Rohrabacher: Blackwater CEO Is ‘An American Hero Just Like Ollie North Was’
Rohrabacher: Blackwater CEO Is ‘An American Hero Just Like Ollie North Was’
Following the September 16 shootout in Baghdad’s Nisour Square that left 17 Iraqis dead, private security firm Blackwater USA has come under intense scrutiny and criticism. The Iraqi government wants them out of the country, the FBI is investigating them, and CEO Erik Prince was forced to defend the company before Congress last week.
But not everyone is jumping on the anti-Blackwater bandwagon. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), for whom Prince once interned, is so supportive of the company that he believes Prince “is on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was“:
“Erik Prince is doing everything he can to help his country,” Rohrabacher said. “He could be making ten times the money without anybody calling him names.” […]
Rohrabacher did not attend the Blackwater hearing last week before Rep. Henry Waxman’s oversight committee. Rohrabacher is not a member of that panel.
He did watch it on television, and he likened it to the Iran Contra sessions at which former Col. Oliver North testified during the Reagan administration. Rohrabacher was a Reagan speechwriter.
“Prince,” Rohrabacher said, “is on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was.”
Oliver North — Rohrabacher’s point of comparison for Prince — was found guilty of obstruction of justice and destroying documents after arranging arms sales to Iran and diverting the profits to the Contras in Nicaragua. His conviction, however, was overturned on a technicality.
Though Rohrbacher claims Prince “is doing everything he can to help his country,” the actions of Prince’s company have actually been a “detriment to the mission” in Iraq. In a report released two weeks ago, Brookings scholar P.W. Singer demonstrates how “the use of private military contractors appears to have harmed, rather than helped the counterinsurgency efforts of the U.S. mission in Iraq.”
Here are some examples Singer provides of how private contractors like Blackwater “undermine” U.S. efforts in Iraq:
- Inflamed popular opinion against, rather than for, the American mission through operational practices that ignore the fundamental lessons of counterinsurgency.
- Participated in a series of abuses that have undermined efforts at winning ‘hearts and minds’ of the Iraqi people.
- Weakened American efforts in the ‘war of ideas’ both inside Iraq and beyond.
- Revealed a double standard towards Iraqi civilian institutions that undermines efforts to build up these very same institutions, another key lesson of counterinsurgency.
- Forced policymakers to jettison strategies designed to win the counterinsurgency on multiple occasions, before they even had a chance to succeed.
Before declaring his “philosophically-compatible” friend an “American hero,” Rohrabacher should look up the term, where he will find out that it doesn’t mean a “detriment to the mission.”
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I hate to break it to this dipshit, but Ollie is a criminal.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:39 pmYou beat me to it, Uncle Ho1
October 9th, 2007 at 2:39 pmNorth’s a traitor, who’s actions actually spurred additional hostage-taking during Iran/Contra.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:40 pman American hero just like Ollie North was
Ollie North, the Right’s version of a hero. That pretty much says it all about the Right and their mindset and morals and ethics.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:41 pmThose neocon thugs are just one big mutual admiration society, aren’t they?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:42 pmAnyone know if Rohrabacher represents the same district Blackwater is trying to set up their new California training facility in?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:43 pmRohrabacher: Blackwater CEO Is ‘An American Hero Just Like Ollie North Was’
You said it, Mr. Rohrabacher. Not us. Two criminals hiding behind their medals.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:44 pmOllie North is a punk, a big crybaby that should have served out his role as a sacrificial lamb. The Prince family is are just opportunistic fascists.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:46 pmfelons are heroes to the Repigs - from the Watergate gang, to fascist dictators who tortured and killed millions in Latin America as the US’s proxy in those regions, to the Reagan team that created Iran-Contra (many of whom escaped prosecution AND ARE NOW trying to instigate an illegal war with Iran) through to Jack, Scooter, and the Cheney Crew…
October 9th, 2007 at 2:47 pmOops, are opportunistic fascists.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:47 pmyup, he’s exactly the same kind of hero - an anti-hero
October 9th, 2007 at 2:51 pm“Prince,†Rohrabacher said, “is on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was.â€
Yep — I think that pretty much says it all.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pmMr. Rohrabacher is just another GOP hack who panders to the base.I am so that Fox Noise viewers love him and his ” patriotism “.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:53 pmOh look. ARA is a civilian now.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:53 pm#4, exactly. Twisted logic at it’s worst.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:55 pmWell, where are the trolls defending these pieces of $hit?
October 9th, 2007 at 2:55 pm“phony†soldiers: Prince and North?
Comment by Rory
and Jake, too
October 9th, 2007 at 2:56 pmDipshit, indeed #1! Rohrbacher is the quintessential ding-a-ling to support individuals who believe themselves to be “above the law”. As for Erik Prince “helping his country”, that is quite arguable at this point since unprovoked murder of innocent citizens would hardly endear Prince or this country to the people whose country we’ve already occupied.
Furthermore, it’s not like Prince is doing this “out of the goodness of his heart” - give me a break here! He’s being paid megabucks by his compadre, Chimpy - probably plenty money going under the table as well. I think we need for Prince to “open his books” for a full-fledged investigation. Then let’s watch all the “rats run”.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:58 pmWhat a stupid thing to say. What an outrage.
October 9th, 2007 at 2:59 pmWasn’t that a new $92 billion dollar contract we’ve just awarded Prince following this obvious wrongdoing? What balls!
October 9th, 2007 at 3:00 pmSo, we FINALLY found someone your side can agree are “phony†soldiers: Prince and North?
Comment by Rory — October 9, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
Oliver North was a Marine, not a soldier. He served with distinction in Vietnam, then behaved in a dishonorable fashion while attached to the Reagan White House serving under Poindexter. He wasn’t a “phony soldier” but he was definitely a “phony hero.”
Nice try, but typically lame.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:00 pmLay not with your treasures here on earth, Daryll, you should know that…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:00 pmWhen all is said and done, maybe Prince and his fake soldiers (who couldn’t pass muster inthe real armed forces) will be strung by their nuts.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:01 pmIf Prince is a hero, he’s being handsomely rewarded, unlike the the true heroes of the war who are being denied adequate health care, being denied their college funds, and being denied a lousy 3.5% pay raise.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:02 pmDaryll is off his meds.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:02 pmI think it’s time for the american people to demand to inspect Blackwater’s books. After all, they were awarded an amorally priced, no-bid contract just like Haliburton. Cut the purse strings on all of this Congress or you,too, will be out of a job in 08.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:02 pmLibs, instead of being critical, celebrate them and their accomplishments
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
All hail, Satan, our Master!!!
October 9th, 2007 at 3:02 pmrohrabacher use to chill out with the taliban, so his credibility is pretty much shot to begin with.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pmAnd I suspect that what we’re discovering about Blackwater will pale in comparison to what we find out over the coming year and subsequent years. We’ll find that Bush has raided the treasury and bankrupted this country. He’ll be well on his way into exile (or good plastic surgery) in Paraguay by then with this country twisting in the wind.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pmThe depth of depravity to which republicans will sink never ceases to amaze me.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:04 pmEver get the feeling the trolls are assigned to different threads depending on the topic of said thread?
In this case, Dana Rohrabacher is such a fruitcake and what he says is so irrational, no sane person could possibly defend this “logically”, so who comes to da rescue?
Bible-thumpin’ Darryl.. who doesn’t need to have any “logical’ argument, jes’ “faith”…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:06 pmI believe the technical term for Rohrabacher’s comment is “Republican brainfart.”
October 9th, 2007 at 3:07 pmAnd we are supposed to believe Dana Rohrabacher the RepubliCON Reicher why……..?
He’s a really loonytoon.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:08 pmAnyone know if Rohrabacher represents the same district Blackwater is trying to set up their new California training facility in?
Comment by Nevar — October 9, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
No. Rohrabacher represents the 46th district in California, which is mostly the northern coast of Orange County.
The proposed Blackwater training facility is marked for a location about three miles north of a little town by the Mexican border called Potrero. This spot lies close to the border where the 51st district and the 52nd district meet.
The 51st district (mostly Imperial county, but includes all of the California/Mexico border) is represented by Bob Filner, a Democrat.
The 52nd district (eastern suburban San Diego plus eastern central San Diego county) is represented by Duncan Hunter, a Republican.
It’s difficult to tell which of these two districts Potero falls in, but it looks like it leans more to the 51st (Filner’s).
October 9th, 2007 at 3:09 pmSpeaking of Duncan Hunter, he is at least as bad as Rohrbacher. Depraved idiots.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:11 pm“Blackwater charges the government $1,222 per day per guard, “equivalent to $445,000 per year, or six times more than the cost of an equivalent U.S. soldier,—
Apparently Rohrabacher isn’t one of those fiscal conservatives: Why pay a soldier when you can pay a “contractor” six times as much?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:12 pmSung to the tune of the Doobie Brother’s Blackwater:
Well, I built me an army and it’s ready to go…
‘Ol Iraqi, she’s callin’ my name
Crusaders are jumpin’
Arabs gonna get a thumpin’
Blackwater keeps rollin’, dolin’ out pain
Old Blackwater, keep on killing
No bid contracts, gonna make millions
Old Blackwater, keep on killing
Innocent civilians, but we’re making millions
Old Blackwater, keep on killing
We’re above the law and we keep making millions
Yeah, we keep firin’ our guns
watching heads explode, we admit it’s kinda fun
And we ain’t got no worries
cause we won’t see no juries at all…
Well if they complain, I dont care
Dont make no difference to me
Just blast that car in our way all to hell…
Yeah, Id like to see some guts fall to the sand
See that boy, watch me shoot his dad…
And Ill be buyin’ Exxon Stocks all night long!
Old Blackwater, keep on killing
No bid contracts, gonna make millions
Old Blackwater, keep on killing
Innocent civilians, but we’re making millions
Old Blackwater, keep on killing
We’re above the law and we keep making millions
Yeah, we keep firin’ our guns
watching heads explode, we admit it’s kinda fun
And we ain’t got no worries
cause we won’t see no juries at all…
Yeah, Id like to see some guts fall to the sand
See that boy, watch me shoot his dad…
Hey Bu$h, come and take me by the hand,
October 9th, 2007 at 3:12 pmjust step over the bodies lying in the sand,
in the sand, in the sand, where’s Osama?
gonna murder and kill all night long!
Here’s a little factoid for the clueless Rohrabacher: Ollie North is a “hero” only to the very loud 25%ER minority in this country.
To the rest of us sane people, he’s an extra-Constitutional scumbag traitor.
Also, it can be said that Rohrabacher himself is a traitor to the United States. He should be called “Taliban Rohrabacher”.
Look at this photo of him haging out with America’s enemies:
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/001981.php
Also, he had this to say about the Taliban:
“[Rohrabacher] says the Taliban are devout traditionalists�not terrorists or revolutionaries. He believes a Taliban takeover [of Afghanistan] would be a positive development.” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November/December 1996 issue
October 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pm#36 (Perry logan), I agree, but isn’t it more like ‘brain diarrhea’?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:15 pmIf you are not able to celebrate true patriots like Mr. Prince, you are basically considered unpatriotic.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
I hate to burst your bubble, Darryl, but if Mr. Prince was the “true patriot” you claim him to be, he wouldn’t be charging the US taxpayers so much money for his firm’s “services”. He would lower his rates (by about 80%) to show that he’s doing it for love of country. Instead, he clearly does what he does for love of money. And remember, “the love of money is the root of all evil.”
October 9th, 2007 at 3:16 pmSo, we FINALLY found someone your side can agree are “phony†soldiers: Prince and North?
Comment by Rory — October 9, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
No — both North and Prince served this country in uniform. Nothing phony about that.
But there are worse things than being phony. Criminal activity is one of them. Engaging in military practices that undermine the overall mission of your superiors is another.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:17 pmDaryll Jesus flipped the tables of the greedy money changers, he did not embrace them and he did not, surely, embrace serfdom.
Do you know who Frederich von Hayek was Daryll?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:19 pm“You should celebrate those who protect and provide security to this country. They are more valuable then precious metals. If you are not able to celebrate true patriots like Mr. Prince, you are basically considered unpatriotic.”
Comment by Daryll
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Only by cement-heads like you!
BTW, sorry folks, I usually don’t feed the trolls.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:19 pm“If you are not able to celebrate true patriots like Mr. Prince, you are basically considered unpatriotic.”
if blackwater wasn’t making money hand-over-fist, there would be no blackwater. save your patriotism for the enlisted soldiers.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:20 pmYou should celebrate those who protect and provide security to this country. -Daryll
Did you forget that 9/11 occured under your heros watch?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:20 pmAre Republicans from Bizarro World? Everything they say is the opposite of reality. I wonder what would happen if you speak their names backwards…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:23 pmYou should celebrate those who protect and provide security to this country. They are more valuable then precious metals. If you are not able to celebrate true patriots like Mr. Prince, you are basically considered unpatriotic.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
Those who truly protect and provide security to this country are worthy of our praise and thanks. However, Erik Prince is being investigated for a number of abuses, including killing innocent civilians, unnecessarily inflaming local opinion against us, and undermining strategies put in place by our (real) military. If any of these allegations turn out to be true, Prince has endangered American lives and set back any progress we may have made in that area.
You may consider me unpatriotic because I don’t bow down and worship men like Erik Prince. I consider myself patriotic because I will NOT support those who provide more endangerment than security to us.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:24 pmUh, wasn’t Ollie a convicted criminal?
Buck Fush
October 9th, 2007 at 3:24 pmThey made mistakes, but they have corrected those mistakes by declaring war on Afghanistan, Iraq, and, by the grace of God, Iran.
Comment by Daryll
That is not GODS work Daryll, GOD does not create war, men with hidden agendas create war for personal gain. Jesus did not start wars.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:28 pmIf you follow necon logic, that states we have been at war with Iran since 1979, then Ollie North is a traitor, as he sold arms to the enemy… remeber Iran-Contra?
republicans are traitors
October 9th, 2007 at 3:28 pmMy friend, there were many wars in the bible. Try again.
Comment by Daryll
There were wars but none of them started by Jesus.
Do not you use my God as your avenue to war and serfdom.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:30 pmDaryll, you little bedwetting coward, why are you so afraid? Isn’t America the land of the free and home of the brave? Do you honestly think Islam will take over the US? The russians couldn’t even with nukes and a standing army! How could a loose knit band of bozos like these terorrist actually invade, occupy, and conquer us?
You are a pussy. Go move to France you defeatist.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:31 pmLibs, instead of being critical, celebrate them and their accomplishments
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Who are you to tell me what to celebrate? Are YOU God, Christian Pharisee?
If you are not able to celebrate true patriots like Mr. Prince, you are basically considered unpatriotic.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
“Considered” by whom - you? If your view of democracy is anything like your theology then I am overjoyed not to be considered “patriotic” by the likes of you. You are really becoming more arrogant and condescending with each day of posting. Perhaps you should spend more time REALLY studying the Bible and reflecting on its meaning instead of blogging. You might actually come to understand its social principles.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:31 pmDaryll is a phony.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:32 pmDo you want to practice the Islamic faith? -Daryll
Seems you are doing just what they are doing with your wars in the name of GOD. There is no danger of a caliphate, the Freedom Operation in Iraq is not about a caliphate, it is about regime change and the securing the interests the US has in the region.
The Caliphate is a lost cause and has been for some time.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:33 pmI thank God for people like VP Cheney, President Bush and Mr. Prince. They are true treasures that are worth more then diamonds and precious metals. Libs, instead of being critical, celebrate them and their accomplishments
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
OK, let’s see. I truly believe that everybody has some redeeming qualities, so here goes. Cheney, Bush, and Prince all appear to be successful husbands and fathers (from what we know, anyway). Bush and Cheney are still married to their first wives and each is the father of two daughters, all of whom appear to have turned out all right. Prince is married to his second wife (his first wife died of cancer), and he has six children. No divorces among the three of them, and so far not one of the children involved has written any father-bashing tell-all books. This is a worthy accomplishment these days.
Unfortunately, I can’t think of any political accomplishments by these men I’d like to celebrate.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:33 pmI would be killed because of your passiveness. -Daryll
Your a phony christian, Jesus was a pacifist, and you would kill him if he did appear!! Blasphemer!!
October 9th, 2007 at 3:35 pmThey made mistakes, but they have corrected those mistakes by declaring war on Afghanistan, Iraq, and, by the grace of God, Iran.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
Um…Iraq and Iran had nothing to do with 9/11. How in the world is declaring war on these countries a correction of a mistake?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:35 pmDARYLL-Go back to your closet and flog yourself.
By the way there is no god, the magical invisible faerie in the sky does not exist, you are simply not finished evolving yet, you are like the 3rd figure on the left on the evolution chart.
Buck Fush
October 9th, 2007 at 3:36 pmDaryll just said he would kill Jesus because he was passive! Can you believe that? I guess you go to Church and smile when you see Jesus on the cross suffering?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:38 pm“Erik Prince is doing everything he can to help his country,†Rohrabacher said. “He could be making ten times the money without anybody calling him names.â€
WHAT NOW? I smell another stupid resolution condemning us for calling Prince names.
PULEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE Mary!
October 9th, 2007 at 3:38 pmIf I were in the Army, I would not want to fight next to you. I would be killed because of your passiveness.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
What an ironic joke!! Innocent people, both American and foreign, are being killed because of the callous AGGRESSIVENESS of the neocon administration, supported by the Christian Pharisees like you. Their blood is on YOUR hands. Yes, repent.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:39 pm#62 Did you Google that on bible search CoulterIsamAnn??? From previous postings of yours, you should be one to speak.
It’s ok IsamAnn, turn your head. Ignorance is bliss and you are the prime example of ignorance. I’m sure your skull is too thick to understand.
You complain about innocent people dieing in Iraq, when our brave military men are doing the best they can to save the people who are being prosecuted by extremists in their own country.
1 Peter 3:8-11
8Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Yes and at some point we have to stick up for the rest of the HUMAN race!
October 9th, 2007 at 3:39 pmHow bravely and heroically he runs a huge chain of mercenary facilities.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:41 pmI guess you forgot that they are both supporting terrorism.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
One could ask for “proof” of that, especially w/ Iraq, but hey, seeing as you live in a “faith-based” stupidity, I mean reality… “faith-based” reality, ya never need “proof” of anything, huh?
So when are we going to invade Saudi Arabia and Pakistan? Or for that matter, Bush and Cheney?
“Cause they all either harbor or outright support terraists…
October 9th, 2007 at 3:43 pmI guess you forgot that they are both supporting terrorism.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
Saudi Arabia supports terrorism, and President Bush took the Saudi leader’s hand and walked him into his own home. What does that suggest to you, Daryll?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pmDo you want to practice the Islamic faith? If not, you should be supporting individuals like Mr. Prince. We have to take terrorists out. In this generation, they are coming in the form of children and wives, as well. We must protect our country at all costs.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
According to you, my only two options in this life are 1) supporting Erik Prince and his mercenaries, or 2) convert to Islam.
(scratching head) — what in the world does one have to do with the other? Will I be forcibly converted if Blackwater isn’t over in Iraq preventing this from happening? How do you figure this? And how will this be accomplished? We Presbyterians can be a stubborn lot when it comes to our faith.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pmBut we must still protect our soil.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
You do so at the cost of your soul.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:47 pmMethinks the Rush “phoney soldier” line is premeditated. He knows that Blackwater is in the process of being exposed and so he tries to label non-Republican, non-fascist soldiers as phoney before we really see who the phoney soldiers are - that is, the corporate hitmen who have been given duties formerly performed by real soldiers.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:49 pmBut we must still protect our soil.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
Daryll, puzzle me this: Why didn’t Jesus lead an army against the Roman Empire which occupied the SOIL of the holy land if war is the answer?
October 9th, 2007 at 3:51 pmBut we must still protect our soil.
Comment by Daryll
Maybe this is Daryll’s terminology for “covering his ass”….
October 9th, 2007 at 3:55 pmDo you want to practice the Islamic faith? If not, you should be supporting individuals like Mr. Prince. We have to take terrorists out. In this generation, they are coming in the form of children and wives, as well. We must protect our country at all costs.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
Do you TRULY believe that we are going to end up being forced to practice Islam against our will? I’m not asking you if that’s what “the enemy” wants, I’m asking you if you truly believe that this will ever happen?
And, BTW, if we abandon our laws and our constitution just to “protect our country at all costs”, then we will no longer be our country any more. Our constitution was written to ensure that no one would force us to pay “all costs” just to accomplish something.
October 9th, 2007 at 3:59 pmIt shouldn’t be about protecting our soil or our citizens. It should be about protecting the Human Race….hence the name, :) At some point we will all end up kill our selves off.
Can we all come to the agreement that it is wrong to kill someone for looking in the wrong direction, listening to music or just walking down the street? What would happen to us if we did that to a stranger walking down the street????
October 9th, 2007 at 4:02 pmMaybe Daryll made a typo. I’ll fix it:
But we must still protect our soiled underwear.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:03 pmComment by Daryll
But we must still protect our soil.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
This sounds a great deal like the “we’re fighting them there so we don’t have to fight them here” rationale. And this has already been debunked several times.
If Al Qaeda wants to blow up a bridge over here, how is our fighting in Iraq going to stop them? It’s not like we have all the terrorists in the world roped into an arena over there from which they cannot escape. Furthermore, the Al Qaeda of Iraq isn’t the same group of people responsible for 9/11.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:09 pmDavid Petraeus is at it again. he is now echoing more White House talking points this time about the Iranian envoy to Iraq. Also, the CFR connection to his testimony to congress.
Read article here:
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/ 2007/ 10/ 09/ culture-of-lies-petraeus-at-it-again/
How long will we continue to permit this culture of lies that has erroded our leadership?
October 9th, 2007 at 4:10 pmGo back to the SCHIP thread - Rory the Troll has lost his mind. It’s a sight to see.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:12 pmI guess you forgot that they are both supporting terrorism.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
Iraq was NOT supporting terrorism before we invaded. Yes, Saddam Hussein was a tyrannical dictator who probably terrified his own people, but he wasn’t a global terrorist, nor did he support global terrorist groups (he had no use for Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden at all). The fact that Al Qaeda is there now is due to our making a nice breeding ground for their recruiting efforts by destabilizing that country.
Iran hasn’t committed any acts of international terrorism since taking over the American Embassy in 1979 and taking Americans hostage — except for a war they had with their neighbor, Iraq.
Most of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were Saudi Arabians. Osama bin Laden is Saudi Arabian. It sounds like if there’s any country supporting terrorism here, it’s ……… Saudi Arabia! Which we won’t invade or harm in any way because of the connection between the Saudi royal family and the Bushes.
Next argument, please.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:17 pmNo, no, no, no, people! You see Ollie and Prince are such patriotic, Godly and nearly divine men that they were forced to do criminal and immoral acts to protect this country. It is really as simple as that. They had no choice. They are only ones who had the balls to stoop to immorality….well hell, let just say it, to insure the United States would continue to exist.
If a Republican commits a crime or acts immorally it is a given that it saved our country from complete destruction. Every time, get used to it.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:58 pmDana and the Porn King: OC ‘Christian’ politician takes money from pornographer
October 9th, 2007 at 5:14 pmNo truth.No honor
October 9th, 2007 at 5:50 pm“I am not a phony. Try Jesus.”
Jesus was a phony? Is that true Brother Daryll? We’ll dip me in shit and hang me by my wrists, Daryll and I agree on something.
Glad to see you are finally realizing that your former religion is a vapid wasteland Bro., welcome to reality.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:16 pmThat is supposed to read “Well…”, not ” We’ll…”
Pinche keyboard has a mind of its own.
October 9th, 2007 at 6:18 pmDo you want to practice the Islamic faith? If not, you should be supporting individuals like Mr. Prince. Comment by Daryll
You are insane. The absolute gross stupidity of this post shows that you know absolutely nothing about anything.
Buck Fush
October 9th, 2007 at 7:53 pmI am not a phony. Try Jesus.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
Jesus is a phony. Prince, Cheney and Bush are terrorists, who should be tried and hanged. Rightards are supporting terrorism, Iraqis are protecting their soil.
Those are the facts.
October 9th, 2007 at 8:15 pmRemember this is Rep. Dana “DinoFart” Rohrabacher, who made idiotic statements challenging the impact of global climate change. He said dinosaur flatulence had caused an earlier warming of the atmosphere, so we shouldn’t worry.
Good to know that DinoFart supports Erik Prince & his Blackwater thugs. Nice.
October 9th, 2007 at 10:55 pmWhat a moron!
October 10th, 2007 at 12:37 amOliver North is a felon.
.
LOL
American heros always go to jail.
.
October 10th, 2007 at 3:30 amDaryll, please explain what your definition of terrorism is. Then PLEASE PLEASE tell us you truly beleive that we have never sponsored terrorist groups, not do we ally ourselves with them.
You DO know that we did in central america in the 80’s right? Jeane Kirkpatrick essentially wrote an essay in defense of supporting terrorist regimes. Government officials pled guilty to lying to congress about it.
If you think that merely sponsoring terror is enough to merit bombing, he need to start bombing ourselves.
And you DO know our friends the saudis have government approved TELETHONS for terrorist groups, right? Why arent we laying the sword on them too, huh? Because what you’re saying is the mere fact a country supports terrorist groups is enough for us to justify bombing them, right?
You mock me with your false and hipocritical piety sir. THeres a place for false christians like you.
October 10th, 2007 at 4:09 amDaryll:
These “treasures,†you have cited [should have read “treasonousâ€], have combined to create the worst administration in U.S. history! Former President Carter may have toned down his assessment, but I stand by mine and his initial statement. Remember the London Guardian’s headline the day after the 2004 presidential election: “How Could 50,000,000 People Be So Stupid?†We are reaping what they sowed! I detest that you sullied my birth date with your idiotic post!
October 11th, 2007 at 1:14 am“blogswarm”?
October 11th, 2007 at 1:47 pmis that anything like the KKK or the Nazis?
I heard somewhere that they DO that on the Internets.
oops! wrong planet! sorry
October 11th, 2007 at 1:48 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE&NR=1
October 11th, 2007 at 5:04 pmI am not a phony. Try Jesus.
Comment by Daryll — October 9, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
You want to take Jesus to court????
October 11th, 2007 at 9:08 pm