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	<title>Comments on: Bush&#8217;s new Iraqi friend.</title>
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		<title>By: kingfish</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4074496</link>
		<dc:creator>kingfish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DEAD!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DEAD!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4074496', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Comrade Rutherford</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066809</link>
		<dc:creator>Comrade Rutherford</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This makes sense to me.  Rewarding a key ally whose job it was to slaughter US troops thereby legitimzing the war profiteering of US corporations.

After all, this whole &#039;war&#039; has only one goal: increase profits for the war protfiteers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This makes sense to me.  Rewarding a key ally whose job it was to slaughter US troops thereby legitimzing the war profiteering of US corporations.</p>
<p>After all, this whole &#8216;war&#8217; has only one goal: increase profits for the war protfiteers.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066809', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066686</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW, Arabs do not believe the OBL tape is authentic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW, Arabs do not believe the OBL tape is authentic.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066686', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066682</link>
		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We are constantly embarrassed by our ignorant president - while he continues on his insanely ignorant path of destruction.  Ethnic cleansing will require a little remedial homework for the boy king - it&#039;s a new and unfamiliar concept.
He prefers the single-syllabled one or two word sentence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are constantly embarrassed by our ignorant president &#8211; while he continues on his insanely ignorant path of destruction.  Ethnic cleansing will require a little remedial homework for the boy king &#8211; it&#8217;s a new and unfamiliar concept.<br />
He prefers the single-syllabled one or two word sentence.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066682', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hpg</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066677</link>
		<dc:creator>hpg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>test</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>test<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066677', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: razzmatazz</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066589</link>
		<dc:creator>razzmatazz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Water seeks it&#039;s own level!  &quot;one of the shadiest characters&quot; in the Middle East meets and allies with &quot;one of the shadiest characters&quot; in the West....East  meets his Western counterpart at last! 

Maybe they&#039;ll head for the bathroom stall soon?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Water seeks it&#8217;s own level!  &#8220;one of the shadiest characters&#8221; in the Middle East meets and allies with &#8220;one of the shadiest characters&#8221; in the West&#8230;.East  meets his Western counterpart at last! </p>
<p>Maybe they&#8217;ll head for the bathroom stall soon?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066589', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066559</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GSD ... 
that is rich...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GSD &#8230;<br />
that is rich&#8230;<br />
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		<title>By: GSD</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066544</link>
		<dc:creator>GSD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In Bush world he can meet with Sunni warlords and negotiate with terrorists and give money and promises to people who kill American troops and that is considered OK. 

But Osama&#039;s video with lame talking points is used as a sign of left wing Democratic collusion with Al Qaeda.

It is an upside down world.

-GSD</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Bush world he can meet with Sunni warlords and negotiate with terrorists and give money and promises to people who kill American troops and that is considered OK. </p>
<p>But Osama&#8217;s video with lame talking points is used as a sign of left wing Democratic collusion with Al Qaeda.</p>
<p>It is an upside down world.</p>
<p>-GSD<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066544', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dermot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066542</link>
		<dc:creator>Dermot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and while Bush is performing his clown routine in Iraq, nuclear warheads are being moved to Barksdale AFB.  James Secor asks why?

Is there intended destination Iran perhaps?

H-Bombs Over Barksdale
B-52 Flexing Nuclear Muscles
By JAMES L. SECOR

&quot;So. . .why was the B-52 flying to Barksdale with nuclear bombs? Dare we hazard a guess? Does anyone care?&quot;

&quot;Barksdale AFB is home of the mighty 8th Air Force, the only bomber war fighting headquarters. Go to their website and see them train for a real world air strike. The 8th Air Force carried out daily bombing raids in Europe during WWII; that is, they were responsible for the morally upright fire bombing of Dresden. To name one humanitarian exercise. On 13 August, Exercise Valiant Shield 2007, &quot;the largest exercise of its kind in the Pacific,&quot; ended eight days of &quot;flying operations.&quot; This is the air base that supplies air power over Afghanistan and Iraq. And, on 21 August, they repeated 12 May 1938 history by advancing &quot;air power&#039;s lethality&quot; by intercepting a ship 1,000 miles off the east coast to showcase &quot;the military&#039;s ability to deter, dissuade or destroy maritime threats before they can harm U.S. citizens in the public eye.&quot; Who attacks anybody by sea these days?What is 1,000 miles out in the Atlantic (only about 3,000 miles to Britain)? &quot;

http://www.counterpunch.org/secor09082007.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and while Bush is performing his clown routine in Iraq, nuclear warheads are being moved to Barksdale AFB.  James Secor asks why?</p>
<p>Is there intended destination Iran perhaps?</p>
<p>H-Bombs Over Barksdale<br />
B-52 Flexing Nuclear Muscles<br />
By JAMES L. SECOR</p>
<p>&#8220;So. . .why was the B-52 flying to Barksdale with nuclear bombs? Dare we hazard a guess? Does anyone care?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Barksdale AFB is home of the mighty 8th Air Force, the only bomber war fighting headquarters. Go to their website and see them train for a real world air strike. The 8th Air Force carried out daily bombing raids in Europe during WWII; that is, they were responsible for the morally upright fire bombing of Dresden. To name one humanitarian exercise. On 13 August, Exercise Valiant Shield 2007, &#8220;the largest exercise of its kind in the Pacific,&#8221; ended eight days of &#8220;flying operations.&#8221; This is the air base that supplies air power over Afghanistan and Iraq. And, on 21 August, they repeated 12 May 1938 history by advancing &#8220;air power&#8217;s lethality&#8221; by intercepting a ship 1,000 miles off the east coast to showcase &#8220;the military&#8217;s ability to deter, dissuade or destroy maritime threats before they can harm U.S. citizens in the public eye.&#8221; Who attacks anybody by sea these days?What is 1,000 miles out in the Atlantic (only about 3,000 miles to Britain)? &#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/secor09082007.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.counterpunch.org/secor09082007.html</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066542', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GSD</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066539</link>
		<dc:creator>GSD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ethnic cleansing? Ah thawt that was a Hispanish feller taking a cologne bath.

-The Decider</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ethnic cleansing? Ah thawt that was a Hispanish feller taking a cologne bath.</p>
<p>-The Decider<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066539', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tobey Tall</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066538</link>
		<dc:creator>Tobey Tall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;after 5 years the US dont control the road from the airport to the greenzone or ever will&lt;/b&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>after 5 years the US dont control the road from the airport to the greenzone or ever will</b><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066538', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: katy</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066517</link>
		<dc:creator>katy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...
french cuffs...
that sattar dude is wearing french cuffs...
now that&#039;s stylin&#039;...
...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;<br />
french cuffs&#8230;<br />
that sattar dude is wearing french cuffs&#8230;<br />
now that&#8217;s stylin&#8217;&#8230;<br />
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		<title>By: bilbogaggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066509</link>
		<dc:creator>bilbogaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Osama and Gore agree on global warming. Osama and Harry Reid agree on the war in Iraqâ€¦interesting.
Comment by Frank J &lt;/em&gt;

Ok Francine, 85% of the people in this country agree with Gore on global warming and 67% of the people in this country agree with Reid on the &quot;war&quot; (occupation) of Iraq.  So I guess that a large majority of Americans = Osama according to your thinking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Osama and Gore agree on global warming. Osama and Harry Reid agree on the war in Iraqâ€¦interesting.<br />
Comment by Frank J </em></p>
<p>Ok Francine, 85% of the people in this country agree with Gore on global warming and 67% of the people in this country agree with Reid on the &#8220;war&#8221; (occupation) of Iraq.  So I guess that a large majority of Americans = Osama according to your thinking.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066509', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbogaggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066508</link>
		<dc:creator>bilbogaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Really. Bush would have been so much better off with an endorsement from Bin Laden like the Democrat party received.
Comment by Frank J &lt;/em&gt;

Sorry Francine.  The plan is to make the American people know that Osama likes the Democrats so that all the people Bush has terrified for the last 6 years will vote for a Republican.  That&#039;s what the Bush Crime Family did in 2004 when they released the &quot;Osama&quot; tape right before the election and the kool-aid drinking public bought it.

Problem for the Republicans is that the public has weaned themselves from the kool-aid and they aren&#039;t buying it any longer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Really. Bush would have been so much better off with an endorsement from Bin Laden like the Democrat party received.<br />
Comment by Frank J </em></p>
<p>Sorry Francine.  The plan is to make the American people know that Osama likes the Democrats so that all the people Bush has terrified for the last 6 years will vote for a Republican.  That&#8217;s what the Bush Crime Family did in 2004 when they released the &#8220;Osama&#8221; tape right before the election and the kool-aid drinking public bought it.</p>
<p>Problem for the Republicans is that the public has weaned themselves from the kool-aid and they aren&#8217;t buying it any longer.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066508', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbogaggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>bilbogaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The efforts of Sheikh Sattar are largely responsible for the turn around in Al Anbar, he may not be perfect, but his efforts are making an impact.
Comment by Another Chris&lt;/em&gt;

Please come back and tell us the same thing once the Sunni&#039;s in that region turn around and use the weapons we have given them on us.  I take it that you subscribe to the &quot;the enemy of my enemy is my friend&quot; theory.  Unfortunately history has proven that this kind of thinking comes back and bites us in the butt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The efforts of Sheikh Sattar are largely responsible for the turn around in Al Anbar, he may not be perfect, but his efforts are making an impact.<br />
Comment by Another Chris</em></p>
<p>Please come back and tell us the same thing once the Sunni&#8217;s in that region turn around and use the weapons we have given them on us.  I take it that you subscribe to the &#8220;the enemy of my enemy is my friend&#8221; theory.  Unfortunately history has proven that this kind of thinking comes back and bites us in the butt.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066504', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: bilbogaggins</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066502</link>
		<dc:creator>bilbogaggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Yeshua (Jesus; the Messiah according to both Christians and Muslims, mind you) would today be at the head of the peace movement, attempting to stop these bastards slaughtering in his name.&lt;/em&gt;

This is the part I don&#039;t understand.  All the neoCONs call themselves good Christians and yet they support policies that would have horrified Jesus.  They do the same with their attitude towards their neighbors.  I really don&#039;t think that Jesus&#039; motto would have been &quot;I got mine now the hell with you&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Yeshua (Jesus; the Messiah according to both Christians and Muslims, mind you) would today be at the head of the peace movement, attempting to stop these bastards slaughtering in his name.</em></p>
<p>This is the part I don&#8217;t understand.  All the neoCONs call themselves good Christians and yet they support policies that would have horrified Jesus.  They do the same with their attitude towards their neighbors.  I really don&#8217;t think that Jesus&#8217; motto would have been &#8220;I got mine now the hell with you&#8221;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066502', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: nationalsquib</title>
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		<dc:creator>nationalsquib</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just more evidence that there are too many fanatical factions to account for in that region. I&#039;m afraid that the only thing that can hold a &quot;nation&quot; together there is a heavy-handed dictator. And the worst part? A secular Sunni is the best option. Bush Bashers will love this..I wrote it: http://www.nationalsquib.com/html/small_brain.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just more evidence that there are too many fanatical factions to account for in that region. I&#8217;m afraid that the only thing that can hold a &#8220;nation&#8221; together there is a heavy-handed dictator. And the worst part? A secular Sunni is the best option. Bush Bashers will love this..I wrote it: <a href="http://www.nationalsquib.com/html/small_brain.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalsquib.com/html/small_brain.html</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066499', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: AtticusinPa</title>
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		<dc:creator>AtticusinPa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why would anyone be suprised at Bush&#039;s ignorance of any subject important to a world leader?  OPEC? APEC?  What&#039;s the difference.   Austria? Australia?  What&#039;s the big deal.  His people have said for six years that they make their own reality.  So, shot in the back is an act of insurrection and counts, shot in the front is a mere crime and does not count.  They just make it up.  Do they even bother to tell him?  He refuses to read newspapers and actually gloats of that fact.  He knows only what he wants to know and so he knows nothing important.  May God save the world from such men.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would anyone be suprised at Bush&#8217;s ignorance of any subject important to a world leader?  OPEC? APEC?  What&#8217;s the difference.   Austria? Australia?  What&#8217;s the big deal.  His people have said for six years that they make their own reality.  So, shot in the back is an act of insurrection and counts, shot in the front is a mere crime and does not count.  They just make it up.  Do they even bother to tell him?  He refuses to read newspapers and actually gloats of that fact.  He knows only what he wants to know and so he knows nothing important.  May God save the world from such men.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066497', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Another Chris</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066487</link>
		<dc:creator>Another Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The efforts of Sheikh Sattar are largely responsible for the turn around in Al Anbar, he may not be perfect, but his efforts are making an impact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The efforts of Sheikh Sattar are largely responsible for the turn around in Al Anbar, he may not be perfect, but his efforts are making an impact.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066487', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DitchMitchKY</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/08/bushs-new-iraqi-friends/comment-page-2/#comment-4066479</link>
		<dc:creator>DitchMitchKY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m shocked.  Our boy George doesn&#039;t have the faintest idea of what&#039;s going on?  He&#039;s uninformed?  He lies?  Say it isn&#039;t so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m shocked.  Our boy George doesn&#8217;t have the faintest idea of what&#8217;s going on?  He&#8217;s uninformed?  He lies?  Say it isn&#8217;t so.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4066479', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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