Comments on: Crocker: Al Qaeda on Afghanistan-Pakistan border bigger threat than in Iraq. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:48:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Max-1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4823652 Max-1 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:38:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4823652 . Is this where the NeoCon Fascist cheer squad yell: "<em>Stay the Course!"</em> . .

Is this where the NeoCon Fascist cheer squad yell:

“Stay the Course!”

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]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4823050 DallasNE Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:59:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4823050 So why aren't our greatest efforts focused on where the greatest threat exists? More than 5 years ago we had bin Laden trapped at Tora Bora but rather than securing that area and capturing bin Laden we diverted our energies into a build-up for an invasion of Iraq that Congress hadn't even debated, let alone authorized. The Bush administration has made mistake after mistake after mistake and have learned absolutely nothing. Why they have not been fired (impeached) is beyond belief. So why aren’t our greatest efforts focused on where the greatest threat exists? More than 5 years ago we had bin Laden trapped at Tora Bora but rather than securing that area and capturing bin Laden we diverted our energies into a build-up for an invasion of Iraq that Congress hadn’t even debated, let alone authorized. The Bush administration has made mistake after mistake after mistake and have learned absolutely nothing. Why they have not been fired (impeached) is beyond belief.

]]> By: TXProgressive http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4821390 TXProgressive Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:09:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4821390 Hmm...I heard Obama make the same comment the other day - I believe he made the statement while on the Harball College tour. He stated that we really should be focusing on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. Couple that with the comments he was ridiculed over regarding air strikes in Pakistan - which he also called correctly...I'd say that the young inexperienced candidate has already shown more recognition to the actual problems - he certainly sees a reality than the bush admin is blind to. It's also a recognition that McSame and The Clintons have failed to achieve. Nice job rookie. Go Obama. Hmm…I heard Obama make the same comment the other day – I believe he made the statement while on the Harball College tour. He stated that we really should be focusing on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area. Couple that with the comments he was ridiculed over regarding air strikes in Pakistan – which he also called correctly…I’d say that the young inexperienced candidate has already shown more recognition to the actual problems – he certainly sees a reality than the bush admin is blind to. It’s also a recognition that McSame and The Clintons have failed to achieve. Nice job rookie. Go Obama.

]]> By: flavorino http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4819696 flavorino Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:49:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4819696 "I would therefore pick Al Qaeda in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area."<em> So...were spending 12 BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH in Iraq to accomplish what? Fulfilling Bin-Laden's plan to destroy the U.S. economy? Mission accomplished? I saw a commodity report at work today. Some Chinese suppliers are now reluctant to accept US dollars. they want to be paid in Euros. The real s*** has yet to hit the fan. Heckuva job, Bushie!</em> “I would therefore pick Al Qaeda in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area.”

So…were spending 12 BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH in Iraq to accomplish what?
Fulfilling Bin-Laden’s plan to destroy the U.S. economy?
Mission accomplished?

I saw a commodity report at work today.
Some Chinese suppliers are now reluctant to accept US dollars.
they want to be paid in Euros.
The real s*** has yet to hit the fan.
Heckuva job, Bushie!

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4819094 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:04:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4819094 <em>RUCerious Says: OMG! Quick! Attack Iran! Or Oregon.</em> Now, wait a minute. I take exception to that. I say if we can't attack Iran we attack Texas. RUCerious Says:
OMG! Quick! Attack Iran!
Or Oregon.

Now, wait a minute. I take exception to that. I say if we can’t attack Iran we attack Texas.

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4819058 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:01:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4819058 Last count our government said there "may be" 1,000 AQ (really insurgents calling themselves AQ) in Iraq. And yet Betrayus and other Republican stooges are trying to convince us that they are the biggest and baddest threat in Iraq. So, why can't the US with 160,000 soldiers somehow take care of 1,000 AQ in Iraq. That's a question someone should ask Betrays. Last count our government said there “may be” 1,000 AQ (really insurgents calling themselves AQ) in Iraq. And yet Betrayus and other Republican stooges are trying to convince us that they are the biggest and baddest threat in Iraq. So, why can’t the US with 160,000 soldiers somehow take care of 1,000 AQ in Iraq. That’s a question someone should ask Betrays.

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4818342 Chocolate Jesus Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:50:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4818342 >“So why are we still in Iraq again?” didnt rummy tell you? there are no good targets in afghanistan... >“So why are we still in Iraq again?”

didnt rummy tell you? there are no good targets in afghanistan…

]]> By: labdad95 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4818316 labdad95 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:47:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4818316 I can't listen to Crocker speak. Every other word is "Uh." I can’t listen to Crocker speak. Every other word is “Uh.”

]]> By: BrianFL http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4818170 BrianFL Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:33:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4818170 Our Iraq policy is ridiculous. If we are paying off all the sides, what incentive do they have to form a real compromise government? Do they really want those checks to stop coming in? If the al Maliki's government is being protected by US troops, what incentive do they have to compromise with Sunni factions? What incentive does the Iraqi government have to fight Shiite militias if violence from those militias will mean more US money coming in and more US troops to guard them? They are now running a large surplus in their budget because they have US taxpayers to cover their defense budget. So they have a surplus while our government runs a huge deficit, yet WE are the ones paying off militias/extremists? I've heard some say, "We've made our bed in Iraq, now we have to lie in it," but I feel like we've become Mommy and Daddy to the Iraqi government. They don't have to make their bed since Mommy and Daddy will just come in and make it for them every time. On top of that, Mommy and Daddy even raise their allowance the messier the bed gets. Our Iraq policy is ridiculous. If we are paying off all the sides, what incentive do they have to form a real compromise government? Do they really want those checks to stop coming in? If the al Maliki’s government is being protected by US troops, what incentive do they have to compromise with Sunni factions? What incentive does the Iraqi government have to fight Shiite militias if violence from those militias will mean more US money coming in and more US troops to guard them?

They are now running a large surplus in their budget because they have US taxpayers to cover their defense budget. So they have a surplus while our government runs a huge deficit, yet WE are the ones paying off militias/extremists?

I’ve heard some say, “We’ve made our bed in Iraq, now we have to lie in it,” but I feel like we’ve become Mommy and Daddy to the Iraqi government. They don’t have to make their bed since Mommy and Daddy will just come in and make it for them every time. On top of that, Mommy and Daddy even raise their allowance the messier the bed gets.

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817996 pete Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:20:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817996 # freeman Says: April 8th, 2008 at 6:10 pm <em>pete Says ….. some of the terroristic threats made here today. ???????</em> I haven't been hanging around during the days lately, so I may have missed some, but, there were numerous, specific, threats made against liberals, U.S. soldiers and too many others to reenumerate. Perhaps I've just been spared the actual threats to, "fill their guts with led (sic)"? # freeman Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 6:10 pm

pete Says
….. some of the terroristic threats made here today.
???????

I haven’t been hanging around during the days lately, so I may have missed some, but, there were numerous, specific, threats made against liberals, U.S. soldiers and too many others to reenumerate. Perhaps I’ve just been spared the actual threats to, “fill their guts with led (sic)”?

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817962 Doc Rock Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:18:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817962 The heretic Crocker will have move quickly out of government! The heretic Crocker will have move quickly out of government!

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817772 freeman Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:10:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817772 pete Says ..... some of the terroristic threats made here today. ??????? pete Says
….. some of the terroristic threats made here today.
???????

]]> By: pete http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817664 pete Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:04:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817664 Speaking of trolls. (pah!) It's not Hitler's birthday and I think spring breaks are over. Do you think the piss-soaked one got suspended for challenging the authoritah of the Headmaster? I really, really, hope TP starts banning IP addresses and reports some of the terroristic threats made here today. Speaking of trolls. (pah!) It’s not Hitler’s birthday and I think spring breaks are over. Do you think the piss-soaked one got suspended for challenging the authoritah of the Headmaster?

I really, really, hope TP starts banning IP addresses and reports some of the terroristic threats made here today.

]]> By: leftcoast http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817634 leftcoast Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:02:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817634 It's always a kick to listen to Biden. He is so much more well prepared than most in the Senate, including the candidates. Would have been a great president. It’s always a kick to listen to Biden. He is so much more well prepared than most in the Senate, including the candidates. Would have been a great president.

]]> By: Freedom Rebel http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817620 Freedom Rebel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:01:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817620 Well I give Crocker this, he told the truth. Not good for job security or the administration. Well I give Crocker this, he told the truth. Not good for job security or the administration.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817600 tombaker Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:00:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817600 it was the only threat in the region, prior to numbnut's doomed invasion. it was the only threat in the region, prior to numbnut’s doomed invasion.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817584 freeman Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:59:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817584 #26 lefty no no it all happened when the Kennedy's and MLK were assassinated . Anyone have a lite ? It's getting awfully dark out there. #26 lefty
no no it all happened when the Kennedy’s and MLK were assassinated . Anyone have a lite ? It’s getting awfully dark out there.

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817566 Buckie Boy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:58:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817566 You know, it just seems that none of them have a clue about anything. It is just a clusterfck, with neocan'ts grabbing as much money as they can while the getting is good. You know, it just seems that none of them have a clue about anything. It is just a clusterfck, with neocan’ts grabbing as much money as they can while the getting is good.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817492 freeman Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:54:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817492 Sure bomb eastern oregon but give bend to california first ! The irony is that the US government has sort of all ready done that by releasing radioactive materials by plane along the eastern slope of the cascades inorder to test the effects of radiation on the American population . No kidding ! Gotta love that freedom of information act ! Sure bomb eastern oregon but give bend to california first ! The irony is that the US government has sort of all ready done that by releasing radioactive materials by plane along the eastern slope of the cascades inorder to test the effects of radiation on the American population .
No kidding ! Gotta love that freedom of information act !

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-4817402 freeman Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:48:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/crocker-al-qaeda-on-afghanistan-pakistan-border-bigger-threat-than-in-iraq/#comment-4817402 The biggest question of the day is ....will anyone be made to answer for the crime of invading a country who had nothing whatsoever to do with 911 and whose dictator along with many others was supported and helped by the U.S. and whose invasion was planned and executed by people who wrote pre 911 of their intention to invade the Mid East inorder to control China and the developing world ! The biggest question of the day is ….will anyone be made to answer for the crime of invading a country who had nothing whatsoever to do with 911 and whose dictator along with many others was supported and helped by the U.S. and whose invasion was planned and executed by people who wrote pre 911 of their intention to invade the Mid East inorder to control China and the developing world !

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