Comments on: Cheney: By Jan. 2009, Iraq Will Be A True ‘Democracy In The Heart Of The Middle East’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bernard quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179390 bernard quatermass Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:57:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179390 Dickie-poo wouldn't know a true democracy if it blasted him in the face with birdshot. Dickie-poo wouldn’t know a true democracy if it blasted him in the face with birdshot.

]]> By: Menehune http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179278 Menehune Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:46:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179278 The "heart" of the middle east needs a pacemaker too. it seems to be in ventricular fibrillation. The “heart” of the middle east needs a pacemaker too. it seems to be in ventricular fibrillation.

]]> By: neoconsrscum http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179272 neoconsrscum Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:33:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179272 #60- not only is it 2- Friedman units; it'd be suspiciously close to being right <em>after</em> the inauguration of his fav-rite Republi-SCUM candidate. #60- not only is it 2- Friedman units; it’d be suspiciously close to being right after the inauguration of his fav-rite Republi-SCUM candidate.

]]> By: neoconsrscum http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179271 neoconsrscum Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:31:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179271 Yes, he'll be screaming from his hospital bed, crowing about his successes in Iraq; like Roy Cohn, dying of AIDS, screaming from his deathbed that he's "not homosexual". Yes, he’ll be screaming from his hospital bed, crowing about his successes in Iraq; like Roy Cohn, dying of AIDS, screaming from his deathbed that he’s “not homosexual”.

]]> By: dgpdx http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179219 dgpdx Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:19:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179219 <strong>If that happens, we break even: gain one democracy there; lose one democracy here...</strong> If that happens, we break even: gain one democracy there; lose one democracy here…

]]> By: leftcoast http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179212 leftcoast Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:58:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179212 <em> Iraq will eventually be in a “good” enough place that the administration will be able to look back and say,“That was the right decision. It was a sound decision going into Iraq.” </em> Wouldn't the appropriate time to have determined that it was a right and sound decision been <em>before</em> they decided to invade Iraq? Iraq will eventually be in a “good” enough place that the administration will be able to look back and say,“That was the right decision. It was a sound decision going into Iraq.”

Wouldn’t the appropriate time to have determined that it was a right and sound decision been before they decided to invade Iraq?

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179199 alphainfinityomega Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:18:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179199 <strong>CAPTION</strong> "I think I see some Snow White Dove's and some Whip-O-Will there in the distance, Lynn; hand me my 12 gauge." <strong>∞</strong> CAPTION

“I think I see some Snow White Dove’s and some Whip-O-Will there in the distance, Lynn; hand me my 12 gauge.”

∞

]]> By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179198 Gregor Samsa Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:15:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179198 <i> a democracy in the heart of the Middle East</i> This single sentence contains two elements Cheney knows little or nothing about (Middle East and a heart), and one he rather <i>not</i> know anything about (democracy). It's no wonder the Iraq experiment is slowly going down the drain... a democracy in the heart of the Middle East

This single sentence contains two elements Cheney knows little or nothing about (Middle East and a heart), and one he rather not know anything about (democracy).

It’s no wonder the Iraq experiment is slowly going down the drain…

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179196 alphainfinityomega Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:12:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179196 January 2009 ?? That's over two (2) more Friedman unit's. WTF. How many times have we heard this before ? <strong>∞</strong> January 2009 ??

That’s over two (2) more Friedman unit’s. WTF.
How many times have we heard this before ?

∞

]]> By: Juan C. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179191 Juan C. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:04:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179191 <em>Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Prize Lecture in Literature, Guardian, December 7, 2005 Comment by impeachcheneythenbush</em> That is probably the best statement against the Iraqi invasion I have read, just as the best statement against the utterly destruction of Nicaragua. Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Prize Lecture in Literature, Guardian, December 7, 2005
Comment by impeachcheneythenbush

That is probably the best statement against the Iraqi invasion I have read, just as the best statement against the utterly destruction of Nicaragua.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179180 RUCerious Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:02:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179180 We will succeed in Iraq, just like we did in Afghanistan. We will stand up a new government under an Iraqi-drafted constitution. We will defeat that insurgency, and, in fact, it will be an enormous success story. [6/24/05] Uh, the same Afghanistan that's being overrun by the Taliban? That enormous success? We will succeed in Iraq, just like we did in Afghanistan. We will stand up a new government under an Iraqi-drafted constitution. We will defeat that insurgency, and, in fact, it will be an enormous success story. [6/24/05]

Uh, the same Afghanistan that’s being overrun by the Taliban? That enormous success?

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179179 RUCerious Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:01:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179179 Oh, and the oil's gonna pay for it all, right, you big fat dick? Oh, and the oil’s gonna pay for it all, right, you big fat dick?

]]> By: Max-1 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179169 Max-1 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:44:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179169 . And Cheney's proof lies where? In his faulty, contrived, manipulated, "FIXED FACTS"? . .

And Cheney’s proof lies where?

In his faulty, contrived, manipulated, “FIXED FACTS”?

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]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179151 Chocolate Jesus Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:50:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179151 Iraq will be be a true democracy in the heart of the middle east just like the Palestenian government is now. Iraq didnt show up at the latest "peace" conference, just like the elected government of palestine didnt. Thats because they have demcratically chosen to align themselves with Iran and reject any conferences which try to align support against them, and they've also democratically chosen to hate israel and want nothing to do with any peace accords with then,.idiots like Kilo-twat are so naive they really think that they didnt show up at the peace conference like we wanted them to, because the entire iraqi government had a "schedueling conflict",,, what a moron,, Iraq will be be a true democracy in the heart of the middle east just like the Palestenian government is now. Iraq didnt show up at the latest “peace” conference, just like the elected government of palestine didnt. Thats because they have demcratically chosen to align themselves with Iran and reject any conferences which try to align support against them, and they’ve also democratically chosen to hate israel and want nothing to do with any peace accords with then,.idiots like Kilo-twat are so naive they really think that they didnt show up at the peace conference like we wanted them to, because the entire iraqi government had a “schedueling conflict”,,, what a moron,,

]]> By: Keith H. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179132 Keith H. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:36:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179132 Dick Cheney: Absolute Evil Personified. May he get what he has coming, and soon. Dick Cheney: Absolute Evil Personified.
May he get what he has coming, and soon.

]]> By: Innocent Bystander http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179086 Innocent Bystander Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:26:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179086 By the middle of January 2009, Dick Cheney will be in Dubai, living like an Arab Sheik, free from extradition worries. He'll be having a laugh at all of the suckers who defended him and this administration for 8 years. By the middle of January 2009, Dick Cheney will be in Dubai, living like an Arab Sheik, free from extradition worries. He’ll be having a laugh at all of the suckers who defended him and this administration for 8 years.

]]> By: pluege http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179064 pluege Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:51:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179064 Depends on the meaning of democracy. if you go with democracy cheney style like he promotes here in the US, which is nothing more than a dictatorship and one party rule; why then, yes, the vice president may very well be right about Iraq. It also depends on the meaning of self-governing. if you go with self-governing cheney style, which includes massive foreign military bases and presence in your country and coerced treaties and agreements to let an occupier to have sole access to your resources at-will, why then yes, the vice president may very well be right about Iraq. . Depends on the meaning of democracy. if you go with democracy cheney style like he promotes here in the US, which is nothing more than a dictatorship and one party rule; why then, yes, the vice president may very well be right about Iraq.

It also depends on the meaning of self-governing. if you go with self-governing cheney style, which includes massive foreign military bases and presence in your country and coerced treaties and agreements to let an occupier to have sole access to your resources at-will, why then yes, the vice president may very well be right about Iraq.
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]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179059 Brain From Planet Arous Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:44:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179059 <em>Well, why not? After all, Bush’s still going to be president, and Cheney’s still going to be VP in 2009. Wait, did I say that out loud? Never mind…. Comment by Hemlock for Gadflies — December 5, 2007 @ 8:22 pm</em> I have been thinking this out loud for 7 years now, and it is NOT Marshall Tucker's Law, but Martial Law. After all Mushie pulled it off in Pakistan with the blessings of BushCo. Believe NOTHING BushLaden Productions says, and I mean NOTHING. Well, why not? After all, Bush’s still going to be president, and Cheney’s still going to be VP in 2009.

Wait, did I say that out loud?

Never mind….

Comment by Hemlock for Gadflies — December 5, 2007 @ 8:22 pm

I have been thinking this out loud for 7 years now, and it is NOT Marshall Tucker’s Law, but Martial Law. After all Mushie pulled it off in Pakistan with the blessings of BushCo.

Believe NOTHING BushLaden Productions says, and I mean NOTHING.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-2/#comment-4179045 ForTruth Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:34:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179045 I thought Mertha had no credibility, being corrupt and all. Right repukes? I thought Mertha had no credibility, being corrupt and all. Right repukes?

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-4179038 Briseadh na Faire Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:27:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/cheney-iraq-democracy/#comment-4179038 There already is a democracy in the Middle East: Iran. It's as much a democracy as the U.S. It's a Republic. Saudia Arabia, on the other hand, is an absolute monarchy. The Arab Emirates is a Federation whose member states are ruled by Crown Princes. Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy. So, our Arab and/or Muslim friends in the Middle East can have monarchies and we're ok with that. Our enemy du jour has a democracy, and we're agitating for regime change and the use of force. It sure looks like we support monarchies more than we support democracies in the Middle East. There already is a democracy in the Middle East: Iran.

It’s as much a democracy as the U.S. It’s a Republic.

Saudia Arabia, on the other hand, is an absolute monarchy. The Arab Emirates is a Federation whose member states are ruled by Crown Princes. Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy.

So, our Arab and/or Muslim friends in the Middle East can have monarchies and we’re ok with that. Our enemy du jour has a democracy, and we’re agitating for regime change and the use of force.

It sure looks like we support monarchies more than we support democracies in the Middle East.

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