Comments on: Rove: ‘I Wish The Iraq War Never Existed,’ It Was ‘Osama Bin Laden’s Idea’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:50:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: shag Haircut and styles http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-5595792 shag Haircut and styles Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:52:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-5595792 <strong>Shag Hairstyles and Haircuts...</strong> shag hairstyle basically gotits name from the word "shaggy" since ...once the hair is cutand layered it gives off a shaggy look. The shag hairstyle has always been apopular hairstyle, and there are plenty ofshag hairstyles to choose from... Shag Hairstyles and Haircuts…

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]]> By: Kyle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-4803188 Kyle Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:21:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-4803188 <strong>Kyle</strong> Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don?t just stand there, make it happen Kyle

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]]> By: Natashayi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-4322540 Natashayi Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:57:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-4322540 <strong>Natashayi</strong> Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! Natashayi

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]]> By: Luke Warmwater http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3781750 Luke Warmwater Wed, 02 May 2007 15:09:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3781750 My God, actual truth from the Turd's lips! It was Bin Laden's Idea - Check out BL's list of justifications for 9/11 immediately after. Number one is to get the Infidel Troops (i.e. U.S.) troops OUT OF THE SACRED SOIL OF SAUDI ARABIA! So where to put all these thousands of Infidels if not SA? Check out the map; No better place than Iraq! How long? Until the oil runs out of course.... My God, actual truth from the Turd’s lips! It was Bin Laden’s Idea – Check out BL’s list of justifications for 9/11 immediately after. Number one is to get the Infidel Troops (i.e. U.S.) troops OUT OF THE SACRED SOIL OF SAUDI ARABIA! So where to put all these thousands of Infidels if not SA? Check out the map; No better place than Iraq! How long? Until the oil runs out of course….

]]> By: monte http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3765049 monte Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:21:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3765049 jeff, it is ok to like american idol, it really is. and soap opera's, sitcoms, b-movies, loud music, obnoxious humor, ish it's even ok to like what the bcs calls a national championship game. and white castle burgers and the national enquirer. but rove wishes a war didn't exist anymore now that its usefulness has expired. isn't that more than just being a complex man. i'm thinking of words like dishonest, disengenuous, manipulative, deceitful. is war to be a means to rove's political ends? jeff, it is ok to like american idol, it really is. and soap opera’s, sitcoms, b-movies, loud music, obnoxious humor, ish it’s even ok to like what the bcs calls a national championship game. and white castle burgers and the national enquirer. but rove wishes a war didn’t exist anymore now that its usefulness has expired. isn’t that more than just being a complex man. i’m thinking of words like dishonest, disengenuous, manipulative, deceitful. is war to be a means to rove’s political ends?

]]> By: Rowland http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3764241 Rowland Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:00:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3764241 Has Rove ever done anything, ever, that was ANY GOOD? It's a serious question, folks. Has Rove ever done anything, ever, that was ANY GOOD? It’s a serious question, folks.

]]> By: Ken Nagakui http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3763779 Ken Nagakui Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:32:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3763779 Whole things are crazy, at the same time revealing, that I read most of the posts (165 are posted so far). #134 says: The title of this article is ridiculously misleading, and your random assortment of quotes are a joke. I’m assuming that the quote about how he thought it was Bin Laden is probably in reference to Bin laden starting the war by masterminding the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001 ( J T Stentson) But, it sounds like Blacksburg's mass murderer's logic: "You cornered me. So, I go to kill. You are responsible for this." Imature, illogical, distorted and, you know, dangerous since Iraq has nothing to do with 9-11. Bush acted like the law of the universe has changed since 9-11 while asserting: "We are not intimidated!" As a child, it could be innocent, but as a leader of this size of country, mental illness. Real danger is allowing mentally sick people to get power and weapons (military). American's allowed it, even after they saw enough craziness, gave them again to lead in 2004. He (GW) doesn't need to be impeached, if (only if) he can act like statesman being courageous and humble enough to apology to the world (first of all, to America and Iraq, of course) and start negotiation with all sorrounded countries while setting target date of complete withdrawal. These three pillars doesn't stand if one is lacking; there is no other way to get around. America, get real before too late!! Whole things are crazy, at the same time revealing, that I read most of the posts (165 are posted so far).

#134 says: The title of this article is ridiculously misleading, and your random assortment of quotes are a joke. I’m assuming that the quote about how he thought it was Bin Laden is probably in reference to Bin laden starting the war by masterminding the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001 ( J T Stentson)

But, it sounds like Blacksburg’s mass murderer’s logic: “You cornered me. So, I go to kill. You are responsible for this.” Imature, illogical, distorted and, you know, dangerous since Iraq has nothing to do with 9-11. Bush acted like the law of the universe has changed since 9-11 while asserting: “We are not intimidated!” As a child, it could be innocent, but as a leader of this size of country, mental illness.

Real danger is allowing mentally sick people to get power and weapons (military). American’s allowed it, even after they saw enough craziness, gave them again to lead in 2004.

He (GW) doesn’t need to be impeached, if (only if) he can act like statesman being courageous and humble enough to apology to the world (first of all, to America and Iraq, of course) and start negotiation with all sorrounded countries while setting target date of complete withdrawal. These three pillars doesn’t stand if one is lacking; there is no other way to get around. America, get real before too late!!

]]> By: Ken Hall http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3762387 Ken Hall Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:22:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3762387 OK so the whole US administration, from the president down, have been acting on Bin Laden's orders all along? Is this what Rove is admitting to here? If the Iraq war really was Bin Laden's idea, and it is an established fact that Bin Laden and Saddam Hussien where mortal enemies, so it could just be that Rove is correct and the Republican Administration were working for Bin Laden. certainly the AL-Queda recruitment has been boosted massively by the war, so Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove et all MUST have been working FOR Bin Laden. Therefore, the Whole Bush administration must be charged with treason and locked up in gitmo, waterboarded into a confession of guilt, then executed as terrorists. This is the natural response to terrorism is it not? This will happen now, won't it? hello?won't it? eh? OK so the whole US administration, from the president down, have been acting on Bin Laden’s orders all along? Is this what Rove is admitting to here? If the Iraq war really was Bin Laden’s idea, and it is an established fact that Bin Laden and Saddam Hussien where mortal enemies, so it could just be that Rove is correct and the Republican Administration were working for Bin Laden. certainly the AL-Queda recruitment has been boosted massively by the war, so Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Rove et all MUST have been working FOR Bin Laden. Therefore, the Whole Bush administration must be charged with treason and locked up in gitmo, waterboarded into a confession of guilt, then executed as terrorists.

This is the natural response to terrorism is it not? This will happen now, won’t it? hello?won’t it? eh?

]]> By: Jay http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3762211 Jay Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:43:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3762211 There are a lot of idiotic comments here. Rove's statement is not in any way an expression of regret; he is simply saying, like most militarists, that we didn't start this war and only entered it because of we had to. Of course this is the same bullshit propaganda that Rove always spits out, but to dishonestly claim that Rove now regrets our war, or that he has had a change of mind just muddies the waters and brings us all further away from the truth. This whole article is composed in a way that suggests (although the writer doesn't have the guts to say outright) that Rove is contradicting his earlier position. He is doing nothing of the sort. The war-pigs always claim that they do not want war but were forced into it by their enemies. Many posters here need to look in the mirror if they want to know why Rove has been so succesful at winning elections. There are a lot of idiotic comments here. Rove’s statement is not in any way an expression of regret; he is simply saying, like most militarists, that we didn’t start this war and only entered it because of we had to. Of course this is the same bullshit propaganda that Rove always spits out, but to dishonestly claim that Rove now regrets our war, or that he has had a change of mind just muddies the waters and brings us all further away from the truth.

This whole article is composed in a way that suggests (although the writer doesn’t have the guts to say outright) that Rove is contradicting his earlier position. He is doing nothing of the sort. The war-pigs always claim that they do not want war but were forced into it by their enemies.

Many posters here need to look in the mirror if they want to know why Rove has been so succesful at winning elections.

]]> By: airborne_paratrooper@msn.com http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3761710 airborne_paratrooper@msn.com Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:23:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3761710 ignorant idiot ignorant idiot

]]> By: it's me http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3761682 it's me Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:32:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3761682 our collective stupidity is astonishing. after the compounded misery, unbridled corruption, and depravity demonstrated by the neocon thugs currently running this nation, that any republican anywhere in the nation can still be elected to anything is beyond the relm of reason. in fact it is beyond the relm of rational thought that anyone, even the dumbest moron in the most desolate backwater would even admit to ever being a republican, yet not only do they continue being elected, thankfully in smaller and smaller numbers, they continue to pretend to hold the moral high ground and act righeously indignant over the activities of all who they consider inferior. our collective stupidity is astonishing. after the compounded misery, unbridled corruption, and depravity demonstrated by the neocon thugs currently running this nation, that any republican anywhere in the nation can still be elected to anything is beyond the relm of reason. in fact it is beyond the relm of rational thought that anyone, even the dumbest moron in the most desolate backwater would even admit to ever being a republican, yet not only do they continue being elected, thankfully in smaller and smaller numbers, they continue to pretend to hold the moral high ground and act righeously indignant over the activities of all who they consider inferior.

]]> By: Kenneth Almquist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3761675 Kenneth Almquist Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:20:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3761675 One argument made on USENET by a supporter of the war was that in order to pull our troops out of Saudi Arabia, as bin Laden wanted us to do, we would have to remove Saddam from power first. Sure enough--after we removed Saddam from power so he could no longer threaten Saudi Arabia, we removed our troops from Saudi Arabia. That's another reason (in addition to the reasons that Jeremy lists in #151) for bin Laden to be pleased that we invaded Iraq. One argument made on USENET by a supporter of the war was that in order to pull our troops out of Saudi Arabia, as bin Laden wanted us to do, we would have to remove Saddam from power first. Sure enough–after we removed Saddam from power so he could no longer threaten Saudi Arabia, we removed our troops from Saudi Arabia. That’s another reason (in addition to the reasons that Jeremy lists in #151) for bin Laden to be pleased that we invaded Iraq.

]]> By: GW http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3761014 GW Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:51:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3761014 I'm in Louisiana. Try blown off the map. Viva "Better late than Never" FEMA. :>) Really, we were having a bulletinboard discussion about Rove's remarks and I noticed a discrepancy between the Akron paper's version and the version in the Canton Repository story. http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=349289&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0 Being a registered Democrat since 1976, I wanted the TRUTH! So, I e-mailed both reporters and asked them to clear it up. I got an immediate response from Jim Carney at the Akron paper, saying he'd misread his notes and added "in Iraq" to the question asked of Rove. So, ThinkProgress, the statement... "In a question-and-answer period after his speech, Rove was asked whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq. “I think it was Osama bin Laden’s,” Rove replied. ...is a misquote. I must say, Rove was pretty quick on his feet and answered only the question that was asked. We'll see if he's that good if he ever testifies under oath. I’m in Louisiana. Try blown off the map. Viva “Better late than Never” FEMA. :>)

Really, we were having a bulletinboard discussion about Rove’s remarks and I noticed a discrepancy between the Akron paper’s version and the version in the Canton Repository story.
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=349289&r=0&Category=9&subCategoryID=0

Being a registered Democrat since 1976, I wanted the TRUTH!

So, I e-mailed both reporters and asked them to clear it up.

I got an immediate response from Jim Carney at the Akron paper, saying he’d misread his notes and added “in Iraq” to the question asked of Rove.

So, ThinkProgress, the statement…

“In a question-and-answer period after his speech, Rove was asked whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq.

“I think it was Osama bin Laden’s,” Rove replied.

…is a misquote.

I must say, Rove was pretty quick on his feet and answered only the question that was asked. We’ll see if he’s that good if he ever testifies under oath.

]]> By: Andrew Milner http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3760977 Andrew Milner Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:39:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3760977 You're off the map. Uncharted territory. Here there be monsters. Look forward to devolution US citizens. Welcome to the Independent Democratic Republic of California, Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, ... You’re off the map. Uncharted territory. Here there be monsters. Look forward to devolution US citizens. Welcome to the Independent Democratic Republic of California, Texas, Alaska, Hawaii, …

]]> By: GW http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3760888 GW Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:11:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3760888 "Whose idea was it to start a pre-emptive war?" That was the actual question. "Whose idea was it to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq?" Is a misquote which will be corrected in tomorrow's Akron Beacon Journal. I've exchanged e-mails with the reporter, Jim Carney. They've already corrected the online version: http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17102685.htm Rove answered the actual question as it was stated. “Whose idea was it to start a pre-emptive war?”

That was the actual question.

“Whose idea was it to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq?”

Is a misquote which will be corrected in tomorrow’s Akron Beacon Journal. I’ve exchanged e-mails with the reporter, Jim Carney.

They’ve already corrected the online version:

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/17102685.htm

Rove answered the actual question as it was stated.

]]> By: David McNulty http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3760845 David McNulty Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:56:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3760845 This comment by Rove is his official declaration that Americans are all idiots. This regime wants to be the head of a world government. They can't have all this "freedom" in the US, if it doesn't exist everywhere, hence, your freedoms are mostly gone, or didn't you notice that the Bill of Rights, over 200 years old, has been gutted? If you are declared an "enemy combatant" ( a nice, handy, catchall term) you get no phone call, no lawyer, no trial. Hello, anybody home? This is barely America anymore. Martial law is next, don't let them take your firearms. Good Luck to us all, and the Devil take the hindmost. This comment by Rove is his official declaration that Americans are all idiots. This regime wants to be the head of a world government. They can’t have all this “freedom” in the US, if it doesn’t exist everywhere, hence, your freedoms are mostly gone, or didn’t you notice that the Bill of Rights, over 200 years old, has been gutted? If you are declared an “enemy combatant” ( a nice, handy, catchall term) you get no phone call, no lawyer, no trial. Hello, anybody home? This is barely America anymore. Martial law is next, don’t let them take your firearms.
Good Luck to us all, and the Devil take the hindmost.

]]> By: todd http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3760667 todd Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:46:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3760667 " In a question-and-answer period after his speech, Rove was asked whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq. “I think it was Osama bin Laden’s,” Rove replied." Osama Bin Laden is NOT, I repeat NOT wanted in connection with WMD's in iraq, 911, or any connection to war in iraq. This according to the FBI on their website of most wanted "terrorists". http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm please mr. rove, do your homework before you speak, you are embarrasing us! ” In a question-and-answer period after his speech, Rove was asked whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq.

“I think it was Osama bin Laden’s,” Rove replied.”

Osama Bin Laden is NOT, I repeat NOT wanted in connection with WMD’s in iraq, 911, or any connection to war in iraq. This according to the FBI on their website of most wanted “terrorists”.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm

please mr. rove, do your homework before you speak, you are embarrasing us!

]]> By: Jeff J http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/comment-page-4/#comment-3760340 Jeff J Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:43:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/#comment-3760340 Cathlofascist, JP, couldn't have said it better. Well, he sorta could've. FDR did. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Truer words describing today's state of affairs will be hard to find. Cathlofascist, JP, couldn’t have said it better.

Well, he sorta could’ve. FDR did.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Truer words describing today’s state of affairs will be hard to find.

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