Condoleezza Rice mocks Sadr as a coward.
“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.” Spencer Ackerman remarks, “So Sadr is a coward for making threats from Iran… and Condoleezza Rice is a stateswoman for blustering Sadr into making a move that carries the potential of killing American soldiers.” And VetVoice’s Brandon Friedman comments that this echoes Bush’s “Bring ‘em on” declaration.
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Can we please get a new Secretary of State now? One who knows something about diplomacy?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pmWhat a disgrace this woman is to womanhood! And doubly, a disgrace to women of color!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pm“And VetVoice’s Brandon Friedman notes that this echoes Bush’s “Bring ‘em on.”
Exactly the first thing I thought of…well, right after OMFG!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:26 pmPowell and Rice. Two utterly evil neocons imposing pain and suffering on the world. What oa oppotunity wasted by them both.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:27 pmoh condi, please just stfu.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:29 pmOpen mouth, insert expensive shoes.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:31 pmI also thought didn’t we already see that with Bring ‘em On. WTF is wrong with these people, it’s like they are 10 year-olds, but instead of pissing off the kids in the lunch room, you are pissing off a man with thousands of heavily armed militia.
The result in the first is you may lose your lunch money, in the second hundreds of US tropps may die. Jan 20, 2009 cannot come soon enough.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:31 pmShe has done more flipping damage than anyone–she was a disaster on the NSC and she then is rewarded the job of SOS. She isn’t worth the room she takes up.
There is one bit of silver lining–that huge article in the NYT’s today about those “faux talkinghead generals” is the most compelling reason yet to get the troops out of Iraq and also, to begin impeachment! I bet the nobody will mention that story tomorrow on TV. It is worth going over to the New York Times website and taking the time to read it in its entirety.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:32 pm“Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday.”
Meanwhile back in crawford, her hus… president was showing his cod piece while 5 deferment pr…Dick, stood by. The gathering was a luncheon of especially brave patroits who shared their war stories. Amongst the invited was Bill Oliely, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith and a few dozen rethug notables who avoided military service.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:33 pmSadr can’t stop laughing at the comment by the unqualified Connie. She has been a joke since to joined the Bush Administration. No one World Leader pays attention to her. Even Putin made her wait for over an hour just for fun. The Middle East Leaders laugh at her for being the White House messenger for Dick Cheney. Now I loved it with the Saudi King said she just plays the piano.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:34 pmJackie Says: Now I loved it with the Saudi King said she just plays the piano.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Thanks for reminding me about that one, I needed a laugh. :) What really hurts is that just when you think the people in this maladministration can’t get any stupider, they go and prove you wrong.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pmThat waste of skin is calling someone else a coward? Pul-ease.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pmWow, I wonder if Sadr is peeing his pants? Rice can be a tough SOB when shopping at the markets in Baghdad, when she’s distracted from her main mission, photo-ops, tea, and handshakes–There will be hell to pay.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:50 pmZooey Says:
That waste of skin…
April 20th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hahaha, LOL
April 20th, 2008 at 9:50 pmRhavas Says:
Do you people support the Mahdi Army? I think Al-Sadr is a coward!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Why does it always have to be an either/or choice with you conservatives?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:51 pmEveryone’s a coward to The Torture Queen. Whether it’s Clerics or U.S. diplomats.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:52 pmRhavas Says:…
Good grief… another inane troll. Well, the bright side (if there is one), it is on topic.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:52 pmGeneral Franks called Feith the Stupidiest F—g man in the whole world. I have to disagree with him. When George Bush said “Bring’em On” to all the terrorists around the world, those were the three dumbest words to ever be uttered in history. Feith, of course, is in second place.
Condi, in diplomacy you are a disgrace. Taunting Sadr, with your Bring em On attitude is not playing nice with others. Just because your boss has that attitude doesn’t make it right or the smart thing to do. You sit down and have a discussion, it’s called diplomacy 101. You don’t dare him into a fight, so that more of our soldiers are in harms way.
Parting thought Condi: (by Napoleon Hill)
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
Gee I wonder who that sounds like, I will give you one guess.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:55 pmWayne A. Schneider,
I’m not a Conservative you Traitor! You just admitted to supporting Al-Sadr! Thanks now you will be exposed!
Trajan75? Is that you? BTW, please explain in what way I “just admitted that to supporting Sadr”.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:55 pmWayne A. Schneider Says:
Why does it always have to be an either/or choice with you conservatives?
Because they can’t think of more than two things. Must be about 2 years old in their mind. Everything at that age is either/or. Black or white. Gray does not exist.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pmlol Rhavas. Who is Al Sadr? Is he a Sunni fighting on behalf of Iran? Or a Shiite Al Kayduh? Or perhaps he’s U.S. military-funded Kurd, pretending to be a Shiite, taking cash from Al Kayduh, to kill Americans?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:57 pmSupport him? I don’t even know him!
Rhavas Says:
Zooey,
You support Al-Sadr?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Trahan, go back to your Muslimphobic buttness blog. Someone ought to be there.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:58 pmRhavas Says:
Wayne A. Schneider,
You’re upset that Al-Sadr got called a coward! That means you support him!
Yup! just two ways to see things. You are a deep thinking troll, Rhavas.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:00 pmMy displeasure with Secretary Rice’s comments are not that Sadr was being called a coward, but that the Secretary of State of the United States was the one doing it. And that is the kind of thing that leads people like Sadr to take up arms against our soldiers. Because of Secretary Rice’s comments, more US soldiers and marines will die. Like I said, Can we please get a new Secretary of State now? One who knows something about diplomacy?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:00 pmTrahan, get a new schtick. This one is sooooo boring.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:01 pmFrom the first link in the thread,which links to a Fox News.com article:
(beginning of second paragraph) “Rice, in the Iraqi capital to tout security gains and what she calls an emerging political consensus…”
(beginning of closing paragraph) “Before arriving in Baghdad, Rice told reporters traveling with her that she is not trying to make a point about security gains in Iraq by visiting now.”
Huh? Apparently the AP and Fux-with-the-News didn’t notice that her mission changed between the beginning and the end of the article. Nice “journalism.”
April 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pmRhavas Says:
Wayne A. Schneider,
Ok so you support him. Thanks for the honesty!
BwaaaaaHaaaaaHaaaaa
What fantasy… Run along home under the bridge now, Mama troll is calling.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:08 pmRhavas Says:
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Why do you Progressives support Al-Sadr? If you guys like him so much, why not go join the Mahdi Army and fight for him?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Waaaaah! “why not go join the Mahdi Army and MARRY HIM!” Waaaah! And you’re supposed to be 32 years old, Trajan?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:09 pmAl-Sadr is a Coward Says:
Al-Sadr deserves a bullet to the head! I would love to see Progressives weep over their hero!
Changing your handle???
BwaaaaHaaaaHaaaa
I changed my mind. Do stick around! I am really enjoying your inane stupidity.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:10 pmRhavas Says:
Merlin,
If Al-Sadr got killed would you cry?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
BwaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaa
This keeps getting funnier all the time.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pmAl-Sadr is a Coward Says: Yada yada yada
Hey Know-it -all, since you’re such an expert on internal Iraqi Shiite politics maybe you can explain why the Dawa party are “the good guys” and the JAM are the “bad guys”.
Share your expertise with us.
As to whether Al Sadr is a coward or not, I don’t know enough about the man to agree or disagree with that statement.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:17 pmI do know his father was killed by Saddam, which would probably make Al Sadr more familiar with internal Iraqi “politics” than myself, but you being the expert might know more than he does..
Enjoying yourself, Merlin? Shall we get the popcorn?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pmNice Condi. Mock the man who is responsible for the fall in violence in Iraq. What an idiot.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:19 pmAl-Sadr is far more worthwhile than Bush or Rice. Bush is the world’s leading coward terrorist. anybody that supports him truly hates America.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:19 pmMerlin Says:
What a disgrace this woman is to womanhood! And doubly, a disgrace to women of color!
Excuse me…she is a disgrace to mankind and it has nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman. Your statement is rather sexist.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:20 pmDoes the moderator take Sundays off. This place is sprouting new idiot trolls like mushrooms after a rainstorm.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm“I don’t know whether to take him seriously or not,” Ms. Rice said.
If you don’t know whether to take him seriously then you don’t issue threats or dares. That is just common sense. Or is it that your IQ dropped sharply after landing in Iraq?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:24 pmI don’t support Al Sadr.
I support the USA.
Which means I support PRISON for TRAITORS Bush, Cheney, Rice, and the rest of the unamerikkkan WAR CRIMINALS.
And MURDERER Bush the COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA will BURN for ETERNITY for his GENOCIDE and other acts of EVIL.
Along with his MASTER Satan, Saddam and TRAITOR Ronnie Reagan, now DEAD and BURNING!
McNRA McGun McNut(e)s
April 20th, 2008 at 10:24 pmAMERICAN PATRIOT
For TREASON and WAR CRIMES! This War Crminal should be behind barrs, Not doing more damage to the region she helped to destroy! Her resignation should be demanded by every educated and civilized person who understand how serious TORTURE is! They ahd a spying program, they had a TORTURE program. On many occasions they lied and mislead Congress and the American people. INDICT, IMPRISON CONDI RICE! WAR CRIMINAL!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pmRhavas says: blah blah yada
I’m still waiting for one of you resident experts on internal Iraqi Shiite politics to explain to me why the Dawa party are the “good guys” and JAM are the “bad guys”
April 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pmC’mon use your experience and expertise to enlighten us.
#51 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Does the moderator take Sundays off. This place is sprouting new idiot trolls like mushrooms after a rainstorm.
Where is that new device you guys made called WHACK-A -TROLL? I think we are in need of it badly….
April 20th, 2008 at 10:26 pmOh look at the keyboard commando, otherwise known as cowardly troll,babbling on. All talk, talk, talk. Why aren’t you in Iraq pansy since you’re so tough. Maybe if you were you’d care more when Bush say “Bring it on.” and Condi calls names.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:27 pmWhy don’t you join the U. S. Army pansy? What have you ever fought for? Clean diapers?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:28 pmWhy are you folks talking to this inane troll? Ignore it. It will get bored and leave.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:28 pmAl-Sadr is a Coward Says:
freedom,
Since you like Al-Sadr why not go join the Mahdi Army?
Shouldn’t you be over at the WWE message board arguing the merits of the Rock over Hulk Hogan
April 20th, 2008 at 10:28 pmRice doesn’t have to do the war fighting so she can just get in there and act all blustery and everything. But the truth is she works for a coward. A draft dodgin’ excuse making sorry lying turncoat who had the chance to be a real hero and sacrifice for his country in Vietnam. He had to politic and all so he just couldn’t make it to the war. Rice has no idea of the kind rat she’s workin’ for. But, she’ll want to be warm and comfortable after the Bush mob walks off so she’ll dummy up, not that that’s hard for her, and do the stuff that’ll make her boss proud. She’s already got blood on her hands but this kind of “diplomacy” will get gobs of more Americans and Iraqi citizens dead for sure. Good job Madaam Secretary!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:29 pmA better question is if you got killed would your mother cry? I’ll venture a guess. No.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:29 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Nice Condi. Mock the man who is responsible for the fall in violence in Iraq. What an idiot.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Exactly. Back to being serious, and this really is serious: Condi is labelling as a coward the person whose cease-fire agreement had saved U.S. lives in Iraq. Al Sadr’s political followers are providing humanitarion aid to Iraqi citizens, as well. His followers and political power are growing, and the anti-U.S.-occupation sentiment is increasing. Condi is throwing a lit match into a powderkeg.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pmThe parrot of the Bush Occupation squawks once again.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:30 pmSo you’re judge, jury and executioner. Real freakin’ American of you Nazi boy. Isn’t there some country with a fascist regime around where you’d feel more comfortable?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pmAl-Sadr is a Coward Says:
freedom,
So you support Al-Sadr?
Over Bush? Of course. he’s not responsible for putting American kids in harm’s way. Too bad you’re not one of them, though, coward.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pmMURDERER Bush is a COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA, who will BURN for ETERNITY, with his MASTER Satan and TRAITOR Ronnie, now DEAD.
I don’t support HIM, nor Al Sadr, nor Bush’s butt-buddy Osama Bin Laden…
April 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pmShane…stop it! You know there’s no reasoning with idiot trolls like this one. You will just end up in killing this thread like so many others have been killed by falling for the troll stitch. It was obvious from it’s first troll it was just here to stir things up. Why are you giving it what it wants?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pmJane E. Schneider Says:
Exactly. Back to being serious, and this really is serious: Condi is labelling as a coward the person whose cease-fire agreement had saved U.S. lives in Iraq. Al Sadr’s political followers are providing humanitarion aid to Iraqi citizens, as well. His followers and political power are growing, and the anti-U.S.-occupation sentiment is increasing. Condi is throwing a lit match into a powderkeg.
And the sad thing is that Bush & Company (this includes the idiot Condi) think that they can take him out or kill all his followers. But, all that’s going to happen is a lot more of our soldiers and Iraqi citizens are going to die and the percentage of Iraqis who hate us and want us out will go from the current 60% to 100%.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pmThis must be CT and Mr. P posting naked from their bed at the Motel 6, again.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pmRhavas Says:
flavorino,
So you support Al-Sadr?
Don’t know much about him.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pmwhy don’t you share your knowledge and give us a quick biography…that is if your not some 10 year old kid just jerking around and wasting time.
We are an unwanted army of occupation of a sovereign country and there are Iraqi citizens that will fight the U.S. to the death to rid their country of this oppression. If the U.S. were invaded and occupied, I would put up a fierce resistance against the invader just as many ordinary citizens of Iraq are doing. Many do not view us at the great liberator, they view the 104 acre American Embassy as a symbol that the U.S. intends to stay forever, and well we could if McCain should have his way…………When will the Bush Administration see reality?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:36 pmRice said. “I guess that’s the message; his followers can go too their deaths and he’s in Iran.”
- - Btw, nice writing by Fox News, eh?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:37 pmSorry bilbo. Ok trolls. Tell us just how Al-Sadr is a coward. Let’s hear.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:37 pmI think the monetary problems have gotten so bad at the GOP that their media operation is hiring underage kids as trolls at cut-rate wages.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Merlin Says:
What a disgrace this woman is to womanhood! And doubly, a disgrace to women of color!
Excuse me…she is a disgrace to mankind and it has nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman. Your statement is rather sexist.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
On the contrary it is exactly the opposite, Bilbo. It is an understood fact that women have been trying to break the glass ceiling in every field for eons. If you don’t understand that fact then you need to talk to some oppressed women or perhaps some feminists, (and I claim to be a feminist.) Here you have a very intelligent woman who has risen to power and could be held in the highest esteem for doing so. Sadly she has chosen to “prove” that “women” are not “ready” to assume equality with “men”. Her actions have been disgraceful! I would never hold her up as an admirable model for my daughter to emulate.
And this goes doubly for black folks. We as Americans need to have powerful, positive Black role models to get past the racism that still exists in this country. She is an insult to both groups!
Frankly I’m surprised at your take on my post. Normally, you are very astute and on the mark. You should know me better than that. I have been posting here for years.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pmMs. Rice, where was Kommander Kodpiece when he called for Iraqi insurgents to ‘Bring it on’?
Right, 7,000 miles away ensconced in the Whitehouse which is full of butlers, chefs and maids.
Bold, bold I say.
-GSD
April 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pmMerlin
April 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Well said, Merlin.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pmRhavas:
Why do you Progressives support Al-Sadr? If you guys like him so much, why not go join the Mahdi Army and fight for him?
April 20th, 2008 at 9:54 pm Recommend (0)
We do not support him, you do. If we never invaded Iraq would anyone know who he was, would he have any power, would he be recruiting people by the hundreds, would he be a hero to many in the Arab world? The answer is plainly no, so it is those who supported this invasion who really support him.
So, please explain why that is, why are you not in the Mahdi Army? Otherwise, STFU you dumb coward POS.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
But, all that’s going to happen is a lot more of our soldiers and Iraqi citizens are going to die and the percentage of Iraqis who hate us and want us out will go from the current 60% to 100%.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
It won’t just be an increasing percentage of Iraqis hating us, the rest of the civilized world is getting more pissed off at the U.S., too.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:43 pmBadmoodman Says:
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Rice said. “I guess that’s the message; his followers can go too their deaths and he’s in Iran.”
- - Btw, nice writing by Fox News, eh?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Oh, there were a lot more where that came from. ;)
April 20th, 2008 at 10:46 pmIn fact, this schoolyard taunt by Rice actually provides a huge piece of propaganda for Sadr, who can now use it as a rallying point for his followers who will view this as a challenge to their honor.
Sadr will not want his honor challenged; he can’t appear to look weak in the eyes of his followers. If Condi was unsure if he was serious or not, the last thing you do is have that kind of attitude and taunt him. Especially by a woman; like I said did her IQ drop sharply when she landed in Iraq.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:46 pmZooey Says:
Merlin
April 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Well said, Merlin.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Thanks, Zooey.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pmCould this administration really never EVER learn from their mistakes? Did we not learn from Bush’s cowboy rhetoric of “Brink ‘em on!” yet? Do they really have no grasp whatsoever of nuance in dealing with foreign powers.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pmI think it would be wise, Ms Rice, to refrain from ‘bring it on’ rhetoric in the battle for hearts and minds.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:49 pmJane E. Schneider Says:
Enjoying yourself, Merlin? Shall we get the popcorn?
You betcha! great show tonight!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:49 pmMs Rice is obviously unqualified for the hard work of diplomacy.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:51 pmAnd a charter member of dumfuks are us.
Al-Sadr is a Coward Says:
Jane E. Schneider,
“the rest of the civilized world is getting more pissed off at the U.S., too.:
We have 8,000 Nukes, why do we care what the rest of the world thinks! We can exterminate this planet!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
BwaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaHaaaaaaa! (Wipes tears of laughter away) You trolls crack me up.
We have 8,000 Nukes, why do we care
BwaaaaaHaaaaaaHaaaaaa
Keep this up and you might land on Letterman!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pmand ALC @#89 is glaf to not understand shit about middle eastern politics.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pmMookie, you write much like Mr P.
Sadr, no matter what Americans, or our media think of him, represents more Iraqis than any other cleric. In fact, ‘Mookie’ Bill Gates has said that as long as Sadr sticks to politics he wont be considered an enemy.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pmThe Mahdi Army will defeat Bush’s Army and he will be he a hero!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pmnycbassist Says:
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Could this administration really never EVER learn from their mistakes? Did we not learn from Bush’s cowboy rhetoric of “Brink ‘em on!” yet? Do they really have no grasp whatsoever of nuance in dealing with foreign powers.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Apparently not. Although you’d think that Bush’s mistaken taunt would have stuck in Condi’s mind, since it was the only thing he ever admitted to regretting about his presidency.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pmWhen Maliki sent his forces to Basra, where roughly 1,200 refused to fight, I said that this was the start of a final push against the Mahdi Army and that this was a diversionary strike to provide cover for an American push into Sadr City and it reminded me of Richard Nixon ordering an invasion of the Parrots Beak area of Cambodia. We all know how well that went. That set in motion events that led to Pol Pot taking over Cambodia and the famous killing fields.
Bush is just itching for a fight and thinks that he has enough manpower to crush the Madhi Army. And he does in a traditional military battle, but as we well know, that is now how the Mahdi Army will fight. Apparently Bush has calculated that it is worth it to turn Sadr City into another Fallujah. One would think that Bush would have included McCain in any deliberations of this magnitude but I doubt that Bush sees himself as the lame duck that he is.
It is also clear with first Cheney and now Rice going to Baghdad to direct these operations that Gates is now completely out of the picture. Why Gates would have resigned as President of Texas A&M to be humilitated by Bush in this manner is beyond me.
http://www.cnn.com/ 2008/ WORLD/ meast/ 04/ 20/ iraq.main/ index.html
April 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pmThis troll found out having a blog no one goes to isn’t worth the time. I really can’t blame him. His blog is a POS.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pmXisithrus,
April 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pmI’m glad you support Al-Sadr like I do! I want to get his T-Shirt!
Al-Sadr is a fat slob! But he’s the Left’s new hero. Hey when are you guys going to start wear his T-Shirts? -ASIAC
Sadr is a Shiite, like Maliki, when are you going to start selling Shia shirts ASIAC?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:55 pmPlease explain what makes al-Sadr anti-American.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pmAl-Sadr is a Coward Says:
Hey when are you guys going to start wear his T-Shirts?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Didn’t know you trolls were selling collector items. How did you get them off his back??? But OK, I’ll bite. How much do they cost and what condition are they in?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pmI’m glad you support Al-Sadr like I do! -Mookie
I dont support Sadr, a majority of his people do. Isnt that democracy in Iraq?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pm#85 nycbassist Says:
Could this administration really never EVER learn from their mistakes? Did we not learn from Bush’s cowboy rhetoric of “Brink ‘em on!” yet? Do they really have no grasp whatsoever of nuance in dealing with foreign powers.
Not ever. You forget they never do anything wrong. If they do, they rewrite history to make it appear they did nothing wrong. It’s kinda like that etch-asketch pad you had when you were little. You make a mistake, just shake it and it disappears. We are dealing with the same mentality.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pmMookie Rules Says:
Don’t you freakin’ dare, Mr. P!
April 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pmnycbassist Says:
Could this administration really never EVER learn from their mistakes? Did we not learn from Bush’s cowboy rhetoric of “Brink ‘em on!” yet? Do they really have no grasp whatsoever of nuance in dealing with foreign powers.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I believe this was the administration that said, “We don’t do nuance.” (Maybe it was the Texas folks he transplanted to DC.)
April 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pmAl-Sadr rules!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pmI agree as Mookie Rules Says: The Mahdi Army fighting against an Army of Occupation, will indeed be looked upon as a group of heroes by the Iraqi people. The puppet government in Iraq is only so good as long as the U.S. is there. That 104 Acre Embassy that Bush had built is a symbol of the American Occupation of their sovereign country.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pmApril 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
…reported. If you have nothing worthwhile (or even truthful) to say, Rhavas, then why open your mouth and invite criticism of your “viewpoint”? Which, BTW, is not so much a “viewpoint” as it is a mental delusion. Seriously, GET HELP!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pmDallasNE Says:
Why Gates would have resigned as President of Texas A&M to be humilitated by Bush in this manner is beyond me.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Here are two reasons.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:02 pm1. He is a neocon corporatist doing what he is told.
2. He is trying to help 41 save the dynasty’s reputation. He is 41s man.
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 10, 2008, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made the following jaw-dropping statement:
“We were attacked from Afghanistan in 2001, and we are at war in Afghanistan today, in no small measure because of mistakes this government made–mistakes I among others made in the end game of the anti-Soviet war there some 20 years ago.”
Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
Mookie? Comments?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:04 pmKeep pointing fingers Mookie, because when you do, three point back at your ideology and you.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:06 pmRhavas Says:
Zooey,
Is it a slow night for you and is that why your pimp sent you home?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm Recommend (0) |
Those who give it away in airport bathrooms really shouldn’t insult others.
BTW, you have been flagged and will have to come back with yet another new troll name.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:07 pmXisithrus, don’t call him ‘Mookie’, the troll’s calling himself that just to piss me off. He’s really the-one-who-should-not-be-named.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pmRhavas Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You just can’t resist, can you Trahan? Is it the meth that fried your brain, or did your sister push you out this stupid?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pmThe biggest coward alive is MURDERER Bush the COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA.
AWOL coward then, TREASONOUS coward PUNK now…
April 20th, 2008 at 11:09 pmBut I named him anyway.
Time to flag him and move on.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:10 pmXisithrus, don’t call him ‘Mookie’, the troll’s calling himself that just to piss me off. -Jane
Im not sure where the name Mookie comes from. I will call the troll Kooky instead =)
April 20th, 2008 at 11:11 pmXisithrus, not a baseball fan? ;) Kooky works perfectly!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:13 pmXisithrus, not a baseball fan? ;)
sorry, Im not
April 20th, 2008 at 11:17 pmKooky, ya fool, stop pinning your excrement laden tail on others, the only person that believes the odorous plop your spinning is you.
Now, go lay down in your bed and pray to your Raygun poster of freedom fighters.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:20 pmI guess if Cheney thought he needed a secretary of state, he would have hired one.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:21 pmJane E. Schneider Says:
Xisithrus, don’t call him ‘Mookie’, the troll’s calling himself that just to piss me off. He’s really the-one-who-should-not-be-named.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
April 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pmYeah! Trolls should not be named. First they don’t deserve it and second by the time you call it a name it has changed its handle already. “NoNameTroll” is a good start to finding a good universal name for them all.
I admire George Bush and the record deficits and discretionary spending plus the pentagons overspending by some 250 billion, dont you just get all gushy inside when you elect someone that ignores your ideology Kooky?,I know I do!!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pmXisithrus,
I support Al-Sadr like you do!
Al Sadr, Maliki, one and the same, say, do you think we can get the GOP to give our friends billions more of your dollars?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:25 pmXisithrus,
April 20th, 2008 at 11:27 pmNo I want the the Republican paty banned and only have a 1 party state!
Xisithrus Says:
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 10, 2008, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made the following jaw-dropping statement:
“We were attacked from Afghanistan in 2001, and we are at war in Afghanistan today, in no small measure because of mistakes this government made–mistakes I among others made in the end game of the anti-Soviet war there some 20 years ago.”
Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
April 20th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I missed that! Thanks for posting it!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:27 pmXisithrus,
I’m a Progressive, I want higher Taxes so the government can take care of me
Why, apparently they dont care about you American, they care about freeing those durn people that hate our freedom. 13 billion a month worth. Your just a eater kooky.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:27 pmYVW Merlin
April 20th, 2008 at 11:28 pmXisithrus,
No I want the the Republican paty banned and only have a 1 party state! -Kooky
Karl, the double-secret neo-liberal did his job well, yes?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:30 pmMookie Rules Says:
Xisithrus,
I’m a Progressive, I want higher Taxes so the government can take care of me.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Mookie Rules Says:
Xisithrus,
No I want the the Republican paty banned and only have a 1 party state!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
C’mon Mr. P! Make some sense. You can do better than this. Are you having a bad night?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:31 pmRhavas Says:
I hate Bush, he’s a sucker who allows you Leftist to beat him up. I wish we had a real Rightwinger that would put you Leftists in your place!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
BwaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaHaaaaaaa
Look folks, its back! Bring on more popcorn!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pmDebating with Rhavas is like debating with a 10 year old.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:35 pmI hate Bush, he’s a sucker who allows you Leftist to beat him up. I wish we had a real Rightwinger that would put you Leftists in your place!
You think Bush is a rightist? That was your first mistake. But hey elect McCain, hes real rightist, right? BTW, Im a moderate, not leftist. Seems you kookies confuse historical leftism with American leftism which rejects dictators, Marx, Strauss, Rand, Nietschze, Stalin, Hitler and the rest of the batcrap crazy kooks.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pmso Bush is a coward for issuing threats from the safety of america, right?
another condi gem..
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ mcclatchy/ 20080420/ wl_mcclatchy/ 2915454
“But clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do with, you know, arms belonging to the state, not to — not in private hands,” she said.
why does condi hate the 2nd amendment? right wingers, does Rice’s remarks that any functioning democratic state would not want weapons in the hands of private citizens bother you?
why does condi hate the 2nd amendment?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:37 pm> I am a Progressive. I want higher Taxes
> so the government can take care of me.
Bin Laden thinks taxes are too high in this country. Arent you glad you and he arent in agreement on that?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pmChocolate Jesus,
April 20th, 2008 at 11:41 pmI want higher taxes also like you, so what’s your beef?
Rhavas Says:
I hate Bush, he’s a sucker who allows you Leftist to beat him up. I wish we had a real Rightwinger that would put you Leftists in your place!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:32 pm Recommend (0) |
Right wing coward troglodytes like you do like being controlled. Are you like that in your gay bathroom encounters as well? Like being bossed around and told what to do?
Coward pansy, why don’t you join up and fight to support your fascist ideal? Oh wait, you’re a coward and a pansy….
April 20th, 2008 at 11:41 pmFor your information, “Rhevas”, Cold War-era veterans don’t like being called “Communists”, especially as we were the ones in Reagan’s military keeping the sorry asses of twerps like you safe from the Soviets. You are cordially invited to go fu(k yourself.
And with that, I bid everyone else a good night.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:44 pmAs to the Gates quote, this shows that Falwell and Robertson were patently, perhaps intentionally, wrong.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:45 pm“Condoleezza Rice mocks Sadr as a coward.”
And now we are suppose to take Girlfriday’s statement with a grain of salt? Besides me laughing my ass off of a woman who couldn’t do her job as National Security Adviser and now as Secretary of State, her comment is just a yawner. Condi, go back to filing your nails.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:47 pmLong Live Moqtada Al-Sadr a hero to Progressives worldwide!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:47 pmTrajan, aka Rhavas, why then did the conservatives wish to free the muslims from Saddams rule, to free them?
You really need to sit down and think Trajan.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:47 pmKooky, I recall that when Saddam was hung he cursed Sadr.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:48 pmRhavas Says:
blue state bob,
I am a member of a Organization that will soon start confronting you Leftists in teh streets. Be prepared for Street fights. We aren’t cowardly Bushbots. We also have Vets from Iraq that are members of this new group. Stay tuned, a New Rightwing is gonna take you cowardly Muslim lovers on!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:44 pm Recommend (0)
Like Timothy McVeigh, blow up a Day Care Center? Bring it on, do you want my address you scared little girl. I doubt you would or could even leave your mom’s trailer.
New York City, where I live, would eat you up. Some guy at the Port Authority would have you turning gay tricks on 11th Ave inside 12 hours.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:51 pmActually, “Rhavas”, I was.
Air Force Communications Command (AFCC)
Andrews AFB, 1983-1985, running mostly presidential communications support missions (for President Reagan, my Commander-in-Chief)
Shemya AFB, 1985-1986, communications maintenance support, we were the next-to-last island in the Aleutians before you got to the Soviet side’s islands.
Ramstein AB, West Germany, 1986-1988, and I’m not at liberty to discuss the details.
So tell us all, in what ways did YOU defend our nation against the Communist threat? Besides the extra-large poop in your pants, or two?
See everyone else tomorrow.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:52 pmRhavas Says:
blue state bob,
I am a member of a Organization that will soon start confronting you Leftists in teh streets. Be prepared for Street fights. We aren’t cowardly Bushbots. We also have Vets from Iraq that are members of this new group. Stay tuned, a New Rightwing is gonna take you cowardly Muslim lovers on!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Too scary!!! Not.
Get back under your bridge, stupid.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:52 pmGreat, Trajan is a bot dope who will send ping packets to a website. Yawn.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:52 pm>I want higher taxes also like you, so what’s your beef?
Its not beef, genius, I just wanted to ask if you are GLAD, as a progressive, that you DISAGREE with BIN LADEN about taxes?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:52 pmXisithrus,
The Republicans are Corporatists hacks. They’re suckers. We should’ve raised a 10 Million Man Army and destroy Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanisatn and Pakisatn Mongol style. Use all our weapons and leave that area a wasteland. -Rhavas
Thats not how empires work.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:54 pm>We aren’t cowardly Bushbots.
then get over to iraq and show us how brave you are, pus1e
April 20th, 2008 at 11:54 pmI don’t believe anything said or done by these morons is by accident. She said exactly what was scripted for her. Somehow, some way, they expect the reaction to her comments to further their agenda.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:55 pmRhavas Says:
April 20th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Yes, he was. And you should thank him for his service.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:55 pm>I’m from Queens, NY come test me punk!
name two crossstreets in the neighborhood please?
April 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pmFor those who don’t know, Queens, NY, is actually located on Long Island. They just don’t see it that way.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pmRhivas / mr. P
Your mother is calling you upstairs. It is time for you to go to bed because have to go to school tomorrow.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:58 pm>78st and Roosevelt avenue.
took you long enough.
like you accused wayne, you probably googled mapped it.
doesnt matter anyway. you should be in iraq if you think you’re tough.. maybe you can sceduel another boxing match with one of us like before.. haha
April 21st, 2008 at 12:02 amTrajan, the people here are fighting for the constitution and the bill of rights, thats not communism.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:02 amRhavas Says:
blue state bob,
I’m from Ny originally and have alot of peeps up there. I survived the streets. You’re just some suburban pussy representing NY. I bet you’re from Cowardly Long Island!
I’m from Queens, NY come test me punk!
Liar, where in Queens? Please give me some proof? God you are a pathetic vile little cretin. You really have nothing to add to any debate, you are a coward and dumb. Go back and make the fries, they’re getting low.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:03 amSeems like Rookie Mules wouldn’t know his middle eastern politics and culture from his morning yogurt. Bye Mr. Pee.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:04 amZooey, I reported the abuse, and the abuser.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:05 amfrom the looks of some headlines, there’s some serious spin going on…
US and Iran Find Common Ground in Iraq’s Shiite Conflict
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By JAMES GLANZ and ALISSA J. RUBIN BAGHDAD - In the Iraqi government’s fight to subdue the Shiite militia of Moktada al-Sadr in the southern city of Basra, perhaps nothing reveals the complexities of the Iraq conflict more starkly than this: Iran and …
Clashes Intensify Between Shiite Militia, US Forces Washington Post
Rice sees Iraqi unity emerging in battle against Sadr Christian Science Monitor
“common ground” … “unity”…
being as it’s bushco bizarro world, this can only be very bad news…
implicate iran, while the saudis arm the sunnis… very bad, indeed…
April 21st, 2008 at 12:06 amActually,
April 21st, 2008 at 12:07 amTiny Tim is a more effective leader then GWB. Perhaps, he could have make up to Miss Vicki and restored this nation to at least a semblance of its former stature!
>You’re just acting tough because it’s the internet.
I’m not acting tough. Being tough isnt my thing. Being smart is. Oh, and if you meet me in person, better hope I dont have my pitbull with me, because, well, hes tougher than you, and well, in your mind, i guess that means hes better than you.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:08 am78th and Roosevelt, what neighborhood is that? Name me some bars and restaurants there.
BTW, leaving comments on my blog isn’t really an attack, but whatever.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 amRhavas Says:
Zooey,
Shut your mouth and go spread your legs you hooker!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 amFlagged
If you would alike me to arrange for you fight a progressively trained pitbull, i’ll see what I can do.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 am>My Akita would rip your pitbuill to shreds.
Hahahaah. Moron. Let me guess, you’re dog can outfight any dog in the world, right?
listen, moron.. im not the one trying to threaten people and pretend im tough.. im not asserting that i am better than anythign which i can physically dominate.
you think your so tough, then if you think your better than anything you can beat, fight a dog and see whose better
April 21st, 2008 at 12:11 amI have an American flag on my wall Kookie.
But Im sure you also have this poster: http://www.pissedonpolitics.com/BushPrinceKiss.jpg
April 21st, 2008 at 12:12 ammethinks this is some bizarre attempt for the trolls to try and lure someone into a random ghetto to get beaten up
April 21st, 2008 at 12:13 amRhavas, the fries are getting really low, your supervisor is going to be upset with you. You know you’re up for that $.25 raise soon, don’t want to jeopardize that.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 amOh, forgot, that would be the average IQ of your typical Reichwinger, my bad….carry on Rhavas…show em what you got.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:17 amI feel sorry for whoever in TP Admin has to clean up this mess in the morning.
Goodnight!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:18 amDamn rightist pits.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:18 amChocolate Jesus Says:
methinks this is some bizarre attempt for the trolls to try and lure someone into a random ghetto to get beaten up
April 21st, 2008 at 12:13 am
Nahhh, just too much meth inside the head of a piss-soaked moron.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 am>My Akita has taken out 2 pits. Akitas are natural killing >machines. They would rip a pit apart!
Ok, we’ve established that you think your dog is the toughest dog in the world. Congratualations, im sure you’re an internationally know dogfighter.
My point is, you inbred heap of troll dung, that whose physically tougher is wholly irrlevant to well…anything , including whose smarter, more correct, etc etc.
A bear can rip you to shreds, does that make the bear better than you>
You think you’re tough? Why arent you iraq?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 amHas it occured to you, Trajan, that your being divided? You waste alot of energy attacking whats not the problem.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:20 amRhavas,
Go upstairs and go to bed. Your mother is calling you. You have to get up early for middle school.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:21 am>You guys wouldn’t make it out of there alive.
According to you, we have peeps in Sadr city. Why arent you there now so you can show us how well you’d make it out?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:21 amGuys, Rhavas is a 10 or 12 year old punk and you are giving him his masterbastion attention he needs, so just don’t respond to him, but then again ‘Whack a punk ass Troll’ is fun sometimes.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:24 amChocolate Jesus,
My Akita has taken out 2 pits. Akitas are natural killing machines. They would rip a pit apart!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:15 am Recommend (0) |
He is starting to sound like a certain Queens denizen. The malcontent who can’t get a real job or is too lazy to do honest work (more likely). Always scamming, but never getting aheard. Basically a meathead guido(whether he is Italian or not, really doesn’t matter) A lot of bad tattoos, racist, misogynist, basically just a piece of gutter white trash who embarrasses his family and is despised in the neighborhood. Am I getting warmer? Hitting really close to home.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:25 amXisithrus,
That picture is the reason the New Right hates Bush. Not only does he allow the Left to beat him up and he doesn’t fight back, he kisses up the Saudis. He’s a sucker and I HATE him!
Hes sucking up because we need the oil. Violence is not the answer Trajan. You must, as in chess, outmanuever your opponent, and that opponent is not the person on the street. I understand that many people feel screwed over, that life is not fair, but when you start singling out people, on the street, you lose.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:26 amBuckie,
You are probably correct. They should never let little kids use the computers. I too have fun with them. They never know anything about facts and geography. Most of them can’t find the USA on a globe, much less where Iraq and Iran are.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:27 am[…]
April 20th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Flagged
April 21st, 2008 at 12:09 am
that would be hilarious if it weren’t so pitiful… 2 1/2 hours late…
g’nite, kids…
April 21st, 2008 at 12:27 am>I already paid my dues on theStreets
let me translate: your a pussy who talks tough but doesnt walk the walk. My cousin flies helis in iraq, so what does that have to to with me? Im not asking about your family, I’m asking about you. Any street in america looks like paradise compared to iraq, why aren you there showing us how tough you are?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:27 am> Left has gotten used to beating up on Bush
hahahahahahah. we wish. please explain exatly what form this “beating” has taken? talking bad about him?hahahahahahah
April 21st, 2008 at 12:28 amThe ‘dues you paid’ Trajan did nothing to further your cause. It did just the opposite. Use your mind.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:29 am>I’m 1/4 Italina but I’m 3/4 Hispanic.
ah, ok so in other words, your a drunk who has watched “rocky” too many times on Telemundo
April 21st, 2008 at 12:30 am>I’ve seen blood and bullets have you?
So have hospital nurses. You’ve proven what exactly? All we know is that your think your tough guy, talking trash on the internet anonymously to a bunch of hippies and nerds, but your too much of a puss1e to go fight for your country.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:32 amThe Problem is the Left has gotten used to beating up on Bush and never have they faced someone willing to fightback against them. Now you’ve encountered that and I see you guys aren’t so tough now. -Trajan
I dont dislike Bush. The buck has long stopped on the presidential desk, left or right.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:33 amTrajan, just slow down man and think. The media is centrist.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:34 amThe beating you guys have done on Bush are the following:
{snip freedom of speech stuff}
oh wow…some news people have said bad things about bush..oh booo hoo. too bad you dont have people like Limbaugh, Coulter, and the entire Fox News network to fire back.
Lets see….you think people should be beaten for exercizing thier first amendment rights..how very fascist of you..
April 21st, 2008 at 12:34 am>You’re against the Iraq war,
> join Al-Qaeda or the Mahdi Army!
I should go fight in something Im against? thanks for making sense Mr Tortilla Godfather
April 21st, 2008 at 12:35 amTrajan, dont let hate affect your thinking, because when you do it blinds you.
Discard hate.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:36 am>You guys are too pussy to walk the real Hoods of NY!
You trolls are too pus-s1e to walk the real Hoods of Iraq!
April 21st, 2008 at 12:37 am>I HATE Bush! He should wipe Saudi Arabia and Iran off the >map!
uhhhh.. ok..goodnight guys, its been fun..
April 21st, 2008 at 12:37 amOh jeebus, the piss-soaked limp dick is ranting about his bravery again. What a f_cking liar. I would think someone like that would be demanding to be sent to Iraq. *yawn*
I guess the military standards haven’t lowered enough to take convicted felons.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:40 amI dont watch TV Trajan.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:40 amGee! I thought I smelled something awful, and sure enough, our pet roll exploded and covered the thread with chickenshitchickenhawk crap.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:45 amThis is the reason why a real change is needed in US politics. Condi and gang have no idea what goes on globally. And in a time when the world needs leadership they get these clowns. The world is watching and waiting - and hoping to get something this time around. http://angryafrican.net/ 2008/ 04/ 12/ note-to-america-the-world-is-watching/
April 21st, 2008 at 12:47 amTrajan, I can tell you this, hate weighs down your heart. Turn off the TV, refute hate. Soon you will begin to see things as they are and not what hate dictates.
This is why you cant attack me, and see me as open minded. I have no hate.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:47 am