State Deptartment falls short on Iraq refugees.
By on Jul 26th, 2007 at 10:12 am
State Deptartment falls short on Iraq refugees.
The State Department has confirmed it “will fall far short of the 7,000 Iraqi refugees it had said it was prepared to accept by the end of September,” with plans to interview just 4,000 potential Iraqi refugees by then.
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The other 3,000 are just Iraqi women and children. Bush plans to dump them overboard in the middle of the Atlantic. Bush added, "Like I give a rat's ass about Iraqis. Now where's my oil?"
July 26th, 2007 at 10:15 amAll Iraqis are terrorist Al Qaeda members. Bush said so, we can't let any of them in. They must be killed there before they come here. Stupid libs want to let the terrorists right into the country.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:16 amRefugees don't have anything to steal, therefore BushCO cannot be bothered.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:17 amAll Iraqis are terrorist Al Qaeda members. Bush said so, we can’t let any of them in. They must be killed there before they come here. Stupid libs want to let the terrorists right into the country.
Comment by Mr. President
Bloodthirsty racist bigot.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:23 amComment by Mr. President — July 26, 2007 @ 10:16 am
It's comments like that that make a case for negative eugenics.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:24 amZehava sez:
I'm tempted to think that "Mr. President" just got namejacked. That was retarded even my his abysmal standards.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:30 amIt’s comments like that that make a case for negative eugenics.
Comment by trueblue
He'd fit right in on Bill O'Reilly's site.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:30 am....and yet, our borders are like swiss cheese, and Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix has a nightly security vaccuum which would allow any old terrorist with a suitcase and a fake ID unfettered access.....thank goodness these security-obsessed Republicans are taking care of us.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:33 amJust remember, folks, when/if the next big attack or disaster takes place, between now & the 2008 elections, BushCo has every tool available to stop it (illegal wiretaps, bank & internet records, etc.)
We must stop them now, before we really ARE turned into a dictatorship.
That's 'cause there are only 4,000 Iraqis left.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:35 amI’m tempted to think that “Mr. President†just got namejacked. That was retarded even my his abysmal standards.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
But we can never really tell, can we? Because that's the sort of crap he spouts all the time.
I don't like name hijacking, I think it's something only cowards do, but Mr P (and all his aliases) talks so much shit, who could possibly know when it's happening and stick up for him? I don't even try.
If that's not him, he'll be here soon and put up 50 comments whining about it. Tiresome....
July 26th, 2007 at 10:37 amloretta sez:
Exactly. Not only are they porous, but they always have been...even immediately after 9/11. One would think that in the event of an attack on U.S. soil, one of the first things a responsible government would do is close the borders. Strangely, that never happened.
More importantly, he has the necessary tools at his disposal to assume complete control over the government.
It's not a question of if, but of when.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:39 amIf that’s not him, he’ll be here soon and put up 50 comments whining about it. Tiresome….
Comment by Zehava
Oh man, ain't that the truth. 50 comments? Hell, he'll be going on about it until this time tomorrow.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:45 amOh man, ain’t that the truth. 50 comments? Hell, he’ll be going on about it until this time tomorrow.
Comment by SGT Higgins
When he first got hijacked, he put up such a hissy fit that I just couldn't believe it. But he wouldn't email TP, because that would be "snitching." He finally did email TP about it, and it turned out he really loved the snitching.
You know, I think that must be a hijacking, he never posts just one comment.
July 26th, 2007 at 10:53 amHe finally did email TP about it, and it turned out he really loved the snitching. ------- Yeah, it would suit him.
You know, I think that must be a hijacking, he never posts just one comment. ---- Does it matter? I mean, it could actually be someone else, and unintentional. But really, this Mr. P and/or the other one are cut from the same cloth. And if Mr. P has been namejacked, it's unfortunate, but he's probably not gonna garner much sympathy after some of the hateful, ignorant things he's posted.
Comment by Zehava
July 26th, 2007 at 11:06 amWe're leaving them behind over there so we don't have to leave them behind over here.
July 26th, 2007 at 11:15 am#14 -- Sarge
I didn't say I was going to try to do anything about it. :D
That's Mr Pee's business!
July 26th, 2007 at 11:19 amFor some reason, Cuban exiles never have any problems making it to Miami.
July 26th, 2007 at 11:40 amPerhaps because politicians want their vote?
If that’s not him, he’ll be here soon and put up 50 comments whining about it. Tiresome….
Comment by Zehava — July 26, 2007 @ 10:37 am
Does that dude have a job or anything? Where's all the time to be d*icking around here come from?
July 26th, 2007 at 11:50 amBush's message to those Iraqis who've been cooperating with us in good faith could not be more clear:
"Work with us at your own risk. Screw you if you don't like it."
Any sane Iraqi who's in this position now is privately panicking over what the future holds for him and his family. Do they continue to openly aid the Americans, knowing that Bush won't lift a finger for them if the shit hits the fan?
July 26th, 2007 at 11:51 amWe need to keep as many discontent Iraqis in Iraq as possible. And until the Muslim world proves it can accept the facts of liberal democracy none should be allowed to enter our borders. Let the Mexicans in, keep the Islamofascists out.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:06 pmAl Qaeda = Terrorists = Iraq = Sept. 11th
It's so simple only libs can't understand it. This has been thoroughly spelled out by Leiberman when he said that the U.S. was "attacked on 9/11 by the same enemy that we're fighting in Iraq today".
Stupid silly libs.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pmAll Iraqis are terrorist Al Qaeda members. Bush said so, we can’t let any of them in. They must be killed there before they come here. Stupid libs want to let the terrorists right into the country.
Comment by Mr. President — July 26, 2007 @ 10:16 am
Yes, this is an obvious name-jacking. Either by somebody even more crazed than Mr. Pee or somebody who is being very heavy with the sarcasm.
If the sarcasm scenario is true, the point is that the Bushies have often declared the violence in Iraq to be all Al Qaeda -- purely for propaganda purposes (and this seems to be SOP for Faux Noise as well). Sometimes the implication is that all Iraqis are Al Qaeda, and other times we have to save the poor Iraqis FROM Al Qaeda, who have taken over their country. They probably need a new transmission from all this shifting without a clutch.
As to why we don't take in as many refugees as we promised, I suspect that has to do with appeasing their somewhat bigoted base by keeping as many Muslims out of the country as they can.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:16 pmMiss Molly
July 26th, 2007 at 12:21 pmHow come bigotry by the left towards Christians is OK but towards Muslims is bad?
Keeping Muslims out has nothing to do with bigotry or racism but security.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pmWe must treat Muslims and Christians with an equal amount of bigotry.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pmThats fine name jacker at lest its consistant.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:25 pmYes, at lest.
July 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pmWe must treat Muslims and Christians with an equal amount of bigotry.
Comment by Troll — July 26, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
Are you suggesting that it would also be okay to keep the Christains outside our borders as you stated the Muslims should be? That sounds like equality. Oh and I was glad to see you described democracy as "liberal"
July 26th, 2007 at 12:32 pmIf they had any moral fiber, they would start with a woman already here instead of deporting her. Dallal Muhamed and her two daughters fled Iraq before we ever went to Iraq. She was gang raped by Saddam's 'Official Rapists' (no kidding, they had business cards and everyting), and fled the country with her two daughters. She settled in Germany for a time, and after believing that she was found and again in danger from Saddam's 'Official Rapists', she fled again, this time to the USA. If you think that was easy for an Iraqi woman, you simply are not paying attention to things enough. She and her two daughters have lived here 8 years. She works two jobs, as a dealer in a casino and as a real estate agent. She wants a better life for her girls. She has no life in Iraq any more, she no longer can fit in due to the rape and her life since then. Family members would likely kill her to protect their 'honor', and sending two teenage girls who have been living here and being educated here for 8 years back to the hell hole W made of Iraq is dead wrong and will likely be a death sentence for them as well. Can you imagine any American child or teen dealing with what is going on over there? Dallal was raped and in Iraq that requires that your family kill you to save their 'family honor', most often by stoning. If W can commute Scooter, why can Laura convince him to do the right thing and give Dallal and her daughters a chance at living? Because he just doesn't care about anyone or anything except himself. Just like Grandpa Prescott, he hates our country. Don't waste time trying to impeach him, just make him so twisted in investigations that he can see straight. Plenty of time for the 'War Crimes Trials' after he is out of the Oval office. Ah, the Hague, what a lovely thought.
July 26th, 2007 at 1:20 pmwell, ment to type can't instead of can, sorry about that.
July 26th, 2007 at 1:24 pmI think at least part of the problem is that their underlying attitude is that Iraq is now a free democracy, so why should there even be any refugees? The USA freed them from that evil tyrant Saddam Hussein so they're supposed to be deliriously happy anyway so there's no big rush.
July 26th, 2007 at 6:07 pmRemember after Nam? Will there be communities of Iriqis any time soon?
Facethewind
July 27th, 2007 at 12:28 amOff topic. This is a story that every American must see.
July 27th, 2007 at 1:00 amhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072602025.html
"State Deptartment falls short on Iraq refugees"
TP, were you planning to correct that typo in "Department"?
July 28th, 2007 at 12:07 am