Comments on: Riza Was a Key ‘Influence’ Who Helped ‘Reinforce Wolfowitz’s Resolve’ On Iraq Invasion http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:09:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anakin Wolfowitz http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3817853 Anakin Wolfowitz Wed, 23 May 2007 15:51:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3817853 <strong>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!</strong> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Fred http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3811164 Fred Fri, 18 May 2007 20:20:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3811164 This article gives my belief that the State Department of th USA should disbanded. Start at the very top and fire everone that works there. What a mess? Where is our oversight committee? This article gives my belief that the State Department of th USA should disbanded. Start at the very top and fire everone that works there. What a mess? Where is our oversight committee?

]]> By: Sally Hemmings http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3777857 Sally Hemmings Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:56:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3777857 I wonder if Strom Thurmond's black mistress believed in segregation... I wonder if Strom Thurmond’s black mistress believed in segregation…

]]> By: golfgirl http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3761495 golfgirl Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:51:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3761495 She was "...an expert on the process of democracy.” ...presumably she was also an expert on the process of performing fellatio. Why can't I ever find a boss/boyfriend like Wolfie? I deserve a raise. She was “…an expert on the process of democracy.”

…presumably she was also an expert on the process of performing fellatio.

Why can’t I ever find a boss/boyfriend like Wolfie? I deserve a raise.

]]> By: joshdestardi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3755026 joshdestardi Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:35:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3755026 paul wolfowitz was a direct student of leo strauss...the guy who believe it's ok to lie to the little people to serve the country's "best interest." he and extremist muslims have something in common...they both believe "liberalism will be the downfall of society." paul wolfowitz was a direct student of leo strauss…the guy who believe it’s ok to lie to the little people to serve the country’s “best interest.”

he and extremist muslims have something in common…they both believe “liberalism will be the downfall of society.”

]]> By: The Unknown Democrat http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3754976 The Unknown Democrat Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:58:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3754976 Way to go Pauly, I'd like to get my wife any job she wants and a pay raise too. Why can't I do that? Oh, because I'm not some over paid, under worked A hole who hasn't got a clue what I'm doing. Being a former neo con doesn't hurt either. This guy is about as honest as a used car saleman who's got a crack habit and owes money to a mob bookie. Way to go Pauly, I’d like to get my wife any job she wants and a pay raise too. Why can’t I do that? Oh, because I’m not some over paid, under worked A hole who hasn’t got a clue what I’m doing. Being a former neo con doesn’t hurt either. This guy is about as honest as a used car saleman who’s got a crack habit and owes money to a mob bookie.

]]> By: I.B. Leary http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3754748 I.B. Leary Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:50:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3754748 This story gets weirder and weirder, I think she may be a secret agent This story gets weirder and weirder, I think she may be a secret agent

]]> By: snookered http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3754393 snookered Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:58:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3754393 Can't wait for someone to expose exactly what she does at the State Dept. Where is the office, what are the phone numbers, what does she do for that handsome tax free salary? Can’t wait for someone to expose exactly what she does at the State Dept. Where is the office, what are the phone numbers, what does she do for that handsome tax free salary?

]]> By: Santa Monica Jeremy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3754391 Santa Monica Jeremy Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:58:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3754391 Wolfowitz was attempting to push the World Bank into making huge loans for Iraq reconstruction, in violation of World Bank policies. I've got <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/17/44311/5032" rel="nofollow">a post on this up at DailyKos</a>... more details there. Wolfowitz was attempting to push the World Bank into making huge loans for Iraq reconstruction, in violation of World Bank policies.

I’ve got a post on this up at DailyKos… more details there.

]]> By: margaret http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3754121 margaret Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:33:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3754121 With all due respect Steve Jung - this thread is about her INFLUENCE re: the Iraq disaster. With all due respect Steve Jung – this thread is about her INFLUENCE re: the Iraq disaster.

]]> By: Steve Jung http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3754112 Steve Jung Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:24:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3754112 Dear Amanda, I dislike Wolfowitz as much as the next person, and recent revelations about his lies about not using the World Bank to undermine support for family planning ought to be grounds for his removal, but it appears from World Bank documents that he and the World Bank went to a lot of trouble including following recommendations of their ethics committee to try to handle his woman friend's situation in a fair and above board manner. This ought to be clarified. Even dirtbags deserve an aopology when warranted. Steve Jung Dear Amanda,

I dislike Wolfowitz as much as the next person, and recent revelations about his lies about not using the World Bank to undermine support for family planning ought to be grounds for his removal, but it appears from World Bank documents that he and the World Bank went to a lot of trouble including following recommendations of their ethics committee to try to handle his woman friend’s situation in a fair and above board manner. This ought to be clarified. Even dirtbags deserve an aopology when warranted.

Steve Jung

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753996 ForTruth Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:36:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753996 If Wolfie was attractive like Bubba, and Riza was somewhat female looking, we might have a news story. Just sayin' If Wolfie was attractive like Bubba, and Riza was somewhat female looking, we might have a news story. Just sayin’

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753995 ForTruth Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:35:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753995 I would ignore Elizabeth. Folks you are just going to waste time bringing this person up to speed. And all the while you were distracted from the mission. Who knows if this person can even be brought up to speed. I also don't trust it. For all I know this person has been around before under a different name. I am beginning to think there are only a handful of trolls who change names often. The supply of people who can actually defend this non-defendable admin is dwindling quickly. I would ignore Elizabeth.

Folks you are just going to waste time bringing this person up to speed. And all the while you were distracted from the mission. Who knows if this person can even be brought up to speed.

I also don’t trust it. For all I know this person has been around before under a different name. I am beginning to think there are only a handful of trolls who change names often. The supply of people who can actually defend this non-defendable admin is dwindling quickly.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753969 Elizabeth Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:26:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753969 Please post if anyone has the link to such "proof." Please post if anyone has the link to such “proof.”

]]> By: Nicollo MacPlato http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753943 Nicollo MacPlato Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:18:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753943 Behind every ghoul man is a ghoul women Behind every ghoul man is a ghoul women

]]> By: Mary Poplins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753938 Mary Poplins Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:17:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753938 Wolfie and this woman should be fired. Riza should have to give back her raise. I want to know what she did for a $61,000 raise? Is there anyone that Old Bushies put in high authority that is Honest? What is happening to our beloved America? I want my country back. Wolfie and this woman should be fired. Riza should have to give back her raise. I want to know what she did for a $61,000 raise? Is there anyone that Old Bushies put in high authority that is Honest? What is happening to our beloved America? I want my country back.

]]> By: OutSourced http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753933 OutSourced Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:15:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753933 Had Bill Clinton been president of the World Bank, does anyone think his relationship with an Oxford educated Muslim of mixed North African descent would NOT be front page news in America? Why the double standard for Mr. Wolfowitz? Had Bill Clinton been president of the World Bank, does anyone think his relationship with an Oxford educated Muslim of mixed North African descent would NOT be front page news in America? Why the double standard for Mr. Wolfowitz?

]]> By: Raven http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753890 Raven Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:58:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753890 Apologies, Elizabeth, at first take your post had the ring of a resident troll virus. It was common knowledge at the World Bank that the two were an "item", before Mrs. Wolfowitz knew, it is necesary to read foreign news services to get stories which never make into American media. BBC for one... Apologies, Elizabeth, at first take your post had the ring of a resident troll virus.
It was common knowledge at the World Bank that the two were an “item”, before Mrs. Wolfowitz knew, it is necesary to read foreign news services to get stories which never make into American media.
BBC for one…

]]> By: OutSourced http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753879 OutSourced Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:50:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753879 I don't know that his current partner was the philandering Mrs. Wolfowitz had in mind when she wrote Mr. Bush. In any case, I gather that the spouse is among the first to figure it out, while the philanderer is the among the last to admit it. I don’t know that his current partner was the philandering Mrs. Wolfowitz had in mind when she wrote Mr. Bush. In any case, I gather that the spouse is among the first to figure it out, while the philanderer is the among the last to admit it.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-3753868 Elizabeth Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:43:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/17/riza-iraq/#comment-3753868 OutSourced, how did Mrs. Wolfowitz <strong>know</strong> Riza was his “love interest”? OutSourced, how did Mrs. Wolfowitz know Riza was his “love interest”?

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