Comments on: Kagan: de-Baathification law = ‘civil rights legislation.’

By: kevo

kevo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:15:16 +0000

Kagan’s just being silly – when can any nation legislate acceptance? -Kevo

By: Helen Rainier

Helen Rainier — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:49:04 +0000

#8, 9, and 12 — I appreciate your responses to my questions. I didn’t think I was losing my mind, but you never know. I am getting older and am now a “senior citizen” who chooses to be “in training” for the rest of my life. My mind is not quite as sharp as it used to be. For the love of me, I sure still can’t quite figure out why ANYONE would think Bushie is a man of vision or of peace.

Let’s all join hands now and sing Kumbayah. :-)

By: TC-12

TC-12 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:30:12 +0000

Looking at Kagan’s photo above, why is it that so many of these GOP pundits and think tank types have a soft, pudgy, raped-in-prison, opposite-of-a-Navy-SEAL look about ‘em? Either that or a friggin’ trimmed beard, Grover Norquist style.

By: kotzabasis

kotzabasis — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:19:11 +0000

The fact that both General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker have applauded the legislation, speaks volumes of being a great achievement, considering the circumstances. As neither of them could be so stupid as to jeopardize their great success in winning the war against the insurgents and al Qaeda, by picking a “political loser” i.e., the de-Baathification legislation.

I challenge all the critics of the legislation above, to answer by dispassionate reasoning, not by partisan fulminations, why Petraeus and Crocker should back a legislation that is a failure and risk vitiating their glorious success on the battlefront.

By: Sabyen91

Sabyen91 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:20:46 +0000

Wow, he is one doughy chickenhawk.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:16:55 +0000

So when the repubs say they are in favor of civil rights legislation, do we now know that the legislation is for providing sheets and pointy hats ?

By: CitiDC

CitiDC — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:58:00 +0000

My civil rights were just violated having to look at Kagan’s 3-4 chins.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:27:44 +0000

Right, and Sadaam was Martin Luther King’s identical evil twin brother too.

By: mr.frazzlebottom

mr.frazzlebottom — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:17:03 +0000

The passage of the new law will be hailed by the War party as a major achievement. But as usual they will misread what really happened.

Just thought I’d point out that from Juan Cole in case any of you missed it.

By: Merlin

Merlin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:03:50 +0000

Comment by GSD â€” January 15, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

You must mean Betrayus the sock puppet, eh?

By: GSD

GSD — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:00:20 +0000

This half-witted muppet is the man behind the Petraeus strategy in Iraq.

Jeebus.

-GSD

By: Zooey

Zooey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:57:58 +0000

Sorry, Zooeyâ€¦.
Comment by Nevar â€” January 15, 2008 @ 7:51 pm

Well, it needed saying. It’s obviously true…. ;)

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:55:13 +0000

“This was a really, this was sort of their, the beginning of their civil rights legislation.”

WTF?
This guy is just nucking futz.
Wow.

By: Nevar

Nevar — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:51:18 +0000

Sorry, Zooey….

By: Zooey

Zooey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:49:33 +0000

â€œIâ€™m so full of sh!t, itâ€™s starting to back up behind my teeth!â€
Comment by Nevar â€” January 15, 2008 @ 7:38 pm

Oh barf….

By: Badmoodman

Badmoodman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:48:41 +0000

To equate de-Baathification laws with the civil rights movement on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday takes a wildly heightened sense of chutzpah and is singularly offensive.

By: JimRMTZ

JimRMTZ — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:48:27 +0000

From what I understand, from reading people who actually know something about the region, this is comparable what the Civil Rights Act would have looked like if it had been written by Dixiecrats, and minority and pro-civil rights legislators had boycotted the vote.

Even Condi Rice, no firm ally of truth or reality (”the August 6th PDB was historical in nature…. there was a connection betweeen Saddam and 9/11….birth pangs of democracy….. do you have these in a–Katrina who?–size 6?), was down-playing the significance of this bill.

By: Nevar

Nevar — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:38:23 +0000

Caption:

“I’m so full of sh!t, it’s starting to back up behind my teeth!”

By: chimpeach

chimpeach — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:34:59 +0000

#6 Helen Rainier

Am I missing something here? Does it seem we just took 5 years to go around in a big cluster and get back to the same spot?

No, you’ve got it right. In fact, Jay Garner was arguing that we should leave the Baathists in place, as well as the Iraqi army. Rumsfeld yanked him out of Iraq right away and replaced him with Bremer.

It only took five years for them to figure it out. Way to go!

By: Zooey

Zooey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:33:00 +0000

The deeply-flawed and divisive legislation was also trumpeted today by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Gen. Petraeus, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.

‘nuf said.