Comments on: GOP Senators back Lugar’s Iraq shift.

By: the factor

the factor — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:17 +0000

We need the OIL. That’s all there is too it. Pull out but keep the oil. All you bleeding hearts don’t get it. Even the most environmentally responsible, Prius driving, beer can recycling, organic food consuming, bicycle riding, hemp wearing, Gore loving, ex-hippie uses TONS of oil. Our whole society is based on it. Alternative fuels are not ready yet. WE NEED OIL for the forseeable future.

By: hanginjohnny

hanginjohnny — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:10:36 +0000

So does this make the GOP the Party of “Slice and Stroll”. Bunch of fekkid idjits all of them.

By: muckdog

muckdog — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:32:20 +0000

This would be a great strategy.

The Democrats could claim that they brought the troops home as promised, and left a counter-terrorism force. There’d still be 150,000 troops there, but the name change would allow the Democrats to fulfill a campaign promise.

Plus, both Democrats and Republicans want to keep the US armed forces there fighting, no matter what “name” the force is called.

By: john

john — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:09:12 +0000

Well it is time those Neo Con’s realize what a outrage this so called leader of Mass Destruction has accomplish which is the partial dismantling of America and it constitution and the desolution of it once powerful military. You Anglo’s voted this alcoholice C average coke snorting wannabe cowboy into the white house. Because you thought Bill Clinton was helping black folks to much! Now after countless white young military men and women have been wounded or killed . You finally want this man out of office!!! This dude and the republican party stole votes to get elected rigged voting machine put nazis on the Supreme Court and attempted to get rid of Habeas Corpus. A congress full of corrupt yes men and women towing the party line to it own destruction and the destruction of America as well. Just look the world view the USA as the new re-birth of the Nazi Party and Bush an American President is viewed in the the eyes of the world as a Hitler clone. Just think of his grandfather Prescott who supported the Nazi party and Hitler and you will draw the line . And George Bush Sr who was friends with John Hinkley Family and no one drew the connection to the bush family and R Reagan Hospital stay at George Washington University. hmmm this family called bush is like the mafia ruling the USA from the white house. Also close ties to Saudi Billions connections to Bin Laden in the 70’s . Why so many Americans prefer blinders and refuse to connect the dots is above me/

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:25:25 +0000

Soooooo, where is the outrage? The cries that Lugar is not supporting the troops? That he is aiding the enemy? That he has not given the surge a chance?

I doubt we will see any, but we MUST REMIND them.

Perhaps someone can post the conservative reaction to Dem calls for a change in course versus, compare what Lugar said to what Dems said in the past.

THAT should be the story, not just what Lugar said. However, a great headline for this would be:

‘Lugar finally agrees with Democrats on changing course in Iraq’

By: corsair

corsair — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:24:39 +0000

While I appreciate the GOP imploding on this issue, I don’t believe they truly want to exit Iraq. They are going to spend 2008 babbling about how they INTEND to leave Iraq in 2009 in order to placate gullible voters who will believe the lie.

By: Badger

Badger — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:29:49 +0000

Make that the Senate foreign RELATIONS committe. My ooops.

By: Badger

Badger — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:27:04 +0000

I knew this was going to happen…I just didn’t know when. This is a WATERSHED event. Lugar is not just any republican…he’s the former head of the Senate foreign intelligence commitee…and a very WELL RESPECTED voice for foreign policy.
If he sticks to his statements that the Surge is Not Working, then Bush will launch operation Figleaf.

By: Joyce of Muncie, IN

Joyce of Muncie, IN — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:23:51 +0000

AustinSF…. Brace yourself! There ARE liberal Democrats here in Indiana who read more than the Indy Star and who are very aware of what is going on!!! Please don’t make the mistake of thinking every Hoosier is a Bush supporter…. or as dumb as Dan Quale or my 6th District Rep. “shopping in Iraq like Indiana in summer” Mike Pence! Some of us even complain that our Dem. Sen. Evan Bayh isn’t liberal enough!

We hold protests against this war, write letters to our local papers, volunteer to get out the vote, etc. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of Bush apologists here in Indiana and many suffer from incurable cases of cognitive dissonance…..but we’re working on them!

Oh, by the way, Dan Quale’s father is the one who owned the newspaper publishing company … not his wife Marilyn. The joke was, when Dan and Marilyn had their law practice, that he was the beauty and she was the brains of their law firm.

By: dan

dan — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:15:58 +0000

It is time for actions. F*ck the debate.

By: barrelhse

barrelhse — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:02:47 +0000

To be a suicide bomber invited to meet with Hadley..Priceless.

By: StinkyBritches

StinkyBritches — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:34:09 +0000

Watch for the media to start reporting on how the Republicans are getting us out of Iraq

I think there’s going to be a penalty for an early withdrawal.

By: Upside00

Upside00 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:29:55 +0000

#51 Well, in a way they could be right, as none of the Dem leaders have the balls to do it themselves.

So, any way we get out is OK by me, as this madness needs to end NOW!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:48:41 +0000

Watch for the media to start reporting on how the Republicans are getting us out of Iraq… bull…

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:30:11 +0000

Thank you, Sen. Lugar

Regardless of reason why, you’ve given Rightards something to think about today, tomorrow & for as long as you stand with your position.

By: Druthers

Druthers — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:28:11 +0000

This is not OK Corral. It is more like anytime movers trying to save the family funiture before forclosure.

These guys just love their jobs but they prefer to ride the waves and pose for photos than defend the Constitution. When vote time comes around does anyone really have any doubt about where they will take their stand?

By: ScrewBush

ScrewBush — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:20:04 +0000

Do a little news googling and see that Afghanstan is going to produce what is probably the worlds largest crop of opium ever. I’m not a huge conspiracy type guy, but i do say no way Georgie boy is pulling troops out of Iraq/Afghanistan until that harvest comes in. I’m not sure what his cut is, but it is sure as Hell interesting that since we’ve been there, they’ve done nothing but harvest one record crop of opium after another — each year more tons than the last. Go check the UN they have no problem documenting this.

So if i understand this right, opium is turned into herion, and both end up on the black market. The profits, being illegal, are not tracked all that well and this is a significant source of funding for terrorist, and maybe even our own CIA given today’s dirty laundry hung out to dry. Anyway, too many American adults and teens and folks all around the world are going to become addicts to this stuff, and many will die, as well as spur related crime and such. But for some far more important reason, our own military has even been filmed protected fields of poppies.

Thanks Dick-n-George, love that foreign policy, is this something Henry K. told you all to do? He’s such a well spring of good ideas.

Well if we do leave Iraq you know what they say… It’s off to Iran.

By: Bob (Not the Hacker)

Bob (Not the Hacker) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:15:14 +0000

re 45

you tell the morons! one can’t help but notice a lack of reponse from the trollscum.

By: Bob (Not the Hacker)

Bob (Not the Hacker) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:10:27 +0000

let the republican scum knaw on each others’ limbs, and that goes for the trolls here who can’t figure out what to say now that everthing is collapsing. The first thing the hillary should do when she takes control of the Whitehouse, after having minesweepers clear the buliding, is get a hold of the voter registration rolls and draft every republican and send them over to Iraq and bring the real patriots home.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:08:06 +0000

“Even more tears than when Saddam was busy gassing, hanging, torturing, executing and burying them in mass graves. You did care about them back then, right?”

Actually I did care about them. Especially when I found out that Saddam gassed the Kurds with gas he purchased from the United States!