McCain Gets Iraq Facts Wrong Again: Says Sadr — Not Maliki — ‘Asked’ For Ceasefire
McCain Gets Iraq Facts Wrong Again: Says Sadr — Not Maliki — ‘Asked’ For Ceasefire
Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he was “surprised” by violent clashes between central Iraqi government and militias connected to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr last week in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. “Maliki decided to take on this operation without consulting the Americans,” McCain told reporters on his campaign bus.
As MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann noted last night, at the same time McCain expressed surprise about the developments in Basra, he also got basic facts wrong about the ceasefire that halted the violence on Sunday. McCain claimed that “it was Sadr who asked for the ceasefire,” not Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malki:
Asked if the Basra campaign had backfired, he said: “Apparently it was Sadr who asked for the ceasefire, declared a ceasefire. It wasn’t Maliki. Very rarely do I see the winning side declare a ceasefire. So we’ll see.’’
Watch it:
As Mother Jones’ Jonathan Stein notes today, McCain’s description of what happened is “completely misleading” and wrong. In fact, Sadr’s call for a ceasefire only came after members of Maliki’s political party traveled to Iran to broker a deal with him:
The backdrop to Sadr’s dramatic statement was a secret trip Friday by Iraqi lawmakers to Qom, Iran’s holy city and headquarters for the Iranian clergy who run the country.
There the Iraqi lawmakers held talks with Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Qods (Jerusalem) brigades of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and signed an agreement with Sadr, which formed the basis of his statement Sunday, members of parliament said.
Ali al Adeeb, a member of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s Dawa party, and Hadi al Ameri, the head of the Badr Organization, the military wing of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, had two aims, lawmakers said: to ask Sadr to stand down his militia and to ask Iranian officials to stop supplying weapons to Shiite militants in Iraq.
According to the AP, “the peace deal between al-Sadr and Iraqi government forces” not only “left the cleric’s Mahdi Army intact,” but it also left Maliki “politically battered and humbled within his own Shi’ite power base.”
This is not the first time in recent memory that McCain has gotten basic facts about Iraq wrong. Two weeks ago, he repeatedly made false claims that Iran was training al Qaeda fighters in Iraq.
Matt Duss has more at the Wonk Room.
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April 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pmJust call him McClueless.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pmWhat? Wasn’t Holy Joe there to whisper in his ear?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:01 pm.
Oooh…
The McReason is making me dizzy!
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April 1st, 2008 at 2:03 pmAnd Cheney once again says, “So?”
April 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmExplain to me again why Republicans are considered “stronger” on national security than Democrats?
“Stronger”? No.
“Wronger”? Yes.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmMcCain makes your job way too easy. hehe
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April 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pmBut…but…didn’t you hear the lastest about Obama’s minister?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pmKlobuchar Endorses Obama
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2008/ 03/ 31/ AR2008033102987.html
Thank God for Minnesota!
April 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pmHow many “senior moments” are we going let this guy get away with?
Do you really want someone like this to have access to Nuclear Weapon launch codes?
God help us.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:07 pmThe problem is, the election has almost nothing to do with facts. What McCain is selling is “feelings”. When he lies and says, “Apparently it was Sadr who asked for the ceasefire, declared a ceasefire. It wasn’t Maliki. Very rarely do I see the winning side declare a ceasefire.” he’s hoping that ‘the average voter’ will feel a surge of pride about how we’re ‘winning’ and thus ‘number one!’. Unfortunately, he’s got most all of the media willing to play Sousa marches in the background, despite the fact that his descriptions are completely divorced from reality.
It was lies which got us into this mess. Lies cannot get us out.
Why anyone would think that a Conservative has ANY credibility about ANYTHING is completely beyond me. Have they done ANYTHING right??? It seems to me that we should be able to stop asking their opinions one of these days.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pmWhat do McSame and the Colorado River have in common?
They both run off at the mouth.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:13 pmWhat do McSame and the Colorado River have in common?
They are both full of silt.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmThe Iraqi president has to go to Iran and ask the clerics to help broker a deal. This strengthens Sadr and weakens Maliki. It also shows the closer ties that Sadr has with Iran. This aids the Shiite factions and will cause greater tension between them and the Sunnis, which will keep the spotlight on Iran and it’s intentions.
This may play out where a weaker Maliki will create the shaky scenario that will give this administration the excuse to escalate against Iran.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmWhat do McSame and the Colorado River have in common.
They are both dammed.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmGood thing he’s so experienced.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:18 pmWhat do McSame and the Colorado River have in common?
They are both fishy.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pmEmbarrassed U.S. Starts to Disown Basra Operation
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41804
April 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pmToday McStupid is at his cushy Episcopalian private school bragging about being the worst student in his class. We should believe him.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:24 pmYes, repugs, tell us again how the clueless McCain is the one who can best lead us in foreign affairs and foreign policy.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pmCosh!!! They want to install another ignorant bully in the Oval Office! It reminds me of the military dictators the US gave us in Brazil, back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s… ignorant and arrogant individuals who were placed there to pose as ‘presidents’… Are the neocon republicans going to install MacCaine in the WH too? Like they did with W.C. Bush? They stole elections in the USA!!!! And they may try to di it again! MacCaine should retire… his alzeimers is kicking in.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm#9 McWars
Yes!: Klobuchar Endorses Obama
My Obama yard sign is up.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm# progressisgood Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Al Gore!
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April 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pmI am glad to see the “base” that he continually speaks to for the group that it must be. One might conclude that this base is: 1. stupid. 2. wants to appeal to stupid.
3. war profiteer, cares nothing about anything except money. 4. bigots, don’t matter who it is, we’re against it kind of appeal. 5. killers, love it, all forms, nonstop. 6. religions that are hate based; covers most of them. watch how they line up behind their “man” after trashing him as a librul homo all his career.
glad the grupen is getting smaller and smaller, easier to identify. The wingbolts don’t realize they are giving the next democratic president and congress the power to destroy them completely. Or do they?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pm> Your own Liberal NPR says that
> “Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered his militiamen
> off the streets.”
Right, funny thing is, Maliki was going into this claiming we was going to WHIPE them off the streets..
If you call for a ceasefire and the fighting stops and you havent surrenedered, how does that make you the weak one?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmHe has based his candidacy on Foreign Policy..what a scary thought? He can’t even remember what is going on over there. Its Deja Vu all over again..Ronald Reagan Senile before he even took office. McCain please go see a doctor..
April 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmYou really don’t look to far ahead do you right stuff? Sadr decides what and when. Maliki is getting weaker and weaker in a non effective govt. All the while motars continue to drop on the Green Zone. That’s a direct snub at Maliki and the US.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmDo you think it gets frustrating for the trolls, having to distort reality all the time in order to make it fit their talking points?
I mean, take Wrong Stuff’s contortions here. He ignores Miliki’s overtures to Sadr, and tries to claim that, because Sadr was the only one with the power to make the cease-fire happen, that McSame’s black-is-white narrative is actually the way things went down.
It’s got to be exhausting. No wonder Wrong Stuff is never on top of his game.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pmThere is no such thing as a “liberal press”. Fact.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pmsacopenapa Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Cosh!!! They want to install another ignorant bully in the Oval Office! It reminds me of the military dictators the US gave us in Brazil, back in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s…
Oh, right. Like it’s OUR fault Brazil had natural resources we wanted unlimited access to.
Sheesh! It’s like you liberal Jihadis want to blame the U.S. for everything the U.S. does!
April 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pmHey the Twat Stuff, you got one of them fancy series of tubes links to anything that says Sadr lost any ground or suffered any strategic setbacks? If Sadr was the loser, why did maliki go from demanding the militas surrent to offering them cash (probably our cash) for thier weapons?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Oh, right. Like it’s OUR fault Brazil had natural resources we wanted unlimited access to.
Sheesh! It’s like you liberal Jihadis want to blame the U.S. for everything the U.S. does!
There! Let’s see how the TPWatchers spin THAT one!
April 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pm>who asked for the ceasefire, declared a ceasefire
gotta love McFlipFlopper, the man who can flipflop quicker than Kerry, in less than a setence….
“asked for” and “declared” are two very very diffrent things…”asked for” implies weakness, that someone else has the power to deny your wish for the fighting to stop.. on the other hand, “declared” implies power, because it doesnt require the other side agree to anything.. you simply declare it, and it happens… if sadr simply said “the fighting will stop” and its stops.. well that sounds to be like the guy is in a pretty good position..
April 1st, 2008 at 2:37 pm1. It’s ridiculous to think that Maliki didn’t check with his masters in Washington before launching the assault against his political enemies.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pm2. It’s Maliki and his supporters’ militias that are aligned with Iran; Sadr wants to get rid of the Iranian influence on Iraq.
3. Sadr is a nationalist who wants to keep Iraq a single nation. He has the backing of about 60% of Iraqis. Maliki is a puppet with support only from his party. He wants to break up Iraq into autonomous zones, which will help Washington gain control over Iraq’s oil.
4. McCain can say whatever he likes. Pretty soon there are going to be helicopters evacuating Americans from the Green Zone like there were in Saigon in 1975. Bushco has lost; McCain’s trying to keep up a good front until the election, but this summer might be the end of Bushco’s Iraqi adventure.
McCain lives for yesterday,
Talks about tomorrow,
And can’t remember what Today is…
April 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pmThe_Right_Stuff Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pm
ThinkProgress mentions “Sadr’s call for a ceasefire …” while McCain said that “it was Sadr who asked for the ceasefire.” Not a huge difference there.
Your own Liberal NPR says that “Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered his militiamen off the streets.”
Yes. AFTER representatives from ad-Dawa and ISCI asked the Iranians to ask as-Sadr for a cease-fire. As-Sadr agreed to it, and THEN issued orders to the Jaysh to stop firing. You see, it’s not much of a cease-fire if as-Sadr doesn’t actually tell his army to cease firing.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pmWhat do McSame and the Colorado River have in common?
- Both are flowing downhill.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:49 pm- Both twist and turn with the current.
- Both are directed by the rocks at their head.
- Both are digging deep holes, slowly.
- Both will give Americans a turbulent ride.
Shouldn’t you be minding the store at “TPWatch”?
Oh, that’s right– there’s no one there, so you’ve got plenty of free time.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pmFrom Juan Cole:
‘John McCain said he was surprised that Nuri al-Maliki would abruptly launch an operation against Basra. It seems to me that there are only two possibilities here.
Either McCain really did not know and did not anticipate the trouble in Basra, in which case he does not know much about Iraq and isn’t better qualified to deal with it than anyone else.
Or, he and Cheney helped put al-Maliki up to the whole thing while he was there, and now is petrified that someone will hang the fiasco around his neck.’
http://www.juancole.com/2008/04/mccain-surprised.html
April 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pmGive the old man a break. So what if he doesn’t know shit about Iraq, Iran or Al Qaeda. That’s what on the job training is for. Look at Bush. He didn’t know anything and didn’t care to know anytghing about the region and look what all he was able to accomplish starting at ground zero.
Well, ok, we are well below ground zero and still digging, never mind, my bad.
April 1st, 2008 at 2:55 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Shouldn’t you be minding the store at “TPWatch”?
Oh, that’s right– there’s no one there, so you’ve got plenty of free time.
Hey, ralph - did you read that memo from Ayman az-Zawahiri yesterday? It said we liberals supposed to undermine the Judeo-Christian foundations of America with secularism and homosexuality, but in last week’s memo he said we had to do it with evolution and solar power. I’m so confused! Do we have to do both? How did you manage to reconcile both orders from our Jihadi Overlords?
April 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pm>How did you manage to reconcile both orders from
>our Jihadi Overlords?
I’m still trying to reconcile Masta Osama assertion that taxes are waay too high in this country with my rabidly ismlamofascist/liberal beleifs..
April 1st, 2008 at 3:01 pmfrom swimming freestyle:
“John McCain has admitted he’s clueless when it comes to the economy. (Fear not - he’s checked out Alan Greenspan’s book from the library). He’s made it pretty clear he intends to run on his military record and gung ho, never mind the facts position on Iraq. That might be OK if he could just get the details right.”
http://swimmingfreestyle.typepad.com
April 1st, 2008 at 3:01 pmBoy George said that Maliki’s gambit was the “Defining Moment” for Iraq.
I think the blind pig found an acorn. For once he’s right.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:02 pmIt said we liberals supposed to undermine the Judeo-Christian foundations of America with secularism and homosexuality, but in last week’s memo he said we had to do it with evolution and solar power. I’m so confused! Do we have to do both?
By having gay people and secular humanists teach evolution and install solar panels on peoples’ houses. Will that work for ya? :)
April 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pmDid the Maverick forget to take his Geritol? Good luck McCain running for Prez on only your military experience resume. How many more blunders is this clown going to make between now and November?
April 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pmThe world can’t afford another idiot Republican in the White House.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:06 pmDon’t ask me; I can only keep one thought in my head at a time. So whatever our overlords told us last is what I’m doin’.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:07 pmDont make John angry or he will hold his breath till he blacks out.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:07 pmIt said we liberals supposed to undermine the Judeo-Christian foundations of America with secularism and homosexuality, but in last week’s memo he said we had to do it with evolution and solar power. I’m so confused! Do we have to do both?
WHAT??!! I thought we were supposed to declare an Islamic jihad and promote fascist medicine! Will Rogers was right. I don’t belong to an organized party, I’m a Democrat.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
By having gay people and secular humanists teach evolution and install solar panels on peoples’ houses. Will that work for ya? :)
Brilliant! Thank you, Wayne!
So how’s the weather over there? It’s freezing around here! Any more of this cold weather and our Global Warming myth is gonna get busted for sure… I had to burn three flags and two Bibles last night just to keep warm!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pmHi, toasterhead,
It’s relatively calm in this neck of the woods right now. Temps in the high-40’s-low-50’s. But I hear we still might get snow before this “Winter” thing I’ve been hearing about goes away. (It didn’t hit us terribly bad this time.)
But I’m ready for the next cold snap. I’ve still got a couple of flags around that I took down when Bush invaded Iraq, and my mom has several Bibles that she won’t miss if they have to go into the fireplace. :)
April 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
WHAT??!! I thought we were supposed to declare an Islamic jihad and promote fascist medicine!
Really? Ooops - I screwed that up. I declared a fascist jihad and promoted Islamic medicine.
No wonder my Pakistani doctor was so confused when I insisted he prescribe me a dozen abortions!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:16 pmprogressisgood Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
What about the zinc mine? zinc mining that has released millions of pounds of potentially toxic substances near his farmstead G O R E
Yes. So toxic it causes brain damage even to those who comment on blogs about it.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pm>when I insisted he prescribe me a dozen abortions!
ask for the suppository abortions, they are libbed, for your pleased..
April 1st, 2008 at 3:19 pm“Maliki decided to take on this operation without consulting the Americans,” McCain told reporters on his campaign bus.
How dare he. Is he trying to break the strings of the puppet master? Actually, it’s starting to look like we are the puppets. We had to send in our guys to help since the Iraqi military wasn’t doing such a bang up job.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pmprogressisgood - just flagged you. Discuss the issue of the thread or give it up!
April 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pmClueless talk express.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pmfrom Time magazine.. How Sadr Won in Basra
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ time/ 20080401/ wl_time/ howmoqtadaalsadrwoninbasra
April 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pmYour own Liberal NPR says…..
Liberal NPR…what a laugh. It was once a pretty fair and balanced station but ever since Bush made it just another arm of the RNC, NPR is in no way liberal.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:28 pmThe_Right_Stuff Says:
ThinkProgress mentions “Sadr’s call for a ceasefire …” while McCain said that “it was Sadr who asked for the ceasefire.” Not a huge difference there.
The wrong_stuff’s critical thinking skills are minimal at best. It doesn’t know the difference between “asked” and “called”. Maliki asked for the ceasefire and Sadar called his followers to honor a ceasefire. Maliki was the loser and in a very bad place. He asked Sadar to do something to get his a$$ out of the frying pan. Sadar obliged and called his men to stand down.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pmNo wonder my Pakistani doctor was so confused when I insisted he prescribe me a dozen abortions!
12 abortions, 72 virgins. Not a very high sperm count apparently. Or someone’s been doing the nasty during the nasty.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:32 pmimpeachcheneythenbush Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
progressisgood - just flagged you. Discuss the issue of the thread or give it up!
Ditto.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:36 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Liberal NPR…what a laugh. It was once a pretty fair and balanced station but ever since Bush made it just another arm of the RNC, NPR is in no way liberal.
_______
True, though I’d find it hard to call it conservative, either. NPR at least has some decent interviewers who will challenge the talking points. Some.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:37 pmwoodguy Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:36 pm
impeachcheneythenbush Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
progressisgood - just flagged you. Discuss the issue of the thread or give it up!
Ditto.
Me, too.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:46 pmHow long until Maliki = Karzai?
April 1st, 2008 at 3:49 pmNPR is not what it use to be,It is more moderate if not more to the right of center. Deffinately far from liberal .Once again McMoron does not know which side of his mouth to talk out of.I want more big Gov`t because it works. Dubya`s small gov`t has not worked for him or the 3 previous residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Apparently big gov`t is needed with this administation because they are as crooked and corrupt as they come,crooked bushies are leaving left and right to spend more time with family(before their jail time begins).
April 1st, 2008 at 3:59 pmThe British defense minister on Tuesday said the number of British troops in Iraq will remain at the current level of around 4,000 for the time being.
Des Browne, briefing the House of Commons, said it would be “prudent” to halt any further reductions, particularly in light of the violence in Basra over the last week.
http://edition.cnn.com/ 2008/ WORLD/ meast/ 04/ 01/ uk.iraq/
April 1st, 2008 at 3:59 pmThis guy wants to be commander in chief???
He seems to have caught the same disease as W…..the dreaded foot in mouth disease. Where facts, well they are just an annoyance and just not important.
Why doesn’t the “mainstream” media pick this guy apart instead of the constant focus on Obama and Clinton.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:01 pmorigressisgood:
Flagged as well. Everyone flag this idiot.
Wayne, do you use the bibles to start the flags or the other way around?
April 1st, 2008 at 4:02 pmDespite his vows to tough out the stinging failure of his Basra campaign, Mr al-Maliki hit a plaintive note in a televised address in which he pleaded for captured army vehicles to be returned to his troops.
“We heard that one of the political parties has taken 50 vehicles that belong to the Government,” he said. “By God I will not get out of Basra unless I get them back, no matter what it takes … I am ready to give cars for all those who have taken government vehicles if they give those cars back, so that we can keep the rule of law.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ tol/ news/ world/ iraq/ article3661892.ece
April 1st, 2008 at 4:04 pmSave the pictures in the Bibles and put them in all at once when you have a decent flame going, the colors make the kids go WOW.
My kids used to love it when I went on a business trip because I always brought back hotel Bibles for the fire. Whenever I could I would stay at a Marriott and double up with the Book of Mormon.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:06 pmFox News’ Special Report noted that the “non-partisan group” factcheck.org “says Obama’s claim that McCain wants 100 years in Iraq is a serious distortion to the point of rank falsehood. Challenged by reporters today, Obama refused to back down.” McCain’s campaign claims Obama “has been knowingly twisting McCain’s words for as much as three months.”
http://www.usnews.com/ usnews/ politics/ bulletin/ bulletin_080401.htm
April 1st, 2008 at 4:07 pmQ: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years — ” (cut off by McCain)
McCain: “Make it a hundred.”
Q: “Is that …” (cut off)
McCain: “We’ve been in South Korea … we’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea 50 years or so. That would be fine with me. As long as Americans …”
Q: [tries to say something]
McCain: “As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. That’s fine with me, I hope that would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where Al Queada is training and equipping and recruiting and motivating people every single day.
Update: Here is the footage…and FYI…that’s Joe Lieberman on stage with him.
http://www.democracyarsenal.org/2008/01/mccain-on-iraq1.html
April 1st, 2008 at 4:10 pmWayne, do you use the bibles to start the flags or the other way around?
I used aborted fetuses for the kindling, then toss in the bibles wrapped in flags right after. ;)
April 1st, 2008 at 4:32 pmNothing like back-to-back nincompoops (actually sock-puppets for the Scaife’s, Coors’, etc.) for leaders of the Republican charge!
April 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pmAnd McWrong will NEVER, EVER, under ANY conditions, declare a cease fire on the facts.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:28 pmHey, lighten up on the old guy. So he was confused about the facts. He was under sniper fire at the time!
April 1st, 2008 at 5:29 pmi hope that hillary and obama sieze the moment and attack him hard over him over these continuing verbal blunders he is making about everything related to stability in the middle east - don’t give him a free pass!! - oh,and it might be just me but i haven’t heard the name al qaeda being linked to any of the recent violence in baghdad and basra…..weird.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:09 pmIts incredulous that McCain would be “surprised” by ANYTHING that happens in Iraq. After all, he and his Neo-Con buddies are responsible for the endless quagmire in which we now find ourselves.
Cheney’s response: “SO”.
There should be a SPECIAL place in Hell for these bastards.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:03 pm“Maliki decided to take on this operation without consulting the Americans,” McCain told reporters on his campaign bus.
it is the story that bush is pushing, which is total bs. there is no way maliki could make that kind of military move without u.s. approval.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/04/01/8011/
the u.s. media needs to call bush on this one!
April 1st, 2008 at 8:01 pmIt looks like Maliki has decided to go with what Cheney told him to do rather than his Iranian benefactors. Right now that is looking like a political gamble that he cannot win.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/ story/ 0,25197,23461871-2703,00.html
This is all unfolding along predictable lines. What then is another “I told you so”? I told you so.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:00 pm