Bush: Success In Iraq ‘Is More Than A Military Mission, Precisely Why I Sent More Troops’
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Bush: Success In Iraq ‘Is More Than A Military Mission, Precisely Why I Sent More Troops’
President Bush during his Rose Garden press conference today:
The solution to Iraq — an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself — is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad.
Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/04/bushprecisely.320.240.flv]
Now it makes complete sense.
Bush later argued that sending more U.S. troops provides “some breathing space for this democratically elected government to succeed.” This from the man who said in 2005:
Sending more Americans would undermine our strategy of encouraging Iraqis to take the lead in this fight. And sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever, when we are, in fact, working for the day when Iraq can defend itself and we can leave.
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Flip-flopper.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:51 pmDubya Wrote:
Hey guys,
I know you think I am dumb, but as people in this world are not dying fast enough to combat population explosion, I am forced to abuse my strengthening authoritarian powers to control these expanding baby makers. It seems that my gamma ray creating tsunami and killing spree in Iraq just ain’t doing the job. My new strategy was thought up after reading Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal. Obviously the naïve Swift cannot understand the speed at which we must combat this terror; I will try and talk with him in the coming weeks about this. Folks, time is of the essence to off another few million people, since the scandals of my administration and the upcomming evidence on the truth of 9/11 (note to self – tell Bill O to take care of Rosie) are starting to cause people to question (as if they have the right) my decisions (I AM THE DECIDER DAMMIT). By executive order, I am hereby escalating my PNAC and AEI funded apocalyptic plan (CFR is so jealous). Although there will always be a few hiccups like the date, time, and place of my initiating “Operation: Kill All The Unnecessary People.†Another hiccup is that my current Black-Ops operative and ex-FBI henchman who was supposed to plant numerous false flag explosions throughout Iran being missing for a few weeks. Can’t someone Black Bury him, or use the Google and the internets? Hey Iranians, could you please help us find him?
Well anyway, my 5 step plan to kick off this expedited plan is called “Operation: Look How Stupid The American People Are.†Over here at disinformation central, we just love naming plans, preplans, post-plans, hit-strategies, etc.
I will give you the 5 main components of the plan:
1) Leak a completely fabricated story (we pulled this one right out of Cheney’s ass) to my illuminati buds at Disney to circulate via their MK-Ultra sponsored subsidiary ABC.
2) Schedule a fake press conference three days before dropping bombs on Tehran. Note to self: Remember to make sure to call on the CIA plants in the press, remember not to allow any unscripted questions or my brain might explode with all the bull shit in it.
3) Make sure the reporter that has the “key question.†You know the one about easily refuted Iran nukes! Make sure that she has completed her state sanctioned mind control treatments, knows that we can ruin her in a second, and is so tied to me that she cannot think of diverting the plan.
4) Answer the question in a way that can easily justify bombing dozens of cities and millions of people for no reason. Now that we have sanctioned pre-emptive wars, this should be a no brainer. Those morons at the Congress are busy dealing with my Iran escalation (they are so dumb they think it is to secure Baghdad — jokes on you Pelosi!)
5) Tell Blair to mention some BS about crucial 48 hours to Iran. Hey Blairo-you better stick to the script like a good monkey!!!
Well there you have it folks. I just hope that this educational lesson will allow me to do my job as Milky Way Deity and “Decider of Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die.†Please stop bugging me so that I can get on with our Final Solution. I want to get back to playing “The World’s Most Dangerous Game†with shotgun wielding Dick. I mean really, can’t you see I am doing the people’s business?
Comment by Dubya — April 3, 2007 @ 11:37 am
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:52 pmFLIP……………FLOP…….. THUD.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 pmSeriously, you have to love this idiot.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 pm.
Duhhbya is so pathetic when his receiver’s on the fritz or the batteries run down.
.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:53 pmThis guy has lost it.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:54 pmCompletely!
dumb dah da dah dumb
“But nobody told me what I thought about this before I started thinking this about this.”
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:56 pmThe solution to Iraq — an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself — is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad. — George “Dumbya” Bush
This guy is the stupidest f*cking moron to ever be elected to any office.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 pmI’m almost suprised he didn’t say
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:57 pm“The Constitution purpose of Congress is to create and approve the money for the Occupation of Iraq – which they have done – that’s why it’s their fault I’m going to veto it.”
Check this story out: $8 billion lost in Iraq due to corruption.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:00 pmDon’t you think that if they could govern safely that they would be able to govern themselves? If Baghdad was safer, the representatives would show up to run the government. Make it viable and safe so the bad guys can’t come in after we are gone and take over.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm“working for the day when Iraq can defend itself and we can leave.”
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:02 pmWill NEVER happen and everyone knows this. Corporations will never leave their investments, future profits and control of these lands. The taxpayer was fooled into footing the working capital for this current and future Corporate pot o’ gold and that can’t happen twice.$$$$$$$$$$$
#8. When was he elected? I dont remember that ever happening…at least legally.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:03 pmThe sooner the republicans wake up and reject the failed policies of this administration the sooner they will be able to rebuild their party. The longer the sham is pushed, the longer it will take for the republicans to recover. Forget about 2008, we’re talking 2020.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pmIs it just about hateing Bush?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:06 pmWell, someone on his staff must have been pretty bright to steal two elections they way they did.
Since when does the Emperor Decider have to seem intelligent? Amerikans have TV, and Rush/Hannity/Coulter and movies to keep them entertained and distracted.
If this were any other nation on the planet, people would have cried “BULLS**T!” and stormed the gates to remove this b*st*ard.
ITMFA now!
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:07 pmW is for sending more troops…before he was against it.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:08 pmSeriously…..does anyone recall the scene in Dr. Zivago where the red faced fat Russian General is pulled off of his horse by and into a crowd of peasants trudging in the opposite direction accross the tundra? Bush is this fat General. All we need is the tipping point where the facad completely crumbles. He’s a fake and a criminal. Are we almost there folks?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:09 pmHuh??
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:10 pmCheck this story out; $8 billion lost in Iraq due to waste and corruption.
http://economicdespair.blogspot.com
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm#8. When was he elected? I dont remember that ever happening…at least legally.
Comment by Ben Dover
Half of the American voters voted for this idiot TWICE. That has to speak volumes for the braindead IQ level of half this country.
I have lost faith in the American populus in having any interest past the next big Bimbo story on the newz. Half of the voters are stupid sheep.
Oh, Britiny is on the Newz, somthing about shaving something other than her head this time, have to go…. Duh!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 pmKevin, it’s not about hating Bush — the hatred comes from his failed policies, and the continuation of them even when 2/3 want him to change.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 pmBush: Success in Iraq is more than a military mission, it’s a chance to salvage my disgraceful Presidency in them there history…you know.. book thingys. You know… those thingys with all them words in em’, he he.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:14 pmKevin, don’t you think the Iraqi people deserve the chance to run their own country after we came in and disassembled it?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:15 pmKevin,
Whats not to hate?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:15 pmIs it just about hateing Bush?
Comment by Kevin
Please list Bush’s redeaming qualities, dimwit.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pm#15…please re-read the story and try to stay on topic. I know that’s a challenge for you but please try. Thank you.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pmLiberals don’t want us to stay in Iraq forever just because they hate Bush.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pmKevin, please give up the “Bush-hater” routine here. Read what the man said. Absorb the irony of it and then come away thinking that this guy has a plan that makes sense. I dare you.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 pmWhat’s wrong with staying in Iraq forever? How else do we get their oil huh liberals?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:18 pm#15, there’s no “e” in hating. Or did you win the George W. Bush National Spelling Bee?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:19 pmNope, it is about Bush breaking the law and us upholding the laws of the United States of America as patriotic Americans.
Is it just about hating liberals?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:19 pmLiberals don’t want us to stay in Iraq forever just because they hate Bush.
Comment by Patrick1 — April 3, 2007 @ 1:16 pm
We’d love you to stay in Iraq forever. When are you signing up?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:20 pmKevin and Patrick1…please take your Ritalin, re-read the story, and try to stay on topic. I know that’s a challenge for you but please try. Thank you.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pmFLIP FLOP
FLIP FLOP
FLIP FLOP
FLIP FLOP
FLIP FLOP
NO, IT’S NOT John McPAIN, IT’S CHIMPya W. Bush, HE CAUGHT THE FLIP-FLOP DISEASE FROM McPAIN VIA HIS RECTUM!!!!!
SAY, BY THE WAY, IN THE PICTURE ACCOMPANYING THIS POST, CHIMPya DOESN’T LOOK AT ALL WELL—AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE LOOKS POSITIVELY GHASTLY, LIKE SHIT-DEATH WARMED OVER—A WALKING CORPSE—-A RAGGLED ZOMBIE—-BETTER STOP THOSE EXHAUSTING NIGHT SESSIONS WITH Gannon/Guckert and Rove, MONKEY-BOY, THEY’RE STARTING TO TAKE THEIR TOLL ON YOUR AIDS-RATTLED CARCASE—-AW, CHIMPy. NOT FEELING WELL, HMMMMMMM? GOOD FOR YOU, YOU KNEW THE JOB WAS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU TOOK IT, RIGHT? YA GOTTA TAKE THE THORNS WITH THEM ROSES, YOU CLOD!!!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pm#21. 500,000 more people voted for Al in 2000 than for the Chimp. Plus its been shown after the fact that Al won Florida. Thus, Gore won in 2000. Then in Ohio with its myriad problems with vote fraud, where some precincts had 175 % voter turn out (and every one of those precincts with > 100 percent voter turn out went for Bush – as reported by Randi Rhodes) Kerry would won that election in the electoral college had the vote not been manipulated. Thus, I repeat, when did Bush win twice – at least legally?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pmI caught the same quote when watching the speech live. I’ve never felt such a mixture of hilarity, confusion, depression, and apathy.
~Sean
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:21 pmWhat’s wrong with staying in Iraq forever? How else do we get their oil huh liberals?
Comment by Kevin
Talk about stupid f*cking morons…..
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:22 pmI think that patrick dumbass is posting under more than one name.
Pat,
That sentence is so poorly constructed I can’t begin to imagine what point you were trying to make.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:22 pmYou can certainly tell that its after 12:00 noon on the east coast. The right wing whack jobs are here spewing talking points from Rush’s mid-day show.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:23 pmR-E-T-A-R-D-E-D
He is retarded. What a loser.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:23 pmDon’t tell me Chimpy, has not been hitting the bottle, again.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 pmWe don’t want to stay because it was an illegal war and is an illegal occupation. Bush is just the person keeping us there. If it was Newt, Lott, DeLay, McCain or any other republican or democratic president keeping us in Iraq illegally, we would still want our friends and family back home out of harms way. Idiot.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 pmTake a look, trolls: this is your president, and he is a pathetic imbecile.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 pmBye bye, Republicans, we hardly knew ye.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:26 pmYou buy it.
Better yet, the federal government funds Los Alamos to come up with a new fuel alternative. Start mass producing Hydrogen cars. Make it mandatory that all vehicles are Hybrids. Ban SUVs in the city.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:27 pm#42. “Again”? When did he stop?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:27 pmIs it just about hateing Bush?
Comment by Kevin
Since the line was drawn at “You’re either with us or against us”, then I guess it is about hating Bush. Next question, …but could it wait until the troops are brought home?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 pmKevin: Is it just about hateing Bush? – - No, it’s about hating an incompetent, reckless, overly-stubborn ideologue president, no matter what party he’s from.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 pmI heard that. If I hadn’t been driving on the freeway, my head would have spun around.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:29 pmYes, it is about hating Bush. I hate every effin’ thing about this man and his ‘effin regime.
Ben Dover,
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:32 pmI stand corrected. You are right : when did Chimpy stop sipping at the sauce.
Also…
Does anyone else feel like he’s holding the troops “hostage”? Maybe I’m exaggerating. But it feels like he’s saying, “Do what I tell you to do, or the troops die.”
~Sean
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:32 pmA cult member dedicated to his dear leader stomps his feet and cries to the heavens: “Is it just about hating Bush?”
Yes, Kevin. Since, for you, it’s all about Bush, then by all means any criticism of Bush is all that you see and you tend to view that criticism as “hatred.”
There is hope for you, Kevin. Deprogrammers are standing by for an intervention.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:37 pmTwo problems. First, if he’s trying to help the ‘democratically’ elected government of Iraq, why do they pay no attention to what this elected Iraqi government wants. The Americans overrule the Iraq leadership constantly. And the scandal breaking in Britain is that the seizure of their 15 Royal Navy personnel is directly related to a half-baked American scheme to seize two Iranian officials on a legitimate visit to meet with Iraqi officials. Talk about castrating this ‘democratically’ elected government.
Secondly, Bush spoke of not liking politicians trying to tell generals how to run a war. News flash: Bush is a politician and his job IS to tell the generals how to run this war –he’s just not doing a very good job of it. Indeed, the Founding Fathers, suspicious of standing armies and military dictatorships, specifically put the armed forces under civilian command. Bush, however, is neither taking the advice of his commanders in the field or the civilian members of Congress; he’s waging some bizarre war of wishful thinking.
News Flash: Kissinger, that old devil, says the war in Iraq is LOST. NATO commanders say the war in Afghanistan is LOST. Does the President want to try for Strike Three?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:38 pmBTW: TP, excellent job on the stop frame for the video. He is literally a chimp.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:38 pmHe’s named after shrubbery, and even dumber.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:39 pm14 – hellinabucket
After attending a family reunion, all of which appeared to be republican this past week end – I have come to this conclusion:
Republicans are aware of the real picture and are OK with it just so:
1. They can keep their money
2. They can keep health care the way it is – who cares about the 47 million uninsured attitude, if we went universal THEIR health care would be affected
3. War in Iraq: It doesn’t affect us and Bush is doing what he has to do.
These people live in gated communities, isolated from the common folks and really don’t care about the problems of others as long as their life is not affected.
WE need to wake up and face reality to this selfishness and get the population, like never before, out to vote in ‘08.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pmSometimes I wonder if this was a plot to blame the Dems. Also, I wouldn’t put it past this president to hurt/kill our own troops, to make the current Congress look responsible — and to get Congress to allow more money. Sorry, Chimpy this war is on your watch
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:41 pmLadies and gentlemen: a Christian.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:46 pmCan ANYONE watch this Sockpuppet and not find him embarrassing and despicable? Maybe just the 29%ers still watching Faux NoNooz.
Trolls…. have you figured ANY of this out yet??????
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:48 pmYA-DA, YA-DA, YA-DA….MORE BUSH LIES AND BS. THIS TIME NO ONE IS EVEN LISTENING OR CARING WHAT THIS VILLAGE HEIR IDIOT SAYS.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:49 pmKay – I think the smart money is on the most outrageous. When in his gilded lifetime has the Chimp ever been held responsible for anything he has done? Making moves to blame the Democrats is only a logical step in the progression of Rove’s tactics. Whatever KKKarl says, the Chimp parrots. I think now only a neanderthal doesn’t accept that Bush wanted ‘regime change” in Iraqnam so he could get the oil for his buddies. That being the case, I’m convinced he will do anything and say anything to get everything he wants. And if blaming Democrats for his failures will get him there more quickly, he’ll certainly do that.
I really hope that the christian concept of hell actually exists so the Chimp can roast for eternity for what he’s done.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:49 pmLike watching the Mafioso in action! The sneering, jeering, bullying Bush is at his “all time worst” – an abysmal failure as a man and as a president, embarrassment to this country, and more of a ‘lame duck’ with each passing day. Perhaps he should be called a “lame wolf” instead, though, since he clearly IS the quintessential wolf in sheep’s clothing.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 pmyes, just like Harry Reid said in December of 2006 that he was for a troop surge in Iraq, but said he was against it after Bush said he wanted a troop surge.
Please, politicians playing their political game.
thinkprogress.org, you are only fooling the ill-informed, the uneducated and the super partisan hacks that can’t see beyond Democrats vs. Republicans.
and…
we’ve stayed in the Korean Peninsula, we’ve stayed in Europe.
I take it you liberals don’t want us to stay in Iraq because you guys are racist and hate the Iraqis, right?
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:53 pmWOW-This guty is more confused than a birth control pill in a man..
The solution to Iraq — an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself — is more than a military mission. Precisely the reason why I sent more troops into Baghdad.
It makes my head hurt just trying to figure out how many things are wrong with that comment…
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 pm[...] your president, America: The solution to Iraq — an Iraq that can govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself — is [...]
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:59 pmImpeach this dictator now – before he does any more damage to this already-sinking democracy.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:01 pmCK-no need for name calling-of course we are going to have to leave SOME troops in Iraq. Since YOUR president f**ked it up SO BADLY.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:04 pmThe term ‘LIBERAL’ does NOT-I REPEAT-does not men ‘anti-war tree huggin hippie’ like you keep trying to lie about. It just means that, unlike you and your ilk, we liberals actually give a darn about equality, poverty, and hunger..
Captain Kirk – with all due respect, Iraq was an illegal occupation of a sovereign nation based on lies and fabricated intel. We have absolutely no business in the Iraqi Civil War which, BTW, has been going on for decades – that’s why. We’d be better served by taking these troops and this outrageously amoral amount of money (national debt) and securing our own borders if we really care about “security”. It was a failure and a horrendous mistake from the outset and will continue to an abysmal failure and will tank this country economically before it’s over. The depression is coming….and sooner than later…
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:04 pm#65 His logic is like the old saying: Figting a war for peace is like phucking for virginity…….. you can keep trying but the results will never change!
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:05 pmCK:by the way, are Drudge, HAnnity, and O’Reilly your beacons of truth and enlightenment? If so, I feel sorry for you. Iwatch FOX,CNN,MSNBC,CSPAN 1,2, and 3, and check approximately 10-15 websites a day. Does FOX give you all you need?
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:06 pmMan, I just watched this clip here at work and a thought occurred to me, George W. Bush is like an evil version of the Governor on Benson.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:06 pmdeliberate misrepresentations, misleading information and obstruction of justice – the hallmarks of this dictatorial presidency.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:07 pmFrom Comment #2, here is a more serious view of the plan:
5 step plan to invade Iran:
1) Leak a purely hypothetical story to ABC:
Exclusive: Iran Nuclear Bomb Could Be Possible by 2009
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/04/exclusive_iran_.html
2) Schedule a press conference:
Bush will hold a Rose Garden press conference
Today at 10 am to slam Congress’ efforts to push a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. CNN’s White House correspondent Elaine Quijano reports:
President Bush is showing no signs of blinking in his opposition to any kind of timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals in Iraq. And essentially, Soledad, that’s the message we expect to hear once more from the President today when he delivers remarks in the Rose Garden.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/03/bush-will-hold-a-rose-garden-press-conference/
3) Plant a question that refers to the ABC article:
Martha.
Q Back to Iran, sir. ABC has been reporting that Iran will be capable of building a nuclear bomb within two years. Have you seen evidence that Iran is accelerating its nuclear program?
THE PRESIDENT: I haven’t seen the report that you just referred to. I do share concerns about Iranian intention to have a nuclear weapon. I firmly believe that if Iran were to have a nuclear weapon, it would be a seriously destabilizing influence in the Middle East. And therefore, we have worked to build a international coalition to try to convince the Iranians to give up their weapon, to make it clear that they have choices to make — whether the choice be isolation, or missed opportunity to grow their economies. And so we take your — we take the
– we take seriously the attempts of the Iranians to gain a nuclear weapon.
Q Have you seen an acceleration, though?
THE PRESIDENT: I’m not going to talk about any intelligence that I’ve seen one way or the other. But I do want you to know how seriously we take the Iranian nuclear issue. As a matter of fact, it is the cornerstone of our Iranian policy. It is — and that’s why we spend a lot of time in working with friends, allies, concerned people to rally international support, to make it clear to the Iranian people that there is a better option for them.
Now, we have no problem, no beef with the Iranian people. We value their history; we value their traditions. But their government is making some choices that will continue to isolate them and deprive them of a better economic future. So we take the issue very seriously.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070403.html
4) Tell Blair to mention something about the next crucial 48 hours:
Blair: We’ve 48 hours to save sailors
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23391211-details/Blair%3A+We‘ve+48+hours+to+save+sailors/article.do
5) Link the Blair article to the front page of the DrudgeReport:
Http://www.drudgereport.com
Mission Accomplished!
Good documentary about how these coincidental items were already used for Iraq:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3320922145165829917&q=hijacking+catastrophe
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:07 pmCaptain Kirk: “we’ve stayed in Europe.”
Two questions for James Tiberius Kirk:
1. How many Americans have been killed in the European insurgency?
2. In Korea, American soldiers can tell the enemy by the uniform he wears. How is that accomplished in Iraq?
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:09 pmBritneys bush was shaved way before her head was. Get the fax straight man.
Better to have no Bush on Brit than any Bush in the WH.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:10 pmveritas: not to mention ANY troll on this site…
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:10 pmI posted this in the other thread but it seems that this is now the current Bush thread. Sorry but we are never leaving the Middle East. People don’t build things like this…
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:11 pmhttp://images.usatoday.com/ news/ _photos/ 2006/ 04/ 19/ embassy1-large.jpg
when they are simply going to pack up and go home when they are done.
The slip made using DEMOCRAT vs. DEMOCRATIC was on purpose by the way. To win a battle it is always advantageous to divide the people. The longer the Republicans squabble with the Democrats the better chance for the MILITARY to capture the resources from both Iraq and Iran. Make no mistake that the whole Dems vs. Repubs thing is just a show made to kill time and prevent a REVOLT and possible CIVIL WAR here in the USA…
We will NEVER PULL OUT OF IRAQ and we WILL EXPAND INTO IRAN.
I saw a story about a Chimp playing Pac Man, and I thought of GWB.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:12 pmGive the Prez a break. He makes all this up as he goes along and no one could remember all the lies without a transcript.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:13 pmCaptain Kirk.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:16 pmRead “The Sorrows of Empire” by Chalmers Johnson,
then get back to us on the subject of US troops in Europe and Asia………..
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April 3rd, 2007 at 2:20 pmImpeach this dictator now – before he does any more damage to this already-sinking democracy.
Comment by veritas — April 3, 2007 @ 2:01
You cannot ‘IMPEACH’ a dictator. There is only one way to get rid of one of those. The idea that he could be impeached rather than REMOVED by force implies that he is not a dictator at all. Maybe you forgot that it was CONGRESS that gave Bush war powers? For every finger you point there are four pointed back at you. And so it works this way for congress too. This is why they don’t IMPEACH him. They realize that if we don’t get the resources the Chinese will! We are possibly looking at a CIVIL WAR in the US.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:22 pmSaywho: “We are possibly looking at a CIVIL WAR in the US.”
Actually, I think we’re looking at a super majority for Dems in the Senate, a 50-seat majority in the House and a Dem in the Whitehouse.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:36 pmComment by Bluedog49 — April 3, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:46 pmYes you are, and if that transpires what happens then? This majority you speak of will run out of money as the nation runs out of cheap energy. So then we will see REVOLT.
Saywho, I may be a fool, but I think that if Dems have the power, you’ll see a major commitment to lessen our dependence on foreign oil with new initiatives for conservation and renewable energy. The main reason I think this is that Dems owe absolutely NOTHING to the oil industry.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:55 pmI take it you liberals don’t want us to stay in Iraq because you guys are racist and hate the Iraqis, right?
Comment by Captain Kirk — April 3, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
Captain Conservative:
Affirmative action for American blacks: bad!
Affirmative action for Iraqis: good!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:18 pmComment by Bluedog49 — April 3, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
Bluedog49,
Don’t get me wrong I’m not happy about any of this. The poor of the US will be better off than the wealthy. The wealthy want to have their cake and eat it too. Here are the facts that I know…
Peak Oil =
1) http://www.youtube.com/v/4fo3sxhBylw
2) http://www.youtube.com/v/BZffwRfrmOY
Peak Coal =
1) http://www.theoildrum.com/files/possiblecoalproduction.gif
You mention a democratic congress creating initiates to expand on alternative fuel supplies. All too often I refer to energy and fuel as one in the same but our issue is Cheap Fuel and Abundant Fuel. The alternatives all rely on the big three Oil, Coal & NG and you must remember that the EROEI of alternatives is critical.
The economy of the US is based on OIL at this point. Nuclear (if made safe) would peak as well and leave us with an eternity of dangerous waste. Nuclear requires mining, transport, construction, etc.
Solar requires mines, precious metals and energy to manufacture all of that. When viewed according to energy returned on energy invested our US economy has gone negative and thus the Iraq invasion.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 pmoh you poor partisan hacks….
Has anyone of you ever thought that the Korean war was actually a freaking civil war? hmmmm….
so why did a Democrat and the United Nations get us involved in this? why?
Were the communist in Korea invading other nations, where they? NO!!!
They were taking over non-communist Korea, and the two Koreas were going at it….the Chinese came in and helped the North, just like Iran is helping the terrorists.
so….why is it ok for the US to go into Korea to get involved in a civil war, to keep troops there, but not ok for us to do the same in Iraq?
why do you liberal partisan hacks hate Iraqis so much? why do you guys hate them just because they are Iraqis?
If we are going to condemn this war, make sure you condemn Harry Truman and our involvment in Korea and the fact that all Presidents since Truman have added or kept our troops there.
I mean aren’t you liberals against racism? what is good for the Koreans is good for the Iraqis, right? or no?
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:07 pmI detest that fake smile of his!! He probably just said something really stupid and unbelievable. He always uses that fake smile when he says something particularly obnoxious.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:08 pmbarfly,
when have I ever said that Affermative Action for anyone is good or bad?
you poor partisan hacks, so desperate to paint everyone with a broad brush, so desperate to stereotype those you disagree with that you make, uneducated, silly, ill-informed statements.
you have ZERO clue to what my stand of Affermative Action is. I would suggest that you don’t make an idiot of yourself by trying to guess.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:09 pmBush a dictator?
you poor extreme left wing wackos. Even my liberal friends admit that you guys harm liberal causes more than you help.
As I have always said, if on January 2009 Bush doesn’t step down from power, I will join you all in calling him a dictator, until then you extreme left wing wackos are just a bunch of hateful looney tunes.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:11 pmComment by Captain Kirk — April 3, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:17 pmBefore Times = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
WWI = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
WWII = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Korea = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
VietNam = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Assorted Other = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Gluf I = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Gilf II = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Comment by Captain Kirk — April 3, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:23 pmBefore Times = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
WWI = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
WWII = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Korea = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
VietNam = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Assorted Other = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Gulf I = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
Gulf II = Resources (Oil, passage, mines, ore)
So Kirk,
Bush is one step away from being a dictator in your eyes, you just said it.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:26 pmForTruth,
if that is how you decided to read my post, by all means believe what you will.
Once again, when Bush doesn’t step down from power on Jan. 2009 I will join the looney tunes of the left and call Bush a dictator, until then you looney tunes keep on making crazy conjectures.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:31 pmCaptain Kirk:
why is it ok for the US to go into Korea to get involved in a civil war, to keep troops there, but not ok for us to do the same in Iraq?
Why don’t you ask Bush since he is the one who said that it would be a bad idea to get involved in an Iraqi Civil War and that we would definitely not have a permanent military presence in Iraq.
When did you finally start admitting that this is a Civil War?
But to answer your question, I would suggest that its because we were invited by the South Koreans, but I don’t particularly remember being invited into Iraq by anyone other than Chalabi. That con-man wasn’t even living there at the time and used us to gain the power which he still currently holds in Iraq even after being exposed as a fraud.
The Iraqis want us out by a strong majority and their Government wants a date for our withdrawl. If you love the Iraqis and respect Democracy as much as you pretend to, then you would listen and agree that we should leave.
Why do you prefer to leave our troops exposed as targets and creating enemies in Iraq instead of in a state of preparedness to defend against an actual threat to our security?
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 pmWhat a poltroon.
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 pmSorry, Captain, the Korean situation was not a civil war so your silly little revelation that objection to the war in Iraq is “racist” is just stupid. Besides, I don’t know if you ever noticed this, but Koreans are “people of color” as well.
Here’s a suggestion for all of you trolls: look for the simplest explanation for things first. Possibly, the reason people are against the war in Iraq is because it was a huge blunder built on lies and fabrications. Maybe we don’t agree with the policy because it’s not working.
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:27 pmOne word: Liar
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:53 pmMr Bush sure makes Yale look bad.
I thought it was supposed to be one of America’s finest universities.
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:54 pmThe latest upsurge in solar cells is based on organic polymers that replicate the chlorophyll photosynthesis process and convert CO2 and H2O to methane, oxygen and electrical energy cheaply. They can also produce sugars instead of methane, but that would create a backlash in the sugar industry, frees fewer oxygen molecules per unit reaction and requires a liquid circulation system to remove the sugar byproducts.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:12 pmWho controls the World BANK? The architect of the IRAQ invasion.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 pmhttp://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy?printable=true
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/09/070409fa_fact_cassidy?printable=true
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 pmBush is high on Friedmans.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:47 pmWhen covering a Bush press conference, the media should broadcast on delay.
That way when a new idiotic Bushism occurs, it can be dubbed over Pippy Longstocking style or just BLEEEEPed to spare the thinking world from this level of inanity.
I guess if his strategy was to win a foot race, he’d send in the legless as well.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:38 pmIn that freeze-frame, Bush has his ’splainin’ face on. “Lemme ’splain somethin’ to ya ’bout this mission…”
April 4th, 2007 at 10:49 am[...] President, in 2005: “Sending more Americans would undermine our strategy of encouraging Iraqis to take the lead [...]
April 5th, 2007 at 5:55 amBush isn’t the one that has lost it, the American people have.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pm