Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’
Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’
Tonight on Larry King Live, First Lady Laura Bush said she understands “how the American people feel” when they express frustration over Iraq, but insisted that “to leave now would be a serious mistake.” She said of Iraqis, “This is their opportunity to seize the moment, to build a really good and stable country.”
As AmericaBlog first noted, Bush added, “[M]any parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody.” Watch it:
According to the latest Brookings Institution Iraq Index, as of November 2006, there were approximately 185 insurgent and militia attacks every day.
Transcript:
KING: Has the war worn you down? I mean, the public, obviously, is — more people disapprove than approve. It’s hurt the standing of the presidency. What has it done to you?
BUSH: Well, of course, it’s wearing, wearying. There’s no doubt about it. I understand how the American people feel, and that they feel like things are not going like we want them to there. On the other hand, I know how important it is for us to continue to help the Iraqis. And to leave now would be a serious mistake. And I really agree with the president on that, that the Iraqi government needs to get up and running as fast as they can. And, of course, we want our troops to come home. Nobody wants war. No one is pro-war. We want the — to be able to have a democracy there, to have the people in Iraq who have been oppressed by a dictatorship for all of these years to be able to build a good government that represents everyone. And I think it will happen. Is it going to be fast? No. we never expected it to be fast.
KING: So it’s going to be going on when you leave office.
BUSH: Probably. I mean, I have no idea and there’s no way I can predict. But I hope not. I hope that they can build their government and reconcile with each other and build a country. This is their opportunity to seize the moment, to build a really good and stable country. And many parts of Iraq are stable now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day this discourages everybody.
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And Larry King’s searing comeback question to that howler was what…. exactly?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:00 am*crickets chirping*
February 27th, 2007 at 12:01 amJust more of that Bush family empathy on display:
“It’s hard for me, living in this beautiful White House, to give you an assessment.”
- President Bush, on civil war in Iraq, February 14, 2007.
“But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that. And watch him suffer.”
February 27th, 2007 at 12:04 am- Barbara Bush, March 18 2003.
Thought so, Larry King: better discussing dead bimbos with rubber t***s, I’m with Bob Costas…
February 27th, 2007 at 12:05 amOMG … this woman needs to go sit down and shut up for the next 22months.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:05 amI think she means that any other bombings, kidnappings, helicopter downings, rapes, killings, assassination attempts, electrical outages, etc are all encouraging. Basically that there’s one bombing that brings everyone down, but it’s followed by 23 hours of uplifting mayhem.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:07 amlmao What’s next? Is Laura Bush gonna say global warming isn’t real and that heterosexuals have respected the sanctity of marriage, which should be defined as between a man and a woman? Oh, wait… ;)
February 27th, 2007 at 12:13 amBack into your shell, hideous old cephalopod disguised as the First Lady.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:14 amIf only Laura would incite protesting in the streets, or send an entourage to a socialist country, say…Venezuela. YA, that would launch her into acceptance with the OHW types longing to re-live their youth. LMFAO.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:15 amI say we recruit Jane Fonda to give Laura a few pointers. Cmon Laura, put on some tie dye, take your bra off and comfort the libs, cuz i’m a woman……here me roar.
WOULD THAT MAKE YOU FEEEEEEL BETTER?
She is as delusional as her husband. That’s frightening.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:16 amTP, don’t let your cold hard reality intrude upon the bubble of Paxil induced fantasy that is the world of Pickles Bush.
-GSD
February 27th, 2007 at 12:18 amHope you don’t mind.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:18 amI’ve taken the liberty of Digging it.
DIGG IT
um, how do you embrace marriage visiting the bath houses? oh, and cor, even zooey said we had a billion years until the sun explodes. So tell me why we should buy Laurie David light bulbs today?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:19 amDoes Laurie David own STOCK in that light bulb corporation?
I bet she does……..
“But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that. And watch him suffer.â€
- Barbara Bush, March 18 2003.
Comment by Angry One — February 27, 2007 @ 12:04 am
Thought so, Larry King: better discussing dead bimbos with rubber t***s, I’m with Bob Costas…
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — February 27, 2007 @ 12:05 am
Hmm, serendipity, baby.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:20 amLaura Bush can nonchalantly say that one bomb a day is ok for Iraqis, its the media that causes the discomforts at home; I wonder what one bomb a day in America would cause? A lot of hysteria and Laura would become the Emporor’s wife.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:22 amThousands of airplanes landed safely on 9/11/01, and all you hear about are the four that crashed. Get over it, people.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:23 amYou are such an ignorant a$$ hat of the greatest proportions I do not even know how to address your homophobic and uneducated comment. I suppose all gay men frequent bath houses as Rupert Murdoch and Newt Gingrich have respected their marriages through their numerous divorces and affairs. Just hypocrisy and ignorance is alarming. I feel sorry for you and will not be addressing you again. Goodbye and good luck, you’re going to need it.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:25 amsee, what’s happening is that the terra-ists were emboldened by the results of the 2006 election and now they are trying to influence the 2008 election.
yeah, that’s the ticket.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:25 ammillions of cars are driven home safely and all you hear about is the one car driven by Laura Bush that killed her ex-boyfriend.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:26 amCorndog? of the greatest proportions ? ME?
who’s your baby’s daddy?
omfg…lmfao
February 27th, 2007 at 12:35 amyou’re pathetic…
February 27th, 2007 at 12:41 amWhy do they let her out of the house?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:44 amIsn’t the first lady a libarian. Does she read? Who are these people listening to? Oh, nobody but themselves. Idiots and liars.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:55 amComing up fast on the inside in the Dick Cheney Delusion Derby….
February 27th, 2007 at 12:57 amWhat does the OTHER “First Pooch” Barney have to say about this matter?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:57 amWOOF! WOOF!
Now Barney, that makes a HELL OF A LOT MORE SENSE than what the OTHER “First Pooch” Laura said!!!!!
Laura Bush- SHUT YOUR MOUTH, YOU DUMB TWIT!!!
My god, can you imagine having to sleep next to Chimpy everynight? (shudder)
February 27th, 2007 at 1:17 amShe’s quite possibly the dumbest woman that ever lived.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:20 amLaura Bush: “If it wasn’t for a pesky malcontent here and there trying to make my husband look stupid, this would have all been over long, long ago.”
February 27th, 2007 at 1:23 amWha!?
When was the last time we actually saw a bomb blow up on Live TV, Mrs. Bush? Incidentally, reading about it in the newspaper is different than watching it on TV!!!
February 27th, 2007 at 1:23 amBuzzbomb #26, everything was going along pretty well reading all the post’s untill you gave me that dreadful visual……Grrrrrr….Getting up every morning next to that piece of crap would surley cause continious morning sickness and labor pains with nothing to show for it but more sickness……I forgive you…..LOL…now I must check out my medecine cabinet and see if I have any pepto or something to relieve the pukes…..Blessings
February 27th, 2007 at 1:42 amYeah, there’s just something about a bomb going off first thing in the morning that just kind of wrecks the rest of my day.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:43 amComment by rachel rj kinnardi
You have been ‘tacked†RJ
Comment by Crazy Eddie
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Say what? What is “tacked”?
February 27th, 2007 at 1:43 amlisten man…. dude as corrupt as bush has become with all his snake
oil, i’m sure his wife is a *itch :)
oh ya… they serve the people all right….. nice and corrupt… all of
February 27th, 2007 at 1:50 amthem, totally rigged
[…] Tue 27 Feb 2007 Lie to Me Posted by Mike under Politics Laura Bush was on Larry King Live tonight. Thankfully, she was able to continue the cause of her husband’s presidency and completely insult the intelligence of the American people. A link from Think Progress here with a clip. […]
February 27th, 2007 at 1:51 amOK, I’m really getting tired of this….
Does anyone here care that this site is professional? Geez! Look, before you flame me, first understand that I’m totally on the same side as the people here - I want to uncover the hypocrisy, corruption, and incompetence of the administration and its minions.
However, WHY WHY WHY must I put up with these misleading titles for every new piece here? I mean, look, we KNOW Barbara Bush is a hack, married to a total maroon, but, please, there is no need to put words in her mouth. She didn’t say “THERE’S JUST one bombing a day”, but rather that we see one bombing a day on TV.
I could repeat this post nearly every day for the same unnecessary exaggeration, but it would waste even more of my time….so seriously, give it a rest if you want anyone to really take this site seriously. I mean, you undermine your own cause with that crap.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:55 amIts too bad that the bomb that went off in Afghanistan a little while ago outside the base cheney was at missed him. Better luck next time……
February 27th, 2007 at 2:00 amI am part of the “ThinkProgress Rapid NeoCon Response Team.”
I go in first and soften up hardheaded NeoCon targets and then turn the ground up chunks and pieces over to the awaiting masses.
I guess you could call it a “shock and awe” campaign that is being “successfully waged” here at TP, unlike any old stinking war that the NeoCon mongrels have started and adhered to in the 21st Century.
What a way to start out a new century. In a quagmire “fix” with the stupidest NeoCon(s) ever devised by their ideology in charge. With a whole cast and crew brought in from GHWB’s old days.
Negroponte- The South American Butcher
Kissinger- Nixon fame, that stinks to high heaven right there.
Kristol- Look who his daddy was.
On and on and on.
Like a who’s who convention of NeoCon Ideo-ILL- Logical goons who’s resumes’ read like an “America’s Most Wanted List”. They are ALL complicit, every single one.
NO one let’s the terror of war go on AGAINST the people’s wishes unless it is a full blown dictatorship or a quasi-dictatorship.
We aren’t experiencing a full blown dictatorship yet here at home, I prefer to call it a “quasi dictatorship”, in other waords, WELL on it’s way to full out dictatorship.
The ground work is laid per GWB for a full blown dictatorship here in America.
But ONLY if we ALLOW it to happen. We, as a people, will have no one to blame but ourselves if we give up, even for the smallest moment.
Banding together as ONE population, this GWB style Presidency will NEVER be allowed to happen.
In a few years I expect we will experience the same “wake up call” as the German population did in WWII after the war.
So many were truly “not in the know” about what was going on as far as atrocities and breadth of that war.
We, as Americans, will have to hang our heads in shame for generations to come, just as the Germans did after WWII, and to this day.
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I can’t read code Crazy Eddie, C’Mon spit it out.
LOL
In englaise’ ?
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SUICIDE ATTACK ON CHENEY
February 27th, 2007 at 2:26 amGeoff, getting tired of TP exaggerations…
Hey, I agree with your general observation, but in this case I think it’s off. The word “just” was not placed in quotes in the TP headline, thus it is clearly TP commentary and not attributed as a direct quote. Further, I think it is dead on commentary.
Listen to what this braindead witch has to say, if you can stand the lies and hypocrisy… (1) “nobody wants war”… (2) “no one’s pro war”… (3) “we never expected it to be fast”… (4) “what we see on television is that one bombing a day that discourages everybody”.
So… (1) lie…, (2) lie…, (3) lie…, and (4) a twofer - first insulting the intelligence of the American population, and second a cold-blooded dismissal of the daily catastrophe that is Iraq.
TP got it right on this one.
February 27th, 2007 at 2:28 amrenato, re: #16
You’re not saying that Laura intentionally killed her ex-boyfriend for breaking up with her by ramming her car into his, are you?
How come she did not even get points on her license like I do when I am the only one on the interstate and going 12 over the speed limit? Maybe her family was “influential”.
The mother-in-law, Babs, said about the Katrina refugees who had to live in the AstroDome that it was “working out well for them” since they were (you know, underprivileged).
February 27th, 2007 at 2:34 amGeoff - I think you read that wrong. You said, “She didn’t say “THERE’S JUST one bombing a dayâ€, but rather that we see one bombing a day on TV.
But that’s not what she said. To quote the articlle, “what we see on television is that one bombing a day that discourages everybodyâ€.
TV shows THAT one bombing a day and that implies one bomb a day, NOT one bombing a day on TV. I’m not trying to flame you but rather pointing out what she actually said. Now what she meant could be different. After all, she’s not the brightest bilbo around. In fact, she seems too drugged up to me ALL the time.
February 27th, 2007 at 3:00 amTo the Laura bumped off x boyfriend remark…..Of course not, not me I would not ever think such a thing.”Snicker”…..Laura Dear, the truck’s still gassed up and the key’s in the ignition….You can do it, for your country and the world…Hell, we may make you queen for a day…Do one for the team.
Crazy Eddie, thank’s for the suggestion’s, not enough tagament or any other remedy to help untill we get these bandet’s out of the white house….Blessings
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Looks like Dick’s trip to Afghanistan wasn’t quite the plastic turkey-type of photo opp Dick was hoping for.
F I N A L L Y that dangerous, delusional prick gets to experience the fear and see the carnage first hand. (at least 19 were killed)
(although he was probably unmoved and unaffected by the death he saw. What kind of heart is in that guy?)
Ann Coulter recently said: “Things is Afghanistan are going swimmingly.”
She said it in a year where Taliban attacks were up 200%. Within her statement, she also said getting bin Laden was no big deal. He probably wines and dines in a suite somewhere in Coulter’s house/lair. George and Dick probably come by to have big raging parties.
Will love to see Fox News spin this Cheney incident. They’ll probably tear up for the cameras saying, “The evil-doers tried to kill the best Vice President (President) this country has ever known. This means we have to, at least, bomb Iran right now, and if you don’t support what we are saying, you’re an America-hating terrorist-loving traitor!”
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February 27th, 2007 at 3:58 amWhat she said is true. Most of Iraq is stable. The only attacks that kill scores of people in Iraq are bombings, that kill anywhere from 20 to 150 people in one swoop. There’s usually one of these per day, which usually is what ends up on the news.
To leave now would be a mistake. That’s what the NIE on Iraq concluded just a few weeks ago. A document Think Progress reported on. Why does Think Progress continue to imply the opposite of its conclusions?
February 27th, 2007 at 4:46 amBush & Laura = FrankenSetin & FrankaStein.
They two are a perfect match, from the land of the cursed souls, in the UnderWorld, just like:
High Priest Imhotep & Anck Su Namun; in the Mummy Returns.
Maybe Laura, couldav hinted what Bush says when he’s about to c***m while doing his bed battles with her. They said thats how the world would come to an end, a crazy b***tch riding (probably screwing) a seven headed lion.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:53 amTo leave now would be a mistake. That’s what the NIE on Iraq concluded just a few weeks ago. A document Think Progress reported on. Why does Think Progress continue to imply the opposite of its conclusions?Comment by Seixon — February 27, 2007 @ 4:46 am
Is your name Norwegian for b*llsh*t?
Little control? Yeah, sounds like we should stay out of control. Boy you’re stupid.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:59 amYou know what they say, ONE BOMB A DAY KEEPS THE TERRORISTS AWAY. Such great advice from Grandma Bush. =)
February 27th, 2007 at 6:45 amOh no! She can’t be that ignorant!!!!
February 27th, 2007 at 6:46 amstick to your knitting
February 27th, 2007 at 7:02 amOf course if she listens to daily statements from Cheney and Miss Rice:’Iraq is a tremendous success..’ and many others, it is not a surprise that she thinks and speaks this way.
She has no son or daughter who came in a coffin, lost arm or leg; neither Cheney nor Condi have such experience.
She also knows that her husband and Cheney who pulled the trigger of this war….
So, she is simply defending her husband in the face of mountains of
evidence that speaks otherwise about the dangerous situation in Iraq,and
the lack of security to everybody.
Even vice president of Iraq was targeted yesterday and escaped death.
She says ‘one bomb a day ‘ is ‘ok’ for Iraqis. I don’t know where she got
this data..unless it was furnished by Rove.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:15 amHow stupid does she think we are? Does she think she can address an informed audience the way she does her husband?
February 27th, 2007 at 7:18 amIts not like Iraq is having a 9/11 every month or so.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:30 amSuicide bomber targets Cheney. I’m only sorry that the bomber missed his target.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:35 amWhat she said is true.
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LAURA BUSH: There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’
that is “true” ??
While you cite the NIE, you omit the following:
16 OF BUSH’S OWN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES who unanimously agree that the War in Iraq is a ‘Cause Celebre’ for Global Extremism and is furthering the resentment of Americans worldwide
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF who unanimously oppose Bush’s ’surge’ of troops
ONLY 35% OF THE MILTARY APPROVE of the job George W. Bush is doing in Iraq
ONLY 41% OF THE MILITARY
72% OF THE TROOPS IN IRAQ said that they want the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq either immediately or within 1 year (the poll was taken almost 1 year ago to this day)
‘THE GENERALS ON THE GROUND’ (Gen. Casey and Gen. Abizaid who did not feel sending more troops to Iraq is the proper solution. While Bush replaced them with Petraeus, Petraeus is on the record saying: “More Troops doesn’t mean Better Security.”
2/3+ OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE who disapprove of the job Bush is doing in Iraq, Disapprove of sending additional troops, feel that the War in Iraq has made our country LESS safe not more safe
OUR CLOSEST ALLIES whose citizens (a majority) think that GW Bush is a bigger threat to Global Peace than Iran’s Ahmadinjejad and North Korea’s Kim Jong Il
87% OF THE TOP NATIONAL SECURITY/TERRORISM EXPERTS who feel the U.S. is losing the ‘war on terror’ largely due to the War in Iraq
ABOUT 80% OF THE IRAQI CITIZENS who feel their country will be safer when we leave. The majority of Iraqis have felt for a long time that killing U.S. forces is totally justified
February 27th, 2007 at 7:38 amabove should read:
ONLY 41% OF THE MILITARY
February 27th, 2007 at 7:41 amONLY 41% OF THE MILITARY thinks we should have gone into Iraq in the first place (that’s even lower than the public as a whole)
http://www.militarycity.com/polls/2006_main.php
(and links to the above)
http://www.coxwashington.com/ reporters/ content/ reporters/ stories/ 2006/ 06/ 30/ BC_TERROR29_3RDLD_COX.html
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ usa/ story/ 0,,1938434,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
http://www.mercurynews.com/ mld/ mercurynews/ news/ world/ 16683845.htm?template=contentModules/ printstory.jsp
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February 27th, 2007 at 7:47 amI’m waiting for Barney to go on the record.
After all, Bush said that he’ll stay in Iraq even if it’s just Laura and Barney supporting him. He has no plan to bring our troops home. He said that doing do will be left up ‘to future Presidents to decide.’
It AMAZES me that Bush compares himself to Harry ‘The Buck Stops Here’ Truman and George ‘I cannot tell a lie’ Washington.
- Accountability
- Honesty
Those are the very LAST 2 traits GW Bush has.
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February 27th, 2007 at 7:53 amLook . . . she married the absolute worst person to ever illegitimately occupy the W.H.
That must qualify her opionion to appear on the likes of CNN, FOX, CBS, NBC, Headline . . . the rest.
Wasn’t she seen climbing out from under her Uncle Dick’s dining table ?
February 27th, 2007 at 7:57 amby all means let’s build a libary 4 her at her dumb kawlidge
February 27th, 2007 at 8:06 amJust ask Cheney, the Taliban tried to blow him up yesterday!
February 27th, 2007 at 8:09 amNo matter how any of the politicians spin any of all that is happening in Iraq, it isn’t going to get better, it will progressively become worse until the Coalition leaves.
The attacks will increase. The wearing down of the occupying forces is the plan. The goal is to evict the invaders.
Hillary would stay the course in Iraq too. Politicians are clueless, all of them.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:11 amLaura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’
I know, c’mon people–it’s only one bombing! It’s not like people are dying or anything. Sheesh!
- Tom
February 27th, 2007 at 8:13 amThat’s what the NIE on Iraq concluded just a few weeks ago.
Seixon — February 27, 2007
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The October 2002 NIE Report ‘concluded’, at the direction of the Bush propaganda team-headed up by Dick, that Iraq definitely had weapons of mass destruction . That 02 NIE Report claimed that: Saddam Hussein had amassed chemical and biological weapons and was “reconstituting” his nuclear weapons program.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:18 amThat’s OK, we have the new Democrats in congress. If they live up to what they say they will do. It is such a good start.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2908.html
ROTFL
February 27th, 2007 at 8:22 amI wrote to Jonathan Weisman & Lyndsey Layton of The Washinton Post to ask them why the Title of their recent front and center WaPo article contradicted the text in their article.
The title was: ‘Murtha Stumbles on Iraq Funding Curbs’
….but the text in the article said: The strategy he would craft was designed to calm the nerves of the party’s conservatives ** BY FULLY FUNDING THE WAR **
The email response from Lyndsey was:
Reporters don’t write headlines - that job belongs to copy editors.
(I’m sorry but if a “copy editor” is crafting a headline that contradicts what a reporter says in their own article, shouldn’t there perhaps be a quick discussion on appropriate and inappropriate titles of important news articles, particularly when they are running FRONT AND CENTER in one’s paper? This reminds of how the WaPo’s Op-Ed’s are often contradicting facts already proven or disproven by their paper’s own Reporters. Deborah Howell anyone?
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February 27th, 2007 at 8:27 amSince everything the repugs do is calculated we have to ask why wives 1 & 2 (Condi and Laura) are being trotted out to do interviews at this point. A little Ebony and Ivory for the masses? Will they trot out the rest of the wives i.e. Harriet Miers and Karen Hughes?
February 27th, 2007 at 8:39 amc’mon people–it’s only one bombing! It’s not like people are dying or anything. Sheesh!
- Tom
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Right and it’s not like Bush sent incompetent, crony Contractors over there to ‘rebuild’ Iraq by constructing things like an ‘Iraqi Police Academy’ that was built so incompetently that urine and feces was literally raining down into the recruits barracks. The very Iraqi recruits who were supposed to be getting ‘trained and ready’ so U.S. Soldiers could return home. It cost millions of tax dollars to build and another thousands more to demolish (due to it’s shoddy construction and health hazards)
I’m with you Tom, why are people getting so upset by such trivial things?! What’s the fuss with people whining that 3 Iraqi infants are being crammed into incubators and that multiple, serious pathogens are found where our soldiers are being treated for injuries? Who cares that billions of dollars went missing? Who cares that the Bush Admin didn’t plan for an insurgency and lies our country into war?! People need to focus on what is really important like, is Brit still bald and is Anna still dead.
http://news.independent.co.uk/ world/ middle_east/ article2165470.ece
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February 27th, 2007 at 8:41 am62- Don’t forget stepford wife Michelle Bachmann here in Minnesota, although noone is listening to what that idiot has to say.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:42 amComment by Blitz WolffR — February 27, 2007 @ 8:39 am
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Laura probably gets some sort of satisfaction by being married to a complete dunce since she was a school teacher. It probably helps to validate the career she chose.
I once read that ‘the reason George Bush explains things to people like they are 4-years old is because that’s how things were explained to him.’
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February 27th, 2007 at 8:44 amHey Laura if everything is so peachy in Iraq, why did the pres. have to go to Jordan for medical attention, no good hospitals left anywhere in the country?
February 27th, 2007 at 8:44 amBush Family Mantra: If you can’t see it, it’s not there! Delusion 101!
February 27th, 2007 at 9:04 amWMD probably were in Iraq
It’s tough, but I am going to try to control myself once more before I go crazy from continually hearing the expression “Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.”
First, that was not the only reason, and perhaps not even the most important reason, for invading Iraq.
Second, Saddam Hussein certainly had them at one time, and the whole world knew that.
Third, it was not up to us to find them. It was up to Hussein to show us where they were or exactly how and when he got rid of them, the same way other countries such as Libya were required by the United Nations to detail how and when they got rid of them.
Fourth, Hussein gave our inspectors the runaround at times during our inspections.
Last, Hussein could have buried them or given them to willing border countries, which, of course, he couldn’t ever have revealed.
South Setauket
February 27th, 2007 at 9:06 amWhat exactly was the “important reason” for invading Iraq Ernie? Don’t give me some trite about spreading democracy either. It’s about empire you dolt. If you still are living the delusion that invading Iraq was a good and necissary idea I suggest you jump off a cliff with the rest of your lemming friends.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:24 am#10 - even zooey said we had a billion years until the sun explodes.
Comment by ballbuster
Aren’t you the brave one, ballslobber? Wait until I’m gone, and then lie about what I said. You deserve your new name.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:30 amWhy does anyone EVER ask that woman about policy or the war? She’s a drone, for god’s sake. Mabye Larry thinks it’s funny?
February 27th, 2007 at 9:31 amWhat an absolutely ignorant cunt you are Laura. Perhaps if you watched a news source other than the Faux Noise Network you’d know that there are a few more things going on in Iraqnam than a single bomb per day. And, remember also, Laura, that it was your worthless loser husband who STARTED this wearing war in Iraqnam. You dumb bitch.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:34 amThe worst thing she said in the interview is that
Incorrect: Bush & Blair and all the rest have been involved in not just 2 wars, but one that is illegal and clearly a poor move from all of those involved - not that they’d think of it that way, of course. She’s an absolute dumbass, so I guess Georgie-Boy has found his perfect match.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:34 amLaura is a Stepford Wife, so she knows ZERO about anything!
February 27th, 2007 at 9:38 amHow much dope is being wasted on altering that UNconsciousness?
February 27th, 2007 at 9:40 am#31 said: (and this is the best comment I’ve seen here; think the woman bomber post.)
right on Geoff!
February 27th, 2007 at 9:42 amLaura - you have used up any benefit of a doubt that I may have afforded you. I paint you with the same brush as all the rest of ‘em.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:42 amOK, usually there is more than one bombing a day in Iraq on TV. So what she said is still untrue even from your dumb perspective. Geoff, get ready for a ballslobbering from your new best friend ballbuster.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:48 amLaura has confirmed what has been apparent to many — the Bush family is unable to empathize with those who suffer; as mama said - they just “can’t bother their heads with bad news” - and the consequence of that is they live in oblivion, concerned only with their own selfish well-being.
February 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am“Troubles in the Middle East?” Larry asked.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:03 am“Let them eat cordite.” Laura replied.
Next time Laura is on Larry King Show she will probably say “Let the American worker-peasants eat cake.” After she does that Americans will pour into the streets and storm the Bastille-White-House to overthrow the Bush monarchy.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:07 amI’m sure the blast that killed Casey Sheehan “discouraged” his mother, Cindy. Death is “discouraging?!” Laura is as delusional as her husband.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:08 am[…] up in Afghanistan proves we were right from the start. Don’t be alarmed about that bombing or one bombing a day in Iraq. Only we know what we are doing. We will let you know when to worry. Worry about them. And […]
February 27th, 2007 at 10:09 am[…] Oh really? Check out this chart from the Brookings Institute Iraq Index with statistics for November (the latest month for which statistics are available). More information over at ThinkProgress. […]
February 27th, 2007 at 10:11 amWho gives a shit what the president’s wife thinks?
She’s nobody important.
Her opinion is worthless.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:14 amNew definition of Stability: A daily bomb.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:17 amYou keep “proving” that Iraq isn’t stable. Great, you win. Bush and the Repugs screwed it up and failed. They are now out of power as both Houses are in control of the Dems. Now that the Dems are in control, what is your plan to stablize Iraq? It simply gets more dissappointing every day seeing the Dems in control while Iraq creeps further towards Civil War. Do the Dems not have a plan or are you guys simply going to let Iraq completely go? This is your responsibility now. The American public voted you in to take care of this and you are failing. Wake up and start leading already. It is sickening watching Iraq continue to fall as our Leaders (Pelosi and Reid) do absolutely nothing.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:25 amRoger LOL > do not try to farm off the Iraq Fiasco War onto the Democrats. They still do not have the power to pull the troops out. Iraq is still Bush’s debacle quagmire.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:28 am#86
They certainly do have the power. The can completely defund the war. They can effectively stop this war anytime they want. With that said, they obviously don’t want a stop to this war.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:35 amAccording to the Marie Antoinette movie that just came out, she never said “let them eat cake”, it was a rumor. But Bushbot Laura is quite the thing since Windows Vista was released.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:46 amMrs. Bush can be expected to fudge for her husband. But why does it get so much press?
Blaming the press is a favorite tactic of the RWM, since only they get their information “right”. The fact that her husband’s DoD no longer publishes full statistics, and that those available do not support her comment, ought to bother a fact-based librarian, but presumably not a Stepford Wife.
But Mrs. Bush’s comment does seem remarkably cruel. What’s a good analogy? “Gee, they only burned a few books; there were still quite a few left on the library shelves, for anyone foolish enough to take them out.” Or, perhaps, “Not all the truck drivers we now allow to drive 24/7 fall asleep, and kill themselves and other people; a lot of them make their deliveries first.” Ad nauseum.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:48 amLondon Times story
The French are such civilized souls.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:49 amBarbara your sounding like your mother-in-law regarding Katrina when she said “Don’t cloud my beautiful mind with such things”
Why anyone asks her anything is beyond me…… She is a stepford wife!
February 27th, 2007 at 10:54 amshe says they never expected it to be over quickly?
February 27th, 2007 at 11:00 amwell how come when they announced the invasion in 2003 they said the troops would be home by christmas, 8 months max
Comment by Ernie Bodamer — February 27, 2007 @ 9:06 am
Ernie, you take the taco. Hands down. No argument there.
Basically, you said that “It’s tough, but I am going to try to control myself once more before I go crazy from continually hearing the expression ‘Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.’ ” and then continue to state that “Saddam Hussein certainly had them at one time”.
So which is it Ernie? Did he oe didn’t he have WMD? The fact is, it is NOT up to him to produce something he doesn’t have. The US accused Iraq of having something they did not have and of being connected to 9/11 (which they weren’t).
So tell me Ernie, where were those tricky weapons? Where is bin Laden?
If everyone gives our own government the pass to do what this at any time, then WE are the losers, not Iraq. Blithely assuming that everything our own government does is justified and in the best interest of the world as a whole is exactly what got us into this mess and messes such as Vietnam.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:02 amI am so mad, after reading what Laura had to say, I hope this is not out of line, will someone buy that ho a bag of pretzels or something?
February 27th, 2007 at 11:06 am“But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day this discourages everybody.”
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Excuse me?!? Iraq is a lot smaller than the United States — and if there were one bombing a day in the United States, not only would the Department of Homeland Security have their Terror Alert Status fixed permanently at Severe, we would probably be living under martial law with virtually all civil liberties suspended. In fact, in October of last year, Bush quietly included a provision into a defense budget bill which would give him permission to do just that — to overrule posse comitatus (the legal principle which prevents the military from being used for law enforcement except in cases of insurrection) for virtually any reason he deems appropriate such as a disease outbreak or terrorist attack. This provision was apparently included without even consulting state governors, nor was it opened to hearings or public debate (probably because of the outcry that would have resulted).
Here’s the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/ 2007/ 02/ 19/ opinion/ 19mon3.html?ex=1172725200&en=a8f7931c21997518&ei=5070
February 27th, 2007 at 11:07 am[…] Obviously she’s right about “most parts of Iraq” being stable, but the second part is, umh, slightly less accurate. […]
February 27th, 2007 at 11:08 amAccording to a recent report from my brother, it is simply not safe for the residents of Baghdad to leave their homes, even for a minute. Because the bombings target markets and restaurants, parents cannot even leave to get their children food without the horrible fear of being killed.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:10 amI love these guys. They frequent blogs in which their opinions are antithetical to the majority with the intent in immaturely causing turmoil while waiting for that one comment out of 100 that agrees with them. Then, utilizing their insipid character they ignore the numerous intelligently crafted comments and address any that may take the bait in their abhorrent fishing expedition through personal attacks and any ill perceived character flaws in order to make themselves feel better about their own misgivings. It is a shame that these pathetic individuals feel compelled to waste their days (assuming they have better things to do with their lives) on message boards instead of actually becoming productive members of society. Perhaps it’s an unconscious need to find those they feel are inferior to debase them and boost their severely lacking self-confidence. There’s a term for that, it’s called a bully, or maybe even terrorist.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:16 amWell, Laura since there was only one day of 9/11 I don’t see what the big fuss is, afterall most of the ocuntry issafe, most of our citizens are alive, so why does the republican party continue to use 9/11 every damned day? Using your logic Laura, there really should not be a big fuss.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amRight on Cory!
February 27th, 2007 at 11:41 amValiant,
Is your name Norwegian for b*llsh*t?
There, there, read:
Feel like a douche bag yet?
Anonymous,
Let’s go back over what I said one more tim:
That’s what the NIE on Iraq concluded just a few weeks ago.
October 2002 was not “a few weeks ago”. Check out the link I gave to Valiant, and then both of you can enjoy reading together. It’s funny that you guys don’t even read things at Think Progress thoroughly. You’re Headline Hunters, I guess.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:49 amLiar liar, can we please set her pants on fire?
/Funny? Or no?
February 27th, 2007 at 11:50 am“because you see one on tv, you get discouraged”
So if we didn’t show any and lived in ignorance like the rest of your conservative christian buddies, it’d be better?!
February 27th, 2007 at 11:55 amwhat a propagandist. If anyone has the BBC RSS in their Firefox browser would have seen this earlier today.
Bomb kills Iraqi youths in park
A car bomb has killed 18 people - most of them children - playing in a park in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, Iraqi police say.
There is no word on who carried out the attack, in the largely Sunni city.
There has been a sharp increase in attacks between Iraq’s Shia and Sunni Muslim groups over the past year.
Iraqi and US forces launched a security operation earlier this month in an attempt to stem sectarian and insurgent violence in the Baghdad area.
Elsewhere in Iraq, bomb attacks have killed at least 18 people.
Four bombings in Baghdad killed 12 people, including three US soldiers. Two of the bombings took place in the Karrada commercial area.
In the city of Mosul, a suicide bomber drove a lorry into a police station, killing six people and wounding 38 others.
Sure Laura, 1 a day. Stay off the meds mplease.
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February 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmOr, to paraphrase the Stones.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:20 pmJust a bomb away, bomb away, Heyyy, Children! It’s just a bomb away!
Ernie Bodamer:
Lets go over this one more time:
If Saddam didn’t have WMDs, he was not exactly in a position to point out where they were was he? Of course, little things like common sense don’t carry much water do they? That Saddam had them once, does not mean he still had them, and indeed if sanctions were working (The original measure taken against Iraq) then clearly while he would have had them once, chances were he didn’t still have them.
Further, as WMDs were the major consideration, along with the War on Terror, it was incumbent upon the US to prove that those two factors were, indeed, relevant. In a court of law, you do not sentence a man to the electric chair because of an outside possibility of him having done wrong - instead you try to prove your case. A war is a hell of a drastic measure to take over unproven allegations.
That Saddam didn’t want inspectors from the powers whose stated intention come the invasion they seemed extremely reluctant not to persue was to kill him, was in fact reasonable. Neutral inspectors would have served just as well - and not raised allegations of spying based on past performances.
Further, WMDs and Terrorism were the two major reasons put forward for the war - and thus far we have seen proof showing that either Bush was negligent, or a outright liar when he set out to start the Iraq war. The only links between Saddam and Osama were, that Saddam and Osama wanted each other dead.
The only WMDs after years of exhaustive searching, that the US has found were degraded and used shells along the Iraq-Iran border (Which, if taken as evidence, would damn France as well, because there are a few shells along the German border too.)
Indeed, most of the world is still trying to figure out just what the Iraq war was about - there appears to have been zero justification for it. Of course, to the rightwing, that is you guys, actually paying any attention is an anethema. That is why you guys still try to bring the UN up as an excuse, when the Kofi called the invasion a violation of the UN’s charter.
That is why you guys still try to make out as if it was some sort of war of liberation when the Iraqi constitution accepts Sharia law as being its source of all law, and that is why you guys try to make out as if it is the left that is licking bootheels when your tongue is getting calloused with all of that slobbering. Speak truth to power, and start thinking for yourselves. Stop buying the “Liberal” media cop-out. There is no liberal media, there is a conservative media because the rightwing set out to create one, but no liberal media.
In South Africa we have a firmly Leftwing political leadership. It is allied with our biggest union, and our very own Communist Party. It blames our media, and accuses it of bias whenever a story breaks about how much it has screwed up. The Nats, who didn’t believe in equality, said the same. Sound familiar?
February 27th, 2007 at 12:21 pmSo let’s pretend there IS ONLY one bombing per day and that’s it… Is she asserting that’s an acceptable benchmark for living? Somehow I don’t think a carbomb going off every day in DC would make her feel exactly comfortable.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:27 pmThis was too funny, that I had to copy it over and talk about each piece;
WMD probably were in Iraq
It’s tough, but I am going to try to control myself once more before I go crazy from continually hearing the expression “Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.â€
First, that was not the only reason, and perhaps not even the most important reason, for invading Iraq.
Oh really, because Collin Powell went before the UN to talk about all the other reasons that we were going into Iraq. Iraq’s WMD’s were the reason that my friends and I were sent into Iraq. And we knew going in that the reason was BS.
Second, Saddam Hussein certainly had them at one time, and the whole world knew that.
I hope the world knew that he had them at one time, the US sold them to him and gave him technical advice to implement the use against the Iranians.
Third, it was not up to us to find them. It was up to Hussein to show us where they were or exactly how and when he got rid of them, the same way other countries such as Libya were required by the United Nations to detail how and when they got rid of them.
But didn’t Rumsfeld know where they were?
Fourth, Hussein gave our inspectors the runaround at times during our inspections.
Holy crap you mean a foreign government dared to do to our government what any big corporation does? That’s it launch the invasion of Exxon and Shell and Chevron.
Last, Hussein could have buried them or given them to willing border countries, which, of course, he couldn’t ever have revealed.
Could have? Is a could have reason enough to invade? Man, that is a pretty low bar. You know I think the Bahamas have WMD’s, when do we invade?
South Setauket
Like I said, too funny
February 27th, 2007 at 12:35 pmOh my, that poor, poor, dear, she is just lost on those pills.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:38 pmlaura bimbo pooh doesn’t dispute that there are upwards of 185 bombings per day in Iraq. Her point is that usually only of those discourages her…the other 184 every day - bombs away!!!!
February 27th, 2007 at 12:54 pm.
Retort #2: Then why were in such a rush to execute him if he’s the only one who knows where they are all buried? Coulda made the repug’s case…
February 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pmWelcome to Laura’s f*cking fantasyland.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:59 pmHey Roger Dodger - How much more cash should we ship’em????????
February 27th, 2007 at 1:02 pmMrs. Bush is actually Edith Bunker in disguise. OH GEORGIE!
February 27th, 2007 at 1:37 pmUS’s Iraq oil grab is a done deal
US President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney might as well declare the Iraq war over and out. As far as they - and the humongous energy interests they defend - are concerned only now is the mission really accomplished. More than half a trillion dollars spent and perhaps half a million Iraqis killed have come down to this.
But there was not much to be debated. The law was in essence drafted, behind locked doors, by a US consulting firm hired by the Bush administration and then carefully retouched by Big Oil, the International Monetary Fund, former US deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz’ World Bank, and the United States Agency for International Development. It’s virtually a US law (its original language is English, not Arabic).
Scandalously, Iraqi public opinion had absolute no knowledge of it - not to mention the overwhelming majority of Parliament members. Were this to be a truly representative Iraqi government, any change to the legislation concerning the highly sensitive question of oil wealth would have to be approved by a popular referendum.
February 27th, 2007 at 1:40 pmI think Mrs.Bush has been smoking out of the same crak pipe as her Husband and Vice President have ! How much more out of reality can one poor soul be ?
February 27th, 2007 at 1:48 pmYou have to realize Mr. Bush was a fighter Pilot in Vietnam in his early years ( This man knows no fear ) He is an American Hero ! Also our Vice President tried his best to get into the Green Berets during Viet Nam but he was turned down several times because of his braveness ( Thats right Dick was just to dangerous to to be in Special Forces ) But Mr. Cheney tried : Plus we have Rush Lambaugh who would go fight for America in a heart beat but due to his health problems the Rush was rejected ! Why do you think they call him Rush ? What Laura Bush says is true and she knows whats going on ! Bush has a plan lets just stand behind our leader as we should . As smart and bright as he is we will win, How can we lose ? We love you Mr. Bush your an American Hero sir !
February 27th, 2007 at 2:08 pmBrainless twat.
February 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm[…] Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Every… […]
February 27th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWho the bigger idiot….. George or his old lady?
February 27th, 2007 at 3:08 pmyou need to show some respect Mike for Mr. and Mr. Bush or he will not only give all of Old Mexico total Amnesty he will also give South America total Amnesty in America : The People from Old Mexico are more then willing to come here and be a part of America , They don’t show their disrespect for their leaders as many of you ! That’s why I only Hire Illegal Immigrants from Old Mexico because they are for Bush and think as I Like I said show some respect Mike ; George Bush deserves it If it wasnt for Mr. Bush Bin Laden would of taking us all out long ago . Bush is fighting for our freedom and he needs respect ! Bush is the last true American Hero Cowboy !
February 27th, 2007 at 3:24 pm[…] off, little miss delusional First Lady, there are FAR MORE bombings then just one per day, as ThinkProgress happily notes for you. Not only that, but ONE BOMBING IS TOO MANY considering that YOUR HUSBAND, […]
February 27th, 2007 at 4:25 pmLaura Bush - Much Of Iraq Is Stable, Just One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody…
KING: Has the war worn you down? I mean, the public, obviously, is — more people disapprove than approve. It’s hurt the standing of the presidency. What has it done to you?
BUSH: Well, of course, it’s wearing, wearying. There’s no doubt ab…
February 27th, 2007 at 4:58 pmI think Laura Bush might be GWB in drag, are they ever in the same room at once? ;)
February 27th, 2007 at 5:24 pmLet’s see. Even if she was correct and there was only one bombing per day, that would be 365 bombings a year for going on 4 years with an average number of 20 people killed or hurt per day and that would come to 29,200 people whose lives are destroyed. Each of those people are members of families whose lives are impacted, many of whom are traumatized by the acts.
The excuse our government used to create this instable situation was ONE “bombing” that killed 3,000+ people. Enough already!
February 27th, 2007 at 6:35 pm[…] the Bush administration wheels out the President’s wife to defend the Iraq war, two stories on the conflict deserve wider coverage. […]
February 27th, 2007 at 7:57 pmLaura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’…
Tonight on Larry King Live, First Lady Laura Bush said she understands “how the American people feel†when they express frustration over Iraq, but insisted that “to leave now would be a serious mistake.†She said of Iraqis, “This is their opp…
February 27th, 2007 at 9:15 pmPaige, re: #43 & 54
I believe Cheney’s heart is titanium with some transplanted pig valves. Do you realize this puts Bush just one heartbeat away from the presidency?
In the early 2006 survey where 72% of our troops said they should be out by end of 2006——90% said Saddam was partly responsible for 9/11 !!! Imagine how they would have answered if they had known the truth?
re: 72, Ernie: “It was up to Hussein to show us where they were or exactly how and when he got rid of them”
Don’t you remember Hussein giving us the 12,000 page dossier detailing what happened to the WMD that Reagan and Rumsfeld sold him? Unbiased people agree the dossier was true. The weapons inspectors said they ran out of places to look, could find nothing, and the Bush administration could not suggest where else to look.
from whitehouse.gov January 28, 2003:
“30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents”…”25,000 liters of anthrax — enough doses to kill several million people”….”500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent”…..”materials sufficient to produce more than 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin “……”several mobile biological weapons labs”….”Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa”…..”high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production”….
This has got to be the first time in the history of the world where one nation was required to disarm for twelve years before being invaded by a country which spends 500 times as much on their military as they did.
When are the USA, Pakistan, and Israel going to be required to get rid of their WMD? That would be crazy !!!
February 27th, 2007 at 9:27 pmsend in the twins
February 27th, 2007 at 10:30 pmI see a graphic like the one above, and it makes me all the more resolute that we SHOULD be there.
Answer me this one question: today a suicide bomber drove a car into a soccer field and obliterated a bunch of Iraqi kids, and you all think we have no reason to be there?
You’re just a bunch of fucking cowards, plain and simple.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:50 pmfrom wikipedia.org: “The Army has safely stored approximately seven percent of the nation’s original chemical weapons stockpile at the Anniston, Alabama Army Depot since the early 1960s. In August 2003, the Army began disposing of these weapons at the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Since then, it has destroyed by incineration all 437 tons (397 metric tons) of GB (sarin). As of July 2006, there were 1,817 tons (1,648 metric tons) of other agents remaining at the Depot. This stockpile was split 46%/54% between mustard gas and VX nerve agent. On July 23, 2006, destruction of the base’s stockpile of VX was begun. By January, 2006, 131 tons (119 metric tons) of VX had been destroyed. Operations since 2003 have destroyed 25% of the depot’s total stockpile.”
So, all of these thousands of tons were only 7% of our chemical WMD—not to mention our biological and many thousands of nuclear. The testing of these have probably killed thousands of our own people. Someone regime change us.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pmNot Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, is she?! Shame, that.
February 28th, 2007 at 12:40 amIf you don’t like Mrs. Bush and her Husband go live in China ! I will be more then happy to buy a few of you Anti War 60s throw back Hippies a one way plane ticket ! Does that sound Groovy ? Can you Dig it ? And is that far out enough ?
February 28th, 2007 at 12:47 amIf you don’t like Mrs. Bush and her Husband go live in China ! I will be more then happy to buy a few of you Anti War 60s throw back Hippies a one way plane ticket ! Does that sound Groovy ? Can you Dig it ? And is that far out enough ?
Comment by Roger — February 28, 2007 @ 12:47 am
Is that what you told Rush Limbaugh for his attacks on First Lady Hillary Clinton, President and ex-President Bill Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton for the past fifteen years solid? Did you tell him that you’d buy him a one-way ticket to China for being so unpatriotic?
I also remember the years First Lady Roslyn Carter, President and ex-President Carter, little Amy, Mother Lillian, and brother Billy were attacked constantly by conservatives. Did you tell them to get out of the country or are you just an enormous hypocrite?
Noone on this site says the US should be more like China. It’s all in your mind. It is not happening in the real world.
A study did say that the USA was #1 in the world in standard of living at the end of Carter, but had fallen to #16 after twelve years of Reagan and GHW Bush. The 15 nations that passed the USA were all obviously to the left of the USA: (I forget the correct order) Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Taiwan, Austria, etc. The study considered not just income, but also availability of healthcare and education, public education, retirement pension, etc.
The ones opposing the Vietnam War were the true patriots because the war was harmful to the US and the Vietnamese had no intention of harming the US. The ones opposing Operation Iraqi Liberation are the true patriots because the war is harmful to US security and Iraq was no threat to the US before (it may be now, thanks to you war mongers).
February 28th, 2007 at 3:18 amI meant “education, public transportation”
February 28th, 2007 at 3:27 amSmall point you may have missed, dear:
One bombing a day doesn’t just discourage people…
it KILLS THEM.
February 28th, 2007 at 5:33 am“Is it going to be fast? No. we never expected it to be fast.”
What about the flower petals and candy, the slam dunkining no brainer that was to be whe “Mission Accomplished”?
What’s that smell?
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