White House plays down withdrawal report.
By on May 26th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
White House plays down withdrawal report.
The White House is playing down the New York Times report that the Bush administration “was weighing a scenario for possibly sharp cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq next year.” Spokeswoman Dana Perino: “We, of course, would like to be in a position to bring down troop levels, but certain conditions, as assessed by senior military advisers and commanders on the ground, need to be met to warrant that.”
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The report was leaked in the first place only to placate the restive moderates of the Republican party.
It will never happen.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:33 pm“certain conditions, as assessed by senior military advisers and commanders on the ground, need to be met to warrant that.â€
(Translated)… The Decidered will look at some goat entrails, have his palm read, go to a Tarot reader, consult a ouija board, then do what KKKarl and “Big Dick” tell him to do.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:35 pmI could make a really, really rude comment about that headline and Jeff Gannon visiting the WH, but I’ll just leave it up to everyone’s imagination.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:36 pmAlternate title of post: Think Progress Played Up New York Times Report
May 26th, 2007 at 4:38 pmThe White House: “certain conditions, as assessed by senior military advisers and commanders on the ground, need to be met to warrant that.†- - Hmm, sounds like a benchmark to me.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pmSeparate attacks kill 8 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
GI monthly death toll hits 100; Iraqi PM, American officials meet
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18883994/
May 26th, 2007 at 4:40 pmAlternate title of post: Think Progress Played Up New York Times Report
Comment by DreamCrusher
Alternate, alternate title of post: DreamCrusher’s meds wear off; Thinks s/he actually knows what s/he’s talking about.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:44 pmNOW LISTEN DUDE
WE HAVE HAD PREZ BABBLING ON ABOUT BIG BAD TERRORISTS FOR 6
FRIGGIN YEARS EVERY FRIGGIN DAY DUDE
WE GET
A+ SERVICE AT MCDONALDS
F + F SERVICE BY THESE POLITICAL HOODLUMS DUDE
WASHINGTON IS TOTALLY BOUGHT OUT DUDE
EVERY SHIFTY EYED LYING POLITICIAN BELONGS DUDE –
IN THE FRIGGIN SLAMMER
THE DEMOCRATS INCLUDED –
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE SOLD OUT DUDE
AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN BIG FAT
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND JUDY KNOWS LINDA KIND OF CROYNISM
DUDE
BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION OUR DOG GONE FRIGGIN
COMPULSIVE LIARS, 6 FRIGGIN YEARS DUDE AND A STOLEN ELECTION DUDE
I STAND STRONG DUDE
A+ SERVICE FOR US AT MCDONALDS DUDE
F + DOUBLE F FROM THE BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY D
THESE SHISTERS CAN’T EVEN MUSTER UP 60% DUDE
60 DIVIDED BY 2 = 30%…. THAT’S 2 FRIGGIN FAILING GRADES D U D E
AND WHAT WONDERFUL SERVICES DO WE GET DUDE?
WELL WE GET THEM BABBLING ON EVERY FRIGGIN DAY DUDE
ABOUT THE BIG BAD TERRORISTS DUDE
AND IN REALITY DUDE… WE GET THE FRIGGIN GREASE PITS DUDE
NOW JIMBO DUDE IS FULL OF ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY DUDE
ROCK SOLID HONESTY …. DUDE
AND JIMBO DUDE WILL NOW CHILL
May 26th, 2007 at 4:44 pmIs this administration skipping or was this not the line we were getting for months before the last election?
May 26th, 2007 at 4:47 pmyou could have seen that one coming a mile away…
May 26th, 2007 at 4:50 pmAnd, yes, I DO take it personally
After emerging from church on Easter Sunday, Bush declared that “I pray for the safety of the troops. I pray for peace.” Was he intending to be facetious or was he attempting to be droll? God did not place these troops in harm’s way, Bush and Cheney did. No matter how hard he will pray, the troops will continue to get blown up and shot and maimed and crippled as long as they are in Iraq. There will also be little likelihood of there being peace in the region as long as the U.S continues to make its belligerent presence known in the Middle East. Congressman Kucinich has the right idea. Get those troops out of that quagmire as rapidly and as quickly as possible.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:54 pmBush keeps the troops in Iraq to subjugate the Iraqis while Petroleum Cartel steals the OIL. It will take 20 to 30 years to extract all of the OIL, so US troops will remain untill it’s all taken.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:00 pmNearly 1000 soldiers, sailors, and marines have died since last Memorial Day.
But whatever. I hear there’s a big Memorial Day sale on mattresses down at the mall.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:01 pmBush keeps the troops in Iraq to subjugate the Iraqis while Petroleum Cartel steals the OIL. It will take 20 to 30 years to extract all of the OIL, so US troops will remain untill it’s all taken.
Indeed, why else would they be building that enormous friggin’ embassy over there?
May 26th, 2007 at 5:05 pmCandyce > a lot of Americans do not even remember what this holiday is about, nor what it represents.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:05 pm3452
May 26th, 2007 at 5:54 pm3452 up 8 today since yesterday
May 26th, 2007 at 6:05 pmI was going to mention that the credibility of the NYT has lastly been seen at the edge of the visible universe, its flickering light redshifted so much by cosmological expansion that only NASA is still able to detect it by deploying deep-infrared detectors cooled with liquid helium.
Instead I will comment on #11:
After emerging from church on Easter Sunday, Bush declared that “I pray for the safety of the troops. I pray for peace.â€
by linking to this image of March 2003:
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/images/war.130.gif
May 26th, 2007 at 7:44 pmwith·draw·al (wÄth-drô’É™l, wÄth-) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. The act or process of withdrawing, as:
1. A retreat or retirement.
2. Retreat of a military force in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat.
3. Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.
4. A removal from a place or position of something that has been deposited.
5. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.
6. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.
2.
May 26th, 2007 at 10:52 pm1. Discontinuation of the use of an addictive substance.
2. The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies such discontinuation.
3. The act or an instance of retracting or revoking: feared the withdrawal of his parents’ permission.
4. Coitus interruptus.
# 18
Did either you or the White House say that what the New York Times published was false? Does the word “false” require a full adventure into physics to explain it.
There is likely a logical (true/false) answer to what the Bush team did. And it don’t take no course in physics to explain it. Just yes the Bush team did or no the Bush team did not consider lowering the Iraqi troop count.
While the Washington Times would not likely print what the New York Times printed, that does not make the New York Times a bad publication.
Did you read the story in the Washington Times that said “WMDs were found in Iraq”? While most of America and the United Nations were focused on the Nuclear Category, somebody switched to the Chemical Category.
Long ago, Republicans hinted at a need to “modify” the “liberal press” while letting loose those press types who pushed the Republican party line. Had we been thinking, we could have warned Valerie Plame to watch her back for “friendly fire”. But most of America never would have guessed how low the Bush team would go.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:57 pm