdad and be treated like liberators and Iraq war will end in weeks,and the war spending dollar pipe will not be a big one. Bush will say I was getting the job done....for a project he created. 2008 is the year when Bush is about to give the keys to a newcomer, a new president…Bush will dump all of his trouble baskes of this war in Iraq on the desk of a new president..Bush will say later…’I stood for what is right’..and “they ‘blinked’ after me,and that is why we are in trouble” Of course ‘what is right to Bush means being the ‘decider’ regardless of the outcome which the American majority now see in 2006,some saw in 2005..and a big percentage predicted it before the war began in 2003.But the difference between 2003 and 2008 is thousands of lives lost,over 400 to 500 billions of dollars spent..and the picture in the Middle East indeed changed forever. Of course if you listen to Condi Rice,with her academia thinking she will tell you how freedom,progress and democracies are flourishing in the area..and everything is blossoming all over the place and you can smell it everywhere in the Middle East.Of course we heard before how our soldiers will see flowers marching to Baghdad and be treated like liberators and Iraq war will end in weeks,and the war spending dollar pipe will not be a big one. Bush will say I was getting the job done….for a project he created.

]]> By: Stupid Git http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209502 Stupid Git Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:09:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209502 (sorry for the double post) (sorry for the double post)

]]> By: Stupid Git http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209494 Stupid Git Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:08:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209494 SlickWilly, You seem to "hate" a lot of folks. But don't worry, there's a way to relieve all that boiling vitriol fermenting in your weary soul. If you don't like living in a country that is waking from it's delusions that this war was ever a good idea and that it was ever a "winnable" war, then you don't have to. Just like the Saudi's summoning our real president earlier in the week to tell him that they want us out so they can clean up after us. So that they can battle Iran and keep them from controlling Iraq. Yes, our country has created a mess, a regional war in the middle east that will plague us for decades, bogged the entire region in a war between religious fundamentalists that has been fermenting much longer than the hatred in your head. And now we are coming to grips with just how stupid that was. If you want to live in a country that enjoys feuding with fundamentalist regimes then there re plenty of countries you can do just that. Most Americans it seems prefer not living in a country run by fundamentalist zealots or at war with fundamentalist zealots. It's just to bad the American public didn't wake from this delusion sooner. Hopefully you will too. Best of luck with all your hatred. I hope it leads you to a bit of self discovery and maybe even an awareness that mass hatred is the problem, not the solution. SlickWilly,

You seem to “hate” a lot of folks. But don’t worry, there’s a way to relieve all that boiling vitriol fermenting in your weary soul.

If you don’t like living in a country that is waking from it’s delusions that this war was ever a good idea and that it was ever a “winnable” war, then you don’t have to.

Just like the Saudi’s summoning our real president earlier in the week to tell him that they want us out so they can clean up after us. So that they can battle Iran and keep them from controlling Iraq.

Yes, our country has created a mess, a regional war in the middle east that will plague us for decades, bogged the entire region in a war between religious fundamentalists that has been fermenting much longer than the hatred in your head. And now we are coming to grips with just how stupid that was.

If you want to live in a country that enjoys feuding with fundamentalist regimes then there re plenty of countries you can do just that. Most Americans it seems prefer not living in a country run by fundamentalist zealots or at war with fundamentalist zealots. It’s just to bad the American public didn’t wake from this delusion sooner.

Hopefully you will too.

Best of luck with all your hatred. I hope it leads you to a bit of self discovery and maybe even an awareness that mass hatred is the problem, not the solution.

]]> By: DRxJ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209466 DRxJ Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:02:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209466 <strong>2,300 </strong>combat deaths in Iraq so far. Not one was in vain. Not one. These are the people I now hate–these people who seek to control our national security. The best of them are <strong>misinformed.</strong> The rest of them are <strong>liars.</strong> Comment by slickwilly That would be more than 2800 dead, you dolt! Can't even get a recent article to cut and paste? Can't even use one name to post? So whose misinformed and a liar? <strong>COWARD!</strong> 2,300 combat deaths in Iraq so far. Not one was in vain. Not one.
These are the people I now hate–these people who seek to control our national security. The best of them are misinformed. The rest of them are liars.
Comment by slickwilly
That would be more than 2800 dead, you dolt!
Can’t even get a recent article to cut and paste? Can’t even use one name to post? So whose misinformed and a liar?
COWARD!

]]> By: Stupid Git http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209448 Stupid Git Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:58:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209448 Slickwilly, You seem to "hate" a lot of people. Got an idea to help relieve you of some of the stress you must be feeling with all that boiling vitriol fermenting in your weary soul. Move to a country you like. This country seems to be waking from the delusion that this war was ever a good idea or one that we could win. They are realizing that we've just started a regional war between Saudi Arabia and Iran that will cripple our relations in the region, alienate us from any influence in a large region of the world and possibly worsen our economic security by making one of our greatest allies and suppliers of oil, monetary loans and diplomacy in the region have to try and clean up the mess we created. That is why the Saudis beckoned the real President to visit them this week. To tell him that once we finally leave they are going to straighten it out. Saudi Arabia is going to battle Iran for control of Iraq. So yes, America has made a major mistake that we cannot fix. If you want to live in a country that enjoys being bogged down in eternal conflicts with religious fundamentalists then I suggest you move to one of those countries. I prefer living in a country that prefers intelligent choices. One not ruled by religious fundamentalists. Slickwilly,

You seem to “hate” a lot of people. Got an idea to help relieve you of some of the stress you must be feeling with all that boiling vitriol fermenting in your weary soul.

Move to a country you like.

This country seems to be waking from the delusion that this war was ever a good idea or one that we could win. They are realizing that we’ve just started a regional war between Saudi Arabia and Iran that will cripple our relations in the region, alienate us from any influence in a large region of the world and possibly worsen our economic security by making one of our greatest allies and suppliers of oil, monetary loans and diplomacy in the region have to try and clean up the mess we created. That is why the Saudis beckoned the real President to visit them this week. To tell him that once we finally leave they are going to straighten it out. Saudi Arabia is going to battle Iran for control of Iraq.

So yes, America has made a major mistake that we cannot fix. If you want to live in a country that enjoys being bogged down in eternal conflicts with religious fundamentalists then I suggest you move to one of those countries. I prefer living in a country that prefers intelligent choices. One not ruled by religious fundamentalists.

]]> By: Uncle_Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209222 Uncle_Ho Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:07:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209222 Out in '08 is too late. Get out NOW! Out in ‘08 is too late. Get out NOW!

]]> By: west virginia hillbilly http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1209115 west virginia hillbilly Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:45:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1209115 The troops will leave, when the big one goes off. The troops will leave, when the big one goes off.

]]> By: Share http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208611 Share Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:25:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208611 Tell the media to cover the murders and torture going on now against the people of Oxaca, Mexico who are protesting the election fraud as we should have. --- http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2804739 How you can help the people of Oaxaca. Please do it now. Who, if not you? Please send emails today saying that: Thanks to the internet, people around the world know that the Mexican Federal Police and the military are shooting unarmed peaceful protestors and bystanders in Oaxaca. Ask the consulate to ask thier government to please remove the Federal Police and military immediately from Oaxaca, and to seek a peaceful resolution to the problems caused by the corrupt Governor of Oaxaca. Most of these consulate internet sites have a link to send them an e-mail. Just do something to help these brave people in Oaxaca organizing for a little justice. Please spread this far and wide. Thanks. http://www.sre.gob.mx/boston/ ATLANTA, GA 2600 Apple Valley Rd. ATLANTA, Georgia 30319 Tel: (404) 266-2233, 1932, 2302,Fax: (404) 266-2302, 2309 http://www.consulmexatlanta.org http://www.onr.com/consulmx / Tell the media to cover the murders and torture going on now against the people of Oxaca, Mexico who are protesting the election fraud as we should have.
—
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364×2804739
How you can help the people of Oaxaca. Please do it now. Who, if not you?

Please send emails today saying that:

Thanks to the internet, people around the world know that the Mexican Federal Police and the military are shooting unarmed peaceful protestors and bystanders in Oaxaca. Ask the consulate to ask thier government to please remove the Federal Police and military immediately from Oaxaca, and to seek a peaceful resolution to the problems caused by the corrupt Governor of Oaxaca.

Most of these consulate internet sites have a link to send them an e-mail. Just do something to help these brave people in Oaxaca organizing for a little justice.

Please spread this far and wide.

Thanks.
http://www.sre.gob.mx/boston/

ATLANTA, GA
2600 Apple Valley Rd.
ATLANTA, Georgia 30319
Tel: (404) 266-2233, 1932, 2302,Fax: (404) 266-2302, 2309
http://www.consulmexatlanta.org

http://www.onr.com/consulmx /

]]> By: koalablue http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208585 koalablue Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:56:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208585 I believe Iraq will be able to defend, govern and sustain itself. Otherwise, I'd pull our troops out. GWB White House, Oct. 25, 2006 I believe Iraq will be able to defend, govern and sustain itself. Otherwise, I’d pull our troops out.
GWB White House, Oct. 25, 2006

]]> By: koalablue http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208577 koalablue Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:49:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208577 The Coalition of the Willing are going to have to achieve far more in the next 2 years than they have been able to achieve since Mar 2003. Since the conditions to downsize the current occupation force are <strong>"The call to pull out combat brigades by early 2008 would be more a conditional goal than a firm timetable, predicated on the assumption that circumstances on the ground would permit it, according to the sources"</strong> It appears just another way to restate the Stay the Course. The Coalition of the Willing are going to have to achieve far more in the next 2 years than they have been able to achieve since Mar 2003. Since the conditions to downsize the current occupation force are “The call to pull out combat brigades by early 2008 would be more a conditional goal than a firm timetable, predicated on the assumption that circumstances on the ground would permit it, according to the sources”
It appears just another way to restate the Stay the Course.

]]> By: koalablue http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208513 koalablue Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:07:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208513 <strong>Bush says ‘graceful exit’ not an object amid pullout plans Irish Examiner - 6 hours ago</strong> it certainly isn't pretty at present Bush says ‘graceful exit’ not an object amid pullout plans
Irish Examiner – 6 hours ago

it certainly isn’t pretty at present

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208499 Wayne Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:58:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208499 Any member of the Congress who praises the report is a traitor! --- Jay Randal Personally, I think if we stay till 2008, the whole region will explode into War. Any member of the Congress who praises the report is a traitor!
— Jay Randal

Personally, I think if we stay till 2008, the whole region will explode into War.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208475 Jay Randal Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:36:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208475 The Iraq Study Group is just a whitewash operation to give cover to Bush Regime to remain in Iraq! Notice the 2008 date, so voters are supposed to believe this crap and vote for GOP again? Any member of the Congress who praises the report is a traitor! The Iraq Study Group is just a whitewash operation to give cover to Bush Regime to remain in Iraq! Notice the 2008 date, so voters are supposed to believe this crap and vote for GOP again?

Any member of the Congress who praises the report is a traitor!

]]> By: AHiddenSaint http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208468 AHiddenSaint Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:32:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208468 Cheney on Iraq in 1991 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGIe1gPaTXY Spread this Cheney on Iraq in 1991

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGIe1gPaTXY

Spread this

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1208462 Wayne Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:26:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/combat-troops-out-of-iraq-by-2008/#comment-1208462 http://www.ccr-ny.org/ v2/ GermanCase2006/ Docs/ abu%20KarpinskiTestimony2006.pdf --- Paul in LA Thanks for the link Paul http://www.ccr-ny.org/ v2/ GermanCase2006/ Docs/ abu%20KarpinskiTestimony2006.pdf
— Paul in LA

Thanks for the link Paul

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