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	<title>Comments on: Wexler: &#8216;What is the definition of winning?&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: youtube</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-5592532</link>
		<dc:creator>youtube</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If only Condi saved her dresses&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dostcafem.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sohbet&lt;/a&gt; instead of cleaning them. But in today’s twisted America, I don’t believe anything would happen if George Bush was &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dostcafem.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cet&lt;/a&gt;caught in bed with a dead girl AND a live boy. And it all procedes with a cheeky grin and a sickening smugness that is as arrogant as it is insulting&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dostcafem.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bedava mp3 indir&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If only Condi saved her dresses<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a> instead of cleaning them. But in today’s twisted America, I don’t believe anything would happen if George Bush was <a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">cet</a>caught in bed with a dead girl AND a live boy. And it all procedes with a cheeky grin and a sickening smugness that is as arrogant as it is insulting<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">Bedava mp3 indir</a>.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5592532', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DaTruth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4862274</link>
		<dc:creator>DaTruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neo-Con killer whales are blatantly and obviously drowning the calf!  America is being choked to death</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neo-Con killer whales are blatantly and obviously drowning the calf!  America is being choked to death<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4862274', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: judyinnm</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4851178</link>
		<dc:creator>judyinnm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent question.  Even after hearing Petraeous&#039; response, I don&#039;t know the answer...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent question.  Even after hearing Petraeous&#8217; response, I don&#8217;t know the answer&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4851178', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: thefrankfactor</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4849936</link>
		<dc:creator>thefrankfactor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, here the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1jHXZi5cQ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, here the link.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1jHXZi5cQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1jHXZi5cQ</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4849936', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: thefrankfactor</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4849914</link>
		<dc:creator>thefrankfactor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Disgusting.

I asked YouTubers the same question. This is what I got:

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Disgusting.</p>
<p>I asked YouTubers the same question. This is what I got:<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4849914', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uosdwis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Uosdwis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Success is unimpeached Bush lifting off in a Marine helicopter on Jan. 20, 2009 and having a Republican successor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Success is unimpeached Bush lifting off in a Marine helicopter on Jan. 20, 2009 and having a Republican successor.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4844668', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: specialist f</title>
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		<dc:creator>specialist f</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Wexler would make an outstanding POTUS, IMHO.
Victory=total control over Iraqs oil spiget and mega$$$ to Big Oil.Also kill as many of those pesky brown people as possible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Wexler would make an outstanding POTUS, IMHO.<br />
Victory=total control over Iraqs oil spiget and mega$$$ to Big Oil.Also kill as many of those pesky brown people as possible.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4843638', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Doc Rock</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doc Rock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At the Naval War College two of the important things we learned were that there should be an exit strategy and clear cut objectives--I guess they don&#039;t teach that at the Woodrow Wilson School.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the Naval War College two of the important things we learned were that there should be an exit strategy and clear cut objectives&#8211;I guess they don&#8217;t teach that at the Woodrow Wilson School.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4840862', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: web_geek</title>
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		<dc:creator>web_geek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
April 9th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

Well, damn. Why did the video end before Betrayus gave his answer. Is it a secret?&lt;/em&gt;

It&#039;s on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=U9VPk-B3hD0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:<br />
April 9th, 2008 at 6:46 pm</p>
<p>Well, damn. Why did the video end before Betrayus gave his answer. Is it a secret?</em></p>
<p>It&#8217;s on YouTube:<br />
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=U9VPk-B3hD0" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=U9VPk-B3hD0</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4840522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Thinkerton</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4840196</link>
		<dc:creator>Thinkerton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, but seriously: What was the answer? What did Petraeus say? Does anyone know?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, but seriously: What was the answer? What did Petraeus say? Does anyone know?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4840196', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tanglewood</title>
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		<dc:creator>tanglewood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wexler was smart to have his constituent&#039;s submit questions for these 2 &quot;Punch and Judy&quot; characters.  If more members of the committee had done the same, it may have served to put these Bushbots on notice that the people back home in their district&#039;s are paying attention and are sick and tired of this war--to say nothing of very angry that this war is still playing out.

Wexler is beautiful--I&#039;ll never forget his interview with Colbert--I almost fell out of bed that night I laughed so hard.  He is a good guy--he&#039;s got a sense of humor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wexler was smart to have his constituent&#8217;s submit questions for these 2 &#8220;Punch and Judy&#8221; characters.  If more members of the committee had done the same, it may have served to put these Bushbots on notice that the people back home in their district&#8217;s are paying attention and are sick and tired of this war&#8211;to say nothing of very angry that this war is still playing out.</p>
<p>Wexler is beautiful&#8211;I&#8217;ll never forget his interview with Colbert&#8211;I almost fell out of bed that night I laughed so hard.  He is a good guy&#8211;he&#8217;s got a sense of humor.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4840026', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: impeachcheneythenbush</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4839142</link>
		<dc:creator>impeachcheneythenbush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#13 Toasterhead - your story is probably a more accurate prediction of the future of Iraq, the Middle East, and ultimately, the entire planet, than we have ever been given by the Boooosh Administration.

Thanks for the good laugh.  I needed that (badly!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#13 Toasterhead &#8211; your story is probably a more accurate prediction of the future of Iraq, the Middle East, and ultimately, the entire planet, than we have ever been given by the Boooosh Administration.</p>
<p>Thanks for the good laugh.  I needed that (badly!)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4839142', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4838940</link>
		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately, Mr. Wexler, what we see now &lt;em&gt;is &lt;/em&gt;&quot;winning&quot;, as far as the junta in control of our military and government are concerned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, Mr. Wexler, what we see now <em>is </em>&#8220;winning&#8221;, as far as the junta in control of our military and government are concerned.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838940', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DieNowForPeace</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4838938</link>
		<dc:creator>DieNowForPeace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&#039;What &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; the definition of winning? Well, that depends on what your definition of &quot;is&quot; is.&#039;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;What <strong>is</strong> the definition of winning? Well, that depends on what your definition of &#8220;is&#8221; is.&#8217;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838938', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Freedom Rebel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/09/wexler-what-is-the-definition-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-4838696</link>
		<dc:creator>Freedom Rebel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Please tell us, general, what is winning?&lt;/em&gt;

Robert Wexler, I love the man&#039;s righteous indignation.  He should be mad and he made a great point, when Mr. Burton asks for a definition of what is failure, we get a litany of items.

The General can&#039;t give a good answer because there is none.  All of this is based on a lie and scare tactics from the beginning.  From the nightly news telling us we as a Nation are on High Alert.  Scaring people to death thinking we were going to be attacked again.

There is no win here, just a major loss.  The tragic part is all the lives that have been ruined here and in Iraq.  

Thank you Robert Wexler for nevering backing down.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Please tell us, general, what is winning?</em></p>
<p>Robert Wexler, I love the man&#8217;s righteous indignation.  He should be mad and he made a great point, when Mr. Burton asks for a definition of what is failure, we get a litany of items.</p>
<p>The General can&#8217;t give a good answer because there is none.  All of this is based on a lie and scare tactics from the beginning.  From the nightly news telling us we as a Nation are on High Alert.  Scaring people to death thinking we were going to be attacked again.</p>
<p>There is no win here, just a major loss.  The tragic part is all the lives that have been ruined here and in Iraq.  </p>
<p>Thank you Robert Wexler for nevering backing down.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838696', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says: 
April 9th, 2008 at 6:46 pm 

Well, damn. Why did the video end before Betrayus gave his answer. Is it a secret?&lt;/i&gt;
____

No no - it&#039;s a cliffhanger.  If you want to find out what happened in Iraq, you have to wait until next season.  Until then, we&#039;ll be left with reruns.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:<br />
April 9th, 2008 at 6:46 pm </p>
<p>Well, damn. Why did the video end before Betrayus gave his answer. Is it a secret?</i><br />
____</p>
<p>No no &#8211; it&#8217;s a cliffhanger.  If you want to find out what happened in Iraq, you have to wait until next season.  Until then, we&#8217;ll be left with reruns.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838572', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, damn.  Why did the video end before Betrayus gave his answer.  Is it a secret?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, damn.  Why did the video end before Betrayus gave his answer.  Is it a secret?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838538', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MCMetal</title>
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		<dc:creator>MCMetal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Wexler: ‘What is the definition of winning?’&lt;/i&gt;


Crocker and Petraeus in a 2 part harmony : &quot;Executive privilege prevents us from revealing that&quot;..........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Wexler: ‘What is the definition of winning?’</i></p>
<p>Crocker and Petraeus in a 2 part harmony : &#8220;Executive privilege prevents us from revealing that&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hussein toasterhead</title>
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		<dc:creator>hussein toasterhead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Petraeus and Crocker have no problems projecting out the potential implications of leaving Iraq — but they refuse to make projections of what staying will look like.&lt;/i&gt;

Ooo!  Ooo!  I&#039;ll bite on this one.  Here are my predictions for what Iraq will look like if we follow the McCain 100-Year Plan:

2009 - President McCain signs 100-year status-of-forces agreement with President Noori al-Maliki.  Mahmoud Ahmedinejad elected to second term as Iranian president, after which Tehran, Qom, Bashear, and Isfahan are struck by Israel nuclear weapons.

2010 - Overrun by 4 million refugees who have fled from Iran into Iraq, the Iraqi government collapses into three states - Kurdistan, The Shi&#039;ite-dominated Islamic Republic of IraqIran, and the Sunni-dominated Iraqi Arab Jamahirya.    

2015 - A locust-borne retrovirus migrates up the Arabian peninsula from Africa, decimating the agriculture of the fertile crescent as well as much of the Iraqi/Irani population.  The only survivors are the refugee Iranians, whose genes were mutated by the atomic blasts and acquired a more advanced immune system.  

2020 - In a previously-unknown side effect of the locust-borne virus, millions of decomposing Iraqis suddenly are reanimated.  These zombie Iraqis rise up against the mutant Iranians in Basra and Karbala&#039;.  Also, construction on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is finally completed after nearly a decade of cost overruns.

2025 - Iranian mutant-scientists invent the flying car.   Kurdish zombies in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria join to form the independent nation of Zombiestan.  

2030 - The entire nation of Armenia is eaten by Zombiestan, judged &quot;a little stringy, but good.&quot;

2040 - Kurdish and Arab zombies overthrow the governments of Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iceland.  The new combined empire, Ur, rules over the Middle East with an iron fist.

2060 - Emporer Urrrrrrrrrr of the Urrrrrr dynasty loses the fist in a Baghdad snowbank, the Ur dynasty collapses.  The preserved head of Thomas Friedman urges Americans to have patience.

2080 - Mongol hordes sack Beijing, Washington II (Denver -- Washington DC is underwater), Moscow, and Ouagodougou (the capital of Africa).  The preserved head of Thomas Friedman is installed as Supreme Ruler of Flatearthia For All Eternity.

2100 - The preserved head of Thomas Friedman is accidentally left in the back seat of a flying taxicab. The economy of Flatearthia collapses, and the civilized world dissolves into a massive conflagration of conflict.  All of humanity is reduced to a population of seventeen.  

2103 - The seventeen remaining humans get together and decide to repopulate the planet.  They settle down in Baghdad, which is peaceful for the first time in 100 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Petraeus and Crocker have no problems projecting out the potential implications of leaving Iraq — but they refuse to make projections of what staying will look like.</i></p>
<p>Ooo!  Ooo!  I&#8217;ll bite on this one.  Here are my predictions for what Iraq will look like if we follow the McCain 100-Year Plan:</p>
<p>2009 &#8211; President McCain signs 100-year status-of-forces agreement with President Noori al-Maliki.  Mahmoud Ahmedinejad elected to second term as Iranian president, after which Tehran, Qom, Bashear, and Isfahan are struck by Israel nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>2010 &#8211; Overrun by 4 million refugees who have fled from Iran into Iraq, the Iraqi government collapses into three states &#8211; Kurdistan, The Shi&#8217;ite-dominated Islamic Republic of IraqIran, and the Sunni-dominated Iraqi Arab Jamahirya.    </p>
<p>2015 &#8211; A locust-borne retrovirus migrates up the Arabian peninsula from Africa, decimating the agriculture of the fertile crescent as well as much of the Iraqi/Irani population.  The only survivors are the refugee Iranians, whose genes were mutated by the atomic blasts and acquired a more advanced immune system.  </p>
<p>2020 &#8211; In a previously-unknown side effect of the locust-borne virus, millions of decomposing Iraqis suddenly are reanimated.  These zombie Iraqis rise up against the mutant Iranians in Basra and Karbala&#8217;.  Also, construction on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is finally completed after nearly a decade of cost overruns.</p>
<p>2025 &#8211; Iranian mutant-scientists invent the flying car.   Kurdish zombies in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria join to form the independent nation of Zombiestan.  </p>
<p>2030 &#8211; The entire nation of Armenia is eaten by Zombiestan, judged &#8220;a little stringy, but good.&#8221;</p>
<p>2040 &#8211; Kurdish and Arab zombies overthrow the governments of Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iceland.  The new combined empire, Ur, rules over the Middle East with an iron fist.</p>
<p>2060 &#8211; Emporer Urrrrrrrrrr of the Urrrrrr dynasty loses the fist in a Baghdad snowbank, the Ur dynasty collapses.  The preserved head of Thomas Friedman urges Americans to have patience.</p>
<p>2080 &#8211; Mongol hordes sack Beijing, Washington II (Denver &#8212; Washington DC is underwater), Moscow, and Ouagodougou (the capital of Africa).  The preserved head of Thomas Friedman is installed as Supreme Ruler of Flatearthia For All Eternity.</p>
<p>2100 &#8211; The preserved head of Thomas Friedman is accidentally left in the back seat of a flying taxicab. The economy of Flatearthia collapses, and the civilized world dissolves into a massive conflagration of conflict.  All of humanity is reduced to a population of seventeen.  </p>
<p>2103 &#8211; The seventeen remaining humans get together and decide to repopulate the planet.  They settle down in Baghdad, which is peaceful for the first time in 100 years.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838482', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bilbo Hussein Baggins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>winning = not ever having to say you are sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>winning = not ever having to say you are sorry.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4838456', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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