Graham: ‘Political Reconciliation In Iraq Going Better Than It Is Here At Home’
Graham: ‘Political Reconciliation In Iraq Going Better Than It Is Here At Home’
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) returned this week from a trip to Iraq and was “brimming with optimism.” This morning on Fox News, Graham said he wishes Washington would be more like Baghdad:
The truth is that political reconciliation in Iraq is going better there than it is here at home because of better security.
Watch it:
Graham’s foresight on Iraq has been repeatedly off-base. For example, in August, he said the U.S. was “kicking ass” and foresaw “breakthrough” political reconciliation “within weeks, not months.” In reality, little has been accomplished since then.
So, does Graham really want Washington to function more like Baghdad? Does he want to see one political faction assassinating the other’s officials? Politically-linked murders of judicial investigators, doctors, and politicians? Sectarian bombings of civilians trying to freely practice their religion?
(HT: Alex Koppelman)
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Didn't see in the news where congress and the senate where killing each other and doing the suicide bomb thing? Did I miss something?
Another Repukian tard spouting crap.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:27 pmI encourage Sen. Lindsay Graham to emigrate and embrace the new unity and peacefulness that is political and daily life in Iraq!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:28 pmWas he a cheerleader at his private prep-school too?
February 26th, 2008 at 5:29 pmNo WMD in Iraq
No link between Sadam and 9/11
No need to kill or maim thousands of Americans and over 100,000 Iraqis
Dude, we know who was right and who was wrong. If you plan to spend the rest of the year debating whether the biggest fubar in U.S. foreign policy history is beginning to suck less five years later good luck carrying any state north of Alabama.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:31 pmSo all we need to do for political reconciliation here is ethnically cleanse Washington, send about 30 million Americans fleeing to Canada or Mexico for their lives, have two or three major factions of our political parties walk out of the government, have Congress take five-week vacations every time they pass a bill, and train a load of religious death squads to roam the country rooting out foreigners and assassinating local political leaders?
Sign me UP!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:32 pmNever one for subtlety, Graham proves again he's aboot a few bricks short of a barrow load.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:33 pmThe truth is that political reconciliation in Iraq is going better there than it is here at home because of better security.
Ok, now I know that the entire Republican party has gone bat shit insane. Do they have any idea what they are telling the world when they say things like that?
February 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pmLindsay Graham = Baghdad Bob
February 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pmSuch a loaded statement. Our political situation here is in crisis because of people like Graham.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pmWhat does that say about our security here at home?
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February 26th, 2008 at 5:34 pmI second Tom at #8.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:35 pm"Graham said he thinks the biggest story line from the surge is that a Muslim country has rejected the al-Qaida agenda,..."
February 26th, 2008 at 5:36 pmI'm sorry, I missed the part where al-Qaeda was present in Iraq prior to our invasion.
Why can't Lindsay play nice with Harry?
February 26th, 2008 at 5:38 pmThe truth is that political reconciliation in Iraq is going better there than it is here at home because of better security.
Homeland security ?
Monetary security ?
Social Security ?
February 26th, 2008 at 5:40 pmLyndsey Graham=Baghdad Bobber.
-GSD
February 26th, 2008 at 5:41 pmThe corn-pone stylings of Sen. Gomer Pyle.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pmTombaker @ #3: they all were. The Nation or the Progressive did a story back after the '94 called something like revenge of the cheerleaders showing how many of the incoming GOP class were exactly that. Included pics...
Brimming with Zyprexa is more like it.
-AF
February 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pmThe fact is our military is not big enough to kill all our enemies so our government spies on everyone on the planet with a phone line.
Yeah, I'd say that was pretty irreconcilable.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pmSays the GOP Jihadist! ROTFL!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pm14- GOP electoral security...
February 26th, 2008 at 5:44 pmWhat is this idiot talking about!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:47 pmGood thing they showed him from the torso up, so's you can't see his pom poms.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:49 pm14- GOP electoral security…
Comment by Strangely Enough — February 26, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
After November's election , that will have gone the way of the dodo too .........
February 26th, 2008 at 5:49 pmWhat is this idiot talking about!
Comment by VerbalKint — February 26, 2008 @ 5:47 pm
Himself
In other words , absolutely nothing.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:50 pmnice.....it's not just for the shopping (because it's FAAAAAbulous!) but for the SECURITY.....maybe he's got an underaged boyfriend over there
February 26th, 2008 at 5:57 pmPolitical reconciliation works a lot better when the leader of one warring faction, al-Sadr, calls a truce.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:24 pmpolitical assassinations....hmmmm. I'll have to admit, bush43 has driven me to think similar thoughts during his imperial reign in office.
I just don't want to spend my life in prison because the inmates funning the show on the Federal Level.
But......
February 26th, 2008 at 6:32 pmI am so sick of these closeted Republican poofs.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:32 pmI wish they would just come out of the closet, move to the Village or do whatever it is that would finally make them happy and GET THE F*** OUT OF THE COUNTRY'S BUSINESS!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! These freaks have done an incredible amount of damage to America.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I notice he didnt mention any new benchmarks accomplished
February 26th, 2008 at 6:35 pmHow many politicians have been killed in Iraq since Iraq reclaimed its "sovereignty"? How many politicians have been killed here in America during the same time period? I think you'll find a discrepancy between these figures.
Republicans would have us believe that discussions, votes not going their way, pro forma sessions, or filibusters are in some way analogous to the violence which is raging in Iraq. It reminds me of Mitt Romney comparing his sons' "service" to his campaign to the sacrifices made my American soldiers in service to their country. There is no comparison.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:41 pmIt must be lonely in the closet, cus he comes out and says really stupid things. he seems to have no idea of what he is saying, most of the time.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:56 pmGraham also has a follow-up to his 5 rugs for 5 bucks.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:57 pmThey're getting damn near close to doing just that! (Think: Siegelman)
February 26th, 2008 at 6:57 pmSo, does Graham really want Washington to function more like Baghdad?
Naw, "political reconciliation" to Graham and all Republicans just means "we're in charge".
Good luck getting there again, Senator.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:18 pm"...Did I miss something?
Another Repukian tard spouting crap."
Comment by Buckie Boy — February 26, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
Now that would be something worth watching on CSPAN!
Congressional Cage Match! tonight at 9:00!
I got money on the dems, fewer chickenhawks. (and yes trolls, I'm aware of Grahams service, he's one of the few in that side of the aisle that actually did so)
February 26th, 2008 at 7:44 pmAfter all of the nasty shit his party has pulled he's talking about reconciliation?! How about an apology to the American people for all of the juvenile antics and mean spirited behavior.
February 26th, 2008 at 8:56 pmIf he wants Washington to be like Baghdad, turn off the power and water for days at a time. He may change his tune.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:23 pmThe truth is that political reconciliation in Iraq is going better there than it is here at home because of better security.
Is'nt this a Bush slam?
"The truth is" they have better security than here at home?
February 26th, 2008 at 9:32 pmIs’nt this a Bush slam?
“The truth is†they have better security than here at home?
Comment by lurker — February 26, 2008 @ 9:32 pm
Good point. If a Republican starts off a statement with "the truth is", yo0u can pretty much bet that what follows is a lie.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pmMy bad, lurker. Where you wrote "Bush slam" I read "bush ism".
February 26th, 2008 at 10:05 pmWill someone PLEASE help this man out of the closet so he can learn that telling the truth is not such a scary thing after all.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:37 pmThis is utterly pathetic. The disconnect between these Republican hacks is only exceeded by the miscalculations of the corporate media that promote their lies and distortions.
They just don't seem to realize, or care, that the American people aren't buying this bullshit anymore. We are ready for REAL change. The people demand it, starting with change in the media, specifically, in terms of ownership and access.
The neo-liberal fascists have to go, and take their no-bid military and government subcontracts with them.
I think Baghdad would be fine, too. Let Lindsey and his cronies colonize the Green Zone.
February 26th, 2008 at 11:15 pmwhat is the purpose of these visits to iraq by people like graham? - who authorises these trips? - does he write a report and present it to someone when he gets back? - i see he has r-sc after his name - in what way does graham being in iraq benefit people living in sth carolina? - presumably his job is to provide a voice in washington for people who live in sth carolina right? - makes zero sense to me.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:12 amGraham is another clueless right-winger who lives in a bubble. Can't tell real from false. Just typical for republicans today.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:23 amWe will never have "Political Reconciliation" here at home until we get rid of dickwads like Lindsay Graham.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pmThis is utterly pathetic. The disconnect between these Republican hacks is only exceeded by the miscalculations of the corporate media that promote their lies and distortions.
They just don’t seem to realize, or care, that the American people aren’t buying this bullshit anymore. We are ready for REAL change. The people demand it, starting with change in the media, specifically, in terms of ownership and access.
The neo-liberal fascists have to go, and take their no-bid military and government acer aspire 5600 battery,acer batefl50l6c48 battery subcontracts with them.
I think Baghdad would be fine, too. Let Lindsey and his cronies colonize the Green Zone.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:01 am