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	<title>Comments on: Progress In Anbar Initiated Four Months Before Bush&#8217;s Escalation</title>
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		<title>By: footsore</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4069580</link>
		<dc:creator>footsore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All that one really needs to know is contained in the previous Draper story. The Prez doesn&#039;t know any thing because The Prez doesn&#039;t want to know anything. &quot;Really? They&#039;re killing Sunnis in Bagdad? Well, Gauuuullieee Sarge&quot;. This is even worse than when he copped a feel on that woman in Germany.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All that one really needs to know is contained in the previous Draper story. The Prez doesn&#8217;t know any thing because The Prez doesn&#8217;t want to know anything. &#8220;Really? They&#8217;re killing Sunnis in Bagdad? Well, Gauuuullieee Sarge&#8221;. This is even worse than when he copped a feel on that woman in Germany.<br />
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4068738</link>
		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;If we were experiencing the progress
&gt; prior to the change in military leadership
&gt; and tactics in Iraq, why push for the change, libs?

Lets see if I got your question right.. because we we were already bribing saddams former henchman not to attack us, but many many other facets of Iraq were still a  mess, why did we elect people who wernt the ones who got us into this mess to begin with?

Maybe because people are irritated at the idiots who sent our soldiers to die and our coffers to be drained so that Iraqis could have the freedom to democratically transform into an islamic theocracy...

Hey Bigtwat, you agree with your right wing pal Upright Cleft who thinks that if the Iraqis democratically choose to become like Iran, that we should just bomb them all?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;If we were experiencing the progress<br />
&gt; prior to the change in military leadership<br />
&gt; and tactics in Iraq, why push for the change, libs?</p>
<p>Lets see if I got your question right.. because we we were already bribing saddams former henchman not to attack us, but many many other facets of Iraq were still a  mess, why did we elect people who wernt the ones who got us into this mess to begin with?</p>
<p>Maybe because people are irritated at the idiots who sent our soldiers to die and our coffers to be drained so that Iraqis could have the freedom to democratically transform into an islamic theocracy&#8230;</p>
<p>Hey Bigtwat, you agree with your right wing pal Upright Cleft who thinks that if the Iraqis democratically choose to become like Iran, that we should just bomb them all?<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=4068738', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: O. Bigfoot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067908</link>
		<dc:creator>O. Bigfoot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, let&#039;s recap:  From this article it appears the previous strategy in Iraq was working, under Donald Rumsfeld&#039;s leadership...

Yet liberals were not satisfied, so they ranted and raved and threw their political hissy-fits until they got a Democrat congress, which forced the change in strategy and Rumsfeld&#039;s ouster, those same Democrats unanimously approved of General Petraeus&#039;s leadership of the new strategy, and that new strategy has screwed everything up in Iraq?

It appears some folks need to get back on their Ritalin, and get back into mental focus.

If we were experiencing the progress prior to the change in military leadership and tactics in Iraq, why push for the change, libs?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, let&#8217;s recap:  From this article it appears the previous strategy in Iraq was working, under Donald Rumsfeld&#8217;s leadership&#8230;</p>
<p>Yet liberals were not satisfied, so they ranted and raved and threw their political hissy-fits until they got a Democrat congress, which forced the change in strategy and Rumsfeld&#8217;s ouster, those same Democrats unanimously approved of General Petraeus&#8217;s leadership of the new strategy, and that new strategy has screwed everything up in Iraq?</p>
<p>It appears some folks need to get back on their Ritalin, and get back into mental focus.</p>
<p>If we were experiencing the progress prior to the change in military leadership and tactics in Iraq, why push for the change, libs?<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=4067908', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: foolme1ns</title>
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		<dc:creator>foolme1ns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Bush administration through the military has been paying blackmail payouts to this Sheik for him to &quot;fight&quot; against &quot;al Queda&quot;.  

Last week, in a surprise meeting, the Sheik told George Bush, &quot;we&#039;re running out of money&quot;.  The Washington Post said George Bush &quot;empathized&quot; with the Sheik, saying he asks for money from the congress but doesn&#039;t always get what he asks for.&quot;  (since when)!!!!

This was no just a commiseration by this Sheik.  It was nothing less than what could be termed a &quot;Sheik&quot; Down!!!!  &quot;If you don&#039;t give us more money, al Queda might just reemerge in Anbar&quot;........

There has been no surge in Anbar, just an ordinary blackmail scheme, that we are paying for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bush administration through the military has been paying blackmail payouts to this Sheik for him to &#8220;fight&#8221; against &#8220;al Queda&#8221;.  </p>
<p>Last week, in a surprise meeting, the Sheik told George Bush, &#8220;we&#8217;re running out of money&#8221;.  The Washington Post said George Bush &#8220;empathized&#8221; with the Sheik, saying he asks for money from the congress but doesn&#8217;t always get what he asks for.&#8221;  (since when)!!!!</p>
<p>This was no just a commiseration by this Sheik.  It was nothing less than what could be termed a &#8220;Sheik&#8221; Down!!!!  &#8220;If you don&#8217;t give us more money, al Queda might just reemerge in Anbar&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
<p>There has been no surge in Anbar, just an ordinary blackmail scheme, that we are paying for.<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=4067669', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ipod</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067637</link>
		<dc:creator>ipod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>is it just me or does that new friend of dubbya&#039;s look suspiciously like borat?....QUICK!! - peace loving peoples of glorious nation kazakhstan,run for your lives!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>is it just me or does that new friend of dubbya&#8217;s look suspiciously like borat?&#8230;.QUICK!! &#8211; peace loving peoples of glorious nation kazakhstan,run for your lives!!!<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=4067637', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Chocolate Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chocolate Jesus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt; But the first step is getting Al Qaeda in Iraq defeatedâ€¦

Blah Blah Al Queda Blah Blah.. 

Exley is there a membership list of whose in AL Queda in Iraq somewhere?

Do think anyone is every denied entry into Al Queda in Iraq ? Who do think gives the thumbs up or thumbs down?

So basically what I asking is, how do you think we should be able to tell who &quot;al queda&quot; is? and how can we tell them from the &quot;insurgents fighting beside them&quot;? (who are apparently ok to negotiate with)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt; But the first step is getting Al Qaeda in Iraq defeatedâ€¦</p>
<p>Blah Blah Al Queda Blah Blah.. </p>
<p>Exley is there a membership list of whose in AL Queda in Iraq somewhere?</p>
<p>Do think anyone is every denied entry into Al Queda in Iraq ? Who do think gives the thumbs up or thumbs down?</p>
<p>So basically what I asking is, how do you think we should be able to tell who &#8220;al queda&#8221; is? and how can we tell them from the &#8220;insurgents fighting beside them&#8221;? (who are apparently ok to negotiate with)<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=4067593', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Master P</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067553</link>
		<dc:creator>Master P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, Mr. Pee/Habalaarz, that was not youâ€”-you just have this supernatural radar where you instantly know whenever you are mentioned on the worldwideweb? B.S.

Comment by Keith â€” September 10, 2007 @ 1:13 am

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Yeah, that&#039;s it.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, Mr. Pee/Habalaarz, that was not youâ€”-you just have this supernatural radar where you instantly know whenever you are mentioned on the worldwideweb? B.S.</p>
<p>Comment by Keith â€” September 10, 2007 @ 1:13 am</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s it.</p>
<p>Lib.<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=4067553', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067450</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Washington Post/ABC News Poll, Sept 4-7  1002 adults, margin of error +-3.0%:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_090907.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Washington Post/ABC News Poll, Sept 4-7  1002 adults, margin of error +-3.0%:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_090907.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postpoll_090907.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=4067450', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067442</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, Mr. Pee/Habalaarz,  that was not you----you just have this supernatural radar where you instantly know whenever you are mentioned on the worldwideweb?  B.S.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, Mr. Pee/Habalaarz,  that was not you&#8212;-you just have this supernatural radar where you instantly know whenever you are mentioned on the worldwideweb?  B.S.<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=4067442', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067422</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>General Petraeus published an op-ed article in The Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2004 (six weeks before elections) in which he claimed that there had been â€œtangible progressâ€ in Iraq, and that â€œmomentum has gathered in recent months.â€

He lied and he did it to influence the elections.

[p.s. to morons: this is not a criticism of our troops]

Comment by Keith â€” September 9, 2007 @ 8:01 pm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>General Petraeus published an op-ed article in The Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2004 (six weeks before elections) in which he claimed that there had been â€œtangible progressâ€ in Iraq, and that â€œmomentum has gathered in recent months.â€</p>
<p>He lied and he did it to influence the elections.</p>
<p>[p.s. to morons: this is not a criticism of our troops]</p>
<p>Comment by Keith â€” September 9, 2007 @ 8:01 pm<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=4067422', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067419</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is the third &quot;surge&quot;.  Fool.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the third &#8220;surge&#8221;.  Fool.<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=4067419', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Habalaarz</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067401</link>
		<dc:creator>Habalaarz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Only three of the eighteen benchmarks have been met after FIFTY-FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Comment by Keith â€” September 10, 2007 @ 12:22 am

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The surge has only been going on for a couple of months. And, no, that was not me.

Nice try.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only three of the eighteen benchmarks have been met after FIFTY-FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
Comment by Keith â€” September 10, 2007 @ 12:22 am</p>
<p>&#8211;</p>
<p>The surge has only been going on for a couple of months. And, no, that was not me.</p>
<p>Nice try.<br />
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067398</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since his only real reply to a hell of a lot of empirical evidence was &quot;nice try&quot;----it must be Karl Rove or Mr. Pee.

Only three of the eighteen benchmarks have been met after FIFTY-FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This is not &quot;great&quot;.  This is &quot;poor&quot;.  The reason is the Iraqis do not want to collaborate with the illegal foreign occupiers who want to control that part of the world and take their OIL.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since his only real reply to a hell of a lot of empirical evidence was &#8220;nice try&#8221;&#8212;-it must be Karl Rove or Mr. Pee.</p>
<p>Only three of the eighteen benchmarks have been met after FIFTY-FOUR MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This is not &#8220;great&#8221;.  This is &#8220;poor&#8221;.  The reason is the Iraqis do not want to collaborate with the illegal foreign occupiers who want to control that part of the world and take their OIL.<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=4067398', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John Kerry</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067392</link>
		<dc:creator>John Kerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love all the &quot;supposed&quot; polling numbers but we all know what polls are all about!   I could (if I wanted to spend the time!) show you numbers that would totally show yours are wrong but you&#039;d accuse me of getting them from FOX or some &quot;supposed&quot; right wing source like you have just done from your left nut source SALON.

And I love the total complete lie that libs have been trying to make the American public believe - that the Nov elections were a &quot;referendum&quot; and that the voters agreed that we should get out of Iraq!  Of course there was NO SUCH &quot;referendum&quot; and now you libs are starting believe your own lies with of course the help of the lib media!

Nice try!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love all the &#8220;supposed&#8221; polling numbers but we all know what polls are all about!   I could (if I wanted to spend the time!) show you numbers that would totally show yours are wrong but you&#8217;d accuse me of getting them from FOX or some &#8220;supposed&#8221; right wing source like you have just done from your left nut source SALON.</p>
<p>And I love the total complete lie that libs have been trying to make the American public believe &#8211; that the Nov elections were a &#8220;referendum&#8221; and that the voters agreed that we should get out of Iraq!  Of course there was NO SUCH &#8220;referendum&#8221; and now you libs are starting believe your own lies with of course the help of the lib media!</p>
<p>Nice try!<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=4067392', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067376</link>
		<dc:creator>Keith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glenn Greenwald at Salon:

...&quot;huge majorities continue to believe that the war was not worth fighting (62-36%) and that the U.S. â€œis not making significant progress toward restoring civil order in Iraqâ€ (60-36%). Only a small minority (28%) believe the Surge has made the situation in Iraq better, while vast majorities believe it has made no difference (58%) or has made the situation worse (12%). And a sizable plurality continues to believe the U.S. is losing the war (48-34%).

More significantly still, overwhelming numbers of Americans understand what the D.C. Establishment refuses to accept: namely, that even if there are marginal and isolated security improvements, there is still no point in continuing to stay in Iraq. Large majorities want the number of U.S. troops in Iraq decreased (58-39%); believe overwhelmingly that a decrease should begin â€œright away,â€ rather than by the end of the year or next year (62-33%); and favor legislation now to compel troop withdrawal by the spring (55-41%).&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glenn Greenwald at Salon:</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8221;huge majorities continue to believe that the war was not worth fighting (62-36%) and that the U.S. â€œis not making significant progress toward restoring civil order in Iraqâ€ (60-36%). Only a small minority (28%) believe the Surge has made the situation in Iraq better, while vast majorities believe it has made no difference (58%) or has made the situation worse (12%). And a sizable plurality continues to believe the U.S. is losing the war (48-34%).</p>
<p>More significantly still, overwhelming numbers of Americans understand what the D.C. Establishment refuses to accept: namely, that even if there are marginal and isolated security improvements, there is still no point in continuing to stay in Iraq. Large majorities want the number of U.S. troops in Iraq decreased (58-39%); believe overwhelmingly that a decrease should begin â€œright away,â€ rather than by the end of the year or next year (62-33%); and favor legislation now to compel troop withdrawal by the spring (55-41%).&#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=4067376', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: John Kerry</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067340</link>
		<dc:creator>John Kerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So therefore this is GREAT news as it shows that Iraqis are getting much better at taking care of their own problems which is what George Bush wanted from day one!!  So this is a great success story, right libs???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So therefore this is GREAT news as it shows that Iraqis are getting much better at taking care of their own problems which is what George Bush wanted from day one!!  So this is a great success story, right libs???<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=4067340', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vesica Piscium</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067113</link>
		<dc:creator>Vesica Piscium</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Add another one to the ignore list TROS.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Add another one to the ignore list TROS.<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=4067113', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vesica Piscium</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067112</link>
		<dc:creator>Vesica Piscium</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Another Chris â€” September 9, 2007 @ 9:24 pm

And you just agreed with one of the Luntzes, you must be a Republican, right?</description>
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<p>And you just agreed with one of the Luntzes, you must be a Republican, right?<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=4067112', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Vesica Piscium</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067109</link>
		<dc:creator>Vesica Piscium</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The deal is this guy (R) Pollster Frank Luntz has been known for years as a specialist in crafting words and phrases to evoke a strong emotional response and as an opponent of rational discourse in the Republican ranks, and thats why we see so little rational debate from the right wing pundits and posters today Chris.  

Theu operate on emotions such as fear and hate and try to pin their views on others, they actually think they know what my view is based on their brainwashed Lunyzian one. The Republicans pundits and poster are, for the most part, unable to have a reasonable discourse with name calling, flooding, making threats or false accusations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The deal is this guy (R) Pollster Frank Luntz has been known for years as a specialist in crafting words and phrases to evoke a strong emotional response and as an opponent of rational discourse in the Republican ranks, and thats why we see so little rational debate from the right wing pundits and posters today Chris.  </p>
<p>Theu operate on emotions such as fear and hate and try to pin their views on others, they actually think they know what my view is based on their brainwashed Lunyzian one. The Republicans pundits and poster are, for the most part, unable to have a reasonable discourse with name calling, flooding, making threats or false accusations.<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=4067109', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Another Chris</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/09/anbar-surge/comment-page-3/#comment-4067103</link>
		<dc:creator>Another Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Habalaarz, your right anyone with &quot;Stupdity&quot; in their name shouldn&#039;t be taken seriously to begin with.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Habalaarz, your right anyone with &#8220;Stupdity&#8221; in their name shouldn&#8217;t be taken seriously to begin with.<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=4067103', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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